Health
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A Massachusetts Man Is Infected With Monkeypox
A man who had traveled to Canada has been diagnosed with the monkeypox virus, a rare and potentially fatal disease,…
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F.D.A. and Abbott Reach Agreement on Baby Formula to Try to Ease Shortage
The Food and Drug Administration on Monday reached an agreement with Abbott Laboratories on the steps needed to reopen the…
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Moderna Vaccine Provokes Strong Immune Response in Children 6 to 11
Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine elicits a strong immune response in children aged 6 to 11, researchers reported on Wednesday — another…
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Gun deaths surged during the pandemic’s first year, the C.D.C. reports.
Gun deaths reached the highest number ever recorded in the United States in 2020, the first year of the pandemic,…
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Patients Taking Experimental Obesity Drug Lost More Than 50 Pounds, Maker Claims
An experimental drug has enabled people with obesity or who are overweight to lose about 22.5 percent of their body…
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‘It’s Life or Death’: The Mental Health Crisis Among U.S. Teens
One evening last April, an anxious and free-spirited 13-year-old girl in suburban Minneapolis sprang furious from a chair in the…
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The Drive to Vaccinate the World Against Covid Is Losing Steam
In the middle of last year, the World Health Organization began promoting an ambitious goal, one it said was essential…
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Mask Ruling Underscores Deep Split in Attitudes
Wearing masks during the pandemic has long been a divisive issue in the United States. And now that a federal…
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Exploring the Health Effects of Ageism
Each fall, Becca Levy asks the students in her health and aging class at the Yale School of Public Health…
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C.D.C. Issues Alert Over Cluster of Hepatitis Cases in Children
A cluster of severe hepatitis cases in Alabama children prompted the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to issue a…
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