A large study of patients in the United States who contracted coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) confirms many complications of the disease, according to new research in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). “Understanding the full range of associated conditions can aid in prognosis, guide treatment decisions and better inform patients as to their actual risks for…
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The federal contract signed in July called for Pfizer to deliver 100 million doses by March at a cost of $19.50 a dose. It gave the government the option to request 100 million to 500 million additional doses. It was one of six contracts that the Trump administration signed with vaccine makers in a strategy…
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This cookie assortment — from Resy, the restaurant reservation platform, and Ovenly, the Brooklyn-based baker — has a dozen cookies made from recipes by chefs like Missy Robbins, Alice Waters, Enrique Olvera, Jeremy Fox and Nina Compton. The selection, available through this month, includes a winter spiced sweet potato cookie, lemon fennel shortbread, chocolate chip…
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It’s nothing like spinach in the mashed potatoes. Adding a boost of fiber to home-baked goods, even sugary holiday treats, is easy with a new all-purpose flour. Flourish — made from a strain of white wheat, with a naturally high fiber content, grown by farmers in various locations and processed by Bay State Milling —…
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Even the dancers and other staff from the American Ballet Theater have been spending time cooking during the pandemic. The result is a digital cookbook with 65 recipes, including delectables like tarte au citron from Emily Hayes in the corps de ballet, and pirouette pumpkin muffins from Kara Medoff Barnett, the executive director. Among the…
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Back in 1882, when Olivieri, a bakery in Arzignano, Italy, near Vicenza in the Veneto region, started producing panettone you can be sure that it did not make an apricot and salted caramel flavor. But Nicola Olivieri, a sixth-generation baker in the baking family, is doing just that, along with other flavors, for his luxurious…
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Christmas traditions rendered in chocolate make for snackable treats and stocking stuffers. This year at La Maison du Chocolat, the holiday theme is the Christmas cracker, the party toy most popular in England that snaps open to reveal little goodies. A 10-inch oblong solid dark chocolate version is tied at each end and festively encrusted…
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Hospitals across California have continued to fill rapidly to dangerous levels as state and local officials try to dampen the explosive spread of the coronavirus in the state, Gov. Gavin Newsom said on Monday. More than 10,000 Covid-19 patients are now hospitalized in the state, he said, 72 percent more than two weeks ago. The…
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In states that have their own apps, without the benefit of push notifications, the numbers are far lower: about 5 percent in New York, less than 3 percent in Alabama and about 1 percent in Wyoming. Virginia has had the most success, at nearly 10 percent, having devoted about $1.5 million to public awareness campaigns.…
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Move over macaron. These celebratory little Viennese cakes beg for bubbly alongside. They’re new from Heidi Riegler’s Vienna Cookie Company in Baldwin, N.Y. Called punschkrapferl or punch cakes, they’re the Austrian take on petits fours, with liquor-soaked cake sandwiching fillings of jam and chocolate, glazed on the outside and blinged with a bit of gold…
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