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    Covid-19 Live Updates: Florida Lifts State Restaurant Restrictions

    Two former leaders of a Massachusetts veterans’ home were indicted on charges of criminal neglect related to the deaths of at least 76 residents....

    E.P.A. Rejects Its Own Findings That a Pesticide Harms Children’s Brains

    WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has rejected scientific evidence linking the pesticide chlorpyrifos to serious health problems, directly contradicting federal scientists’ conclusions five years...

    A Manly Response to Disease

    Unaffected by more recent gender paradigms, the standard of a strong-and-silent masculinity to which these men conform depends upon their upbringing. They are of...

    Despite Claims, Trump Rarely Uses Wartime Law in Battle Against Covid

    As schools reopen and cold weather heightens the likelihood of a spike in coronavirus cases, nurses and doctors fear that shortages of the respirator...

    F.D.A. to Release Stricter Guidelines for Emergency Vaccine Authorization

    The Food and Drug Administration plans to soon issue stricter guidelines for the emergency authorization of any new coronavirus vaccine, adding a new layer...

    Covid-19 Live News – The New York Times

    Cuomo is forming a panel to review federally authorized vaccines, citing concerns the process has become politicized.Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said Thursday that New...

    Blue Cross Insurers Reach Tentative Settlement in Antitrust Lawsuit

    The nation’s Blue Cross plans have reached a tentative $2.7 billion settlement in a federal lawsuit filed by their customers that accuses the group...

    Emails Show How Pesticide Industry Influenced U.S. Position in Health Talks

    Several food-safety and health advocates who have been participating in the antimicrobial task force over the past four years said the agency had never...

    Spontaneous Nosebleeds Tied to High Blood Pressure

    High blood pressure may increase your risk for nosebleeds, a new study reports.Korean researchers studied 35,749 people, average age 52, with hypertension, and matched...

    WHO | Chikungunya – Congo

    From July through 20 September 2020, a total of 27 540 cases were reported in...

    What My Sled Dogs Taught Me About Planning for the Unknown

    But resting early, anticipating your dogs’ needs, does something even more important than that: It builds trust. A sled dog learns that by the...

    American Consumers Have Lost $145 Million to Coronavirus Fraud

    The number of reports of fraud has declined since the spring, the data shows.There is often an increase in fraudulent activity after disease outbreaks...

    A Quadriplegic, a Specialty Van and a Lifetime of Adventures

    Kirk Williams loved racing mountain bikes and “enjoyed playing on anything that had a motor,” he said.Katie Renker, a photographer and musician, chained herself...

    Sticker Shock in the Pharmacy

    Insulin has become the poster child of unaffordable prescription drugs. From 2002 to 2013, prices tripled for some brands, and as a result, one...

    F.D.A. Requires Stronger Warning Label for Xanax and Similar Drugs

    The Food and Drug Administration said on Wednesday that it would require a new warning label on a class of common psychiatric drugs, called...

    Covid-19 Live Updates: Drugmaker Has Begun Final Tests of a One-Shot Vaccine

    Johnson & Johnson plans to enroll 60,000 participants in its Phase 3 trials. Dr. Anthony Fauci and other top U.S. health officials are scheduled...