Health
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‘Don’t Write It Off’: Advice From Brain Injury Experts After Bob Saget’s Death
It appeared to be an ordinary fall: Bob Saget, the actor and comedian, knocked his head on something and, perhaps…
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F.D.A. Panel Rejects Lilly’s Cancer Drug Tested Only in China
An advisory committee to the Food and Drug Administration overwhelmingly voted on Thursday against recommending agency approval of a lung…
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‘We Are Not There Yet’: As States Drop Mask Rules, the C.D.C. Stands Firm
WASHINGTON — The White House has been meeting with outside health experts to plan a pandemic exit strategy and a…
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The Next Vaccine Debate: Immunize Young Children Now, or Wait?
The Food and Drug Administration’s upcoming review of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine for young children is without precedent in recent…
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With Mask Restrictions Set to Lift, a Haze of Uncertainty Lingers
As the Omicron surge begins to recede in many regions of the country, the governors of New Jersey, Connecticut and…
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New York Deer Infected With Omicron, Study Finds
White-tailed deer on Staten Island have been found carrying the highly transmissible Omicron variant of the coronavirus, marking the first…
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Pfizer Asks F.D.A. to Clear 2 Vaccine Doses for Young Children as a Start
WASHINGTON — Pfizer and its partner, BioNTech, asked the Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday to authorize two doses of…
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Tribes Reach $590 Million Opioid Settlement With J. & J. and Distributors
Hundreds of Native American tribes that have suffered disproportionately high addiction and death rates during the opioid epidemic agreed on…
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Pfizer is expected to ask the F.D.A. to authorize its Covid vaccine for children under 5.
Pfizer and its partner BioNTech are expected as soon as Tuesday to ask the Food and Drug Administration to authorize…
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When Omicron Isn’t So Mild
Regina Perez, 57, had never been hospitalized for her lifelong asthma condition until she came down with Covid this month.…