Remdesivir, the only antiviral drug authorized for treatment of Covid-19 in the United States, fails to prevent deaths among patients, according to a study of more than 11,000 people in 30 countries sponsored by the World Health Organization. The data, which were posted online on Thursday, have not yet been peer-reviewed or published in a…
Details
In a flurry of memos released this week and last, the White House physician, Dr. Sean Conley, stated that President Trump no longer posed a transmission risk to others — an assessment, he noted, that was largely precipitated by the results of a bevy of “advanced diagnostics.” The declarations have helped clear Mr. Trump to return…
Details
A $5 rapid test for the coronavirus may be nearly as effective as the slower, more complex polymerase chain reaction test for identifying people who may spread the coronavirus, a novel experiment has found. The study, conducted by scientists at the University of California, San Francisco, is among the first head-to-head comparisons of a rapid…
Details
For nearly four decades, the artist and photographer Vik Muniz, 58, has been collecting postcards. He sends some to loved ones and friends, but sometimes he sends them to himself to see which will arrive home first: the postcard or him. But many of his postcards end up snipped into little pieces and rearranged to…
Details
Campbell: Thierry Chesnot/GEtty Images; remaining Images: Imaxtree. Kenneth Ize was in Venice when we spoke in mid-September, his first time venturing outside Nigeria after nearly seven months in quarantine. The 29-year-old onetime LVMH Prize finalist, who made his fall 2020 debut in Paris to much fanfare, was putting the finishing touches on his spring 2021…
Details
When the coronavirus pandemic wiped out travel in the spring, United Airlines slashed its flight schedule, salted away aircraft in the New Mexico desert and parked planes at hangars around the country. That was the easy part. Now, with what is normally the peak summer season behind it and travel proceeding in fits and starts,…
Details
When President Trump makes his appearance on Thursday night on NBC News, he is expected to speak, probably maskless, with the moderator, Savannah Guthrie, and the audience sitting at least 12 feet away. But he is unlikely to transmit the coronavirus to any of those people, multiple experts said. Since Mr. Trump first announced his…
Details
Lulu Peyraud, the matriarch of a wine-producing family in the Bandol region of southern France, who epitomized a joyous, exuberant and generous Provençal way of life as a cook and a hostess, died on Oct. 7 in La Ciotat, France. She was 102. The death, in a hospital, was announced by the Peyraud family’s wine…
Details
Last February, when Fendi unveiled its collaboration with British accessories brand Chaos —a collection that includes super luxe AirPod and smartphone cases—we had no idea just how precious our relationship would become with our gadgets. Or that after seven months of remote work and learning, we’d be more likely to treat our devices (aka our…
Details
Pink-beige shades, eyeliner, lush eyelashes, and other tricks will help refresh the image. We share the secrets of how to look younger with the right makeup. Pink-beige shades Give preference to delicate peach-beige shades – they will refresh the image. Makeup will work especially effective with one product. For example, you can use blush –…
Details