By DANIEL VICTOR
Some people have not yet gotten the official public health advice that sneezing into your arm sleeves (if you don’t have a tissue) will stop the spread of infectious germs.
Published: February 26, 2018 at 07:00PM
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By SHEILA KAPLAN
The agency will embrace treatment that “does not require the patient to be totally clean at every visit,” as long as the patient shows continuing improvement.
Published: February 24, 2018 at 07:00PM
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By KATIE THOMAS
Teva Pharmaceuticals announced it would sell a “lower-cost” alternative to Syprine, an old drug that costs more than $21,000. But the new generic version costs nearly as much.
Published: February 22, 2018 at 07:00PM
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By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr.
Outbreaks across the continent infected 21,000 and killed at least 35 people.
Published: February 22, 2018 at 07:00PM
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By ABBY GOODNOUGH
President Trump’s efforts to undermine the health law have widened the gap between those who get government aid and those who don’t, deepening resentments.
Published: February 18, 2018 at 07:00PM
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By GINA KOLATA
Scientists are racing to understand why immunotherapy drugs have worked for a few cancer patients when the medicines should have had no effect.
Published: February 18, 2018 at 07:00PM
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By PAULA SPAN
Multigenerational and shared housing arrangements are on the rise, reversing a decades-long trend.
Published: February 16, 2018 at 07:00PM
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By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr.
The disease, carried by rodents, is sometimes mild but can lead to hemorrhagic fever and death. W.H.O. has sent additional staff to help contain the outbreak.
Published: February 15, 2018 at 07:00PM
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By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr.
A preliminary analysis finds the vaccine 25 percent effective against this year’s dangerous H3N2 strain, and twice as effective in children.
Published: February 14, 2018 at 07:00PM
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By GINA KOLATA
After examining 21 American diplomats said to have been victims of a mysterious “attack” in Havana, medical experts found concussion-like damage but no obvious causes.
Published: February 14, 2018 at 07:00PM
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By CEYLAN YEGINSU
The journal Transgender Health that they believe it was the first documented case of a successful experiment to induce breast-milk production in a transgender woman.
Published: February 14, 2018 at 07:00PM
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By LIAM STACK
Ms. Dunham said that she had the procedure at age 31, but that doctors were reluctant to perform it on a woman of her age.
Published: February 13, 2018 at 07:00PM
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By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr.
Insurers have denied life and disability coverage to men taking Truvada to prevent H.I.V. infection, say gay rights advocates and medical experts.
Published: February 11, 2018 at 07:00PM
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By SHEILA KAPLAN and KATIE THOMAS
Dr. Scott Gottlieb isn’t rolling back his agency’s mission, although he is straddling the interests of the drug and health industries along with public health.
Published: February 10, 2018 at 07:00PM
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By ABBY GOODNOUGH
The state will require many people to work, volunteer or train for a job to qualify for coverage — and to prove it with frequent documentation.
Published: February 9, 2018 at 07:00PM
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By KATIE THOMAS and REED ABELSON
The White House is considering a plan to lower out-of-pocket costs for people in Medicare drug plans, who often pay inflated prices for their drugs.
Published: February 8, 2018 at 07:00PM
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By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr.
Methylene blue, a laboratory dye, safely kills parasites before mosquitoes can pass them on — but has a vivid side effect that patients dislike.
Published: February 8, 2018 at 07:00PM
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By NICHOLAS BAKALAR
About half of Americans aged 14 to 49 have HSV-1 or HSV-2. The latter, genital herpes, infects twice as many women as men.
Published: February 8, 2018 at 07:00PM
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By MAGGIE ASTOR
A photo of a petri dish covered in fungi and bacteria spread online. But studies disagree on whether hand dryers are really less hygienic than paper towels.
Published: February 8, 2018 at 07:00PM
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By PAM BELLUCK
The treatments could help hundreds of thousands of men worldwide stave off pain and chemotherapy, but researchers don’t yet know if they will extend lives.
Published: February 7, 2018 at 07:00PM
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By ANDREW JACOBS
New regulations, which corporate interests delayed for almost a decade, require explicit labeling and limit the marketing of sugary foods to children.
Published: February 6, 2018 at 07:00PM
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By BENEDICT CAREY
Electrodes threaded into the brains of epilepsy patients enhanced their recall on word tests by about 15 percent.
Published: February 5, 2018 at 07:00PM
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By PAM BELLUCK
New research estimates that neurological disorders caused by mothers drinking during pregnancy are at least as common as autism.
Published: February 5, 2018 at 07:00PM
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By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
When 86-year-old Carol Wittwer took a taxi to the emergency room, she expected to be admitted to the hospital. She didn’t anticipate being asked if she cooks for herself. If she has friends in her high-rise. Or if she could spell lunch backward.
Published: February 1, 2018 at 07:00PM
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By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr.
The worst flu season in nearly a decade has filled emergency rooms and strained resources at medical centers. Hospitalization and infection rates are among the highest in two decades.
Published: February 1, 2018 at 07:00PM
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By PAULA SPAN
Nearly one million immigrants taking care of elderly patients. Many caregivers may lose their protected status; others may choose to leave an increasingly restrictive country.
Published: February 1, 2018 at 07:00PM
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By GINA KOLATA
Two types of bacteria common in the gut may accelerate the growth of tumors, suggesting new possibilities for diagnosis and prevention.
Published: January 31, 2018 at 07:00PM
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