Health
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Younger Americans Benefited Less From Booster Shots Than Older People
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday night published new data on the risks of hospitalization and death…
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Pandemic Era Tests May Speed Hepatitis-C Detection
The Monday after Christmas, when Kellie Trent was scheduled to pick up medication to cure her hepatitis C, it seemed…
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In New York City Sewage, a Mysterious Coronavirus Signal
Last January, a team of researchers searching for the coronavirus in New York City’s wastewater spotted something strange in their…
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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.…
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As Covid Shots for Kids Stall, Appeals Are Aimed at Wary Parents
For weeks, the school principal had been imploring Kemika Cosey: Would she please allow her children, 7 and 11, to…
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Yes, Omicron Is Loosening Its Hold. But the Pandemic Has Not Ended.
After a frenetic few weeks when the Omicron variant of the coronavirus seemed to infect everyone, including the vaccinated and…
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New Research Hints at 4 Factors That May Increase Chances of Long Covid
It is one of many mysteries about long Covid: Who is more prone to developing it? Are some people more…