The Department of Health and Human Services maintains a list of locations where the Pfizer pill is available. For now, supply is so limited that state health officials are recommending it be used only for the patients at highest risk. The National Institutes of Health, which formulates treatment guidelines for physicians, recommended last month that…
People who have a family history of melanoma are more likely to develop the disease. “If you’ve gotten a lot of blistering sunburns, maybe five by the time you’re 18,” or used a tanning bed, you are at increased risk, Dr. Deborah S. Sarnoff, the president of the Skin Cancer Foundation, said. “That really bumps…
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Despite sharp criticism, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday stood by its recommendation that Americans infected with the coronavirus end their isolation after five days without first obtaining a negative virus test. The agency guidelines, released last week, shortened the recommended isolation period from 10 days to five for infected people who…
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It’s the thought that counts. But maybe their love language isn’t just words of affirmation. For those who prefer gift-giving, acts of service, and even touch and quality time, there are sentimental gifts that will tug at their heartstrings. From Instagram’s favorite card game that asks deep questions to personalized items they’ll never forget, here…
Long, khaki schoolteacher skirt, tailored men’s white shirt and black blazer (stiff collars), ’70s dress with brown buttons down the front, oversize cardigan (with pockets), men’s wool scarf, floral grunge dress, lace-up military boots, trench coat, white baby-doll dress, denim cutoffs, tiny shoulder purse, vintage brooch, flannel. The list, dated Aug. 12, 2003, is jotted…
A Handwritten Reminder My friend’s annual Christmas card was addressed to “The Perkins Family,” but “The” and “Family” had been crossed out, leaving just my first name, Mary, scrawled above my last. It was a correction that denoted a truth: Unlike most of my friends, I am single. I felt amused and a little sad.…
NEW ORLEANS — When Dominick Lee was in elementary school in the 1990s, every year for Twelfth Night, the teacher would bring a king cake for the class to share. He and his classmates would wait for their slices — decorated with purple, gold and green sugars — eager to see which piece had a…
A Garfield Elementary assistant principal, Wendy Geiling, handing out a tablet on the first day of a remote learning session.Credit…Andrew Dolph for the New York Times The Omicron surge threatens to upend any sense of peace in the U.S. education system. After a holiday break that saw coronavirus cases spike unrelentingly, a small but growing…