For patients undergoing in vitro fertilization, there is a common test to help determine the best time to transfer the embryo for a successful pregnancy. But new research has patients and doctors questioning whether the test — one of a growing number of expensive “add-ons” for I.V.F. patients — is effective for first-time patients. The…
For patients undergoing in vitro fertilization, there is a common test to help determine the best time to transfer the embryo for a successful pregnancy. But new research has patients and doctors questioning whether the test — one of a growing number of expensive “add-ons” for I.V.F. patients — is effective for first-time patients. The…
For centuries, the stars have been used as a guide, their shimmering specks in the sky leading the way through darkness. They have been imbued with subjective meaning and held up as a mirror for the human condition. Celebrities, the stars of the earthly realm, have played a not-so-different role: We look to them as…
Drive-In Movie Theaters In 2016, Four Brothers Drive-In, and its adjacent restaurant in Amenia, N.Y., in Dutchess County, added weddings to their offerings. John Stefanopoulos, an owner of Four Brothers, along with the nearby Millerton Inn, in Millerton, N.Y., said bookings have only increased since the start of the pandemic. “Once Covid happened, people went…
Omicron has cast a shadow over holiday plans.
WASHINGTON — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Friday that unvaccinated students exposed to the coronavirus can remain in school, as long as they are tested for the virus twice in the week after and both tests come back negative. The new guidance, known as the “test-to-stay” protocol, could ease the burden…
A handy primer on “emotional intelligence.”
“I’m seriously thinking about whether there is a future I can really rely on in tourism,” she said. Mr. Roca of Essentialist said about 20 to 25 percent of his company’s travelers who had booked trips to London decided to cancel and reroute to other destinations. Virtuoso, the large network of luxury travel advisers, is…
Should we participate in the ugly Christmas sweater phenomenon? And why do people even call them “ugly”? When I was growing up in the South, there were just people who wore festive Christmas sweaters and those who didn’t. Now they are like a trend to monetize and then discard. What happened? — Kristen, Charleston, S.C.…
There are two kinds of socialites, as Dr. Andrew Solomon, a psychologist and the author of “Far From the Tree,” suggests: “Socialites who are to the manner born, whose function is to have connections made with them. And there are those who earn their place, by constantly bringing together people, and then bask in the…