How My Desire to Run Again Pushed Me to Walk

After recovering from a traumatic brain injury, a writer seeks to reclaim the mental transcendence that comes from running.

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U.S. Parents’ Views Are Shifting on Vaccines, Poll Finds

The shift occurred as the schools reopened amid the Delta variant wave. But the share of parents who were adamantly opposed has barely budged.

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Getting Flu Shot and Covid Vaccine Is Not Dangerous, Study Finds

A British clinical trial supports the advice of U.S. health authorities and is welcome news as flu season begins.

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How to Ease and Avoid Seasonal Affective Disorder

As the days get shorter and the nights start earlier, take these steps to help prevent seasonal affective disorder.

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Youth Vaping Declined Sharply for Second Year, New Data Show

Now that it has stopped selling most flavored pods, Juul has become far less popular with teens than brands offering disposable fruit- and candy-flavored devices.

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CDC: Americans With Disabilities Have Harder Time Getting Covid Vaccine

It is a stark signal of what the agency’s scientists said was a need for U.S. health officials to remove barriers to access.

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Ruth Sullivan, Advocate for People With Autism, Dies at 97

After her son was found to be autistic, she started organizations to help children and adults. She also consulted on the making of the movie “Rain Man.”

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She Was Training for a Marathon. Suddenly, She Could Barely Walk.

What could cause so sudden a decline?

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She Was Training for a Marathon. Suddenly, She Could Barely Walk.

What could cause so sudden a decline?

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How Accurate Are At-Home Covid Tests?

If you test positive in an at-home Covid test, you’re very likely carrying the virus.

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C.D.C. Pleas for Pregnant or Breastfeeding People to Get Vaccinated

Pregnancy is among the health conditions that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention lists that increase the risk of severe Covid.

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YouTube Bans Anti-Vaccine Misinformation

The new set of policies will cover not just the Covid-19 vaccines or those for routine immunizations against measles and hepatitis B, but will also apply to general claims about vaccines, YouTube said.

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Most U.S. Health Workers Are Complying With Vaccine Mandates

Some employees left their posts in protest, but a hefty majority, particularly at large hospital chains, appear to be complying.

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Why Exercise Is More Important Than Weight Loss for a Longer Life

People typically lower their risks of heart disease and premature death far more by gaining fitness than by dropping weight.

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W.H.O. Workers Abused Women on Mission in Congo, Inquiry Finds

A commission appointed by the health agency found that women and girls had been promised jobs in exchange for relationships or had been sexually exploited in order to keep jobs.

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MacArthur Foundation Announces 2021 ‘Genius’ Grant Winners

This year’s 25 winners include Ibram X. Kendi, who wrote “How to Be an Antiracist,” the poet Hanif Abdurraqib and the writer and curator Nicole Fleetwood. The awards come with prestige — and $625,000.

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Pfizer and BioNTech Submit Data on Vaccine for Kids 5 to 11

The companies said that their vaccine was safe and effective in that age group, and that they would submit a formal request in the coming weeks to U.S. regulators to allow a pediatric dose.

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How Alcohol Can Affect Your Heart Rate

Drinking can elevate your pulse, which isn’t a concern for most healthy adults, though those with heart rhythm problems should use caution.

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3rd Covid Vaccine Shows Side Effects Similar to 2nd Shot, C.D.C. Finds

The finding came from a study of Americans who got their third vaccine dose in August and September, and provided a reassuring sign about the safety of additional doses.

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Transgender Youth Face Multiple Barriers to Health Care, Study Finds

Discrimination, delays and systemic hurdles prevent young trans people from reaching the care they need, a new study finds.

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Fear of Delta, not rewards or mandates, is motivating Americans to get shots, a survey found.

The poll also found that many of the unvaccinated believe that a push for booster shots shows that the inoculations are not working.

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How Covid Misinformation Created a Run on Animal Medicine

Veterinarians, ranchers and farmers say they are struggling with the effects of the surging demand for ivermectin, a deworming drug.

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Facebook Groups Promoting Ivermectin as a Covid-19 Treatment Flourish

In some of the groups, members are given advice on how to evade the company’s rules on misinformation.

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Cancer Without Chemotherapy: ‘A Totally Different World’

A growing number of cancer patients, especially those with breast and lung cancers, are being spared the dreaded treatment in favor of other options.

