5 Surprising Signs of Aging
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Hint: You may need to buy new shoes.
August 21st 2026, 5:15 am
Share Your Experiences With the Public Health System in Louisiana
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The New York Times is examining how public health is changing in the state, from the whooping cough outbreak to vaccine policies, and we want to hear from you.
August 20th 2026, 7:28 pm
Outrage at UnitedHealth and Other Insurers Persists After Brian Thompson Killing
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Higher premiums and rising medical bills have intensified Americans’ dissatisfaction with their medical coverage.
August 20th 2026, 7:28 pm
How Louisiana’s New Surgeon General Wants to Transform Public Health
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Dr. Evelyn Griffin is pushing for more emphasis on wellness and prevention. She has also aligned with the MAHA movement in fighting government mandates and questioning the safety of some vaccines.
August 20th 2026, 7:28 pm
Moderna, Merck Say mRNA Vaccine Prevents Melanoma From Returning
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Moderna and Merck say the experimental vaccine prevented the return and spread of the cancer in high-risk melanoma patients.
August 20th 2026, 7:28 pm
Moderna’s Shift to Cancer Company Lifts Stock Up 177%
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The company’s fortunes cratered as demand for Covid-19 vaccines plummeted. But it was busy working on something else.
August 20th 2026, 7:28 pm
What Is Treatment-Resistant Depression?
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If multiple antidepressants haven’t helped, there are other avenues to explore.
August 20th 2026, 7:28 pm
How One Woman With a Very Rare Disease Secured a Clinical Trial
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Through sheer determination, Neena Nizar has become the first patient in a clinical trial testing a treatment for her disease — one so rare it affects just 30 people worldwide.
August 20th 2026, 7:28 pm
Former Fauci Adviser Pleads Guilty to Trying to Conceal Covid-Related Records
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Dr. David Morens, a former N.I.H. official, admitted to attempts to conceal emails that discussed the origins of the pandemic.
August 20th 2026, 7:28 pm
How Cyclospora Evaded the U.S. Food Safety System to Sicken Thousands
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The Trump administration delayed a rule last year that could have sped up the effort to pinpoint the source of the contamination. Critics charge that food safety oversight has eroded overall.
August 20th 2026, 7:28 pm
Trump Nominates Heidi Overton, a Top Domestic Policy Aide, for F.D.A. Commissioner
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Dr. Overton is a fierce opponent of abortion rights and a supporter of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Make America Healthy Again agenda.
August 20th 2026, 7:28 pm
Rise in Deaths Spurs Effort to Raise Alcohol Taxes
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Alcohol taxes have been stagnant for years. But after the pandemic sent alcohol-related deaths soaring, activists in Oregon said higher taxes could save lives.
September 11th 2022, 6:31 am
Marc Lewitinn, 76, Covid Patient, Dies After 850 Days on a Ventilator
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While no definitive statistics exist, doctors say he was likely the longest-surviving intubated Covid patient.
September 9th 2022, 8:11 pm
Sheila Tobias, Who Defined ‘Math Anxiety,’ Dies at 86
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Feeling jittery about math — and altogether avoiding it — “is a serious handicap” that often affected women, she wrote in Ms. magazine in 1976, followed by a book on the subject.
September 9th 2022, 8:11 pm
Breast Implants May Be Linked to Additional Cancers, F.D.A. Warns
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On rare occasions, new cancers have been found in women with both textured and smooth implants, filled with saline or silicone, federal health officials said.
September 8th 2022, 8:14 pm
FDA Approves Daxxify, a New Anti-Wrinkle Drug
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The treatment lasts for six months in half of its users, company studies showed, representing the first major advance in facial injections in decades.
September 8th 2022, 6:27 pm
Bird Flu Found in Dolphin in Florida and Porpoise in Sweden
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The findings represent the first time a highly pathogenic form of the virus, which has devastated bird populations this year, has been detected in cetaceans.
September 7th 2022, 11:27 pm
A ‘Period Dignity Officer’ Seemed Like a Good Idea. Until a Man Was Named.
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The job in the Scottish region of Tayside was eliminated after a groundswell of anger that a man would be overseeing, or ‘mansplaining,’ menstruation policy.
September 6th 2022, 3:53 pm
Juul Settles Multi-State Youth Vaping Inquiry for $438.5 Million
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The tentative deal would close a yearslong investigation by nearly three dozen states into the company’s marketing and sales practices.
September 6th 2022, 3:53 pm
How Abbott Kept Sick Babies From Becoming a Scandal
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Abbott’s lawyers at Jones Day negotiated secret settlements and used scorched earth tactics with families whose infants fell ill after consuming powdered formula.
