The authors analyzed 36 animal markets in the United States, including dog breeding, hunting and trapping, livestock auctions, backyard chicken farming and petting zoos. To assess how much risk each industry posed, they conducted interviews with experts and reviewed scientific papers, publicly available data, government regulations and more. For each industry, they considered 10 factors,…
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At around peak rush hour on the penultimate day of the couture shows a line of black cars snaked out of Paris, past grassy fields and factories 30 miles north to the 16th-century Château de Chantilly. Guests in brightly colored plumage were disgorged to teeter down a long stone walkway that opened to a vista…
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People with private Medicare coverage may not be getting the mental health services they need because they cannot find a psychiatrist within their plan’s network, according to a new study. More than half of the counties the researchers studied did not have a single psychiatrist participating in a Medicare Advantage plan, the private-sector counterpart to…
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Kema Christian-Coates’s childhood was filled with “holiday men,” absentee fathers — including her own — who returned each year around Christmas only to disappear again. Her father’s absence left a hole in her life and the fear that she, like her mother and grandmother, would never find a man she could rely on. Today, we…
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“I give you the best example that everyone can relate to,” he went on: “The Kardashians. You have Kim, who is a great person — we think she’s phenomenal — and you have Kylie. Kylie’s the young generation. She’s been very successful without having sex tapes, without having to go through all the things that…
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When Riley Keough saw the fuchsia and navy iridescent matching set from Chanel’s Cruise 2023/2024 collection, it was love at first sight. “It just felt very fun and glamorous and 70s but also very comfortable and cool,” the Daisy Jones and the Six star told ELLE.com. “It was very me, and when I put it…
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Hi. It’s me, Kim Severson! It’s that time of the summer when everyone but me goes on vacation. This means I get to talk about something my friends and family are tired of hearing, which is how much reporting power fuels everything we do over here in the best section of The New York Times.…
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To prevent a repeat of last winter’s “tripledemic” of respiratory illnesses, Americans will be encouraged to roll up their sleeves not just for flu shots but for two other vaccines, one of them entirely new. Federal health officials have already asked manufacturers to produce reformulated Covid vaccines to be distributed later this year. Recently, the…
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