Timef 08/22/2025
- What to Know About Plague After a New Case in California nytimes.com2025-08-22 23:25:41
It is not just a scourge of the Middle Ages. Plague still exists, though it is rare. Here’s what to look for and how to protect yourself.
- Was Head-Binding an Ancient Way to Get Ahead? nytimes.com2025-08-22 22:00:10
For some cultures, the practice of cranial deformation may have offered individuals a path to privilege later in their lives.
- Nathaniel B. Palmer, a U.S. Icebreaker, May Have Sailed Its Last Expedition nytimes.com2025-08-22 17:00:52
The decommissioning would leave the United States with no icebreaker to study the southern seas and cede scientific leadership to rival countries like China.
- Congo Has Astronomical Rates of Sexual Violence. Now Victims Have Lost Access to Care. nytimes.com2025-08-22 17:00:15
The conflict that has put rebels in control of much of the east of the country has left victims with no legal recourse and dismantled many of the clinics that offered care.
- Tracking the Aftermath From Erin on the Ocean nytimes.com2025-08-22 09:33:57
Meteorologists piece together the aftereffects in a hurricane’s path, and look ahead to potential future storms.
- Trump Budget Office Is Withholding H.I.V. Funds That Congress Appropriated nytimes.com2025-08-22 09:07:22
Lawmakers allocated $6 billion this fiscal year for PEPFAR, the H.I.V. prevention and treatment program, but the administration has indicated it will release less than half of that.
- Supreme Court Lets Trump Administration Cut N.I.H. Grants for Disfavored Research nytimes.com2025-08-22 06:48:04
The court’s order was fractured, with the justices splitting over whether individual cancellations and the policy behind them could be challenged in a federal trial court.
