Denmark on Wednesday became the first country to plan to permanently stop administering the AstraZeneca vaccine, a month after suspending its use following reports that a small number of recipients had developed a rare but serious blood-clotting disorder. The director general of the country’s health authority, Soeren Brostroem, said Denmark was able to halt use…
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Gucci will debut its Aria collection by Alessandro Michele, a celebration of the famed house’s 100 year anniversary, on Thursday, April 15th 9 AM EST, broadcasting directly from Milan. Celebrate their centennial and tune in from the comfort of your own home, below. This content is imported from YouTube. You may be able to find…
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An advisory committee for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention met on Wednesday to discuss the decision made on Tuesday to pause use of the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine because of its possible link to extremely rare blood clots. After a robust afternoon discussion, the panel decided they needed more time to assess…
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Keeping the middle seats vacant during a flight could reduce passengers’ exposure to airborne coronavirus by 23 to 57 percent, researchers reported in a new study that modeled how aerosolized viral particles spread through a simulated airplane cabin. “Farther is always better in terms of exposure,” said Byron Jones, a mechanical engineer at Kansas Sate…
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Want to get the At Home newsletter in your inbox? Sign up here. Welcome. Virtual trivia. Online play reading groups. We’re negotiating a less-quarantined existence, but our pandemic pastimes remain predominantly home-based for the moment. We’re booking optimistic flights for summer and contemplating vaccine passports, but we’re still home making Yewande Komolafe’s tamarind-drizzled rice porridge,…
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The pandemic might have made it harder to visit a skin-care professional for a facial or other treatments, but you can still achieve that wedding-day glow at home with an assortment of products and even massages that you can do yourself. Many skin-care professionals also offer virtual consultations as well as online tutorials. Home treatments…
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In the movies, birth is usually an emergency. It begins with the woman’s water breaking, at the worst possible moment. She appears to be barely in labor, and yet she is rushed, through gridlock traffic, to the hospital. There she becomes angry, and the pain is her husband’s fault. She yells at him, perhaps even…
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If you thought baseball caps, baggy jeans, and well-worn moto boots weren’t high fashion, think again. Like many designers in this mid-pandemic season, Hedi Slimane of Celine released their fall-winter 2021 collection in digital format today, operating on their own fashion calendar. As the show notes say, Celine’s world is a “utopian parade and melancholic…
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For Saint Laurent’s summer 2021 campaign, which originally debuted in the African desert at the end of 2020, creative director Anthony Vacarello enlisted icons only. The cast includes familiar faces of the Parisian atelier: French actress and all-around legend Charlotte Gainsbourg, Julianne Moore, Indya Moore, Leo Reilly, and Chloe Sevigny. The film is directed by…
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On Tuesday, several dozen organizations that work on addiction and other health issues asked Mr. Biden’s health and human services secretary, Xavier Becerra, to “act with urgency” and eliminate the rule that doctors go through a day of training before getting federal permission to prescribe buprenorphine. Many addiction experts are also calling for abolishing rules…
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