Health
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Doctors Debate Whether Trans Teens Need Therapy Before Hormones
An upsurge in teenagers requesting hormones or surgeries to better align their bodies with their gender identities has ignited a…
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Senate Panel OKs Califf Nomination for F.D.A. Chief
A key Senate committee on Thursday advanced the nomination of Dr. Robert Califf to become commissioner of the Food and…
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Biden announces 500 million more tests will be purchased for Americans.
WASHINGTON — President Biden on Thursday stepped up his administration’s response to a coronavirus surge driven by the Omicron variant,…
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A popular at-home test detects most infectious Omicron cases, a study suggests.
The Abbott BinaxNOW, a widely used at-home coronavirus test, can detect the vast majority of people who are infected with…
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Criticized by Senators, U.S. Health Officials Defend Omicron Response
WASHINGTON — Top federal health officials on Tuesday defended the Biden administration’s efforts to protect Americans from the highly contagious…
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Medicare Proposes to Cover Aduhelm Only for Patients in Clinical Trials
Medicare officials have decided that the federal health insurance program should only cover the controversial new Alzheimer’s drug Aduhelm for…
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California hospitals find that Omicron causes fewer hospitalizations and shorter stays.
A new study of nearly 70,000 Covid patients in California demonstrates that Omicron causes less severe disease than other coronavirus…
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In Southern Africa, Success Against H.I.V. Offers Hope for Beating Back Another Virus
CHONGWE, Zambia — On a visit to a public hospital in a farming community in late November, I saw something…
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In a First, Man Receives a Heart From a Genetically Altered Pig
A 57-year-old man with life-threatening heart disease has received a heart from a genetically modified pig, a groundbreaking procedure that…
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‘People Need to Be Reminded About Flu’
Jillian Gibson hasn’t gotten a flu shot in some 25 years. “I don’t get the flu, and I’ve been exposed…