Where Did Covid Originate? Here’s What We Know and Don’t Know

Scientists and spy agencies have tried to determine where the coronavirus originated, but conclusive evidence is hard to come by and the nation’s intelligence agencies are split.

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You’re an Anxious Person and Want to Quit Your Job. Here’s What to Do.

Leaving a job can create worry in anyone, but especially in people who are prone to anxiety. Preparation and knowing you’re not alone can help.

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Lab Leak Most Likely Caused Pandemic, Energy Dept. Says

The conclusion, which was made with “low confidence,” came as America’s intelligence agencies remained divided over the origins of the coronavirus.

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Rural Hospitals Are Shuttering Their Maternity Units

Citing costs, many hospitals are closing labor and delivery wards, expanding so-called maternity care deserts.

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Ward Stone, Wildlife Coroner Who Warned Against PCBs, Dies at 84

As New York State’s animal pathologist, he ventured far afield to investigate the impact of toxic chemicals on humans.

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Why Aren’t Doctors Screening Older Americans for Anxiety?

Anxiety disorders are common among seniors, but an influential panel seems likely to recommend against routine screening. Some experts disagree.

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First At-Home Test for Flu and Covid Is OK’d by the FDA

But the company that created the 30-minute, over-the-counter test has filed for bankruptcy, so the product’s eventual availability to consumers remains unclear.

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12 States Sue F.D.A., Seeking Removal of Special Restrictions on Abortion Pill

The suit argues that rules applying to mifepristone unnecessarily limit patients’ access to medication abortion.

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Cambodia Investigates After Father and Daughter Infected With Bird Flu

Two family members were infected with H5N1; the daughter died. Eleven contacts, some with symptoms, have tested negative, according to the W.H.O.

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Soy, Oat and Almond Drinks Can be Called Milk: FDA

Plant-based beverage makers hailed the agency’s decision but objected to the recommendation for labels to specify the nutritional differences with cow’s milk.

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Elizabeth Koch Knows What You’re Thinking

The daughter of Charles Koch, the billionaire right-wing political force, has a new venture that is all about self-investigation. Two words: Perception Box.

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Global Declines in Maternal Mortality Have Stalled

Death rates in the United States have increased in recent years, as they have in Europe, the W.H.O. reported.

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Mpox Often Leads to Severe Illness, Even Death, in People With Advanced H.I.V.

The death rate among these patients is about 15 percent, researchers reported. The virus should be added to the list of opportunistic infections seen in patients with advanced H.I.V., scientists said.

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Paul Berg, Nobel-Winning Pioneer of Genetic Engineering, Is Dead at 96

In 1971, he transferred material from one organism to another, creating the first recombinant DNA, or rDNA. He later helped lead a historic effort to write protocols for genetic research.

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Big Soda’s Alcohol Drinks Worry Health Experts

PepsiCo and Coca-Cola enter hard soda markets, causing concerns among regulators and researchers.

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Helping Stroke Patients Regain Movement in their Hands

The results of an innovative study suggest electrical stimulation of the spinal cord could eventually help some of the many people disabled by strokes.

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Nurses Are Burned Out. Can Hospitals Change in Time to Keep Them?

The pandemic has pushed already stressed nurses away from a demanding field. Does the job need to be rethought?

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A Fraught New Frontier in Telehealth: Ketamine

With loosened rules around remote prescriptions, a psychedelic-like drug has become a popular treatment for mental health conditions. But a boom in at-home use has outpaced evidence of safety.

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Herpes Can Be Devastating but Treatment and Testing Remain Scant

Billions of people live with the infection, but there has been scant progress for treatments and tests.

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Fetterman’s Disclosure of Depression Signals New Openness on Mental Health

The Democratic senator from Pennsylvania is the latest public figure to disclose his mental health struggles, an indication of growing acceptance, though some stigma remains.

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Margaret Heagarty, Champion for Children’s Health in Harlem, Dies at 88

The first white woman to head the pediatrics unit at Harlem Hospital, she was challenged by the epidemics of crack cocaine and H.I.V.

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Spain Allows Legal Gender Change Without a Medical Evaluation

A new law will allow people 16 and older to change their registered gender without undergoing psychological and medical evaluations to show gender dysphoria.

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Higher Bills Are Leading Americans to Delay Medical Care

Inflation and pressing household expenses are forcing some people to postpone health needs, an emerging trend that has health experts worried that conditions may only worsen.

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Narcan Is Safe to Sell Over the Counter, Advisers to the FDA Conclude

The overdose reversal drug has been administered mostly by emergency responders and outreach workers. If the agency approves a nonprescription version, it could become as easily available as aspirin.

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How a Consistent Sleep Schedule Benefits Your Health

New research affirms what doctors have long advised: Go to bed and wake up at the same time every day for big health benefits.

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A Link Between Hearing Voices and Hearing Your Own Voice

An experiment with bone-conduction headphones suggests a way for neuroscientists to better understand some hallucinations.

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According to Medical Guidelines, Your Doctor Needs a 27-Hour Workday

Some doctors say that however reasonable guidelines may seem, their cumulative burden causes “constant frustration” to medical practice.

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Binge Drinking May Be Curbed With a Pill

A recent study suggested the use of a decades-old medicine taken before imbibing could reduce the amount of alcohol consumed.

