How I Hold It Together: ‘Mix Tapes’ and More Farah MillerStaying balanced in New Jersey I hang out with a puppy �� Yes, we got a pandemic puppy. Yes, everyone said this would be “my dog,” even though I insisted he was “for the kids.” And they were right. The good news is that pets […]
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In the annals of unsolicited advice, few nuggets have been dispensed as widely and with less supporting evidence than this: “If you keep doing all that running, you’re going to ruin your knees.” The latest salvo in the debate over knees and running — a systematic review of 43 previous MRI studies that finds no […]
Disney has put on pause a coronavirus vaccine mandate for employees of its Florida theme park after the State Legislature and the governor made it illegal for employers to require all workers get the shots, a company spokesperson confirmed Saturday. Walt Disney World could have been facing fines under the policy now on hold, illustrating […]
By the end of the week, I had spent $390 on the blanket. Silly for a jobless person who lived in a married couple’s spare room. I folded it carefully and tied it with a ribbon and emailed David: “Can we talk?” He agreed to meet me by Lake Merritt. We sat on a towel […]
In a world of pandemic chaos, political strife and climate catastrophe, some would-be parents see the future as too dark to procreate. Source link
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“Therapy helps people address unfinished business, like trauma and habits we have trouble breaking,” said Terrence Maltbia, the faculty director of the coaching certificate program at Columbia. “In coaching, there has always been an element of helping people discover their purpose, but the pandemic has amplified that aspect of it.” This paradigm shift is seeping […]
WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration on Friday authorized booster shots of both the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines for everyone 18 and older, opening up eligibility to tens of millions more fully vaccinated adults. The move simplifies eligibility, fulfills a pledge by President Biden to offer the shots to every American adult and formally […]
Faced with rising infections and an anticipated surge in holiday travel, scientific advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday endorsed booster shots of the coronavirus vaccines for all Americans over 18. The agency’s director, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, is expected to approve the recommendation later on Friday. The move will fulfill President […]
This article has been updated with the results of the C.D.C.’s investigation. After an investigation into vials labeled “smallpox” found at a laboratory in Pennsylvania, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said late Thursday that it had found no evidence the vials contained the variola virus, the cause of the disease. The vials “were […]