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'Every Day Is Frightening': Working For Walmart Amid Covid

As offices debate the merits and logistics of reopening, a parallel sphere of workers like Peter Naughton, a Walmart cashier, seem to inhabit another world. Often their jobs just got really hard.

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States Begin a Complex Booster Shot Rollout for Pfizer Recipients

Health officials were preparing on Friday to start giving booster shots to older and at-risk Americans, trying to make sense of new and broad eligibility guidelines.

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Biden Promised to Follow the Science. But Sometimes, He Gets Ahead of the Experts.

White House officials dismiss criticism that President Biden’s comments on booster shots amount to undue pressure on public health experts.

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Does My Mask Protect Me Against Covid-19 If Others Don't Wear One?

Masks work best when everyone in the room has one on, but you’ll still benefit from masking up even when those around you aren’t.

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How Across America, Schools Cram for Their Covid-19 Tests

Some districts have established robust virus testing programs, but many others are struggling.

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‘I Need an Army’: Across America, Schools Cram for Their Covid Tests

Some districts have established robust virus testing programs, but many others are struggling.

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Schools With Mask Mandates Saw Fewer Outbreaks, C.D.C. Finds

Arizona schools that did not require masks had 3.5 times as many outbreaks as schools that mandated them.

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2021 Lasker Awards Honor Work in mRNA Vaccines, Neuroscience and More

The prizes are given annually, and many winners often go on to be awarded the Nobel Prize.

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Covid Vaccine Pioneers and Others Win 2021 Lasker Awards in Medicine

The prizes are given annually, and many winners often go on to be awarded the Nobel Prize.

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Linda Evangelista Says Body-Sculpting Procedure Left Her ‘Disfigured’

The ’90s-era supermodel said side effects from a fat-freezing procedure caused her to become depressed and turned her into a recluse after “not looking like myself any longer.”

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Comedians Turn Their Attention to Abortion

Alison Leiby has an hourlong set looking at the experience of an unwanted pregnancy. She’s among a spate of female artists finding humor in the issue.

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Boosters for Moderna and J.&J. Recipients Not Up for Debate at C.D.C. Panel

The panel was not asked to judge whether people who received the Moderna and Johnson & Johnson vaccines should receive Pfizer-BioNTech boosters.

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Covid Trash Isn't Always Dangerous. Not Everyone Got the Memo.

Overblown fears that the coronavirus could be transmitted through surfaces have created a stigma around handling nonhazardous trash, experts say. Some recyclable waste has been junked or burned.

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C.D.C. Chief Overrules Agency Panel and Endorses Pfizer Boosters for Frontline Workers

In a highly unusual decision, the C.D.C. director, Rochelle Walensky, reversed a move by agency advisers and endorsed additional doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for health care workers, teachers and other workers at risk.

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Federal Panel Recommends Booster Shots, Opening New Campaign Against the Virus

Scientific advisers to the C.D.C. endorsed additional doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for older Americans but not for health care workers, in a possible rift with regulators.

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A ‘Race-Free’ Approach to Diagnosing Kidney Disease

The most common method of assessing the condition may make Black patients seem less ill than they really are, some experts say. A new report calls for scrapping the formula.

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Linda Evangelista Says Body Sculpting Procedure Left Her ‘Disfigured’

The ’90s-era supermodel said side effects from a fat-freezing procedure caused her to become depressed and a recluse after “not looking like myself any longer.”

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C.D.C. Panel Meets on Who Gets Booster Shots After F.D.A. Decision

Scientific advisers to the C.D.C. have been discussing the details of federal guidance on who qualifies for a Pfizer-BioNTech booster shot and why. A decision is expected on Thursday.

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After Vaccine Booster Decision, Panel Meets on Who Gets Shots

Scientific advisers to the C.D.C. have been discussing the details of federal guidance on who qualifies for a Pfizer-BioNTech booster shot and why. A decision is expected on Thursday.

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For Parents ​of Disabled Children, School Mask Wars Are Particularly Wrenching

In Tennessee, where the governor allows families to ignore school mask mandates, some parents are making excruciating calculations each morning about whether to send their children to school.

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At Covid Summit, Biden Sets Ambitious Goals for Vaccinating the World

But his plans face a tough road as pressure grows for big pharmaceutical companies to share their vaccine technologies with poorer nations.