September 6th 2022, 9:53 am
US Life Expectancy Falls Again in ‘Historic’ Setback
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The decline during the pandemic is the sharpest in nearly 100 years, hitting Native American and Alaska Native communities particularly hard.
September 4th 2022, 7:39 pm
Abortion Pill Providers Work to Broaden Access Post-Roe Decision
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These new efforts, which test the legal boundaries, have sprung up since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and many states restricted abortion.
September 4th 2022, 7:39 pm
How the Pandemic Shortened Life Expectancy in Indigenous Communities
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New federal data outline the scale of suffering among Native Americans and Alaska Natives.
September 4th 2022, 7:37 pm
California Approves Bill to Punish Doctors Who Spread False Information
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Weighing into the fierce national debate over Covid-19 prevention and treatments, the state would be the first to try a legal remedy for vaccine disinformation.
September 4th 2022, 7:37 pm
When Fetterman Declined to Debate, Dr. Oz Made His Stroke an Issue
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Dr. Mehmet Oz, the Republican nominee for Senate in Pennsylvania, has taunted his Democratic rival, Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, about his recovery.
September 4th 2022, 7:37 pm
CDC Signs Off on Updated Booster Shots That Address Omicron
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The debut of Omicron-specific vaccines raises a thorny question: How long should you wait between shots?
September 4th 2022, 7:37 pm
The Curious Hole in My Head
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Born without my left temporal lobe, a brain region thought to be critical for language, I’ve been a research subject for much of my life.
September 4th 2022, 7:37 pm
This Teen Was Prescribed 10 Psychiatric Drugs. She’s Not Alone.
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Increasingly, anxious and depressed teens are using multiple, powerful psychiatric drugs, many of them untested in adolescents or for use in tandem.
September 4th 2022, 7:37 pm
The Quiet Cost of Family Caregiving
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Many employees reduce their hours or stop working to help ailing family members. But it may be years before they fully return to the work force, studies indicate.
September 4th 2022, 7:37 pm
Paxlovid Cuts Covid Deaths Among Older People, Israeli Study Finds
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Among patients under 65, however, the drug made little difference in hospitalization or death rates.
September 4th 2022, 7:37 pm
Some Women Turn to Self-Managed Abortion as Access Recedes
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Information and medications needed to end a pregnancy are increasingly available outside the health care system.
August 7th 2022, 5:39 am
Officials Wrestle With Whether to Allow New Monkeypox Vaccination Strategy
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A new way of injecting monkeypox vaccine could stretch the nation’s supply of shots, but some experts argue that the approach has not been sufficiently studied.
August 6th 2022, 6:37 pm
Leon E. Rosenberg, Geneticist Who Wrote of His Depression, Dies at 89
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After years of pioneering research into inherited disorders, mostly in children, he spoke openly about his struggle with mental illness.
August 6th 2022, 3:30 pm
Democrats’ Long-Sought Plan for Lowering Drug Costs Is at Hand
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Empowering Medicare to negotiate prices directly with drug makers has been a Democratic goal for 30 years, one the pharmaceutical industry has fought ferociously.
August 6th 2022, 3:30 pm
Why Monkeypox Vaccine Shortage May Threaten the Immunocompromised
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People with H.I.V. and other immune-system problems may need the full two-dose regimen, researchers say. But the shots, particularly second doses, are hard to come by.
August 6th 2022, 3:30 pm
What is Tpoxx? The Monkeypox Treatment Drug That’s Hard to Get
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Doctors who want to prescribe tecovirimat, or Tpoxx, must navigate a gantlet of bureaucratic hurdles that experts say could be quickly lifted.
August 6th 2022, 3:30 pm
U.S. Could Have Had Many More Doses of Monkeypox Vaccine This Year
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The Department of Health and Human Services delayed asking the manufacturer to process the bulk vaccine the government already owned into vials.
August 3rd 2022, 8:42 pm
How Scientists Are Reviving Cells in Dead Pigs’ Organs
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Researchers who previously revived some brain cells in dead pigs succeeded in repeating the process in more organs.
August 3rd 2022, 12:45 pm
Biden Names White House Coordinator for Monkeypox
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The appointment of Robert Fenton, a veteran emergency response official, comes as New York, California and Illinois declare states of emergency.
August 2nd 2022, 7:27 am
Is Bio-Designed Collagen the Next Step in Animal Protein Replacement?
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One company believes the possibilities go beyond vegan “meat,” from faux leather to luxury skin-care products. But is there enough demand outside of food alternatives?
