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    Ibuprofen vs. Acetaminophen for Pain and Fever in Infants

    Some doctors prefer ibuprofen for treating fever and pain in babies; others use acetaminophen. A new review of studies has found that ibuprofen may...

    How Exercise Might Affect Immunity to Lower Cancer Risk

    So, recently, a group of scientists from the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm and other institutions began to wonder about white blood cells. Part of...

    India’s Covid-19 Cases Drop. A Second Wave May Loom.

    NEW DELHI — Two months ago, India looked like a coronavirus disaster zone.Reported infections neared 100,000 a day, deaths were shooting up, and India...

    Women Doctors Are Less Likely to Perform C-Sections

    Female obstetricians are less likely than their male colleagues to perform cesarean sections, a review of studies has found.Researchers pooled data from 15 studies...

    A Tough Call for Families: How to Spend Thanksgiving

    Mendiola’s father, who lives in North Carolina and works in the airline industry, insisted that planes are still safe, she said, and became disappointed...

    Who Will Win the ‘Genius Dog Contest?’ Watch the Competition Begin

    If you’re looking for a competition where you don’t have to worry about whether the losers will concede, you might try the Genius Dog...

    Brain Scientists Explore the How of When

    “These cells are encoding information related to time, and this information is clearly important for memory,” Dr. Lega said.In effect, Dr. Lega said, the...

    Now’s the Time to Sign Up for Health Insurance. Here’s How.

    Plans are organized via four “metal” tiers. In general, bronze plans tend to have the highest deductibles and platinum plans the lowest. In picking...

    An Explanation for Some Covid-19 Deaths May Not Be Holding Up

    Recent studies have created doubts about an agent in cytokine storms, and suggest that treatments for it may not help. Source link

    After a Broken Bone, the Risk of a Second Fracture

    In other countries, and within some medical networks in the United States, including the Kaiser Permanente system in California, there are coordinated services to...

    Brazil Halts Trial of Chinese Coronavirus Vaccine, CoronaVac

    Brazil said on Monday that it had halted a late-stage trial of a Chinese vaccine that had been considered a global front-runner in the...

    $1,944 for a Coronavirus Test? How Readers Helped Us Spot an Unusual Trend

    Times Insider explains who we are and what we do, and delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how our journalism comes together.For the last few months,...

    Pandemic Advice From Athletes – The New York Times

    “In your day you need structure,” Ms. Caffari said. “You need to get up in the morning knowing you’re going to make something happen.”Focus...

    Helping Children With Anxiety in the Pandemic

    “Young children are not likely going to say, ‘Mom, Dad, I’m feeling anxious, and this is how I’m manifesting that anxiety,’” Dr. Busman said....

    Is the Pfizer Vaccine for the Coronavirus Safe?

    So far Pfizer and BioNTech have reported no serious safety concerns from their vaccine. Before running the current large-scale study, the companies ran smaller...

    Who will get the new vaccine first?

    Pfizer’s chief executive has said that it could have 30 to 40 million doses of the vaccine before the end of the year, enough...