Health
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Can This Man Stop Lying?
Christopher Massimine is trying not to lie. He’s trying not to lie when his wife asks him whether he has…
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One Step Closer to a Universal Flu Vaccine?
Scientist have tested in animals a vaccine that may protect against 20 strains of influenza, helping to prevent another pandemic.
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Organ Donations Rise Around Motorcycle Rallies
This summer, when half a million bikers clogged the streets of tiny Sturgis, S.D., for one of the country’s largest…
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Happy Birthday, Omicron
On Nov. 26, 2021, the World Health Organization announced that a concerning new variant of the coronavirus, known as Omicron,…
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Flu and R.S.V. Hit the Holidays, Heightening Demand for Antibiotics and Antivirals
Amoxicillin, an antibiotic commonly prescribed for children with ear infections, bronchitis and strep throat, is in short supply across the…
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U.S. Officials Offer Hopeful Tone on Covid as Winter Nears
Federal health officials expressed optimism on Tuesday that the nation was better prepared to weather a surge of Covid-19 infections…
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The Monkeypox Cases That Might Have Been Missed
In the monkeypox outbreak that unspooled this summer in the United States and dozens of other countries, men who have…
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Brave Little Worriers
CRANSTON, R.I. — Audrey Pirri, 16, had been terrified of vomiting since she was a toddler. She worried every time…
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What if You Could Go to the Hospital … at Home?
Late last month, Raymond Johnson, 83, began feeling short of breath. “It was difficult just getting around,” he recently recalled…
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F.D.A. Approves a Drug That Can Delay Type 1 Diabetes
The Food and Drug Administration has approved the first treatment that can delay — possibly for years — the onset…