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    The City Losing Its Children to H.I.V.

    At a government hospital in Larkana, I watched as a nurse left a needle uncapped after preparing medication in the pediatric unit. Then she...

    A Terrifying Disease Stalks Seaside Australia: Flesh-Eating Ulcers

    He has treated more than a thousand patients, both in Australia and overseas, for the disease. Many of those in Australia are older, but...

    Bloomberg Workers Get Access to New York University Vaccine Slots

    NYU Langone Health, a major New York hospital system, has set aside Covid-19 vaccination shots for employees of Bloomberg L.P., the financial data and...

    Getting One Vaccine Is Good. How About Mix-and-Match?

    In January, Britain made a change to its vaccine guidelines that shocked many health experts: If the second dose of one vaccine wasn’t available,...

    More Eager for Covid Vaccine but Skeptics Remain, U.S. Poll Says

    As eligibility for Covid-19 vaccination rapidly expands to all adults in many states over the next month, a new poll shows a continuing increase...

    A Hygienist Had Covid. Shouldn’t My Dentist Have Told Me?

    You’re not obliged to recommend an acquaintance for a job just because he asks. And if you do, you should not hide faults relevant...

    One Vaccine Is Good. How About Mixing Two?

    In January, Britain made a change to its vaccine guidelines that shocked many health experts: If the second dose of one vaccine wasn’t available,...

    ‘It Felt Like Deception’: An Elite NYC Hospital Charges Huge Covid Test Fees

    Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan advertised its “Covid-19 Testing” on a large blue and white banner outside its Greenwich Village division’s emergency room. The...

    Three Women Working to Vaccinate Children Shot Dead in Afghanistan

    KABUL, Afghanistan — Three health workers, all women, working for the government’s polio vaccine campaign were shot dead in Jalalabad in eastern Afghanistan on...

    What We Know About the W.H.O.’s Inquiry on the Origin of Covid

    More than a year after the coronavirus pandemic began, the World Health Organization released a report on Tuesday laying out theories on how the...

    Family Travel Gets Complicated Without a Covid Vaccine for Kids

    “Unvaccinated children would still need to quarantine for five days, and the parents, of course, must stay with the child,” said Eric Newman, who...

    A Hygenist Had Covid. Shouldn’t My Dentist Have Told Me?

    The really important thing isn’t whether someone once had the virus but whether everyone in the clinic is taking the appropriate precautions with respect...

    World leaders call for an international treaty to combat future pandemics.

    BRUSSELS — Citing what they call “the biggest challenge to the global community since the 1940s,” the leaders of 25 countries, the European Union...

    Biden Pushes Mask Mandate as C.D.C. Director Warns of ‘Impending Doom’

    WASHINGTON — President Biden, facing a rise in coronavirus cases around the country, called on Monday for governors and mayors to reinstate mask mandates...

    Virus Origins Remain Unclear in W.H.O.-China Inquiry

    For 27 days, they searched for clues in Wuhan, visiting hospitals, live animal markets and government laboratories, conducting interviews and pressing Chinese officials for...

    Teenage Brains May Be Especially Vulnerable to Marijuana and Other Drugs

    Adolescents and teenagers who experiment with marijuana and prescription drugs are more likely to get hooked on them than young people who try these...