Health
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Why Should Monkeypox Be Renamed?
Are monkeys spreading monkeypox to humans? Researchers say the answer is no. But recently in Brazil, the unfounded fear that…
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A Teen’s Journey Into the Internet’s Darkness and Back Again
Puberty hit C early — in the fourth grade — and hard: acne, breasts, attention, humiliation. C found refuge in…
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Pickleball, Sport of the Future Injury?
During a recent pickleball match, Nish Nadaraja, 50, made a quick lunge for the ball. It was just a few…
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Polio Was Almost Eradicated. This Year It Staged a Comeback.
At the beginning of this year, there was a thrum of excitement among global health experts: Eradication of polio, a…
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An Old Medicine Grows New Hair for Pennies a Day, Doctors Say
The ads are everywhere — and so are the inflated claims: Special shampoos and treatments, sometimes costing thousands of dollars,…
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Why a Century-Old Vaccine Offers New Hope Against Pathogens
In the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic, when prevention seemed light years away, several scientists launched trials to see…
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Some Women ‘Self-Manage’ Abortions as Access Recedes
In states that have banned abortion, some women with unwanted pregnancies are pursuing an unconventional workaround: They are “self-managing ...
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There’s Just One Drug to Treat Monkeypox. Good Luck Getting It.
The only drug available to treat monkeypox is so difficult to access that just a fraction of the nearly 7,000…
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Why Monkeypox Vaccine Shortage May Threaten the Immunocompromised
The shortfall of monkeypox vaccine doses in the United States, expected to last for months, is raising urgent questions about…
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As Monkeypox Spreads, U.S. Plans to Declare a Health Emergency
As monkeypox continues to surge in the United States, the Biden administration plans to declare a public health emergency, perhaps…