Health
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AstraZeneca’s Covid Vaccine May Have Posed a Higher Heart Risk for Young Women, Study Shows
A new analysis examined deaths in Britain, where the company’s product was restricted in 2021 because of safety concerns.
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Covid Worsened a Health Crisis Among Pregnant Women
KOKOMO, Ind. — Tammy Cunningham doesn’t remember the birth of her son. She was not quite seven months pregnant when…
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Pregnancy and Covid: What Women Need to Know
A pregnant woman is more likely to develop serious Covid-19 and to die of it. Several factors amplify the risks.
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Lawyers to Face Off Before Judge in Closely Watched Abortion Pills Case
The first hearing in a lawsuit that seeks to overturn F.D.A. approval of the pills takes place Wednesday morning in…
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Opioid Settlement Hinders Patients’ Access to a Wide Array of Drugs
An agreement between attorneys general and major drug distributors increased scrutiny on medications for A.D.H.D., addiction, anxiety and pain.
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Weeks After Ohio Train Derailment, Health Concerns Mount
In a tight-knit town already skeptical of the government, the lack of concrete information, and the open-ended nature of the…
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New Treatment Could Help Fix the Heart’s ‘Forgotten Valve’
Patients with leaking tricuspid valves in a research trial saw improvements with a procedure that does not require a risky…
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Premature Births Fell During Some Covid Lockdowns, Study Finds
Nearly 50,000 preterm births may have been averted across a group of mostly high-income countries in one month alone.
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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…
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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…