What Are the Benefits of White Mulberry Leaf and Is It Safe?
A coroner has linked the death of Lori McClintock, the wife of a California Representative, to an herb. But experts say it is generally considered safe.
Moderna Sues Pfizer and BioNTech Over Covid Vaccine
The vaccine manufacturer Moderna sued Pfizer and BioNTech on Friday, claiming that its rivals’ Covid-19 shot violates its patents protecting its groundbreaking technology. Moderna said in a statement that Pfizer and BioNTech infringed on patents filed between 2010 and 2016 that covered its mRNA technology. Moderna, which is based in Cambridge, Mass., sued in U.S.…
How to Get Heart Patients to Take Their Pills? Give Them Just One.
Heart disease kills more people than any other condition, but despite advances in treatment and prevention, patients often do not stick to their medication regimens. Now researchers may have found a solution: a so-called polypill that combines three drugs needed to prevent cardiovascular trouble. In what is apparently the largest and longest randomized controlled trial…
The Health Benefits of Chia Seeds
Chia seeds are back (again) — and nutritionists and doctors say there are good reasons for it.
‘It Was Magic From the First Second’
Chelsea White is a whole lot, in the best possible way. She is charming, self-deprecating, engrossing and describes herself on her website as a “host-writer-producer-speaker-comedian-cat enthusiast.” She developed a weekly Instagram live show, “What a Delight! with Chelsea White,” that involved a guest, a sidekick in a mask, and a discussion of weekly events that…
When a Dating App Didn’t Work, an Old-Fashioned Setup Did
Shafin Fattah’s chance at a relationship with Luvana Chowdhury didn’t seem too promising when she never responded after he swiped right on her profile on Muzmatch, a Muslim dating app, in late 2020. Though he assumed she was uninterested, Ms. Chowdhury in fact never saw his overture because she by then was no longer active…
Lockdown Was Our Romantic Bubble, but Bubbles Burst
During the two months of lockdown last spring in Shanghai, residents were mostly confined to their homes and hallways. For a single woman like me who, at 29, lives alone and is self-employed, my entire life was reduced to me, myself and I. Many foods became unavailable during this time; people were anxious, isolated and…
At Karaoke and as a Couple, Always in Unison
Zohar Hannah Fuller spent about a year inviting Maryse Shaina Pearce to events before Ms. Pearce finally attended one. “Some people might stop trying after the first few times, but I was very persistent,” said Ms. Fuller, who was then working for a theater company. The two first met in November 2011 at a mutual…
From the First Date, Looking the Part of Husband and Wife
On their first date, at a Manhattan wine bar in May 2016, a waiter mistakenly referred to Michael Angelo McMillan II as Caroline Benning Hubbard’s husband. “I didn’t have any rings or anything that would indicate that we were married,” Ms. Hubbard said, but “the chemistry that we had just sort of indicated we looked…
How to Track Down Your Vaccine History
There are ways to figure out what you’ve been vaccinated for, even if you have no hope of finding the original records.