August 2nd 2022, 5:29 am
Breaking Nicotine’s Powerful Draw
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Millions of smokers could be forced to confront the agony of nicotine withdrawal as the F.D.A. weighs calling for a drastic reduction in the addictive lure of cigarettes.
August 2nd 2022, 3:15 am
Older Generations Are Reclaiming Rites of Passage
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Rituals like graduations and weddings are few and far between for older adults. Some are finding ways to honor their momentous occasions.
August 1st 2022, 8:11 am
How Some Parents Changed Their Politics in the Pandemic
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They were once Democrats and Republicans. But fears for their children in the pandemic transformed their thinking, turning them into single-issue voters for November’s midterms.
August 1st 2022, 4:54 am
Why Don’t Many Hotels Install Carbon Monoxide Alarms?
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Three carbon monoxide deaths at a resort in the Bahamas called attention to the dangers of the odorless gas. In the U.S., where it often takes multiple poisonings for hotels to install alarms, a debate about detector policies has been intensifying.
July 30th 2022, 5:35 am
Parechovirus Sickened 23 Infants in Tennessee, C.D.C. Says
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The common pathogen frequently produces the mild symptoms of a cold, but it can cause severe illness and death in babies under 3 months old, health officials say, warning doctors to be vigilant.
July 29th 2022, 10:49 pm
How to Spot ‘Medical Gaslighting’ and What to Do About It.
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Experts share tips on advocating for yourself in a health care setting.
July 29th 2022, 10:38 pm
Three Pressing Questions About Monkeypox: Spread, Vaccination, Treatment
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Containing the outbreak, scientists say, will depend on better understanding the virus’s transmission and how well available tools work.
July 29th 2022, 10:38 pm
Allergan Reaches Tentative $2.37 Billion Deal to Settle Opioid Suits
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If finalized, the agreement, along with a companion deal reached by Teva earlier this week, would send as much as $6.6 billion to communities harmed by the opioid epidemic.
July 29th 2022, 2:51 pm
Dr. Oh Eun-young, ‘the God of Parenting,’ Will See You Now, on TV
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In South Korea, Dr. Oh Eun-young, a celebrated psychiatrist, has helped destigmatize seeking therapy and blown up the traditionally private relationship with patients by putting it all on TV.
July 29th 2022, 9:23 am
To Stop or Not to Stop the Fight
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As combat sports grow in popularity, ringside physicians grapple with the precarious ethics of their role.
July 29th 2022, 9:23 am
England Overhauls Medical Care for Transgender Youth
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The National Health Service is closing England’s sole youth gender clinic, which had been criticized for long wait times and inadequate services.
July 29th 2022, 12:05 am
On Monkeypox, Health Secretary Says States ‘Need to Work With Us’
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The suggestion that states need to do more seemed to startle state and local officials, who said in interviews that they are generally satisfied with the federal government’s response.
July 29th 2022, 12:05 am
A.I. Predicts the Shape of Nearly Every Protein Known to Science
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DeepMind has expanded its database of microscopic biological mechanisms, hoping to accelerate research into all living things.
July 28th 2022, 6:05 pm
In Rural America, Covid Hits Black and Hispanic People Hardest
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At the peak of the Omicron wave, Covid killed Black Americans in rural areas at a rate roughly 34 percent higher than it did white people.
July 28th 2022, 6:50 am
H.I.V. Infections Remain Persistently High, U.N. Reports
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More than 1.5 million people worldwide, many of them young girls, were infected amid pandemic disruptions in 2021.
July 27th 2022, 10:24 pm
Potentially Deadly Bacteria Detected in U.S. Soil for First Time
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The bacteria, Burkholderia pseudomallei, was found along the Gulf Coast region of Southern Mississippi. Previously, it had been detected in parts of Asia and Australia.
July 27th 2022, 10:24 pm
Vitamin D Supplements Don’t Help Another Condition, Study Finds
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The vitamin pills do not prevent bone fractures in most people or protect against many other diseases, adding to questions about medical guidance many now take for granted.
July 27th 2022, 10:24 pm
U.S. to Distribute 800,000 Doses of Monkeypox Vaccine
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The doses were withheld pending an F.D.A. review, which has now been completed.
July 27th 2022, 10:24 pm
F.D.A. Tobacco Science Official Takes Job at Philip Morris
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The agency official headed an office that plays a key role in deciding whether to approve e-cigarettes and other products aimed at reducing smoking.
July 27th 2022, 10:24 pm
Viral Infections and Gene Variant Are Linked to Child Hepatitis Cases
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Some of the children were infected with adeno-associated virus 2 and shared a relatively uncommon gene variant, according to two small studies.
