Last August, Marilyn Jones and her husband, Robert, set out from Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on an eight-day Caribbean cruise aboard the Celebrity Equinox. The couple, of Bonifay, Fla., were just two days into the trip when Robert Jones, 79, died of a heart attack. Celebrity Cruises presented Ms. Jones with two options, according to a…
LONDON — When Dr. Imran Haq was a medical student in 2014, he had a chance encounter with King Charles III at an event. “I was struck by how normal he was,” said Dr. Haq, a surgeon for Britain’s National Health Service in Sheffield, England. About a decade later, the monarch became Dr. Haq’s muse.…
Missouri this month became the first state in the country to severely restrict gender treatments for people of all ages, following a series of quieter moves across the country that have been chipping away at transgender adults’ access to medical care. Last year, Florida joined six other states in banning Medicaid from covering some form…
Ilze Earner, 67, retired last year after 25 years of teaching at Hunter College in Manhattan. Life in rural Claverack, N.Y., had its satisfactions and friendships, but after a few months, “I started feeling like I was missing something,” she said. She began taking herself to lunch weekly, sitting at the bar at the nearby…
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Ms. Pissarro did not mention her family history during the class, but she did go through an array of exercises. At one stage, participants meditated to get in touch with their imagination. At another, they drew with their left hand to try and get more familiar with the hand motions of drawing. “We don’t even…
“¿Bromeas? Es tan yo”. “Lo siento”. Me encogí de hombros. “No tengo problemas con eso”, dije, porque pensé que eso es lo que pensaría un narcisista. Creo que a ella también le pareció bien, porque pronto decidimos tener un hijo, incluso juntos. Pasamos año y medio intentando concebir, primero por diversión con la ayuda del…
The first drug, mifepristone, blocks the reproductive hormone progesterone, and the second, misoprostol, taken one or two days later, prompts contractions and helps the uterus expel its contents. More than five million women have used mifepristone to terminate their pregnancies in the United States, and dozens of other countries have approved the drug for use.…
GUANTÁNAMO BAY, Cuba — A senior official with the International Committee of the Red Cross issued a rare statement of alarm on Friday about deteriorating health conditions and inadequate preparations for aging prisoners at Guantánamo Bay. The U.S. military must do a better job of providing care for prisoners who are “experiencing the symptoms of…
Eliyah Haque, 6, was getting her hands painted with henna in the Jackson Heights neighborhood of Queens. Asked what her favorite part of Eid celebrations was, she said: “We come together.” South Asian Muslims both local to the area and from other boroughs and states flocked to Jackson Heights on Thursday evening to celebrate Chand…