Weekly Health Quiz: Problem Foods, Flu and Covid Boosters
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Do I Have Plans This Saturday? I’ve, Uh, Been Exposed to Covid.
Last winter Trysta Barwig was burned out. She was overwhelmed by her job as a program manager and she was traveling too often for work from her home in Atlanta. She needed a break. So when Ms. Barwig’s boss asked her to pack her bags again, she used what had become her go-to excuse: a…
Polio and Measles Vaccines Lag for Children Across the World
The pandemic dealt a serious setback to global efforts to immunize children against diseases like measles and polio, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported on Thursday, reducing worldwide coverage for some vaccines to levels not seen since more than a decade ago. The proportion of eligible children who received a polio vaccine fell…
High-Protein Vegetarian Recipes
I love getting emails from readers with requests and questions, and lately there have been quite a few about … protein! If you’re newly vegetarian, and you’re not sure where to get your protein, the short, tasty answer is: You’ll find it in all kinds of lentils and beans (which we cooked last week!), including…
Taking the Loop Less Traveled on the Oregon Coast
The tiny hamlet of Netarts, Ore., protected by a long spit of sand from the Pacific Ocean’s churn, is so small you might miss it if you didn’t know it was there. But on a Saturday morning in October, Netarts Bay was alive with small motorboats and kayaks, whose occupants were searching for the delectable…
Christian Siriano Is the Hottest New Museum Acquisition
Christian Siriano cannot move. The Maryland native has been swarmed by fashion students at the Savannah College of Art and Design, all scrambling for TikToks, or advice, or internships, or—the ultimate ‘get’—a compliment on their (truly excellent) outfits, which range from Dolly Parton-esque gemstone denim to full-out prom tulle. Two kids in Clueless-inspired plaid skirts…
My Brother Should Get a Prenup, Right?
My younger brother told me that he is proposing to his girlfriend of six years. He’s 25 — which, from my perspective as his older sister in a committed, unmarried relationship, is too young to propose. On top of this, his soon-to-be fiancée has extreme social anxiety, which has kept our family from getting to…
How the Memphis Design Movement Made a Comeback
This article is part of our latest Design special report, about creative people finding fresh ways to interpret ideas from the past. To call an armchair or a bookcase “revolutionary” might seem like a stretch, but for the design world, the original show of the Memphis design movement was as genuinely shocking as the first…
How Low Can You Go (Sofa-wise)?
This article is part of our latest Design special report, about creative people finding fresh ways to interpret ideas from the past. What is the ideal sofa height? I’m pretty tall, but my partner is about six inches shorter than me. I was in Milan a couple of weeks ago and went around to a…
The Rise of the Designer Deli
This article is part of our latest Design special report, about creative people finding fresh ways to interpret ideas from the past. Vicki Bodwell is an internet retail executive who moved to New York City from Texas in the late 1980s. Over breakfast recently, she told me in great detail about the very authentic bagel…