After just a bit more than a year and a half, 819, or 11.7 percent, of patients in the bempedoic acid group had one of the heart-related complications. In the placebo group, 927 patients, or 13.3 percent, had such an event. Participants did not have muscle aches or an increased risk of diabetes, the most…
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On Thursday evening, more than 1,000 writers, presenters and guests gathered for the PEN America Literary Awards at Town Hall near Times Square. Just before 6 p.m., the staff set up a small red carpet area for what has been called the Oscars for books. Slowly, luminaries from the worlds of literature and entertainment — Susan…
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Eight years ago, Angie Valentino, an award-winning makeup artist, moved from Milan — where she worked for brands like Fendi, Versace, Dolce & Gabbana and Philipp Plein — to New York. Since then, she has focused on private clients around the city, including Broadway and television performers. Ms. Valentino, 37, lives in Ridgewood, Queens. ITALIAN…
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Beware Toxic Mary I’ve been at a perfectly OK job for the past nine months, but the environment is a little toxic. There are a few people who are rude and unkind, and there’s a culture of gossiping and complaining. I’ve become a target for one particularly grouchy and rude co-worker. Emails from “Mary” are rude…
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Jenny Walton had coveted an Hermès bag for years before finally buying one last fall. “They’re never going to go out of style,” Ms. Walton, 33, offered as a reason she wanted to own one of the brand’s handbags, which can cost four, five, even six figures. Hermès’s bags include the Kelly and its more…
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A small airport in Pennsylvania was closed on Friday night after a suspicious package was detected in checked luggage on a flight bound for Chicago. The authorities later said that bag did not contain anything hazardous, and that the airport would reopen at 4 a.m. on Saturday. The passenger terminal at the University Park Airport…
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Bernadette Carey Smith, who in the 1960s was one of the first Black women to be hired as a reporter at The New York Times and The Washington Post, died on Dec. 5 at an assisted living complex in Tuckahoe, N.Y. She was 83. Her nephew Scott Taylor said the cause was arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease.…
DetailsFederal health officials are reminding parents of infants to properly sterilize breast pump equipment after a baby died last year from a rare bacterial infection.
A few weeks after Republican attorneys general in 21 states sent letters threatening legal action against retail pharmacy chains if they dispensed the abortion pill mifepristone, Walgreens said it would not distribute the pill in those states. In January, after the Food and Drug Administration said it would allow retail pharmacies to become certified to…
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