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    In an ICU, a Photographer’s View of a Desperate Covid Fight

    Times Insider explains who we are and what we do, and delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how our journalism comes together.As I photographed people in...

    PEPFAR Is Still Without a Leader. H.I.V. Activists Want to Know Why.

    The Biden administration has not yet nominated a leader for the President’s Emergency Plan for Aids Relief, a $7 billion program that sets priorities...

    One Dose of J.&J. Vaccine Is Ineffective Against Delta, Study Suggests

    The coronavirus vaccine made by Johnson & Johnson is much less effective against the Delta and Lambda variants than against the original virus, according...

    Learning to Love G.M.O.s

    Overblown fears have turned the public against genetically modified food. But the potential benefits have never been greater. Source link

    How an Unproven Alzheimer’s Drug Got Approved

    The idea of accelerated approval came up briefly toward the end, raised by Dr. Rick Pazdur, head of F.D.A.’s oncology center, who was not...

    White House Dispute Exposes Facebook Blind Spot on Misinformation

    “The suggestion we haven’t put resources toward combating Covid misinformation and supporting the vaccine rollout is just not supported by the facts,” said Dani...

    The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends universal masking in schools this fall.

    The American Academy of Pediatrics issued new Covid-19 guidelines for schools on Monday, recommending that everyone over age 2 wear masks this fall, even...

    Dr. Paul Auerbach, Father of Wilderness Medicine, Dies at 70

    Dr. Auerbach said it was imperative never to get too comfortable when dealing with the whims of nature. “You have to be afraid when...

    Heart Failure Tied to Increased Cancer Risk, Study Finds

    People with heart failure may be at increased risk for cancer.Cancer patients are usually monitored for heart failure because some cancer drugs can damage...

    What You Don’t Know About Food Allergies

    The prevalence of serious food allergies ranges from 10 percent in 2-year-olds and 7.1 percent in children 14 to 17 to 10.8 percent in...

    Where Does Weed Come From? A New Study Suggests East Asia.

    By sequencing genetic samples of the plant, they found that the species had most likely been domesticated by the early Neolithic period. They said...

    How Covid-19 Has Upended Life in Undervaccinated Arkansas

    MOUNTAIN HOME, Ark. — When the boat factory in this leafy Ozark Mountains city offered free coronavirus vaccinations this spring, Susan Johnson, 62, a...

    Cannabis Was Domesticated in East Asia, New Study Suggests

    By sequencing genetic samples of the plant, they found that the species had most likely been domesticated by the early Neolithic period. They said...

    Erin Gilmer, Disability Rights Activist, Dies at 38

    Erin Gilmer, a lawyer and disability rights activist who fought for medical privacy, lower drug prices and a more compassionate health care system as...

    How Republican Coronavirus Vaccine Opposition Got to This Point

    After Sherri Tenpenny, a Cleveland-area doctor, falsely suggested during a hearing last month in the Ohio House of Representatives that Covid vaccines left people...

    How Republican Vaccine Opposition Got to This Point

    After Sherri Tenpenny, a Cleveland-area doctor, falsely suggested during a hearing last month in the Ohio House of Representatives that Covid vaccines left people...