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    Time Is Running Out to Get U.S. Students Vaccinated by Fall

    School may still seem blissfully far off for American students in the midst of summer. But for many who are eligible, time may be...

    How to Support Adult Children Struggling With Mental Health

    If children aren’t local, Dr. Palmiter said, parents could arrange a weekly phone call or FaceTime and wait to establish that connection before broaching...

    How Weight Training May Help With Weight Control

    The researchers then began crosschecking, comparing people’s weights and other measurements from one clinic visit to the next. Based on B.M.I., about 7 percent...

    A Young Naturalist Inspires With Joy, Not Doom

    Looking through McAnulty’s eyes reveals a world that “sparkles differently,” Macfarlane said. He then started quoting his favorite lines from “Diary of a Young...

    Slow-Wheeling to the Sea – The New York Times

    “People will look,” warned Minna Caroline Smith in Lapham’s Quarterly about her pioneering tricycling touring of the coastal North Shore in eastern Massachusetts. It...

    Biden Makes New Push for Vaccinations, but Experts Say More Is Needed

    For the most part, the power lies in the hands of states, employers or private institutions.Dr. Ezekiel J. Emanuel, a professor of bioethics and...

    Do We Really Need to Take 10,000 Steps a Day for Our Health?

    Another, more expansive study last year of almost 5,000 middle-aged men and women of various ethnicities likewise found that 10,000 steps a day are...

    It’s Never Too Late to Learn How to Swim

    “It’s Never Too Late” is a new series that tells the stories of people who decide to pursue their dreams on their own terms.Vijaya...

    Colon Cancer Rising in Young Adults, Linked to Sugary Drinks

    Colon and rectal cancers are rising in younger adults, though researchers aren’t sure why. A new study of women and diet suggests that sugar-sweetened...

    The Challenges of Bipolar Disorder in Young People

    Dr. Birmaher noted that young people with bipolar disorder usually have recurring episodes of major depression, but that “depressive episodes are not necessary for...

    Birthday Parties as Virus Vector

    At the height of the pandemic, it was easy to worry that strangers would give you the virus. But a new study of what...

    Should People With Immune Problems Get Third Vaccine Doses?

    When it came to coronavirus vaccination, the third time was the charm for Esther Jones, a dialysis nurse in rural Oregon. After two doses...

    F.D.A. Releases Another Batch of Johnson & Johnson’s Vaccine

    WASHINGTON — Federal regulators on Friday cleared a batch of vaccine that could furnish up to 15 million doses of Johnson & Johnson’s one-shot...

    Tyson Foods Recalls 8.5 Million Pounds of Frozen Chicken

    Tyson Foods Inc. is recalling nearly 8.5 million pounds of frozen chicken that may have been contaminated with listeria, the U.S. Department of Agriculture...

    Dr. Barbara Murphy, Kidney Transplant Expert, Dies at 56

    Dr. Barbara Murphy, a leading nephrologist who specialized in advanced research that focused on predicting and diagnosing the outcomes of kidney transplants, died on...

    Zoo Animals Are Getting Experimental Coronavirus Vaccines

    The Oakland Zoo in California started this week with bears, mountain lions, tigers and ferrets, the first of about 100 animals that are set...