It’s been clear since the early days of the pandemic: People with mental illness are more likely to have severe outcomes from Covid. Compared to the general population, they’re at higher risk of being hospitalized, developing long Covid or dying from an infection. That fact puts mental illness on the same list as better-known Covid […]

I have thoughts about lentils. Generally speaking, my first thought is that they’re awfully nice when simmered into a soup, broken down until the broth is thick and the lentils slurpable. But I also see a firmer, more shapely side to these tiny disks, and Yossy Arefi has managed to perfectly showcase this personality trait […]

With the 2024-25 National Basketball Association (NBA) season fast approaching, the NBA’s 30 teams are making final preparations ahead of what promises to be one of the most competitive seasons ever. Here is all you need to know about the upcoming season: When does the 2024-25 NBA season start? The new NBA season opens on […]

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Jen Komaromi, 51, who owns a bakery and a gift store in the Bay Area. It has been edited for length and clarity. My son, Jack, was invited to stay with his friend’s family for a month in rural France, but the timing meant he couldn’t […]

Payton McNabb is a former volleyball player who suffered devastating injuries at the young age of 17, when her team was faced with a transgender player on the opposite end of the court. “I’m not tall enough to block, so I never block. I always just do tips, and it works for every other team […]

Brussels has launched a club of investors in a bid to lure more money to high-risk tech ventures. The investors could be tapped to coinvest alongside a fund the European Commission launched in 2021. The fund focuses on companies working on unproven, research-heavy technologies, which often struggle to attract the necessary funding to bring their […]

Washington — Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign raised more than three times as much money as former President Donald Trump in September, even as the polls remain neck and neck. And both campaigns spent more than they took in last month, as they make the final push to win over and turn out voters ahead […]

Indonesia’s new president, on Sunday. One of his first moves was to officially inaugurate a total of 48 ministers, with 22 new ministries and agencies, to help rule the country over the next 5 years. Several of them have been created by merging and splitting previous ministries. For example, the Ministry of Research and Technology […]

The long-anticipated hearing aid features coming to AirPods Pro 2 finally have a release date: Next week alongside iOS 18.1. Even though Apple is ramping up for a big Apple Intelligence launch, as it will finally be available for iPhone, iPad, and Mac users, the company is also celebrating another milestone: To bring hearing aid […]

Remedy Entertainment is celebrating the first anniversary of Alan Wake 2 with a new update that’s heavy on accessibility features. The “Anniversary Update” is coming Oct. 22 to PC and consoles, delivering a new menu that serves up an assortment of gameplay toggles that can make it easier to get through the game, either as […]