Tuesday, February 27, 2018

Sneeze Into Your Elbow, Not Your Hand. Please. by DANIEL VICTOR


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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Monday, February 26, 2018

F.D.A. to Expand Medication-Assisted Therapy for Opioid Addicts by SHEILA KAPLAN


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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Friday, February 23, 2018

Patients Eagerly Awaited a Generic Drug. Then They Saw the Price. by KATIE THOMAS


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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Measles Cases in Europe Quadrupled in 2017 by DONALD G. McNEIL Jr.


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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Monday, February 19, 2018

As Some Got Free Health Care, Gwen Got Squeezed: An Obamacare Dilemma by ABBY GOODNOUGH


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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Doctors Said Immunotherapy Would Not Cure Her Cancer. They Were Wrong. by GINA KOLATA


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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Saturday, February 17, 2018

America at Home: Grandparents in the Attic, Children in the Basement by PAULA SPAN


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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