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F.D.A. Authorizes Pfizer Booster Shot for Higher-Risk People

Regulators said that people over 65 or at high risk of severe Covid-19 were eligible for an extra shot, setting up a staggered national booster campaign.

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Some activists say that Biden’s new plan for donating vaccines is not enough.

Of the 1.1 billion doses that the United States has committed to donations, only 300 million are expected to be shipped this year.

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Pressure Grows on U.S. Companies to Share Covid Vaccine Technology

Moderna accepted $2.5 billion in taxpayer money to develop its Covid-19 vaccine. But officials in the U.S. and overseas are having trouble persuading the company to license its technology.

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Moderna vs. Pfizer: Both Knockouts, but One Seems to Have the Edge

A series of studies found that the Moderna vaccine seemed to be more protective over the long term than the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. Here’s why.

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Why Exercise Alone Isn't Enough to Lose Weight

Our bodies compensate for at least a quarter of the calories we expend during exercise, undermining our best efforts to lose weight by working out.

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C.D.C. Panel Will Meet on Who Gets Pfizer Vaccine Booster

A discussion on who should count as high-risk could result in most Americans being eligible for an extra shot, or only a select few.

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High Covid Hospitalizations Have Delayed Elective Surgeries

In areas inundated with coronavirus patients, hospitals have postponed treatments and surgeries for people with other serious conditions.

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John Nkengasong, of the Africa C.D.C., Will Lead PEPFAR

Dr. Nkengasong will be the first person of African origin to oversee the U.S. government program combating H.I.V., which has ravaged the continent.

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Biden Pushes Global Plan to Battle Covid-19 as National Gaps Widen

The U.N.-backed vaccine program is so far behind schedule that not even 10 percent of the population in poor countries is fully vaccinated, experts say.

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F.D.A. Panel Recommends Pfizer Boosters for Those Over 65 or at Risk

The committee said there was insufficient evidence to recommend third shots for all adult recipients of the vaccine, as Pfizer had requested.

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Will A Mask Protect You From Covid If Nobody Else is Wearing One?

Masks work best when everyone in the room has one on, but you’ll still benefit from masking up even when those around you aren’t.

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Extra Johnson & Johnson Shot Boosts Protection Against Covid

Since the company received emergency authorization in February, 14.6 million people in the United States have received its one-shot vaccine.

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Taking the ‘Shame Part’ Out of Female Anatomy

Anatomists have bid farewell to “pudendum,” but other questionable terms remains.

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How Specialty Pharmacies Cater to the Blind and Those With Impaired Vision

The pandemic has exposed flaws in services for people who can’t easily access a drive-through window for Covid shots or testing or can’t read prescription labels.

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Even the G-Spot is Named for a Man

Why do so many female body parts honor male scientists?

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Medicare Expansion Clashes With Health Care for the Poor as Budget Bill Shrinks

Under pressure to cut the bill’s cost, Democrats disagree over whether to offer more benefits to older Americans or to cover more of the working poor.

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Russia Vaccinates Indigenous Yamal Herders Against COVID-19

Covid has reached even the Yamal Peninsula in the Arctic. So vaccination teams are following, and finding ways to inoculate nomadic herders.

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Covid Vaccine Prompts Strong Immune Response in Younger Children, Pfizer Says

Vaccinated kids aged 5 to 11 showed evidence of protection against the virus, the company said. The data must be reviewed by the F.D.A. before children can be inoculated.

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How to Help Relieve Dry Eyes

That gritty, itchy feeling in your eyes can arise from many causes, including too much screen time, and eye drops may only make it worse.

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With Abortion Rights Under Threat, Democrats Hope to Go on Offense

Warning of Texas-style laws nationwide, the party believes it can use the issue to turn out suburban women in the Virginia governor’s race this fall and the 2022 midterms.

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Fauci Urges Americans Not to Get Boosters Before They Are Eligible

Dr. Fauci is also defending President Biden’s decision to release a plan for Covid boosters before regulators had given their recommendations.

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A New Covid Testing Model Aims to Spare Students From Quarantine

More school districts are embracing “test-to-stay” protocols that allow uninfected close contacts to remain in the classroom.

