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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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Health Unlike other types of epilation, laser hair removal is preferred because it is permanent and healthy. Laser epilation, which…
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The Coronavirus Has Infected More Than Half of Americans, the C.D.C. Reports
Sixty percent of Americans, including 75 percent of children, had been infected with the coronavirus by February, federal health officials…
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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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Routine Childhood Vaccinations in the U.S. Slipped During the Pandemic
Kindergartners in the United States fell behind on routine childhood vaccinations during the pandemic, the Centers for Disease Control and…
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Concerns Rise as Passenger Masks Fall
Public health experts reacted with dismay to a federal judge’s ruling on Monday that struck down a mask requirement for…