Health
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Who Will Care for ‘Kinless’ Seniors?
Lynne Ingersoll and her cat, Jesse, spent a quiet Thanksgiving Day together in her small bungalow in Blue Island, Ill.…
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U.S. Plans to End Mpox Emergency Declaration in Two Months
With few new cases, the plan not to renew the emergency past Jan. 31 is an acknowledgment that the disease…
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A Promising Trial Targets a Genetic Risk for Alzheimer’s
Preliminary results offer hope that gene therapy can protect people with a version of the brain disease driven by a…
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As Officials Ease Covid Restrictions, China Faces New Pandemic Risks
Huge swaths of the nation’s elderly remain vulnerable, scientists say, and a surge in deaths and hospitalizations may be inevitable.
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Price of New A.L.S. Treatment Will Be $158,000 Per Year, Maker Says
A new medication for A.L.S., the devastating neurological disorder that causes paralysis and death, will have a list price of…
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Half of Adults Have Heard Little or Nothing About New Covid Boosters, Survey Finds
Thenew, redesigned Covid booster,which now protects against Omicron and its extremely contagious subvariants, appears to have a visibility ...
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Butter Boards Are In. Spread the Word.
In the past two weeks, butter has been smeared, swooped and spread across all manner of surfaces, and social media,…
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Can Smartphones Help Predict Suicide?
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — In March, Katelin Cruz left her latest psychiatric hospitalization with a familiar mix of feelings. She was,…
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A Devious Cellular Trick Cancers Can Use to Escape Your Immune System
In a surprise discovery, researchers found that cells from some types of cancers escaped destruction by the immune system by…
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New Infectious Threats Are Coming. The U.S. Probably Won’t Contain Them.
If it wasn’t clear enough during the Covid-19 pandemic, it has become obvious during the monkeypox outbreak: The United States,…