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Biden Administration Seeks to Expand Telehealth in Rural America

New funding will allow more medical appointments to take place via video in rural communities, where some of the nation’s oldest and sickest patients live.

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After Egress, SpaceX Inspiration4 Astronauts to Get Health Check

While the Inspiration4 crew was only in orbit for three days, doctors will performing screenings to make sure they are well.

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Delta Variant Detected in 99 percent of U.S. cases, C.D.C. Says

The highly infectious variant of Covid-19 has contributed to a rise in cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the United States.

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They Shunned Covid Vaccines but Embraced Antibody Treatment

Championed by doctors and conservative radio hosts alike, monoclonal antibodies for Covid are in high demand — even from those who don’t want a vaccine.

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F.D.A. Panel Recommends Pfizer Boosters for Over 65 or at High Risk of Severe Covid

The same advisers overwhelmingly recommended against authorizing boosters for people under 65, complicating the Biden administration’s hopes to offer them more broadly.

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Pfizer Vaccine Protection Wanes, C.D.C. Study Shows

The study found that the shots’ effectiveness in preventing hospitalization fell to 77 percent from 91 percent four months after full vaccination.

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Two Men Plead Guilty in Pelvic Mesh Implant Scheme

The scheme was one of the more unsavory sides of the case against a half-dozen manufacturers of pelvic mesh including Boston Scientific and Johnson & Johnson.

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F.D.A. Vaccine Panel Meeting on Pfizer Booster Shots

The meeting comes amid a fraught debate within the Biden administration about whether boosters are needed now, and for whom.

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The Pain Wouldn’t Stop — Because Her Medication Had Been Stolen

Too often, seniors who use opioids become targets for exploitation and abuse.

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Research on Covid Booster Shots is Conflicting

An advisory committee faces a range of bewildering scientific questions surrounding whether to authorize additional coronavirus vaccine doses, and for whom.

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Research on Covid Booster Shots is Conflicting

An advisory committee faces a range of bewildering scientific questions surrounding whether to authorize additional coronavirus vaccine doses, and for whom.

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Where Did It All Go So Wrong for Juul?

A new documentary by The New York Times traces the e-cigarette maker on its path from fledgling start-up to Silicon Valley juggernaut and, eventually, public health villain.

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Who Gets Sick in Space? Tourists Like Inspiration4 Offer More Clues.

Commercial spaceflight brings a more diverse cross section of humanity beyond Earth, helping medical researchers collect data.

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U.S. Seeks to Block Bankruptcy Plan That Would Free Sacklers From Opioid Claims

The Justice Department has been appealing the deal, approved earlier this month.

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Aides at U.S. Nursing Homes Least Likely to Be Vaccinated, Study Shows

The study highlights the effects that a new federal mandate for all health care workers to be inoculated against Covid may have on vulnerable populations like the elderly in nursing homes, experts say.

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U.S. Booster Policy Is in Flux as Studies Add to Dissent

A week before President Biden’s plan is to roll out, scientists are at odds about whether extra coronavirus shots are needed and for whom.

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St. Jude Hospital and the SpaceX Inspiration4 Launch

The Inspiration4 launch is helping to raise money for the hospital, which helps treat pediatric cancer.

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Study of Covid Booster Shot Benefits Fans Debate Over Extra Doses

Independent experts, including government scientists, were skeptical of the research from Israel, which included limited data over a short period.

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Lauren Ridloff, MCU's First Deaf Hero in 'Eternals,' on Her Superpower

In her first major role in a feature film, she wasn’t fazed by things that might unnerve others, but she had to show filmmakers how to work with deafness.

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Lauren Ridloff, MCU's First Deaf Hero in 'Eternals,' on Her Superpower

In her first major role in a feature film, she wasn’t fazed by things that might unnerve others, but she had to show filmmakers how to work with deafness.

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How Many Daily Steps Should You Take to Live Longer?

Two studies suggest the sweet spot for longevity lies around 7,000 to 8,000 daily steps or about 30 to 45 minutes of exercise most days.

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Is Seltzer Water Just as Healthy as Flat Water?

Unsweetened carbonated water is a better choice than soda or fruit juice. But don’t overdo it, experts say.

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Pioneering Gene Therapy Freed Her of Sickle Cell. Is a Cure at Hand?

Such treatments are extraordinarily promising and costly. Will the Biden administration commit to spending that could speed clinical trial results?

