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    Massage Therapy Without the Touch

    “Massage therapists are expanding their online offerings — teaching clients self-massage and stretches, meditations, etc., utilizing distance healing over the phone or Zoom and...

    What Is Ulcerative Colitis, the Ailment Afflicting Shinzo Abe?

    Ulcerative colitis, the gastrointestinal affliction that has debilitated Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan so badly that he is resigning, is a chronic inflammatory...

    Covid-19 Live Updates: C.D.C. Is Pressed to Reverse Testing Guidance

    A coalition of local health departments called on Trump administration officials to change new recommendations that people without Covid-19 symptoms do not need to...

    Exercise May Boost Your Vaccine Response

    The researchers speculate that the athletes’ immune systems had been strengthened and fine-tuned by the daily physical demands and damages of training, allowing them...

    C.D.C.’s ‘Clarification’ on Coronavirus Testing Offers More Confusion

    WASHINGTON — The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, seeking to clarify recommendations on coronavirus testing that incited an uproar, said...

    Flu Season Could Make Coronavirus Testing Delays Even Worse

    Come fall, the rise of influenza and other seasonal respiratory infections could exacerbate already staggering delays in coronavirus testing, making it easier for the...

    C.D.C. Now Says People Without Covid-19 Symptoms Do Not Need Testing

    The newest version, which was posted on Monday, amended the agency’s guidance to say that people who have been in close contact with an...

    Experiences With Cancer, Captured in Works of Art

    As Covid-19 heightens the anxieties of cancer patients, online support groups step up efforts to help by means of social networking. One such group,...

    Covid-19 Live Updates – The New York Times

    I’ve covered pretty much every pandemic or potential pandemic: AIDS, Ebola, SARS, MERS, H5N1 bird flu, H1N1 swine flu, Zika, dengue. And diseases like...

    Antibiotics May Interfere With Hormonal Contraceptives

    Many antibiotics may be linked to unintended pregnancy in women taking hormonal contraceptives.It has long been known that certain drugs, including the antibiotics rifampin...

    Top U.S. Officials Told C.D.C. to Soften Coronavirus Testing Guidelines

    The testing shift, experts say, was a far more puzzling reversal. Dr. Giroir said the move was “discussed extensively by” members of the White...

    A Strange Rash Had Doctors Stumped. Was It an Insect Bite?

    An Issue With TimingI had the man repeat his story. It offered me no new clues. I considered the possibilities. Lyme disease famously causes...

    How Dr. Fauci Found Himself Talking to Julia Roberts, Lil Wayne and Just About Any Podcaster Who Asked

    On March 15, as the novel coronavirus was beginning to surge in the United States, Dr....

    Honey May Ease Coughs and Other Respiratory Symptoms

    Honey is a traditional home remedy for colds. Now a review of studies provides scientific evidence that honey does indeed have a modest but...

    The Extra Stigma of Mental Illness for African-Americans

    For many Black people, all of this is further compounded by the lack of access to mental health services in our communities. According to...

    The 2020 Back-to-School List for Teens’ Emotional Well-Being

    In a sea of Covid-19 confusion, this seems certain: The pandemic will disrupt school this fall. Attending school part-time, sporadically as viral outbreaks allow,...