Health
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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…
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Biden Administration May Appeal Ruling That Voided Travel Mask Mandate
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration announced on Tuesday that it intends to appeal a Florida judge’s ruling that struck down…
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Omicron Was More Severe for Unvaccinated Children in 5-to-11 Age Group, Study Shows
Unvaccinated children from 5 to 11 years old were hospitalized with Covid at twice the rate of vaccinated children during…
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Scientists Question Data Behind an Experimental Alzheimer’s Drug
A small biotech company that trumpeted an exciting new treatment for Alzheimer’s disease is now under fire for irregularities in…
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Four Americans Were Infected With a Virus Variant Seen in Mink
In the first year of the pandemic, at least four people in Michigan were infected with a version of the…
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Is Covid More Dangerous Than Driving? How Scientists Are Parsing Covid Risks.
Like it or not, the choose-your-own-adventure period of the pandemic is upon us. Mask mandates have fallen. Some free testing…
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A New Covid Breath Test Holds Promise, but Wide Use May Still Be Far Off
Coronavirus infections might soon be flagged with a puff of exhaled breath, after the Food and Drug Administration authorized the…
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This Psychiatric Hospital Used to Chain Patients. Now It Treats Them.
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone — For centuries, they called the foreboding building on a hill above this capital city the Kissy…
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An uptick in U.S. virus cases is concerning but not surprising, Fauci says.
The uptick in new U.S. coronavirus cases in recent days is concerning, Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, said…
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Medicare Officially Limits Coverage of Aduhelm to Patients in Clinical Trials
For the past few months, Medicare officials have been inundated with impassioned pleas about how to handle coverage of the…