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    Biotech Industry Pushes Trump Administration to Release New Vaccine Guidelines

    WASHINGTON — President Trump’s recent suggestion that the White House may not approve stricter criteria for the emergency authorization of any coronavirus vaccine is causing...

    Laughter May Be Effective Medicine for These Trying Times

    Dr. Peter Viccellio, a professor of emergency medicine at Stony Brook University Hospital on Long Island, has seen many Covid-19 patients during his hours...

    After Wildfires Stop Burning, a Danger in the Drinking Water

    Two months after a wildfire burned through Paradise, Calif., in 2018, Kevin Phillips, then a manager for town’s irrigation district, walked from one destroyed...

    Timothy Ray Brown, First Patient Cured of H.I.V., Dies at 54

    Next, to accommodate the donor’s immune cells, they had to wipe out Mr. Brown’s own immune system by bombarding him with chemotherapy and radiation....

    Renée C. Fox, Founding Figure of Medical Sociology, Dies at 92

    In one of her earliest and most influential essays, “Training for Uncertainty” (1957), Professor Fox took up a subject that she would revisit throughout...

    Unemployed Stage Actors to Face New Health Insurance Hurdle

    Facing enormous financial strain because of the shutdown of the theater industry, the health insurance fund that covers thousands of stage actors is making...

    The Coronavirus Mostly Spares Younger Children. Teens Aren’t So Lucky.

    Recently in JAMA Pediatrics, researchers reviewed 32 studies worldwide comprising 41,640 children and adolescents under the age of 20, as well as 268,945 adults....

    Dear Teenagers, Here’s How to Protect Your Emotional Well-Being

    Following my most recent column offering adults a 2020 back-to-school list for teens’ emotional well-being, several teenage commenters asked that I address them in...

    Diabetes in Pregnancy Tied to Heart Risks in Young Adult Children

    People whose mothers had diabetes before or during pregnancy have an increased risk for heart disease as young adults, new research suggests. The risk...

    Covid Forces China’s Tourists to Spend ‘Golden Week’ Closer to Home

    Along the Great Wall, extra security guards have been deployed to deter rowdy tourists. Hotel bookings in Lhasa, the capital of Tibet, have risen...

    Monkeypox – Democratic Republic of the Congo

    From 1 January through 13 September 2020, a total of 4,594 suspected cases of monkeypox,...

    A Potential Downside of Intermittent Fasting

    Studies have found, for example, that overweight adults lose more weight and have greater improvements in their cardiovascular risk factors when they eat a...

    She Craved Salt and Felt Nauseated for Months. What Was Wrong?

    The doctor greeted her warmly. Then, more sternly, said: “It looks like you have a suntan. Have you been out in the sun?” It...

    Back-to-School Season in Italy

    There is a cultural emphasis on children being with other children, and having them go to school in person. Source link

    The Underused Weight Loss Option: Bariatric Surgery

    Although guidelines set in 1991 limit recommendations for bariatric surgery to those most severely affected by obesity, current evidence indicates that young people who...

    Cats Shed More Than Dogs. The Coronavirus, Not Fur.

    Also, outside a lab, infection depends mainly on breathing in viral particles from an infected person and normal contact doesn’t necessarily translate into infection...