Health
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Person Infected With Bird Flu in Texas After Contact With Cattle
The case adds another worrying wrinkle to a global outbreak that has devastated bird and marine mammal populations, and recently…
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Patient With Transplanted Pig Kidney Leaves Hospital for Home
Richard Slayman, 62, is the first patient to receive a kidney from a genetically modified pig. Two weeks after the…
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Is Giving Farmers Millions to Kill Millions of Chickens the Way to Curb Bird Flu?
Big poultry farms have received millions of dollars for their losses. Animal welfare groups contend that aid reinforces inhumane cullings…
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The Technique Reshaping Organ Transplantation
Perfusion keeps a donated organ alive outside the body, giving surgeons extra time and increasing the number of transplants possible.
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Person Infected With Bird Flu in Texas After Contact With Cattle
The case adds another worrying wrinkle to a global outbreak that has devastated bird and marine mammal populations, and recently…
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Hospitals Must Get Written Patient Consent for Pelvic Exams, H.H.S. Says
In a letter to teaching hospitals, the federal health agency said that institutions could lose Medicare funding if they didn’t…
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Why Are Older Americans Drinking So Much?
The pandemic played a role in increased consumption, but alcohol use among people 65 and older was climbing even before…
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Bacteria That Cause Meningitis Are Spreading Again, C.D.C. Warns
The News Federal officials are warning health care providers to be on the lookout for invasive meningococcal disease, a rare…
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4 Things You Need to Know About Health Care Cyberattacks
Despite the explosion in ransomware hacks like the one against Change Healthcare, regulation is spotty and few new safeguards have…
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Heart Pump Is Linked to 49 Deaths, the F.D.A. Warns
The agency faulted the device maker for delayed notice of mounting complications, citing increasing reports of how use of the…