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I’m Haunted by Sisters With Sickle Cell: Two Thrived. Two Suffered.

The cruelty of their unequal outcomes — with one pair freed of disabling symptoms and the other’s suffering unabated — stayed with me.

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Some Healthy Americans Seek Coronavirus Booster Shots Before Approval

Many who feel they need more coronavirus protection have managed to obtain an extra dose. “I did feel bad about it. But I didn’t feel bad enough,” one woman said.

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ECT Can Be a Good Treatment Option for Serious Depression

Electroconvulsive therapy can effectively treat depression, and is as safe as antidepressant drugs along with psychotherapy, a new analysis found.

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The New Science on How We Burn Calories

How could that change our understanding about, for starters, chronic disease, aging and obesity?

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How to Learn to Walk Again

Be prepared to do much of the work alone and to fall; you will.

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India’s I.C.M.R. Is a 'Political Weapon' Under Modi, Some Scientists Say

The country’s top science agency tailored its findings to fit Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s optimistic narrative despite a looming crisis, researchers say.

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In Review, Top F.D.A. Scientists Question Imminent Need for Booster Shots

An article, written with other vaccine experts, put the regulators at odds with key federal health officials, including Dr. Anthony S. Fauci.

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Most People Don't Need a Covid Vaccine Booster, New Review Says

The benefits of a third shot for most people are small and are far outweighed by the benefits of using those doses for initial vaccinations, the scientists say.

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A Medical Career, at a Cost: Infertility

Physicians are raising awareness of the reproductive toll that work stress, long hours, sleep deprivation and years of training can exact.

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Inspired by a new book, “Stupid Things I Won’t Do When I Get Old,” I’m taking stock of my life and deciding what I need to reconsider.

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Vaccines for Kids Could Be Ready by November, Some Experts Say

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How Outrage Over Vaccine Mandates Became a Mainstream G.O.P. Stance

Resistance to vaccine mandates, once a fringe position, has entered the Republican mainstream. But the governors fighting President Biden’s Covid-19 vaccine requirements impose mandates of their own.

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Surgeon General Defends Legality of Biden Vaccine Mandates

Dr. Viveck Murthy acknowledged the unhappiness the coronavirus had engendered, but added: “What we cannot allow is for this pandemic to turn us on each other. Our enemy is the virus. It is not one another.”

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Health Care in Afghanistan Is Crumbling, Aid Groups Warn

After the Taliban’s takeover, international donors withdrew funds that hospitals and clinics depended on. Now a fourth wave of Covid looms.

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Phony Diagnoses Hide High Rates of Drugging at Nursing Homes

At least 21 percent of nursing home residents are on antipsychotic drugs, a Times investigation found.

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Despairing Parents Find Ways to Get Their Youngest Children Covid Vaccines

Schools have reopened around the country, and families with those under 12 are finding ways to get their kids inoculated, even though they’re not officially eligible yet.

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Why Federal Research Bolsters the Case for Coronavirus Vaccine Mandates

Scientists believe the administration’s new measures may tamp down the pandemic, although the effects will not immediately be obvious.

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Biden’s Covid-19 Vaccine Push Aligns Him With a Fed-Up, Vaccinated Majority

As the president took forceful new steps to pressure Americans to get inoculated, he argued that they were urgently needed health measures. In his allies’ view, they were also good politics.

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Federal Research Bolsters the Case for Vaccine Mandates

Scientists believe the administration’s new measures may tamp down the pandemic, although the effects will not immediately be obvious.

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‘What’s Going on With Our Black Girls?’ Experts Warn of Rising Suicide Rates.

Researchers have uncovered worrisome trends among Black youth.

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FDA Again Warns Parents Not to Get Children Under 12 Vaccinated Yet

Pediatric clinical trials, which will help determine the right vaccine dose for children under 12, are still underway, the agency said.

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Unvaccinated Americans Are 11 Times More Likely to Die of Covid, C.D.C. Reports

Federal health officials released a handful of studies highlighting how effective the shots are at preventing infections, hospitalizations and deaths — even while the highly contagious Delta variant has been dominant.

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F.D.A. Again Warns Parents Not to Get Children Under 12 Vaccinated Yet

Pediatric clinical trials, which will help determine the right vaccine dose for children under 12, are still underway, the agency said.

