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    Weekly Health Quiz: Exercise, French Fries and Covid

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    Helping a Teen Who Is Angry About House Rules on Covid

    Our Adolescence columnist, the psychologist Lisa Damour, responds to a reader’s question. The question has been edited.Q. We are having an extremely difficult time...

    Biden’s Obamacare Do-Over: Another Chance to Sign Up, This One More Publicized

    In December, the last Obamacare enrollment period under the Trump administration closed. Now that the Biden administration has arrived, it’s trying a do-over.The renewed...

    As Pandemic Rages, Health Care Unions Find a Voice

    Despite the decades-long decline in the labor movement and the small numbers of unionized nurses, labor officials have seized on the pandemic fallout to...

    What Can Covid-19 Teach Us About the Mysteries of Smell?

    Meyer began to feel as if he knew the people personally — the ones who described smells in terms of tea and fruit, or...

    From Michael Lewis, a ‘Superhero Story’ About the Pandemic

    Lewis, the author of best-selling nonfiction like “Moneyball” and “The Big Short,” is known for coaxing compelling narratives out of mind-numbingly complex subjects —...

    How the Coronavirus Turns the Body Against Itself

    The coronavirus can warp the body’s defenses in many ways — disarming the body’s early warning systems, for example, or causing immune cells to...

    Thailand Legalizes Early-Term Abortions but Keeps Other Restrictions

    BANGKOK — In what abortion rights advocates called a partial victory, Thailand’s Parliament has voted to make the procedure legal in the first trimester,...

    A New Option for Morning-After Contraception?

    Only two forms of “morning-after” contraception are approved by the Food and Drug Administration, both hormonal drugs taken orally as pills: levonorgestrel (Plan B...

    Cómo funciona la vacuna Sputnik V

    El Centro Nacional de Investigación de Epidemiología y Microbiología Gamaleya, parte del Ministerio de...

    A ‘Baby’ Aspirin a Day May Help Prevent a Second Pregnancy Loss

    For women who have had a pregnancy loss and are trying to become pregnant again, a simple routine might increase their chances: taking one...

    As More Deaf People Are Seen on TV, Others Want to Be Heard

    While filming the reality series “Deaf U,” Rodney Burford wasn’t too focused on any effect he and his cochlear implants would have on viewers....

    The Best Time of Day to Exercise

    Is it better for our bodies to work out at certain times of day?A useful new study of exercise timing and metabolic health suggests...

    With All Eyes on Covid-19, Drug-Resistant Infections Crept In

    “We saw a blooming in Candida auris,” said Dr. Rubin, who attributed the change to a handful of factors, notably the challenges in testing...

    Christina Crosby, 67, Dies; Feminist Scholar Wrote of Becoming Disabled

    Christina Crosby, an athletic woman who had just turned 50, was three miles into her bicycle-riding regimen near her home in Connecticut when her...

    Aetna to Expand Coverage for Gender-Affirming Surgeries

    Allison Escolastico, a 30-year-old transgender woman, has wanted breast augmentation surgery for a decade. By 2019, she finally thought her insurance company, Aetna, would...