Health
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After Years of Sexual Abuse Allegations, How Did This Doctor Keep Working?
All Tanisha Johnson wanted was for the pain to go away. Doctors had offered little hope for her intractable migraines. But at Beth Israel Medical ...
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Merck applies for emergency authorization for what would be the first pill to treat Covid.
Merck said on Monday that it had submitted an application to the Food and Drug Administration to authorize what would be the first antiviral pill ...
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The Hot New Back-to-School Accessory? An Air Quality Monitor
When Lizzie Rothwell, an architect in Philadelphia, sent her son to third grade this fall, she stocked his blue L.L. Bean backpack with pencils ...
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Researchers find a higher than expected risk of myocarditis in young men after full vaccination.
Males between 16 and 29 years of age have an increased risk of developing heart problems after receiving a second dose of coronavirus vaccines ...
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First, Impressive Vaccines for Covid. Next Up: The Flu.
As the world grapples with Covid-19, influenza isn’t getting much attention these days. But the flu’s global impact is staggering: three million ...
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A ‘Pacemaker for the Brain’: No Treatment Helped Her Depression — Until This
Driving home from work in Northern California five years ago, a young woman was so overwhelmed with depression that all she could think about was ...
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Losing Your Hair? You Might Blame the Great Stem Cell Escape.
Every person, every mouse, every dog, has one unmistakable sign of aging: hair loss. But why does that happen? Rui Yi, a professor of pathology ...
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Johnson & Johnson to Seek F.D.A. Authorization for Booster Shot
WASHINGTON — Johnson & Johnson is planning to ask federal regulators early this week to authorize a booster shot of its coronavirus vaccine ...
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Tallying the Cost of Growing Older
Say you’re a 65-year-old looking ahead, wondering about your health and your finances, pondering what life might be like in 20 years. You might ...
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Is the Coronavirus Getting Better at Airborne Transmission?
Newer variants of the coronavirus like Alpha and Delta are highly contagious, infecting far more people than the original virus. Two new studies ...