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Will vaccine mandates slow the pandemic? Yes, scientists say — but not immediately.

Some experts cautioned that the results from President Biden’s aggressive plan would take many weeks to unfold.

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Biden’s Speech on Vaccine Mandates and the Delta Variant: Full Transcript

“My message to unvaccinated Americans is this: What more is there to wait for?” President Biden said on Thursday. “We’ve been patient, but our patience is wearing thin.”

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Highlights of Biden’s Vaccine Push

President Biden announced a plan that mandates vaccines for federal employees and workers and calls on schools to adopt vaccine requirements, among other things.

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Biden Mandates Vaccines for Workers, Saying, ‘Our Patience Is Wearing Thin’

Initially reluctant to enact mandates, the president is now moving aggressively to require vaccination as the Delta variant races across the country.

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F.D.A. Delays Decision on Juul’s E-Cigarettes but Orders Others Off the Market

The agency had faced a Sept. 9 deadline to decide whether the products could stay on the market but said it needed more time to review evidence.

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Vaccination Mandates Are an American Tradition. So Is the Backlash.

The roots of U.S. vaccine mandates predate both the U.S. and vaccines.

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Breaking Down the ‘Wellness-Industrial Complex,’ an Episode at a Time

The “Maintenance Phase” podcast interrogates the science behind health food trends, fad diets and popular nutritional advice.

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Fauci Says U.S. Virus Cases Are More Than Ten Times Too High

“The endgame is to suppress the virus,” Dr. Anthony S. Fauci told Axios. “Right now, we’re still in pandemic mode.”

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Ann Patchett on Taking a Bad Fall to Find Good Luck

Ann Patchett finds that misfortune in small doses can cast a glittering light on the rest of life.

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When Was the First U.S. Covid Death? C.D.C. Investigates 4 Early Cases

The deaths, spread out across four states in January 2020, have become part of a scattershot collection of clues about the virus’s early spread.

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Otro riesgo de la covid: problemas persistentes en los riñones

En un gran estudio reciente, los pacientes recuperados de COVID-19 tuvieron 35 por ciento más probabilidades de sufrir daños a largo plazo en los riñones o un deterioro de la función renal.

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Health Officials Advise Biden to Scale Back Covid-19 Booster Shots Plan For Now

Federal regulators warned on Thursday they may not have enough data to recommend boosters for anyone except certain recipients of the Pfizer vaccine by late September.

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Joseph Kramer, the ‘Country Doctor’ of Avenue D, Dies at 96

Shunning the New Jersey suburbs in 1969, he set up a pay-what-you-can practice on the blighted Lower East Side and for three decades was a hero to the poor.

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The Trial of Theranos’s Elizabeth Holmes Opens

A jury will decide whether Ms. Holmes, who founded Theranos and hawked a mission of revolutionizing health care, lied to investors about her company’s technology.

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Covax Cuts Its 2021 Forecast for Available Doses by Quarter

The World Health Organization asked wealthy countries to hold off on administering booster shots for healthy patients until at least the end of the year.

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He Had Chest Pain and Dangerously Low Blood Pressure. What Was Wrong?

Could a wayward breath mint have caused his symptoms?

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Three-Minute Work Breaks Counter the Ill Effects of Sitting

Climbing stairs, doing jumping jacks or even taking as few as 15 steps during mini-breaks improved blood sugar control among office workers.

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The Pandemic Has Set Back the Fight Against H.I.V., TB and Malaria

Prevention and treatment fell in poor countries last year as access to health care declined, according to a new report.

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Medical Journals Call Climate Change the ‘Greatest Threat to Global Public Health’

An editorial published by more than 200 journals worldwide warned of ‘catastrophic harm to health that will be impossible to reverse.’

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Ohio Judge Reverses Order Requiring Covid Patient to Be Given Ivermectin

An intubated patient was prescribed the deworming drug by his doctor. Federal health officials have said that it has not been shown to be effective against the coronavirus and that it can be toxic in humans.

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Why Does Coffee Sometimes Make Me Tired?

Lethargy, blood sugar and dehydration explain in part the paradoxical effects of coffee on our energy levels.

