“We’re afraid that the kids who are being missed are probably the kids at higher risk,” Dr. Courtney said. Some states reported that the dip in lead screenings was especially pronounced among children who were on Medicaid, he added. For lead-poisoned children, the consequences could be devastating. Although there is no way to reverse lead…
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My mother died in June and was cremated, as provided in her will. For practical reasons, my brother took possession of her ashes. Now it’s March, and he hasn’t done a single thing about burying her ashes beside my father’s, as she requested. When I reminded him, he got defensive and changed the subject. My…
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Almost exactly a year ago, the Louis Vuitton show, held in the courtyard of the Louvre, brought the curtain down on the runway circus as it once was. Though no one knew it at the time, it was the last mass live fashion event that would take place; by the time attendees had returned to…
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The construction boom started after Hurricane Odile, which stuck and caused severe damage to Los Cabos in 2014, according to Ramiro Palenque Bullrich, the owner of 2Seas Los Cabos, a local realty company that is an affiliate of Christie’s International Real Estate. “Right after Odile, getting a permit to build was very inexpensive so the…
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Before the pandemic, he enjoyed playing host. Every winter since 1978, he had convened a series of Wednesday night salons, inviting curators, collectors, artists and art lovers to gather at his apartment. “It’s amazing the conversations that happen around midnight,” he said. His final night out was March 9, 2020, when he went with friends…
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There is a story Linda Dresner likes to tell about her austere New York boutique, which opened on Park Avenue in 1984: “Jackie O. would come in and say, ‘Do you mind if I just stay here and have my tuna fish sandwich in the dressing room?’ She just enjoyed looking at the young women…
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I continued to live a full and largely unaffected life, though I often suffered symptoms such as debilitating headaches and bone pain. The hallmark fatigue of these blood disorders was not yet on my radar. I hiked. I cycled. I traveled. I was a night owl typically functioning “well” on five to six hours of…
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“We added a number of things we originally didn’t think we’d need; a fancy weed eater, an extendable ladder, lawn chairs for eight, a badminton set and specialty cookware like a pizza stone and a Dutch oven,” said Ms. Zesch, whose wedding is set for Sept. 18. “As the pandemic was happening we bought things…
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If you have been drinking too much while looking at pictures of real life (or at least Instagram life), if you spend more time talking to machines than living creatures, if you’ve been wondering if you’re alive, if you have an itch you can’t scratch, if you think you have a condition called accelerating decrepitude,…
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COLUMBUS, Ohio – Overweight low-income mothers of young kids ate fewer fast-food meals and high-fat snacks after participating in a study – not because researchers told them what not to eat, but because the lifestyle intervention being evaluated helped lower the moms’ stress, research suggests. The 16-week program was aimed at preventing weight gain by…
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