Roughly 5,000 doses of monkeypox vaccine intended for Fort Lauderdale, Fla., left the national stockpile’s warehouse in Olive Branch, Miss., on July 19. They somehow ended up in Oklahoma. Then Tennessee. Then Mississippi again. Then, finally, Florida. In Idaho, a shipment of 60 vaccine doses disappeared and showed up six days later, refrigerated rather than…
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Britain on Monday became the first country to authorize a coronavirus vaccine that targets two variants, the original virus and Omicron, the variant that became dominant over the winter. Half of each dose of the Moderna-made vaccine will target the original variant, and the other half will target Omicron. In clinical trials, the vaccine, an…
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ASHEVILLE, N.C. — In a world where a jar of peanut butter costs a dollar more than it did last year and the price of a gallon of conventional milk inches up to $6 in some cities, paying $1.49 for a family-size box of crispy rice cereal can seem like a good idea, even if…
DetailsSeveral large studies have confirmed that vigorous exercise, walking and even doing household chores can greatly benefit the brain.
In early April, when my flight landed at Ferenc Liszt International Airport, László Borsos was waiting for me at the arrivals gate. I hadn’t seen the man in 28 years. I scanned the crowd and found him standing there with a wild grin on his face, his glasses dangling elegantly over a white collared shirt.…
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AT A RECENT event in Paris for the London-based jewelry brand Alighieri, the food artist Imogen Kwok laid out along the length of a lavish banquet table blocks of steamed couscous and bulgur that she crumbled at the corners to evoke ancient ruins. Alighieri, which takes its name from the medieval Florentine poet and philosopher…
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In the wild, is a human more likely to survive an encounter with an orca or a great white shark? — Kameryn F., Yardley, Pa. By the numbers, white sharks are a lot more dangerous to humans than orcas are. Despite the name “killer whale,” there’s only one well-documented instance of a wild orca attacking…
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In September 2021, Evelyn Lai sat at the brown teak desk in her childhood bedroom and looked out the window. She felt just as uncertain as she had two decades ago. “I remember sitting at that same desk when I was applying to colleges,” Ms. Lai, 36, said. Now she was recalibrating her life. Feelings…
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On a Monday night in April 2021, my sister texted me: “Have you talked to mom?” The message felt ominous. If it were good news (“Have you talked to mom? She won the lottery!”), my sister would have said so. I ran through my mental checklist of reasons I should have talked to my mom.…
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“Bodies Bodies Bodies,” the Gen Z satirical slasher film, held an outdoor screening in Brooklyn’s Fort Greene Park on Aug. 2. Moviegoers braved the humid weather in short-shorts and crop tops and sprawled out on A24-branded blankets. It was followed by cold cocktails and paletas at the Kings County Distillery. The Shed held an opening…
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