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Lawsuits Over ‘Misleading’ Food Labels Surge as Groups Cite Lax U.S. Oversight

A flurry of litigation by advocacy groups seeks to combat what they say is a rise in deceptive marketing by food giants.

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Study: Ventilation Helps Reduce Covid Levels in Dorms

The study of infected students at an isolation dorm suggests that opening a window could reduce the amount of coronavirus in a room by half.

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The Best Birthday Present in 2021? A Covid Vaccine.

Turning 12 has taken on added significance this summer, as tweens line up for shots allowing them to see friends and play sports again.

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White House Seeks $65 Billion to Prepare for Future Pandemics

The plan calls for an initial investment of at least $15 billion — half of what President Biden initially proposed.

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Companies Stay Quiet on Texas’ New Abortion Law

Businesses that expressed opposition to restrictive voting laws are declining to take a similar stand on the abortion measure.

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Hospitalizations for Children Sharply Increase as Delta Surges

Vaccinations, however, have made a difference.

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Health Officials Advise White House to Scale Back Booster Plan for Now

Federal regulators warned on Thursday they may not have enough data to recommend boosters for anyone except certain recipients of the Pfizer vaccine by late September.

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New Zealand Is Under Lockdown to Contain Delta's Spread

The country is holding fast to a lockdown to contain an outbreak that began in mid-August. But it’s also acknowledging that lockdowns can’t go on forever.

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Abortion Arrives at the Center of the American Political Maelstrom

The Supreme Court’s decision not to block a Texas law banning most abortions left Republicans eager to replicate it. Democrats reeled, but sensed a winning issue in coming elections.

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Drug-resistant infections have increased in hospitals during the pandemic.

Hard-to-treat bacteria are thriving on reused protective equipment, intravenous lines and medical equipment like ventilators, federal officials said.

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More Than 80 Percent of Seniors Are Vaccinated. That’s ‘Not Safe Enough.’

The older cohort had a head start on getting immunized against Covid-19, but too many remain unprotected, experts say.

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House Committees Demand F.D.A. Records on Alzheimer’s Drug Approval

The agency approved Biogen’s Aduhelm “despite concerns raised by experts,” committee leaders said in a letter.

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What Vaccinated People Need to Know About Breakthrough Infections

If you’re vaccinated, you should think about a number of variables, including your overall health, where you live and the risks you take.

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Covid Medical Bills Are About to Get Bigger

As some insurers focus on encouraging vaccination, temporary waivers that kept patient costs low are expiring.

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Breakthrough Infections Are Less Likely to Lead to Long Covid, Study Suggests

Vaccination halves the odds of experiencing long-term symptoms after infection.

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Study Quantifies Pandemic Rise in Childhood Obesity

Researchers analyzing data on nearly 200,000 young people in Southern California found a 9 percent increase in obesity among those ages 5 to 11.

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Texas Abortion Law: Questions and Answers

The law prohibits abortions before many women even know they’re pregnant, and it will be hard to challenge in the courts.

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Answers to Questions About the Texas Abortion Law

The law prohibits abortions before many women even know they’re pregnant, and it will be hard to challenge in the courts.

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Breakthough Infections Are Less Likely to Lead to Long Covid, Study Suggests

Vaccination halves the odds of experiencing long-term symptoms after infection.

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Purdue Pharma Is Dissolved and Sacklers Pay $4.5 Billion to Settle Opioid Claims

The ruling in bankruptcy court caps a long legal battle over the fate of a company accused of fueling the opioid epidemic and the family that owns it.

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San Diego Hospital System Reported Small Covid Resurgence

Breakthrough infections tend to be mild, and vaccines are still highly effective against severe disease and death from the Delta variant.

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When Will the Delta Surge End?

The variant retreated unexpectedly in Britain and India, but has begun to rebound. The United States may take an even bumpier path, scientists said.

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Covid Survivors More Likely to Have Kidney Problems, Study Finds

In a study of veterans, Covid survivors were 35 percent more likely than other patients to have long-term kidney damage or declines in kidney function.

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Another Hidden Covid Risk: Lingering Kidney Problems

In a study of veterans, Covid survivors were 35 percent more likely than other patients to have long-term kidney damage or declines in kidney function.

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Pandemics Get Forgotten. But Not at This Museum.

The collection of the German Hygiene Museum shows that the same debates recur whenever disease breaks out, even if we don’t remember them.

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