For Some Families of Color, a Painful Fight for a Cystic Fibrosis Diagnosis
Universal screenings for the inherited disease promised to get babies diagnosed and treated sooner. But they still miss some children of color.
The Ancient Art of Calligraphy Is Having a Revival
For the first time in many years, a teacher was correcting my handwriting. “Go more slowly,” Laura Edralin, a calligraphy teacher in London, told me, as she walked around a table of beginners on a recent Wednesday night, explaining how to achieve even, flowing strokes. As a breaking news reporter for The New York Times,…
A Times Food Editor Talks ‘Where to Eat’ Newsletter
Times Insider explains who we are and what we do and delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how our journalism comes together. New York City is flavored by all kinds of cultures — and their cuisines. That can make going out to eat thrilling but deciding where to go fairly complicated. Say you’re in the mood for…
Ancient Skull With Brain Cancer Preserves Clues to Egyptian Medicine
Fluctuating disease rates, innovative treatments and talk of “moonshots” in the White House may make cancer seem like a modern scourge. But a new discovery highlights how humans dealt with the illness and hunted for cures as far back as the time of the ancient Egyptians. Scientists led by Edgard Camarós, a paleopathologist at the…
Hold the French Fries! Paris Olympics Chart a New Gastronomic Course.
There will be no French fries for the 15,000 athletes at the Olympic Games that open in France in July. Yes, you read that right. In what is being called the biggest restaurant in the world — a 700-foot-long former electrical power plant at the heart of the Olympic Village — there will be no…
Health Officials Tried to Evade Public Records Laws, Lawmakers Say
House Republicans on Tuesday accused officials at the National Institutes of Health of orchestrating “a conspiracy at the highest levels” of the agency to hide public records related to the origins of the Covid pandemic. And the lawmakers promised to expand an investigation that has turned up emails in which senior health officials talked openly…
Sue Johnson, Psychologist Who Took a Scientific View of Love, Dies at 76
Sue Johnson, a British-born Canadian clinical psychologist and best-selling author who developed a novel method of couples therapy based on emotional attachment, challenging what had been the dominant behavioral approach — the idea that behaviors are learned and thus can be changed — died on April 23 in Victoria, British Columbia. She was 76. Her…
Senators See Possible Conflicts of Interest in Health Care Pricing Tools
The chairmen of two Senate committees overseeing health policy, concerned about companies “padding their own profits” at the expense of patients, are looking into the practices of a data analytics firm that works with big insurers to cut payments to medical providers. The firm, MultiPlan, recommends what it says are fair payments for medical care,…
65 Gift Ideas for the Man Who Has Everything
For Fans of F1 New Era Red Bull Racing 2024 New Era Max Verstappen 9FORTY Cap I may have learned all I know about F1 against my will, but I can guarantee this cap represents the sport’s best. For a Designer Staple Gucci Diagonal Interlocking G Ring This minimalistic Gucci band is something he can…
Tiny Love Stories: ‘Also, He’s a Magician’
Blazing a Path Trading poodle skirts and blouses for trucker hats and flannels, decades before the term “gender nonconforming” entered the mainstream, Aunt Barbara stopped trying to fit into her Missouri farm town. I innocently called her “Uncle Barbara” as a toddler. She always laughed. For all of her standing out, for the acceptance that…