WASHINGTON — The only Americans still not eligible for coronavirus vaccines — babies, toddlers and preschoolers — appear on the verge of finally getting cleared to receive them after an advisory panel to the Food and Drug Administration voted unanimously on Wednesday to recommend the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines for the group. The F.D.A. appears…
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Dr. Anthony Fauci has not recently been in close contact with President Biden or other senior government officials, the institute he leads said in a statement.Credit…Stefani Reynolds for The New York Times WASHINGTON — Maybe it was only a matter of time. Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, President Biden’s top medical adviser for the coronavirus pandemic,…
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At Planned Parenthood clinics across the country, phone recordings tell callers that abortion remains legal and accessible, but some have stopped scheduling abortions. A banner at the top of the website for Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin says: “Our doors are open. Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin will continue to help patients get the care they need…
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GENEVA — The World Health Organization’s top official in Europe on Wednesday called for urgent action by the authorities and civic groups to control fast-rising cases of monkeypox that he said posed a real risk to public health. Europe has emerged as the epicenter of an outbreak of monkeypox, with more than 1,500 cases identified…
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Tyfanee Pratt’s son Julian was born in November 2019 in Burlington, N.J. Before long, Ms. Pratt was ready to introduce him to the world. But then, she wrote, “Covid-19 slammed the door on us — locked us in and hid away the key.” Ms. Pratt responded to a call to New York Times readers, asking…
DetailsA new study suggests that spending time with therapy dogs may help lower children’s stress levels even more than relaxation exercises.
Josh Jensen, who, after a single-minded quest in the 1970s to find the perfect site in California to grow the pinot noir grape, became the first producer of consistently excellent American pinot noir through his Calera Wine Company, inspiring a new generation of West Coast winemakers, died on Saturday at his home in San Francisco.…
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For its 50th anniversary this year, Nike could have done a lot of things. It could have done what many fashion brands do and had a series of enormous parties in multiple capitals around the world with special guests like LeBron James and Billie Eilish and Naomi Osaka and Travis Scott, all of whom work…
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Whenever one of my children reaches a milestone, I become hopelessly teary. Tears of joy? I don’t think so. My tears are for a moment so precious and fleeting that I fear it may be lost. It’s a confusing place in the sad-to-happy range that makes me strangely gloomy. The cream-soda-and-raspberry cupcakes came out of…
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