Why It Matters: A resurgence in travel could lead to more cases. The United States eradicated malaria decades ago, but globally there were nearly 250 million cases of malaria in 2021, a vast majority in Africa, according to the World Health Organization. Before the Covid-19 pandemic, about 2,000 cases of malaria were reported in the…
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Decades before Dr. Anthony S. Fauci became a household name during the coronavirus pandemic, one of his detractors wrote that he was “a murderer” and “a liar” who “should be put before a firing squad.” The man behind those words was Larry Kramer, the argumentative writer and activist who helped shape the modern gay rights…
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Remember the season two premiere of The White Lotus when Daphne Sullivan (Meghann Fahy) runs screaming from the beach? She’s just seen some corpses—R.I.P., Tanya; ciao, high-end gays—and between the dead bodies and filthy rich husband, she’s obviously distraught. But along with the corpses and cuckolds, there’s one less obvious reason to panic: Turns out,…
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Traditional American barbecue sauces have always had an air of mystery. The lengthy ingredient lists. The complex flavors. The secrecy surrounding the recipe. The mythical pit masters who vow to take their formulas to the grave. So the notion of a barbecue sauce that contains only three ingredients smacks of heresy — even more so…
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David and Davin Wedel were living in a Boston condominium in 2016, awaiting the birth of their twin daughters, when it occurred to them that they might need more space for their family. So they began casually looking at houses outside the city, just to get a feel for the market. Once they visited an…
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Transgender people in Denmark have a significantly higher risk of suicide than other groups, according to an exhaustive analysis of health and legal records from nearly seven million people over the last four decades. The study is the first in the world to analyze national suicide data for this group. Transgender people in the country…
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When did Marc Jacobs, erstwhile downtown darling turned New York fashion éminence grise, become a philosopher of the modern condition? Maybe around the time he stepped off the show hamster wheel and out of the growth race and started adhering to his own schedule, unveiling his runway collections (which are sold only at Bergdorf Goodman)…
DetailsUna investigación publicada el domingo evalúa la efectividad del ingrediente activo en los medicamentos inyectables para la diabetes y la obesidad cuando se toman por vía oral.
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