WASHINGTON — The Biden administration now expects to begin a Covid-19 booster campaign with retooled vaccines in September because Pfizer and Moderna have promised that they can deliver doses by then, according to people familiar with the deliberations. With updated formulations apparently close at hand, federal officials have decided against expanding eligibility for second boosters…
The National Health Service in England announced on Thursday that it was shutting down the country’s only youth gender clinic in favor of a more distributed and comprehensive network of medical care for adolescents seeking hormones and other gender treatments. The closure followed an external review of the Tavistock clinic in London, which has served…
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James Krellenstein, a founder of PrEP4All, an AIDS advocacy group, said that was not fast enough. He faulted the F.D.A. for not moving more quickly to scale up supply and for delaying an inspection of the vaccine maker’s manufacturing plant in Denmark. But Dr. Robert Califf, the F.D.A. commissioner, told reporters Thursday that his agency…
Now that the show is on a streaming platform, did you ever consider using more explicit language or content?We talked about it at the beginning. For one thing, it doesn’t seem like them anymore; it seems less innocent. But also, there’s something about them saying stupid things like “butt wagon.” They’re just really dumb and…
Another season, another Vogue story on a politician causing a kerfuffle. After the hoo-ha over the magazine not giving Melania Trump a cover (even though Michelle Obama got three) and the to-do over Kamala Harris’s “relaxed” portrait being chosen over her more formal cover try, comes a new controversy, related to a “digital cover” released…
With glossy yellow rings bull’s-eyed by neon red cherries, pineapple upside-down cake is a beloved American dessert: homey, nostalgic, boldly geometric. Ever since the recipe was popularized in the 1920s, it’s become so entrenched in our confectionary consciousness that an upside-down cake made with anything else seems like a mere afterthought. But other fruit —…
Courtesy Isn’t it funny how you always seem to have an overflowing stock of bags, yet never have the right bag for your needs? You’ve got reusable shopping bags and canvas totes galore, but when it comes time to pack for that long weekend away or night out, you come up short on the best…
Whether you like it or not, Crocs are having a renaissance. We’ve seen the brand’s Classic Clog—which has become many a pandemic purchase—on countless celebrities like Kendall Jenner, Priyanka Chopra, and Ariana Grande. Plus it’s been re-worked by other major A-listers like Bad Bunny and Justin Bieber. Even luxury labels like Christopher Kane and Balenciaga…
The collective desire — desperation? — to get away has risen, as have the prices of food and travel, so you should spend each moment of vacation exactly as you’d like. While eating out is its own form of sightseeing, cooking some or all meals in a vacation rental can be as enjoyable as it…