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As Congress Debates Cutting Medicaid, a Major Study Shows It Saves Lives

admin17 May 2025

The most extensive research on Medicaid coverage to date found that it reduced the risk of death by 21 percent.

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Peter Lax, Pre-eminent Cold War Mathematician, Dies at 98

admin17 May 2025

As the computer age dawned, he saw how the new technology could be harnessed to mathematics to solve problems in everything from designing weapons to predicting the weather.

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Facebook Enables Extremist Views. Should I Quit and Risk Losing My Friends There?

admin17 May 2025

The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on what to do when you’re conflicted about using an service you may rely on.

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When a Vaccine Safety Trial Becomes Unethical

admin17 May 2025

New vaccines are often evaluated in trials in which some participants receive a placebo. But not all studies can be designed this way.

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How Cuts to Medicaid Would Imperil Rural Hospitals

admin17 May 2025

More from our inbox: No Trump Third TermA Display of FaithLoud Music in PublicCredit...Sam Whitney/The New York TimesTo the Editor: Re “Medicaid Cuts Would Gut My Rural Hospital,” by Kevin Stansbury (Opinion guest essay, May 3): Mr. Stansbury makes ...

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Walter Frankenstein, 100, Dies; Hid From the Nazis All Over Berlin

admin17 May 2025

With his wife and infant sons, he took refuge in unlikely places, including an opera house, an abandoned car and a subway station converted to a bunker.

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The Road Trips That Changed Their Lives

admin17 May 2025

Antoni Porowski, Rachel Kushner, Michelle Zauner and others on their most memorable driving vacations, from coastal Maine to the prairies of South Dakota.

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David Tracy, 86, Theologian Who Rejected Rome’s Supremacy, Dies

admin17 May 2025

The author of influential books and essays, he was known for a contemporary theory of religion and Catholicism that advocated dialogue, not decrees.

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A Beloved Mainstay of Sri Lankan Culture and Cuisine on Staten Island

admin17 May 2025

The 212 column revisits New York institutions that have helped define the city, from time-honored restaurants to unsung dives. Much of Bay Street, which runs parallel to Staten Island’s north shore, is a mix of nondescript restaurants and stores — a ...

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Swept by the Fires, Away From Their Lives

admin17 May 2025

In the aftermath of the Los Angeles fires that destroyed thousands of homes and properties, many fire victims moved far away from Altadena and Pacific Palisades in a sudden diaspora that upended the two tight-knit communities in ways beyond the ...

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