Health

Growing case numbers suggest that national total will surpass that seen during the last large outbreak in 2019.

People with dementia often forget even close family members as the disease advances. “It can throw people into an existential crisis,” one expert said.

An interim U.S. attorney is demanding information about the selection of research articles and the role of N.I.H. Experts worry this will have a chilling effect on publications.

The White House has thrown its weight behind the lab leak theory, an idea that has divided intelligence agencies.