Several People Hospitalized in Austria After Taking Suspected Fake Ozempic
The drug, used to treat diabetes, has become popular as a weight loss treatment. Now, officials are warning of counterfeit versions circulating in Europe.
Despite State Bans, Legal Abortions Didn’t Fall Nationwide in Year After Dobbs
In the 12 months after the Dobbs decision in June 2022, there were on average 82,298 abortions a month, compared with 82,115 in the two months before Dobbs, WeCount found. The group, part of the Society of Family Planning, which supports abortion rights, collects monthly numbers from providers across the country. The new data, released…
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Paddle Boarders in Witch Costumes Welcome Halloween
At first, the silhouette looked familiar — a person in a pointed hat with a long robe holding a broom-shaped object. But the setting felt out of place. What would a witch be doing on water, of all places, let alone with an entire coven? Every October, hundreds of witches appear on bodies of water…
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A Tribal-Led Effort to Protect Marine Life in California Faces Headwinds
My paddle slips gently through calm ocean water as the kayak glides toward the mouth of Morro Bay Harbor. I approach a sandbar covered in resting cormorants, as sea otters float in nearby kelp, inky-eyed pups nestled on their mothers’ chests. On this windless morning, the marine layer paints the world in a gentle watercolor…
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Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, Ghost Influencer
When John F. Kennedy Jr.’s plane crashed on July 16, 1999, killing both Mr. Kennedy and his wife, Carolyn Bessette Kennedy (as well as Carolyn’s older sister), at the peak of their glamour and celebrity, the couple became not just another tragic story, but a symbol. Think pieces proliferated about what it all meant: about…
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Inside Roz Chast’s Connecticut Home
For years after she moved to Connecticut from New York, Roz Chast had recurring dreams about her beloved post-college apartment on West 73rd Street. The storyline and set design of those reveries varied, but she was always on the street where she had lived. “There would be things like, I would go into the building…
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It’s the quintessential flavor of fall. It also has big benefits for your health.
How Aid in Dying Became Medical, Not Moral
In rural Iowa, Peg Sandeen recalls, living with AIDS meant living under the cloud of your neighbors’ judgment. After her husband, John, fell ill in 1992, the rumors began swirling. The couple had almost learned to live with the stigma when things took a turn for the worse. In 1993, ravaged by his disease and…
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50 White Elephant Gift Ideas People Will Actually Want
Every item on this page was chosen by an ELLE editor. We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. Best Lip Balm Summer Fridays Lip Butter Balm Best Lip Balm Summer Fridays Lip Butter Balm Marianna Hewitt’s Summer Fridays just keeps getting better. The new tinted lip balm softens and…
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In ‘Seafood Simple,’ Eric Ripert Includes Techniques and Not-So-Simple Recipes
Eric Ripert’s previous cookbook, “Vegetable Simple,” lived up to its title with some recipes needing but two or three ingredients. His new book, “Seafood Simple”? Not so simple. Effortless wonders include salmon and tomato à la Gilbert (for Gilbert Le Coze, a founder of Le Bernardin, who Mr. Ripert succeeded as an owner and the…
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