Health
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A Clunky Mask May be the Answer to Airborne Disease and N95 Waste
In the early 1990s, long before P.P.E., N95 and asymptomatic transmission became household terms, federal health officials issued guidelines for…
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New Dementia Prevention Method May Be Behavioral, Not Prescribed
Dementia cases are climbing along with an aging world population, and yet another much-anticipated Alzheimer’s medication, crenezumab, has proved ...
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As Monkeypox Spreads, U.S. Plans a Vaccination Campaign
Clinics nationwide will begin offering vaccinations against monkeypox to anyone who may have been exposed to the virus, federal health…
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When Abortion Pills Were Banned in Brazil, Women Turned to Drug Traffickers
RIO DE JANEIRO — Last November, Xaiana, a 23-year-old college student in northern Brazil, began exchanging text messages with a…
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Abortion Pills Take the Spotlight as States Impose Abortion Bans
In the hours after the Supreme Court released its decision overturning the legal right to abortion in the United States,…
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An Outbreak of Meningococcal Disease in Florida is Growing, the C.D.C. Says
An outbreak of meningococcal disease in Florida has caused at least 26 cases of the serious illness, an official from…
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F.D.A. Set to Propose Lower Nicotine Levels in Cigarettes
The Food and Drug Administration is planning to require tobacco companies to slash the amount of nicotine in traditional cigarettes…
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Tattoo Artists Face a Grayer Palette in Europe
Along a bare torso and down a thigh, the sun glints through ocean waters and bathes coral and fish in…
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Vaccines for Young Children Are Coming, but Many Parents Have Tough Questions
It’s a moment many parents have anxiously awaited for months: Children younger than age 5 are now eligible for vaccination…
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The C.D.C. is expected to recommend vaccinations of young children.
Scientific advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are meeting on Saturday to decide whether the benefits of…