Killings of children and teenagers under 18 increased sharply in 2020, federal researchers reported. Black communities were disproportionately affected.Read More
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The Austere Beauty of Egypt’s Long-Distance Hiking Trails
Two new routes, managed by Bedouins, will help preserve long-overlooked natural wonders and a vanishing way of life.Read More
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Scientists have made rapid progress in customizing drugs for ultrarare diseases. The hard part now is making such treatments on a large scale.Read More
View More They Created a Drug for Susannah. What About Millions of Other Patients?Covid May Spread From Corpses, Scientists Report
Family members and health care workers should take precautions, experts said.Read More
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Women over 65 are being screened for cervical cancer in diminishing numbers. But some are reluctant to give up the tests.Read More
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Proposed regulations would crack down on misleading ads for the private plans and would enhance scrutiny of denials for coverage of medical care.Read More
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New Yorkers are contending with a bewildering and miserable mix of symptoms as Covid, flu, R.S.V. and various mystery illnesses circulate.Read More
View More Is It Covid? The Flu? RSV? New Yorkers Are Sick of Being Sick.‘Tripledemic’ Data Shows Cold and Flu Season Is Already Among the Worst on Record
Hospitalizations for respiratory illnesses are at high levels for this time of year, disrupting seasonal patterns and making it hard to predict how bad this…
View More ‘Tripledemic’ Data Shows Cold and Flu Season Is Already Among the Worst on RecordNew Covid Booster Shots Cut Risk of Hospitalization by Half, CDC Reports
The research was conducted in part when older variants of the coronavirus were spreading. Other factors may have influenced the conclusions.Read More
View More New Covid Booster Shots Cut Risk of Hospitalization by Half, CDC Reports
Jake Tapper Says His Daughter ‘Almost Died’ From Appendicitis After Misdiagnosis
“I, unfortunately, know all too well about the cost of misdiagnosis,” the CNN anchor said.Read More
View More Jake Tapper Says His Daughter ‘Almost Died’ From Appendicitis After Misdiagnosis