Researchers who have examined the genomes of two coronavirus infections in Washington State say the similarities between the cases suggest that the virus may have been spreading in the state for weeks. Washington had the United States’ first confirmed case of coronavirus, announced by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Jan.…
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WASHINGTON — Democratic presidential candidates have seized on President Trump’s response to the spreading global coronavirus outbreak, and the growing threat it poses to America’s record-long economic expansion, to attack the president on what has been his greatest strength with voters: the economy. Until last week, the candidates had largely attacked Mr. Trump’s economic management…
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Stay home from work if you get sick. See a doctor. Use a separate bathroom from the people you live with. Prepare for schools to close, and to work from home. These are measures the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has recommended to slow a coronavirus outbreak in the United States. Yet…
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Here’s what you can do: The coronavirus continues to spread in Asia, Europe and the Middle East, with more than 70 cases and one death confirmed in the United States. While the Food and Drug Administration announced this weekend that testing in the United States would be greatly expanded, health experts have been…
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On a day that saw the signing of a historic agreement with the Taliban and the first American death of the coronavirus outbreak, President Trump found himself veering off message on Saturday during both a news conference and a speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference. The president said the administration was thinking…
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People in fashion are obsessed with time. It’s why designers talk about being inspired by ages: gilded, jazz, space or medieval. It’s why fashion writers reference decades like they’re talking about reuniting with old friends. The 1970s are back. The 1990s are back. The 1950s, the 2000s. It’s why one of the most devastating criticisms…
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PARIS — The weekend began in the gilded salons of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, a grand mid-19th-century building on the banks of the Seine where the foundation of the European Union was laid and where Friday night Diane von Furstenberg received the honor of the Chevalier de Legion d’Honneur from Christine Lagarde, president of…
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Is this new coronavirus really a serious danger? Doesn’t the flu kill more people? As the United States recorded its first coronavirus death on Saturday — and as other cases popped up in people without known risks on the West Coast — Americans wondered how to measure this new threat against a more…
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Meredith Cramer Perry and Amit Kumar Bedi were married Feb. 29 at the Van Benthuysen-Elms Mansion, an events space in New Orleans. Michelle Brous, a friend of the couple who became a Universal Life minister for the occasion, officiated along with Warren Reed, another friend of the couple. Ms. Perry, 29, is the director of…
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Esther Rachel Gibofsky and Adam Charles Rattner were married Feb. 29 at Guastavino’s, an events space in Manhattan. Rabbi Haskel Lookstein officiated. The bride, 34, who is taking her husband’s name, is a marketing strategist focusing on digital advertising at Google in Manhattan. She graduated from Northwestern and received an M.B.A. from N.Y.U. She is…
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