In a nod to the ongoing risk the coronavirus poses to millions of Americans, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended on Wednesday that adults 65 and older and those with weakened immune systems receive another dose of the reformulated booster that debuted last fall. The endorsement followed a daylong discussion by the C.D.C.’s…
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Many of the signs of aging are invisible, slow, and subtle — changes in cell division capacity, cardiac output and kidney function don’t exactly show up in the mirror. But gray hairs are one of the most obvious clues that the body isn’t working like it used to. Our hair turns gray when melanin-producing stem…
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The company that makes a majority of the abortion pill mifepristone sold in the United States sued the Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday, a new legal volley in a string of recent court maneuverings over the fate of the drug. The lawsuit adds another strand to the intense legal battle underway over a case…
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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court extended a pause on a lower-court ruling that had sought to limit access to a commonly used abortion pill, ensuring that the drug, mifepristone, would remain widely available for now. In a brief order, Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. announced that the court would extend its stay through Friday evening,…
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While winter is traditionally citrus season, there’s something about spring (maybe surviving the slog of the cold, dark months) that begs for lemon desserts. Zippy and sometimes pleasantly puckering, the tang of lemons hits differently when balanced with sweetness. And, as the weather begins to warm up, calling for celebrating with friends at picnics and…
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TAMPA, Fla. — Did you hear about the women who hid all night underneath the truck? Rumors were flying outside the Raymond James Stadium more than 36 hours before Taylor Swift took the stage of the 75,000-seat site on Florida’s west coast. They went from person to person, as in a children’s game of telephone.…
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I know this space is primarily about cooking, but when The Times publishes Pete Wells’s ranked list of the top 100 restaurants in New York, it’s time to eat out! The list, he writes, creates a composite portrait of the city “that captures the diversity and character of dining in New York.” Did he miss…
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Five years ago, my 17-year-old daughter couldn’t secure a loan to study art and live on campus at our in-state public university. She needed me to co-sign her loans, which I did reluctantly. (I told her they were her responsibility, though.) She graduated with a degree in fine art and $100,000 in debt. She now…
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It’s a spring ritual: shopping for plants to fill this year’s pots. The first plant I grab always involves a bit of a ritual, too, aimed at preventing impulse buys that won’t add up to anything visually coherent once I’m back home. I start with a plant with multicolored leaves — an especially showy Coleus,…
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