Updated booster shots have bolstered Americans’ defenses against serious Covid, reducing the risk of hospitalization by roughly 50 percent compared with certain groups inoculated with the original vaccines, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported in a pair of studies published on Friday. The research represents the agency’s first look at how the reformulated…
That laxity comes when skin loses collagen and elastin, two proteins in the skin that allow it to “snap back,” Dr. Devgan said. Older skin doesn’t snap back as well as younger skin. “When I’m doing buccal fat pad excision on, let’s say, a patient who is in their fifties or sixties, that’s usually in…
From a trompe l’oeil paint can to a handbag with wheels, the standout accessories of the holiday season are imbued with no shortage of whimsy. The Italian designer Alessandro Michele, who stepped down from his role as creative director of Gucci last month, has long embodied that mood with his maximalist aesthetic, employing clashing prints…
New York City’s ban on the sale of foie gras, the fattened livers of ducks and geese prized as an ingredient in many French dishes, may not go into effect if a new ruling by New York’s Department of Agriculture and Markets goes unchallenged by the city. On Wednesday, the agriculture department called the city’s…
SHEIN Holiday shopping is daunting, yet once you get going it can be such a high. You know exactly how to celebrate and pinpoint the unique tastes of loved ones—it’s a skill!—so all you need is one spot where you can tick everything off your list. Well, start warming up those shopping muscles because your…
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It’s almost a new year, which means it’s time to get rid of all the baggage of 2022 and enter 2023 with, well, fresh baggage—handbags, that is. You can’t always get a new start emotionally, but at least you can have a fun new accessory to help you fulfill your resolutions (I stand by cute…
When Paz Pardo began an affair with a married man in Argentina, she thought she knew exactly how their love story would end: They would break up as soon as she boarded her plane back to America; he would be her “bad-idea fling” and she would be his “Band-Aid” for an ailing marriage. But their…
Weeknight cooking for the win: NYT Cooking has published its collection of the 50 most popular new recipes of 2022, and at least half are dishes you can make at the end of the day without too much stress. There’s a need for that kind of cooking, and I sincerely hope we’ve helped meet that…
The first time Nermine Mansour hosted Christmas dinner, she was working in Guatemala as a diplomat for the Egyptian foreign service. Five continents and a family later, she has hosted many more Christmas dinners, her table always surrounded by guests from diverse backgrounds and laden with diverse dishes to match. But two offerings remain a…