As Omicron spreads, the C.D.C. seeks to clarify its message on testing and isolation.

Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, on Sunday defended the agency’s recommendations for a shorter isolation for many people who test positive for the coronavirus.Credit…Cheriss May for The New York Times The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention faced fresh blowback on Sunday for its muddled messaging on…

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New York Plans to Install ‘Vending Machines’ With Anti-Overdose Drugs

New York City health officials have announced a plan to install 10 “public health vending machines” that would dispense sterile syringes, an anti-overdose medication and other “harm reduction” supplies to help neighborhoods that have been hit hard by drug overdoses. The vending machines, which are planned for neighborhoods in all five boroughs, will also carry…

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Who Is Annie Hamilton?

For her high school yearbook, at the Ethical Culture Fieldston School, Ms. Hamilton chose a quote from the actor Zoë Tamerlis Lund, who’d been director Abel Ferrara’s muse and collaborator on the 1992 movie, “Bad Lieutenant.” According to Ms. Hamilton, Fieldston didn’t approve of the choice, “because Zoë was a raging heroin addict.” But the…

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