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And about that data: Everyone wishes they were stronger. While some regard the research out of Israel as sufficient to back a second booster, Dr. Borio sees methodological shortcomings that limit its usefulness in shaping public policy decisions. “Understandably, these sorts of population-wide observational studies aren’t randomized, they’re not taking…

When I was in graduate school, nearly a decade ago, I bought a cheap porcelain teapot that I still use today. It has faux-gold lining, with edges that gleam, and a pink-and-jade rosebud print across its surface. A halo of teal encircles the lid, which comes off with a clinking…

A neighbor of Frank R. James, whom the New York Police Department has called a person of interest in Tuesday’s mass shooting on a subway train in Brooklyn, said in an interview that Mr. James was gruff and standoffish, and once confronted her over a key left in her apartment…

Credit…Clockwise from top left: Dave Sanders, Stephanie Keith, Andrew Hinderaker and Hilary Swift for The New York Times The police in New York on Tuesday evening identified a man they called a “person of interest” in the mass shooting on a crowded subway train in Brooklyn during the morning rush…