Researchers: Improving Eyesight May Help Prevent Dementia
Dementia cases are climbing along with an aging world population, and yet another much-anticipated Alzheimer’s medication, crenezumab, has proved ineffective
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A Clunky Mask May be the Answer to Airborne Disease and N95 Waste
“Elastomerics for us really were a game changer,” Dr. Chalikonda said. “When I think of all the millions of dollars
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Vladimir Zelenko, 48, Dies; Promoted an Unfounded Covid Treatment
Vladimir Zelenko, a self-described “simple country doctor” from upstate New York who rocketed to prominence in the early days of
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Will There Be Enough Monkeypox Vaccine?
As the United States begins a vaccination campaign against monkeypox, concerns are mounting among some experts that the demand may
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He Could Barely Walk and Had to Give Up Golf. What Was Wrong?
It was in spring that the 69-year-old man missed playing golf the most. How he loved the cool South Carolina
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Behind the Scenes, McKinsey Guided Companies at the Center of the Opioid Crisis
In 2017, less than two years later, the F.D.A. took the rare step of demanding that Endo pull Opana from
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As Monkeypox Spreads, U.S. Plans a Vaccination Campaign
Clinics nationwide will begin offering vaccinations against monkeypox to anyone who may have been exposed to the virus, federal health
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The Omicron subvariants BA.4 and BA.5 have together become dominant in the U.S., the C.D.C. estimates.
Continuing their rapid march across the United States, the Omicron subvariants known as BA.4 and BA.5 have together become dominant
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‘No Magic Bullet’ for Preserving Abortion Access, Biden’s Health Secretary Says
WASHINGTON — President Biden’s health secretary, facing criticism from other Democrats that the administration is not doing enough to counter
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Gas Piped Into Homes Contains Benzene, Other Risky Chemicals, Study Finds
The natural gas delivered to homes contains low concentrations of several chemicals linked to cancer, a new study found. Researchers
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