The Food and Drug Administration approved the United States’ first at-home cervical cancer screening tool on Friday, a decision that stands to give women an accessible alternative to Pap smears, which many find painful or traumatic. The new test, made by Teal Health, involves swabbing the vagina with a spongelike tool rather than inserting a…
A sophisticated blend of form and function, the bar cabinet is having a moment in high-end home design. Unlike the ubiquitous bar cart, in which drinks are displayed out in the open, bar cabinets provide spacious storage solutions while serving as impressive showpieces. Some, like one from Louis Vuitton, come souped-up, full of bling and…
In a speech broadcast to the Food and Drug Administration’s Maryland campus on Friday morning, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. introduced himself as the nation’s health secretary with a meandering speech touching on everything from birds of prey to pollution in Lake Erie to the C.I.A. Mr. Kennedy told the agency staff members, in the throes…
