For decades, researchers have suspected that people infected with an exceedingly common virus, Epstein-Barr, might be more likely to develop multiple sclerosis, a neurological illness that affects a million people in the United States. Now, a team of researchers reports what some say is the most compelling evidence yet of a strong link between the…
Researchers in Scotland reported on Thursday that pregnant women with Covid were not only at greater risk of developing severe disease, but also more likely to lose their fetuses and babies in the womb or shortly after birth, compared with other women who gave birth during the pandemic. The risk of losing a baby through…
As a cardiologist, Dr. Califf spent decades leading clinical trials at the Duke University Medical Center in North Carolina. Most recently, he led clinical policy and strategy for Verily, the life sciences arm at Alphabet, the parent company of Google. During the hearing, he emphasized the value of existing data, much in patients’ electronic medical…
Harrison Snow began bartending at age 18, in Providence, R.I. Nearly three years later, in 2020, he was behind the bar at the Paris Seaport Bar & Creperie in Boston. That job proved a stroke of luck, because the restaurant’s cocktail menu was supervised by a man ever-dressed in retro sport shirts and porkpie hats…
Courtesy of the subjects; Getty Images Style Points is a weekly column about how fashion intersects with the wider world. “Fashion has basically operated in this black box for so long,” says New York State Senator Alessandra Biaggi. She’s talking about the way that, unlike the finance, food, and automotive industries, fashion has been able…
But other trans health specialists are concerned by the sharp increase in adolescents who are referred to gender clinics, and worry that the desire for hormones and surgeries may be driven partly by peer influence on social media platforms like TikTok and YouTube. “The kids presenting these days are very different than what I was…
I’m on a broccoli-cooking spree, and last week, I was mesmerized by a whole head of chartreuse-colored romanesco — the whirling, psychedelic, beautifully repetitive structure. When I posted it to Instagram, the cookbook author Domenica Marchetti called it “the M.C. Escher of vegetables,” and the journalist Julia O’Malley told me she refers to it as…
How do you know if your skin is really dry and sensitive, and how to choose the right care for your sensitive skin? Should you call your skin sensitive? There is a general definition of sensitive skin – it is hyper-reactive skin, characterized by overreaction in response to stimulating factors. To put it simply, the…
It’s no secret where to get seeds for famous-name tomatoes like Sun Gold or any of the other catalog standbys you’ve come to count on. But don’t stop there. An entire world of genetic diversity and cultural history is available to those who look a little further, courtesy of an emerging group of seed sellers…
It’s a bleak, cold January day, and as I look out the window at a solitary, huddled figure waiting for a city bus, I want nothing more than the hot split pea soup simmering on my stove and a good bottle of wine to go with it. “Good” is the operative word. As the Australian…