July 26th 2022, 10:05 pm
Teva Reaches Tentative $4.25 Billion Settlement Over Opioids
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The deal would end thousands of lawsuits against one of the largest producers of opioid painkillers during the height of the opioid epidemic.
July 26th 2022, 10:05 pm
Fentanyl From the Government? A Vancouver Experiment Aims to Stop Overdoses
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A city on the forefront of harm reduction has taken the concept to a new level in an effort to address the growing toxicity of street drugs.
July 26th 2022, 12:06 pm
Biden’s Drug Czar Is Leading the Charge for a ‘Harm Reduction’ Approach
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Experts describe the president’s drug control strategy as the most progressive since Richard Nixon appointed the nation’s first drug czar in 1971.
July 26th 2022, 12:06 pm
Few Parents Intend to Have Very Young Children Vaccinated Against Covid
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In a new survey, 43 percent of parents of children ages 6 months through 4 years said they would refuse the shots for their kids. An additional 27 percent were uncertain.
July 26th 2022, 7:22 am
‘I’m Always Worrying’: How to Cope With Financial Stress
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Experts share tips on how to feel empowered and manage stress as prices continue to rise.
July 25th 2022, 6:04 am
‘Parentese’ is Truly a Lingua Franca, Global Study Finds
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In an ambitious cross-cultural study, researchers found that adults around the world speak and sing to babies in similar ways.
July 24th 2022, 6:35 am
Rare Case of Polio Prompts Alarm and an Urgent Investigation in New York
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Health officials in Rockland County offered pop-up polio vaccinations and urged the public to get shots as they investigated whether the disease had spread to others.
July 23rd 2022, 12:20 pm
W.H.O. Declares Monkeypox Spread a Global Health Emergency
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There have been more than 16,000 cases in 75 countries, overwhelmingly among men who have sex with men.
July 23rd 2022, 12:20 pm
First Polio Case in Nearly a Decade Is Detected in New York State
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A man who lives in Rockland County was infected by someone who received the oral polio vaccine, which is no longer used in the United States, officials said.
July 23rd 2022, 9:05 am
After Roe, Pregnant Women With Cancer Diagnoses May Face Wrenching Choices
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Urgent questions arise about how care of pregnant women with cancer will change in states where women are unable to terminate pregnancies
July 23rd 2022, 5:04 am
F.D.A. Seeks Outside Review of Troubled Food and Tobacco Units
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The agency’s commissioner asked an external foundation to examine its operations in the wake of the baby formula and vaping crises.
July 22nd 2022, 7:03 pm
A fourth Covid vaccine is cleared for use in the United States.
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The shots from Novavax are only for people who have not yet been vaccinated, which is likely to limit their uptake at first.
July 22nd 2022, 7:03 pm
They Had Miscarriages, and New Abortion Laws Obstructed Treatment
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Surgical procedures and medication for miscarriages are identical to those for abortion, and some patients report delayed or denied miscarriage care because doctors and pharmacists fear running afoul of abortion bans.
July 22nd 2022, 7:03 pm
Women Face Risks as Doctors Struggle With Medical Exceptions on Abortion
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Of the 13 states with trigger bans, all make exceptions for abortions to save the life of the mother. But what defines a medical emergency?
July 22nd 2022, 7:03 pm
Soaring Overdose Rates in the Pandemic Reflected Widening Racial Disparities
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A new federal report found that fatal overdoses jumped 44 percent among Black people, twice the increase among white people, from 2019 to the end of 2020.
July 22nd 2022, 7:03 pm
Like the Rest of Us, Biden Learns to Live With the Risks of the Virus
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The president’s symptoms improved somewhat, a day after he tested positive for Covid-19.
July 22nd 2022, 7:03 pm
Debate Over Monkeypox Messaging Divides N.Y.C. Health Department
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City epidemiologists say some public health messages have been misleading about the risks and have narrowed the city’s chances for containing the disease.
July 22nd 2022, 7:03 pm
What Pregnancy and Childbirth Do to the Bodies of Young Girls
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An Ohio 10-year-old’s recent abortion has generated fierce debate. Doctors in countries where pregnancy is common in adolescents say the toll of childbirth on young bodies is brutal.
July 22nd 2022, 7:03 pm
Deep in a Covid Wave, Europe Counts Cases and Carries On
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Even in countries that once took strict measures, the authorities are relying on vaccination and past infections to take the sting out of Omicron subvariants.
July 22nd 2022, 7:03 pm
Biden Administration Is Elevating an H.H.S. Division to Oversee Pandemic Responses
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The move effectively creates a new federal agency — on par with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration.
July 22nd 2022, 7:03 pm
Cancer Drug Greatly Reduces Deaths in Hospitalized Covid Patients
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A new study found that sabizabulin reduced the risk of death by 55 percent, but some experts were cautious about overinterpreting the results.