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Record Levels of Sadness in Teen Girls, CDC Reports

Girls, as well as adolescents who identified as lesbian, gay or bisexual, reported high rates of sadness, suicidal thoughts and sexual violence.

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Nausea, Wobbling, Confusion: Dogs Are Getting Sick From Discarded Weed

In places where recreational use is legal, smokers are tossing the remains of joints in the street. Dogs are eating them and getting sick in increasing numbers, veterinarians and poison-control centers say.

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How Teens Recovered From the ‘TikTok Tics’

A wave of teenagers who developed tics during the pandemic has receded, illustrating the powerful influence of stress on the body and the resilience of adolescents.

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Why Mississippi, a Covid Hot Spot, Left Millions in Pandemic Aid Unspent

Stop-and-go federal funding floods public health agencies with cash during crises but starves them of funds afterward. The coronavirus pandemic shows the pitfalls of that approach.

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Bernie Sanders Has a New Role. It Could Be His Final Act in Washington.

After two unsuccessful runs for the presidency, the Vermont senator now leads the Senate health committee, a job that gives him sweeping jurisdiction over issues he cares about.

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Following a Two-Year Decline, Suicide Rates Rose Again in 2021

Suicide increased among younger Black, Hispanic and Native American people, and declined among whites and older people, the C.D.C. reported.

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For Many Older Americans, the Pandemic Is Not Over

Seniors continue to bear the brunt of deaths and hospitalizations, even as most of the nation abandons precautions: “Americans do not agree about the duty to protect others.”

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Following a Two-Year Decline, Suicide Rates Rose Again in 2021

Suicide increased among younger Black, Hispanic and Native American people, and declined among whites and older people, the C.D.C. reported.

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Workers Fighting America’s Overdose Crisis Are ‘Hanging by a Thread’

President Biden has endorsed “harm reduction,” which aims to cut down on overdoses by encouraging safer drug use. But the organizations carrying out that strategy are severely underfunded.

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Kizzmekia Corbett Unlocked the Science of the Covid Vaccine

Kizzmekia Corbett helped lead a team of scientists contributing to one of the most stunning achievements in the history of immunizations: a highly effective, easily manufactured vaccine against Covid-19.

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N.I.H. Leader Rebuts Covid Lab Leak Theory at House Hearing

Now in the majority, House Republicans are eager to scrutinize the Biden administration’s Covid policies and the origins of the virus, as a hearing on Wednesday demonstrated.

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Why the Odds Are Stacked Against a Promising New Covid Drug

A new drug quashes all coronavirus variants. But regulatory hurdles and a lack of funding make it unlikely to reach the U.S. market anytime soon.

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A Troubled Mother Faces Murder Charges in Her Young Children’s Deaths

Chilling details emerged at an arraignment of Lindsay Clancy, accused of strangling her three children. Her lawyer argued she was mentally ill, but prosecutors outlined methodical planning leading to the deaths.

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Charles Silverstein, 87, Dies; Helped Destigmatize Homosexuality

He was at the forefront in persuading the American Psychiatric Association to reassess its classification of homosexuality as a mental disorder.

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Frequent Blood Pressure Monitoring Is Needed During and After Pregnancy

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force warned of a rise in hypertensive disorders among pregnant women, particularly women of color.

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‘Miracle’ Cystic Fibrosis Drug Kept Out of Reach in Developing Countries

Vertex Pharmaceuticals is not making its drug, Trikafta, available in poorer countries, where thousands of diagnosed patients stand to benefit.

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Her Foot Looked Normal. What Was Causing the Excruciating Pain?

A few weeks after she twisted her ankle, the girl’s foot kept getting worse. Her hand movements cued the doctor to a mysterious disease.

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The Medicine Is a Miracle, but Only if You Can Afford It

A wave of new treatments have cured devastating diseases. When the costs are too much, even for the insured, patients hunt for other ways to pay.

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Sandwiches and Fruit Cups Sold on Amtrak Are Recalled Over Listeria Risk

More than 400 food products from Fresh Ideation Food Group were recalled, some of which were sold on Amtrak trains and in vending machines last month.

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A Patient Declared Dead Is Found in a Body Bag Gasping for Air

A 66-year-old woman was taken to a funeral home, where workers discovered her chest moving, a report said. An Alzheimer’s care center in Iowa that declared her dead was fined $10,000.

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‘My Watch Thinks I’m Dead’

911 dispatchers are buried under an avalanche of false, automated distress calls from skiers and other Apple device owners who are very much alive.

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Eye Drops Linked to One Death and Vision Loss Among Some Are Recalled

The maker of EzriCare Artificial Tears said it was recalling the eye drops after U.S. health authorities linked the product to a drug-resistant bacteria strain.

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GoodRx Leaked User Health Data to Facebook and Google, F.T.C. Says

The popular drug discount app deceptively shared details on users’ illnesses and medicines with ad firms, regulators said in a legal complaint.

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Women Have Been Misled About Menopause

Hot flashes, sleeplessness, pain during sex: For some of menopause’s worst symptoms, there’s an established treatment. Why aren’t more women offered it?

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What to Know About Menopause and Hormone Therapy

There has long been an effective, F.D.A.-approved treatment for some menopausal symptoms, but too few women have a clear picture of its risks and benefits.

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To Prevent Cancer, More Women Should Consider Removing Fallopian Tubes, Experts Say

A top research group is urging even women without genetic risks to have their fallopian tubes removed under certain circumstances.

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