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An East Village Boutique Where the Avant-Garde Gathered
It was back in 2017 that Svetlana Kitto, a Columbia University-trained oral historian who writes frequently about art, was researching a catalog for “Objects/Time/Offerings,” an installation at the Gordon Robichaux gallery by the artist Ken Tisa and found herself repeatedly encountering the name Sara Penn? Who was she? Those with a long memory for fashion…
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F.D.A. Authorizes Moderna and Johnson & Johnson Booster Shots
WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration authorized booster shots on Wednesday for tens of millions of recipients of Moderna’s two-dose coronavirus vaccine and Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose shot, significantly expanding efforts to bolster protection for vulnerable Americans. The agency also authorized medical providers to give people a booster shot of a different Covid-19 vaccine,…
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Pain Doctor Accused of Sexually Assaulting Patients Faces New Federal Charges
The federal investigation in the case is still in progress, and officials urged anyone who might have been a victim of Mr. Cruciani’s to contact the U.S. attorney’s office for the Southern District of New York. The 16-page federal indictment describes in detail how the former physician, who provided treatments for intractable pain conditions, developed…
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The Creator of ‘Salad for President’ Celebrates Her New Book
Julia Sherman is famous for salad. In 2017, after her blog of the same name had grown a healthy following, she published the cookbook “Salad for President.” Both presented salad recipes that Sherman, who received her undergraduate degree from the Rhode Island School of Design and has an M.F.A. from Columbia, often developed in collaboration…
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Brazil Senate’s Pandemic Panel, in Last-Minute Shift, Softened Criminal Recommendations on Bolsonaro
BRASÍLIA, Brazil — On Tuesday night, a Brazilian congressional panel was hours away from revealing on national television its recommendation that President Jair Bolsonaro should face homicide and genocide charges for his mishandling of the pandemic, which has killed 600,000 Brazilians. Then a few senators had second thoughts. Even though they opposed Mr. Bolsonaro and…
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The Best Designer Finds from the Net-a-Porter Friends and Family Sale
Tyler Joe Not all designer sales are created equal. Some we can skip; some earn a cursory browse; and some, like Net-a-Porter’s latest event, demand a drop-everything-and-shop mindset. This isn’t just an urge to shop speaking. Net-a-Porter is holding a Friends and Family sale where hundreds of sought-after designers are 25 percent off at checkout…
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Sales of Biogen’s Alzheimer’s Drug Fall Short of Expectations
The drug maker Biogen reported on Wednesday that Aduhelm, its new Alzheimer’s drug, brought in $300,000 in revenue from July to September, far short of the company’s goals and Wall Street expectations. The sales figures, which Biogen disclosed in its financial report for the third quarter, the drug’s first full period of availability, represented a…
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The Albums That Transport You
Welcome. If each day of the workweek corresponds to a gear on a five-speed car, then Monday might be “starting” and Thursday might be “cruising.” Wednesday, meanwhile, would be an in-between gear, a time when you’re driving around town running errands. When weeks drag, I think about getting to Wednesday, past the revving-up portion of…
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Gates Foundation Pledges $120 Million to Help Get Merck Covid Pills to Poor Countries
The first easy-to-use Covid-19 treatment could be available in the United States by the end of this year, but it is unlikely to reach developing countries, where hundreds of millions of people remain without access to vaccines, until at least the middle of 2022, according to public health officials. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation…
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