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    Her White Blood Count Was Dangerously Low. Was Med School Still Safe?

    In Niyongere’s office, she first spoke with a trainee, who disappeared after taking a full history and performing an exam and then returned with...

    The C.D.C. needs to set air guidelines now for workplaces, scientists say.

    Scientists are urging the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to swiftly set standards to limit the airborne transmission of the coronavirus in high-risk...

    U.K. Approved Study Will Infect Volunteers With Covid

    LONDON — In the coming weeks, a small, carefully selected group of volunteers is expected to arrive on the 11th floor of a London...

    Mental Health Providers Struggle to Meet Pandemic Demand

    Online therapy platforms have seen a rise in demand during the pandemic as well. Mindy Heintskill, the chief growth officer of MDLive, a telehealth...

    U.K. Approves Study That Will Deliberately Infect Volunteers With Coronavirus

    LONDON — In the coming weeks, a small, carefully selected group of volunteers is expected to arrive on the 11th floor of a London...

    How Many Are Struggling to Book Appointments With Mental Health Providers Through Pandemic

    Online therapy platforms have seen a rise in demand during the pandemic as well. Mindy Heintskill, the chief growth officer of MDLive, a telehealth...

    Coronavirus Vaccine Nears Final Tests in Cuba. Tourists May Be Inoculated.

    HAVANA — People wait in line for four hours to buy detergent in Havana. Cuban pharmacies are out of pain medication. There are national...

    My Mother Died When I Was 7. I’m Grieving 37 Years Later.

    Feb. 17, 2021Delayed grief is sometimes triggered by an event later in life, experts say.I’m in my basement looking for a file when I...

    How Much Exercise Do You Need for Better Heart Health?

    Dr. Dwyer and his colleagues now drew the records for more than 90,000 of the men and women who had worn the trackers, skipping...

    The Rise of the Wellness App

    Our dependency on technology has concentrated wealth in America, making San Francisco home to the most billionaires per capita than any other city. Nearly...

    Scientists to C.D.C.: Set Air Standards for Workplaces Now

    Nearly a year after scientists showed that the coronavirus can be inhaled in tiny droplets called aerosols that linger indoors in stagnant air, more...

    N.Y.C. Covid Vaccine Disparities Revealed in ZIP Code Data: Officials

    “The ZIP code data not only provides a map of where New Yorkers are being vaccinated, but also a road map to our Covid...

    Some Teens Volunteer for Covid Vaccine Trials to Get Their Lives Back

    “And I also thought it is important to have people of different ages and races represented,” added Audrey, who, like her brother, is Asian....

    Bernard Lown, Innovative Doctor and Antiwar Activist, Dies at 99

    In a 2008 memoir, “Prescription for Survival: A Doctor’s Journey to End Nuclear Madness,” Dr. Lown recounted the story of his antinuclear group and...

    Potential for New Coronaviruses May Be Greater Than Known

    As the coronavirus continues to evolve, the scientific and public health focus has been on new variants in which a few mutations make the...

    Grind Your Teeth? Your Night Guard May Not Be the Right Fix

    Other factors that may increase bruxism are poor sleep hygiene and bad posture. If you are a light or poor sleeper, you spend more...