Health

This week, learn about the basics of perfume, listen to a string quartet or catch Regina King’s directorial debut. Here is a sampling of the week’s events and how to tune in (all times are Eastern). Note that events are subject to change after publication. Monday Immerse yourself in the …

Some states are already expanding eligibility to people 65 and over, even though millions of people the C.D.C. recommends go first — health care workers and nursing home residents — have yet to get shots. Just weeks into the country’s coronavirus vaccination effort, states have begun broadening access to the …

Removing obstacles makes it more likely you’ll achieve a new health goal. The 7-Day Well Challenge will show you how. Whether your goal for the new year is to lose weight, start exercising or focus on self-care, ask yourself: How can I make this easier? In the scientific study of …

The Trump administration’s move, which Biden could eventually reverse, would loosen program rules and cap the state’s funding as part of a block grant. Bill Lee, the governor of Tennessee, has called the program a “legacy achievement.” But it faces opposition within the state.Mark Humphrey/Associated Press With 12 days to …

Public health officials are using Eventbrite’s online ticketing platform to schedule shots. But appointments are still hard to find, and not everyone knows how to use the website. In the early stages of a global push to distribute the coronavirus vaccine to those who need it most — a process …

The sperm kings of America are exhausted. These men are flying all over the place. They are shipping their sperm with new vial systems and taking the latest DNA tests because that is what women want now. Sure, they can talk on the phone, but they say it has to …

The Gamaleya Research Institute, part of Russia’s Ministry of Health, developed a coronavirus vaccine known as Sputnik V or Gam-Covid-Vac. Gamaleya announced in December that the vaccine had an efficacy of 91.4 percent. Russia is using it in a mass vaccination campaign, and it is now being distributed in Argentina, …

With hospitals in Los Angeles County swamped with Covid-19 patients, a memo that went out to the county’s ambulance crews last week caused public alarm and prompted explanations from medics on social media about their care practices. In the memo, a slightly updated version of which was released on Monday, …

At the start of the pandemic, I was “Dr. No” to my in-laws and cancer patients, but my conversations have become more nuanced. My wife’s parents have led a relatively monastic existence since about mid-March. Both are in their 80s and live independently in rural Pennsylvania, maintaining a three-acre property …