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    At a Senate hearing, Lina M. Khan, the head of the Federal Trade Commission, said the agency “will continue to scrutinize and challenge serial acquisitions, roll-ups and other stealth consolidation schemes that unlawfully undermine fair competition and harm the American public.”
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    F.T.C. Sues Anesthesia Group Backed by Private-Equity Firm

    The federal agency claims the company’s practices amount to antitrust activity, a new salvo in the government’s scrutiny of health care consolidation that has led to higher prices.

     By Reed Abelson and

  1. Global Health
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    Ms. Yusuf, with her briefcase of supplies and cooler of vaccines, leaves a home where she checked on a sick child. She provides a vast range of primary health care services for a monthly salary of $90.
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    ‘Only God Can Thank You’: Female Health Workers Fight to Be Paid

    Community health workers put in long hours to protect people in developing countries from diseases such as malaria, Covid-19 and H.I.V. But most are compensated minimally, or not paid at all.

     By Stephanie Nolen and

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    James G. Fujimoto of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology helped invent optical coherence tomography, an eye-scanning technology that can detect eye disease earlier than previous methods, preventing blindness.
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    Advances in Eye Scans and Protein Structure Win 2023 Lasker Awards

    This year’s awards were given to scientists who helped doctors see the retina and used artificial intelligence to predict the shapes of cellular proteins.

     By Noah Weiland and

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    Water-borne pathogens like the flesh-eating bacterium Vibrio vulnificus, which killed three people in the New York area this summer, appear to be turning up more often in the Northeast.
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    The Beach Is Lovely. The Water, Maybe Not So Much.

    As oceans warm, pathogenic bacteria are turning up more frequently in northern regions, scientists say.

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    About 40 patients at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center were treated with a fluid whose manufacturer was later cited for possible contamination problems.
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    A Top New York Hospital, an Unapproved Treatment and an F.D.A. Warning

    A product made from umbilical cord blood was used in spine surgeries at a Manhattan hospital. After a federal warning came an internal complaint: Patients should have been told.

     By Ellen GablerSteve Eder and

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    Margaret Chung in 1938. As a physician and surgeon during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II, she was regarded highly for her patriotic duties.
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    Overlooked No More: Margaret Chung, Doctor Who Was ‘Different From Others’

    As the first known American woman of Chinese ancestry to earn a medical degree, she treated celebrities and opened a practice in San Francisco’s Chinatown.

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From Well

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    Being 13

    Three girls, one year. This is what it’s like to be 13 today, in a world that can’t stop talking about the dire state of your future.

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    Adults Are Panicked About Teens and Social Media. These Girls Have Advice.

    Parents and public health experts have a lot to say about what adolescent girls do on their phones. We asked teens to weigh in.

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    Reformulated Covid-19 vaccines from Moderna and Pfizer were approved by the F.D.A. last week.
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    New Covid Vaccine Rollout Is Slowed by Insurance and Supply Snags

    The updated shot is here. But pharmacies are rescheduling appointments, and some people are being told their insurance will not cover it.

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    What Social Media Does to the Teen Brain

    Despite the headlines, the impact of social apps on adolescent mental health isn’t so clear.

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    How to Change Your Mind-Set About Aging

    People who think positively about getting older often live longer, healthier lives. Here is how to reconsider your perspective.

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The Covid-19 Pandemic

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    Liv Grace, who was born with a rare immune deficiency related to lupus, experienced three respiratory infections in four months after visiting medical providers.
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    In Hospitals, Viruses Are Everywhere. Masks Are Not.

    Amid an uptick in Covid infections, administrators, staff and patients are divided over the need for masks in health care settings.

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    Reformulated Covid-19 vaccines from Moderna and Pfizer were approved by the F.D.A. last week.
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    New Covid Vaccine Rollout Is Slowed by Insurance and Supply Snags

    The updated shot is here. But pharmacies are rescheduling appointments, and some people are being told their insurance will not cover it.

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    Free at-home coronavirus tests have been harder to come by for many Americans now that private insurers are no longer required to cover up to eight tests per month.
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    U.S. Will Resume Offering Free At-Home Covid Tests

    The Biden administration is restarting a program that has provided hundreds of millions of free tests through the Postal Service.

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    What to Know About the New Covid Shots

    The updated shots are now available in the U.S. Here’s who should get them and what to expect.

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    A vaccine drive in Lynwood, Calif., last autumn. This year’s campaign will be the first since the end of the public health emergency, which expired in May.
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    F.D.A. Approves New Covid Shots

    A nationwide rollout of the vaccines by Pfizer and Moderna should begin later this week, after the C.D.C. considers guidelines to prepare Americans for this season when infections usually tick upward.

     By Christina Jewett and

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    Group running has exploded in New York City. As friendships, marriages and even rivalries emerge, the benefits are proving as social as they are physical.

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  6. The New Status Symbol Is a Full-Body M.R.I.

    Companies like the celebrity-endorsed Prenuvo claim they can revolutionize preventive health care. Experts warn this might not be the right approach.

    By Dani Blum and Callie Holtermann

     
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  10. MDMA Therapy Inches Closer to Approval

    Results of a new study may offer regulators enough evidence to allow the psychedelic, also known as Ecstasy, to be considered for use as a PTSD treatment.

    By Rachel Nuwer