July 6th 2022, 7:21 am
The Quest by Circadian Medicine to Make the Most of Our Body Clocks
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Researchers are trying to figure out the right hour of the day to do everything. Can their studies sync us up with better health?
July 6th 2022, 6:21 am
South African Teens Recall Choking Gas, a Stampede and One Exit
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Teenagers inside a tavern where 21 died one June night recall a mysterious gas and then a crush to escape. Community members blame the tavern owner, and the police for failing to respond.
July 6th 2022, 3:37 am
Infertility Patients and Doctors Fear Abortion Bans Could Restrict I.V.F.
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The new state bans don’t explicitly cover embryos created outside the womb, but legal experts say overturning Roe could make it easier to place controls on genetic testing, storage and disposal of them.
July 5th 2022, 2:07 pm
Drug Distributors Cleared of Blame for Opioids Crisis in W. Va. County
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Often described as ground zero for the epidemic, the communities of Cabell County and Huntington, W. Va., had opted out of a settlement and lost their case at trial.
July 5th 2022, 2:07 pm
His PTSD, and My Struggle to Live With It
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After my partner was brutally beaten on the street, I became one of the many thousands of Americans caring for someone with post-traumatic stress disorder — and our relationship changed forever.
July 5th 2022, 6:38 am
Where the Risks of Pregnancy Meet Abortion Laws and Health Care
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Even before the wave of abortion bans, medical treatment and advice for pregnancy has largely focused on fetal safety over the mother’s.
July 4th 2022, 5:22 pm
Updated Covid Shots Are Coming. Will They Be Too Late?
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The government has greenlit new vaccines to defend against the latest Omicron variants. But the shots won’t arrive until the fall, and cases are rising now.
July 4th 2022, 5:05 am
Listeria Outbreak Is Linked to Ice Cream, C.D.C. Says
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Big Olaf Ice Cream products, which are made in Florida, have sickened people across 10 states, the federal authorities said.
July 3rd 2022, 4:06 pm
Researchers: Improving Eyesight May Help Prevent Dementia
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As experimental drugs prove ineffective against increasing dementia cases in the U.S., researchers argue that improving eyesight can have an effect.
July 3rd 2022, 9:37 am
A Clunky Mask May be the Answer to Airborne Disease and N95 Waste
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Experts say the U.S. government has unintentionally encouraged a dependency on imported masks by failing to promote elastomeric respirators, a reusable mask that is domestically produced.
July 3rd 2022, 9:37 am
Vladimir Zelenko, 48, Dies; Promoted an Unfounded Covid Treatment
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A self-described “simple country doctor,” he won national attention in 2020 when the White House embraced his hydroxychloroquine regimen.
July 1st 2022, 6:22 pm
Will There Be Enough Monkeypox Vaccine?
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A factory making Jynneos, the safest vaccine, has been closed since August, threatening global supplies as the virus spreads.
July 1st 2022, 2:50 pm
He Could Barely Walk and Had to Give Up Golf. What Was Wrong?
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Over six years, many doctors told the patient he had peripheral neuropathy. What they couldn’t tell him was why — or how to treat it.
June 30th 2022, 5:47 am
Behind the Scenes, McKinsey Guided Companies at the Center of the Opioid Crisis
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The consulting firm offered clients “in-depth experience in narcotics,” from poppy fields to pills more powerful than Purdue’s OxyContin.
June 29th 2022, 6:45 pm
As Monkeypox Spreads, U.S. Plans a Vaccination Campaign
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States will be given vaccine doses from the federal stockpile, but supplies of the safest type are limited.
June 28th 2022, 8:02 pm
The Omicron subvariants BA.4 and BA.5 have together become dominant in the U.S., the C.D.C. estimate
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The milestone comes less than six months since they were first detected in South Africa, and as the federal government considers an Omicron-specific booster dose for adults in the fall.
June 28th 2022, 4:34 pm
When Brazil Banned Abortion Pills, Women Turned to Drug Traffickers
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With Roe v. Wade overturned, states banning abortion are looking to prevent the distribution of abortion medication. Brazil shows the possible consequences.
June 28th 2022, 4:34 pm
Gas Piped Into Homes Contains Benzene, Other Risky Chemicals, Study Finds
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While the concentrations are low, the chemicals are potentially dangerous and some are linked to cancer risk, the researchers found.
June 28th 2022, 7:48 am
The Many Uses of CRISPR: Scientists Tell All
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What do infectious diseases, T-cells, tomatoes, heart failure, sickle cell anemia and sorghum harvests have in common?
