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    Family Caregivers Feel the Pandemic’s Weight

    Other caregivers ran into trouble accessing health care, either for themselves or their loved ones. Ora Larson, 82, was scheduled for back surgery in...

    What Activities Can Unvaccinated Children Do? Advice From 828 Experts.

    But as a group, the experts surveyed were unconflicted about vaccinating children. Many cited the risk of long-term physical and neurological effects of Covid-19,...

    First They Fought the Virus. Now They Battle the Medical Bills.

    Shubham Chandra left a well-paying job at a New York City start-up partly to manage the hundreds of medical bills resulting from his father’s...

    Jane Brody and Anthony Fauci on Staying Fit and Focused at 80 and Beyond

    If you want advice about staying healthy in your 80s, who better to ask than two 80-year-olds who have dedicated their careers to public...

    The Latest Coronavirus Comes From Dogs

    It also had an unusual genetic mutation, a deletion in what is commonly known as the N gene, which codes for an important structural...

    New York City Begins Subway Vaccination Program

    What It’s Like to Be Vaccinated in a Subway StationJoseph Goldstein📍Reporting from New York CityAt the Jamaica-179th Street Station in Queens, the nurses administering...

    Weekly Health Quiz: Calories, Exercise and an 80th Birthday

    Test your knowledge of this week’s health news. Source link

    Can a Smartwatch Save Your Life?

    Most watches wait to send an alert until there have been about five abnormal beats within an hour or so, rather than after every...

    100 Million Vaccine Doses Held Up Over Contamination Concerns, Emergent Reveals

    WASHINGTON — The chief executive of Emergent BioSolutions, whose Baltimore plant ruined millions of coronavirus vaccine doses, disclosed for the first time on Wednesday...

    Contamination Woes Hold Back 100 Million Vaccine Doses

    WASHINGTON — The chief executive of Emergent BioSolutions, whose Baltimore plant ruined millions of coronavirus vaccine doses, disclosed for the first time on Wednesday...

    New Covid-19 Cases Dramatically Fell in Nursing Homes After Vaccination

    Nursing home residents, considered among the most vulnerable to Covid-19, appear to receive significant protection from vaccination, according to new research published Wednesday in...

    What Can and Can’t Be Learned From a Doctor in China Who Pioneered Masks

    In late 1910, a deadly plague started spreading in the northeast reaches of China, reaching the large city of Harbin. Tens of thousands of...

    Dr. Aaron Stern, Who Enforced the Movie Ratings Code, Dies at 96

    Dr. Aaron Stern, a psychiatrist who as head of Hollywood’s movie rating board in the early 1970s established himself as filmgoers’ sentry against carnal...

    Healthcare Start-Up Ro to Acquire Modern Fertility

    Ro, the parent company of Roman, the brand that is best known for delivering erectile dysfunction and hair loss medication to consumers, announced on...

    E-Bikes Can Provide a Good Workout

    With most e-bikes, this assistance is small, similar to riding with a placid tailwind, and ceases once you reach a maximum speed of 20...

    As Restrictions Loosen, Families Travel Far and Spend Big

    Properties that cater to large-scale gatherings are feeling the windfall. At Woodloch, a Pennsylvania family resort in the Pocono Mountains, multigenerational travel has always...