As he heads toward a re-election campaign next year, President Biden is betting that his success in pushing for policies intended to lower health care costs for millions of Americans will be rewarded by voters at the ballot box. In speech after speech, Mr. Biden talks about capping the cost of insulin at $35, putting…
Federal officials have discovered major errors in the systems and procedures that some states have been using to verify eligibility for Medicaid, possibly leading to a substantial number of children losing health coverage despite still being eligible for it. State agencies have been “unwinding” a pandemic-era policy that allowed people to keep their health insurance…
It was all rainbows and unicorns for a while. But like many fun ideas, Big Gay Ice Cream has wound up in debt and in court. After a rollicking rise that leveraged queer identity as a brand strategy, opened seven shops in the Northeast and landed its products in supermarkets nationwide, the New York City-based…
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Why It Matters: A contributor to maternal deaths The United States has the highest maternal mortality rate in the developed world. Strokes account for about 7.5 percent of pregnancy-related deaths. At the same time, use of assisted reproductive technology has risen dramatically over the past 10 years. About 2 percent of births in the United…
In preparation for her head-turning appearance at the 2019 Met Gala, Kim Kardashian met with the fashion designer Thierry Mugler to conceptualize her look. “Who are you, actually?” the designer asked her, according to Mr. Mugler’s manager at the time. “How would you define yourself?” When she responded, “I’m just a California girl,” Mr. Mugler…
Hi there! We’re so close to the holiday weekend, let’s ignore some emails and think about food. This beautiful, blue-skied shoulder season turns me into a greedy monster. I don’t want to give up summer, but I also want all of fall’s comforts: I want beach trips and blanket forts. Linen caftans and cashmere sweaters.…
Over the last three years, a highly lethal form of avian influenza has whipped around the world, felling birds in Europe, Africa and Asia before jumping across the ocean and setting off the worst bird flu outbreak in United States history. Last fall, the virus, known as H5N1, finally arrived in South America. It raced…