Health
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New A.L.S. Treatment Lacks Evidence of Benefit, F.D.A. Panel Finds
By a narrow margin, a federal panel of independent medical experts concluded Wednesday that there is not yet enough evidence…
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Ivermectin Does Not Reduce Risk of Covid Hospitalization, Large Study Finds
The anti-parasitic drug ivermectin, which has surged in popularity as an alternative treatment for Covid-19 despite a lack of strong…
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Covid Vaccines Did Not Protect Adolescents as Effectively During the Omicron Surge
In yet another twist to the debate over how best to protect children against the coronavirus, researchers reported on Wednesday…
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Public Health Catastrophe Looms in Ukraine, Experts Warn
A convoy of five vans snaked slowly on Friday from the battered Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, toward Chernihiv, in the northeast…
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In Difficult Cases, ‘Families Cannot Manage Death at Home’
Where do people most want to be when they die? At home, they tell researchers — in familiar surroundings, in…
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Sinovac Boosters Provide Key Protection for Older People, New Study Finds
Two doses of China’s Sinovac vaccine offered older people only a moderately high level of protection against severe disease and…
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Moderna to Seek Authorization of Its Coronavirus Vaccine for Young Children
WASHINGTON — Moderna said on Wednesday that it would seek emergency authorization of its coronavirus vaccine for children younger than…
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Brain Implant Allows Fully Paralyzed Patient to Communicate
In 2020 Ujwal Chaudhary, a biomedical engineer then at the University of Tübingen and the Wyss Center for Bio and…
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High Death Rate in Hong Kong Shows Importance of Vaccinating the Elderly
The first time the Omicron variant breached Hong Kong’s coronavirus defenses, in late 2021, the city stamped it out, cementing…
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‘He Goes Where the Fire Is’: A Virus Hunter in the Wuhan Market
As soon as Edward Holmes saw the dark-ringed eyes of the raccoon dogs staring at him through the bars of…