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    Think You Have ‘Normal’ Blood Pressure? Think Again

    The study, directed by Dr. Seamus P. Whelton, cardiologist and epidemiologist at the Johns Hopkins Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in...

    Recognizing Miscarriage as an Occasion for Grief

    There is a tendency to pathologize this grief, Dr. Hiefner said; if a 5-year-old died, no one would think it was comforting to say,...

    A 30-Mile Rafting Trip Through Alaska’s Tongass National Forest

    At the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, with travel restrictions in place worldwide, we launched a new series — The World Through a Lens...

    How an Ill-Fated Fishing Voyage Helped Us Understand Covid-19

    The threat posed by the virus, though, has made randomized trials extremely difficult to do. While researchers have randomly assigned macaque monkeys to receive...

    Man Arrested After Threatening Wichita Mayor Over Face Masks, Police Say

    Mayor Brandon Whipple of Wichita, Kan., said he often gets “goofy” threats, like the time someone said they wanted to attack him with a...

    U.S. Diplomats and Spies Battle Trump Administration Over Suspected Attacks

    WASHINGTON — The strange sound came at night: a crack like a marble striking the floor of the apartment above them.Mark Lenzi and his...

    Weekly Health Quiz: Sounder Sleep, Covid Symptoms and Chocolate

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    Driving Lessons With a Whiff of Mortality

    Google Maps won’t tell you where Ray Charles is spending eternity, but my 16-year-old son, Sebastian, can take you there.I admit this is an...

    When We Can Hug Again, Will We Remember How It Works?

    Alexis Block was worried that the robot she’d built was malfunctioning. She was testing the optimal hug duration for her “HuggieBot 1.0,” a purple-furred,...

    Drug May Extend A.L.S. Patients’ Lives by Several Months, Study Finds

    The A.L.S. Association is urging the Food and Drug Administration to expedite its review process and grant approval as soon as the company applies...

    Mask Mandate? In a Montana Town, It ‘Puts Us at Odds With Customers’

    HAMILTON, Mont. — Outside River Rising Bakery sits an older gentleman, his face uncovered. He’s here every morning, greeting customers as he drinks his...

    3 Covid-19 Trials Have Been Paused for Safety. That’s a Good Thing.

    Dr. Paul Offit, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania and a member of the F.D.A.’s vaccine advisory panel, said that pausing a trial...

    Scientists Synthesize Jawbones From Pig Fat

    In patients with congenital defects or who have suffered accidental injuries, the jawbone is nearly impossible to replace. Curved and complex, the bone ends...

    What Scandinavians Can Teach Us About Embracing Winter

    Dr. Solhaug’s observations are aligned with psychological research on the benefits of being in nature, which indicates that even short amounts of time spent...

    The Challenges of Remote Learning for Children Who Stutter

    Use jokes to self-discloseThe effort and anxiety of trying to hide a stutter is worse for most people than being disfluent, said Diane Paul,...

    Netherlands to Allow Doctors to Help End Lives of Terminally Ill Children

    The Dutch government announced plans this week to allow doctors to end the lives of terminally ill children who are under 13 years old,...