Don’t Let the Idea of the Gym Keep You From Your Workout
“Gymtimidation” is real, but that shouldn’t stop you from working out. Here are some tips.
He Was Sweating Uncontrollably. Was It Male Menopause?
Locker-Room Consultation Chelmowski was beginning to worry that he was never going to figure it out. Early one morning, at his usual spin class, he found himself on a bike next to an old friend, George Morris, who was a neurologist specializing in seizure disorders. Could these weird episodes be seizures? They weren’t like any…
Data Breach Could Compromise Lawmakers’ Personal Information
The online health insurance marketplace for members of Congress and Washington, D.C., residents was subjected to a hack that compromised the personal identifying information of potentially thousands of lawmakers, their spouses, dependents and employees, according to a letter from House leaders informing their colleagues about the breach and a memo from the Senate’s top security…
D.C. Health Marketplace Hack Could Compromise Lawmakers’ Personal Information
The online health insurance marketplace for members of Congress and Washington, D.C., residents was subjected to a hack that compromised the personal identifying information of potentially thousands of lawmakers, their spouses, dependents and employees, according to a letter from House leaders informing their colleagues about the breach and a memo from the Senate’s top security…
Republicans Push Lab Leak Theory on Covid’s Origins, but Lack ‘Smoking Gun’
WASHINGTON — The former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention accused top federal health officials on Wednesday of excluding him from discussions in early 2020 about whether the coronavirus was the result of a laboratory leak — an assertion that one of the officials, Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, later said had “nothing…
Opioids Are Leading Cause of Child Poisoning Deaths, Study Finds
Opioids were the leading cause of fatal poisonings among children age 5 years old and younger in recent years, a study has found, underscoring how the opioid epidemic has not spared children. The study, published on Wednesday in the journal Pediatrics, analyzed 731 poisoning-related deaths that occurred from 2005 to 2018 across 40 states. The…
What to Know About the Drug-Resistant Shigella Bacteria
Five percent of Shigella infections are now resistant to standard antibiotics. This could be a predictor of what’s to come with other bacteria.
Spring Recipes Our Food Staff Can’t Wait to Make
Pat yourselves on the back: You’ve almost made it through winter. And you know what that means? Consuming asparagus by the barrelful, turning every green in sight into pesto, eating strawberries at their juicy peak. If all of spring’s culinary possibilities thrill you, know that the New York Times Food staff is along for the…
A Riff on Irish Colcannon for St. Patrick’s Day and Beyond
You don’t have to be Irish to appreciate St. Patrick’s Day, especially when it comes to the food (green bagels excepted). Like many people marking the day, I prefer to follow a more traditional path and rejoice in the green by piling colcannon on my plate, soft mashed potatoes speckled with bits of kale or…
I Imagine Him Here
This transcript was created using speech recognition software. While it has been reviewed by human transcribers, it may contain errors. Please review the episode audio before quoting from this transcript and email transcripts@nytimes.com with any questions. [theme music] anna martin From the New York Times, this is Modern Love. I’m Anna Martin, and I have…