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    More than 40 people tested positive after Christmas services at a church in Massachusetts.

    Genesis Community Church, outside of Boston, thought it was taking all the right safety precautions for its Christmas services: requiring an R.S.V.P. in case...

    Julius Schachter, Leading Expert on Chlamydia, Dies at 84

    This obituary is part of a series about people who have died in the coronavirus pandemic. Read about others here.Most Americans became aware of...

    Pharmacist accused of sabotaging vaccine doses is a conspiracy theorist, police say.

    A pharmacist who was arrested on charges that he intentionally sabotaged more than 500 doses of the Covid-19 vaccine at a Wisconsin hospital was...

    How Eight Covid-19 Vaccines Work

    Researchers are testing 64 coronavirus vaccines in clinical trials on humans. Here are explanations about how...

    A New Tool in Treating Mental Illness: Building Design

    Residents of the Taube Pavilion in Mountain View, Calif., wake up in private rooms with views of the wooded Santa Cruz Mountains, have breakfast...

    A Better Way to Take Blood Pressure?

    Doctors usually take a blood pressure reading in only one arm, but a new study in Hypertension suggests they should be checking both. The...

    Oral Contraceptives Tied to Lower Risk for Certain Cancers

    Women who have used oral contraceptives may be at lower risk for ovarian and endometrial cancer.Oral contraceptives are known to be associated with a...

    How to Get More From Your Pandemic Bubble

    Is your pandemic bubble a keeper?Among the many lessons learned in 2020, the power of a trusted friend group may be the most lasting....

    A Night in the Hospital, From Both Ends of the Stethoscope

    Just as the first coronavirus reports were emerging from China in late 2019, the medical world was observing the 20th anniversary of “To Err...

    Cholera – Togo

    From 11 November to 28 December, 2020 a total of 67 suspected cholera cases presenting with diarrhea and vomiting, including two deaths a case...

    How Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin Vaccine Works

    The Indian company Bharat Biotech partnered with the National Institute of Virology and the...

    ‘Losing our grip’: In some neighborhoods, the devastation of the pandemic goes far beyond the disease itself.

    Plenty of numbers can quantify the way the pandemic and the resulting recession have battered the United States: At least 7.8 million people have...

    For an Exercise ‘Snack,’ Try the New Standing 7-Minute Workout

    Hi, everyone. Chris Jordan here, and welcome to my Standing 7-Minute Workout. No floor exercises, just a chair and a wall, and that’s all...

    Does Coconut Oil Deserve Its Health Halo?

    Dr. Greenland echoed that assessment, stating that “the marketing of coconut oil is confusing. It’s trying to sell it as a healthy fat, but...

    U.S. daily coronavirus cases are higher than ever, but the holidays are distorting the data.

    The United States reported at least 291,300 new coronavirus cases on Saturday, a single-day record but one that is inflated because of delays in...

    The homes of Mitch McConnell and Nancy Pelosi were reportedly vandalized.

    The homes of Mitch McConnell and Nancy Pelosi, political opponents and the two most powerful members of Congress, were reported to have been vandalized,...