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    Aetna Agrees 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...

    7 Podcasts About the Wonders of Science

    Starter episode: “Urban Rodentology”The premise behind this decade-old show is simple: We all have science stories to tell, because simply existing in the world...

    Hong Kong’s First Covid-19 Lockdown Exposes Deep-Rooted Inequality

    HONG KONG — When Shirley Leung, 60, woke up enclosed in Hong Kong’s first coronavirus lockdown, she surveyed the tiny room she shares with her...

    Is It OK to Enroll in a Covid-19 Vaccine Trial If I Might Drop Out?

    Your participation would probably be of more value if you take the antibody test only when your turn approaches for receiving an authorized vaccine....

    Doctors, Facing Burnout, Turn to Self-Care

    Elizabeth M. Goldberg is an associate professor of emergency medicine at Brown University, in Providence, and an emergency room physician. “In March and April...

    In Israel, Infections Drop Sharply After One Shot of Vaccine

    JERUSALEM — Israel, which leads the world in vaccinating its population against the coronavirus, has produced some encouraging news: Early results show a significant...

    A vaccine ad invokes the culture of Mardi Gras to reduce hesitancy.

    With the snap of the snare drums, New Orleanians take joyous turns high-stepping and chicken strutting, dressed in the finery of their social clubs...

    Here’s why West Virginia is a leader in the U.S. vaccine rollout.

    Carolyn Zain had heard horror stories about the nation’s coronavirus vaccine rollout: long waits, clunky websites, people being turned away. So when her health...

    Flaming Lips Use of Plastic Bubbles at Concerts Leave Covid-19 Experts Unsure

    There are Covid-19 bubbles — small clusters of friends or family who agree to socialize exclusively with each other during the pandemic — and...

    An Organ Recital, With a Coronavirus Shot

    SALISBURY, England — On a recent Saturday afternoon, Margaret Drabble, 83, sat beneath the soaring arches of Salisbury Cathedral, swinging her legs back and...

    Five Past Vaccine Drives and How They Worked

    Scientists developed vaccines less than a year after Covid-19 was identified, a reflection of remarkable progress in vaccine technology. But progress in vaccine distribution...

    Moderna Says Vaccine Still Protects Against Virus Variants

    Moderna’s vaccine is effective against new variants of the coronavirus that have emerged in Britain and South Africa, the company announced on Monday. But...

    There’s No Easy Fix for Children’s Weight Gain

    Dr. White said it was important not to view pandemic weight gain as a product only of diet and exercise behaviors. “The social context...

    Yes, You Still Need to Wear a Mask

    Although six-foot social distancing is not totally arbitrary, it’s based on limited evidence among airline passengers and may not apply at all, for example,...

    Monitoring the Weather at the Edge of the World

    It all started with a single sentence in a blog post about Iceland: “A farmer is looking for support at a weather station and...

    Fauci on What Working for Trump Was Really Like

    When did you first realize things were going wrong between you and President Trump?It coincided very much with the rapid escalation of cases in...