R.S.V. Shot for Infants Is in Short Supply: What to Know
Health officials have revised their recommendations on which children should receive the new drug.
Who Invited Ivanka?
Over the weekend, something happened to Ivanka Trump that hasn’t occurred since before her father was elected president: Celebrities were willing to be seen with her. On Friday night, Ms. Trump, an adviser in former President Donald J. Trump’s White House, attended Kim Kardashian’s 43rd birthday party at Funke Restaurant in Beverly Hills, Calif., where…
Fall Is on the Menu for Australia’s State Dinner. The B-52s Are Not.
The fourth state dinner hosted by the Biden administration, to honor Anthony Albanese, the prime minister of Australia, will feature a menu of fall vegetables, a backdrop of florals and a selection of instrumental music performed by military bands. “Nurturing our partnerships and relationships with our allies is critically important, especially in these tumultuous times,”…
Why Health Care Workers Are Burning Out
The Toll: Nearly five days of poor mental health a month. Federal researchers tracked self-reported mental health symptoms among more than a thousand adult workers in 2018 and 2022, including 226 health care workers in 2018 and 325 in 2022. Compared with other groups surveyed, health care workers reported a substantial jump in poor mental…
What to Know About Dengue Fever as Cases Spread to New Places
Dengue, the excruciating mosquito-borne disease, is surging throughout the world and coming to places that had never had it. California just confirmed a rare U.S. case.
Covid Shots May Slightly Raise Stroke Risk in the Oldest Recipients
The Covid vaccines made by Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna may be linked to a slight increase in the risk of stroke when administered along with a high-dose flu vaccine, according to a new analysis by the Food and Drug Administration. The high-dose flu vaccine is usually given to older people, and the risk association is clearest…
Dr. Donlin Long, Wide-Ranging Medical Innovator, Is Dead at 89
Donlin M. Long, a pioneering neurosurgeon whose brain research helped millions of patients manage pain and who collaborated on the invention of an implantable pump to deliver insulin to people with diabetes, died on Sept. 19 near Gettysburg, Pa. He was 89. The cause was complications of a fall he suffered while fly-fishing for trout…
TikTok’s Lip Gloss Trick
If this story were a TikTok video, the writer would be applying lip gloss right about … now. Unscrewing the cap on a tube of mauve goo and giving it a generous swipe across puckered lips. Mwah! The application of lip gloss in the first few seconds of an online video is a subtle trick…
Dining’s Past Is on the Menu at Clara in the New-York Historical Society
Clara The New-York Historical Society, founded in 1804, has gradually upped the ante when it comes to dining. Its Storico, run by Stephen Starr’s organization, closed in July. Next up is the Oberon Group from Brooklyn, where it runs Rucola, Rhodora, June Bar and more, with a focus on sustainability. Diego Moya, the group’s culinary…
Tiny Love Stories: ‘You Have Me Now’
Through His Eyes I watched the car on the ride-hailing app circle my block three times. When the driver finally arrived, he said the GPS was wonky. Frustrated, I erred on the side of patience and guided him down Atlantic Avenue, then Flatbush, onto the Manhattan Bridge. As the city fanned out in front of…