Health
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Abortion Pills Take the Spotlight as States Impose Abortion Bans
In the hours after the Supreme Court released its decision overturning the legal right to abortion in the United States, nearly 100 requests for ...
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An Outbreak of Meningococcal Disease in Florida is Growing, the C.D.C. Says
An outbreak of meningococcal disease in Florida has caused at least 26 cases of the serious illness, an official from the Centers for Disease ...
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F.D.A. Set to Propose Lower Nicotine Levels in Cigarettes
The Food and Drug Administration is planning to require tobacco companies to slash the amount of nicotine in traditional cigarettes to make them ...
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Vaccines for Young Children Are Coming, but Many Parents Have Tough Questions
It’s a moment many parents have anxiously awaited for months: Children younger than age 5 are now eligible for vaccination against the ...
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Uterine Cancer Is on the Rise, Especially Among Black Women
Linda Collins had been in menopause for almost a decade when she started bleeding again. The bleeding was light — occasional spotting, really ...
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Ivermectin Does Not Shorten Recovery Time From Covid, Study Finds
The antiparasite drug ivermectin does not reduce the time needed to recover from Covid, according to a large study posted online Sunday. It is ...
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Monkeypox Can Be Airborne, Too
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its guidance last week for travelers wishing to protect themselves against monkeypox. This ...
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Breast Cancer Drug Trial Results in ‘Unheard-Of’ Survival Rates
The patients had metastatic breast cancer that had been progressing despite rounds of harsh chemotherapy. But a treatment with a drug that ...
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Reprogrammed Cells Attack and Tame Deadly Cancer in One Woman
Researchers have managed to tame pancreatic cancer in a woman whose cancer was far advanced and after other forms of treatment had failed. The ...
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The Doctor Prescribed an Obesity Drug. Her Insurer Called It ‘Vanity.’
Maya Cohen’s entree into the world of obesity medicine came as a shock. In despair over her weight, she saw Dr. Caroline Apovian, an obesity ...
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