Genetically Modified Pig’s Heart Is Transplanted Into a Second Patient
The first patient to receive such an organ died after two months. “At least now I have hope,” the second recipient said before the surgery.
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CreditRachel Wisniewski for The New York Times 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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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.
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CreditChip Somodevilla/Getty Images Nearly 500,000 in U.S. Will Regain Health Insurance After State Errors
Low-income people who wrongly lost Medicaid or Children’s Health Insurance Program coverage will keep their insurance, federal officials said.
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CreditTiksa Negeri for The New York Times ‘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.
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CreditLasker Foundation 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.
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CreditJanice Haney Carr/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 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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CreditJosé A. Alvarado Jr. for The New York Times 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.
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CreditSan Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library 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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CreditIllustration by Andrei Cojocaru; Photographs by Getty Images 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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CreditMelissa Phillip/Houston Chronicle, via Associated Press 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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CreditIllustration by Andrei Cojocaru; Photographs by Getty Images What Social Media Does to the Teen Brain
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CreditMikyung Lee How to Change Your Mind-Set About Aging
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CreditJeenah Moon for The New York Times 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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The updated shots are now available in the U.S. Here’s who should get them and what to expect.
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CreditMark J. Terrill/Associated Press F.D.A. Approves New Covid Shots
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My Running Club, My Everything
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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Arsenic Preserved the Animals, but Killed the Museum
A popular taxidermy exhibit in Sioux Falls, S.D., was closed after the toxin was discovered laced throughout the specimens. Many lament the loss of the “works of art.”
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The Beauty of a Silent Walk
No talking. No podcasts. No music. Just some time alone with your thoughts.
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Sufjan Stevens Says He Lost Ability to Walk From Guillain-Barré Syndrome
The indie-rock singer-songwriter said in a statement on his website that he was expected to recover from the rare neurological condition.
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The Reach of Wildfire Smoke Is Going Global and Undoing Progress on Clean Air
In the United States, smoke from wildfires is undoing progress from the Clean Air Act. In poorer countries, the situation is even worse.
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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.
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The plaintiffs want the state to drop its residency requirement. Oregon and Vermont have already done so.
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Windows Installed in Skulls Help Doctors Study Damaged Brains
Some neurosurgeons are testing an acrylic prosthesis that lets them peer into patients’ heads with ultrasound.
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Why the F.D.A. Took So Long to Tackle a Disputed Cold Remedy
Pharmacists affiliated with the University of Florida have spent decades nudging the agency to pull a decongestant from over-the-counter medicines.
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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.
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