Health
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Food
For Black Mothers, Birthing Centers, Once a Refuge, Become a Battleground
Gabrielle Glaze felt scolded and shamed when she delivered her first son in a Birmingham, Ala., hospital, forced to observe…
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Food
F.D.A. Moves to Regulate Lab Tests That It Says Put Patients ‘at Risk’
Genetic testing that reveals potential cancer risks or other maladies with no regulatory oversight is among the targets of the…
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News
Fixing America’s Health Care System
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World
3 Die in N.Y. Area From Infection Spread Through Seawater and Oysters
The bacteria is found in raw seafood, like oysters, and warm, brackish waters. Climate change may increase the risk of…
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Magazine
‘Forever Chemicals’ Are Everywhere. What Are They Doing to Us?
The Faroe Islands, an incongruous speckling of green in the North Atlantic, are about as far away as you can…
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News
‘Huberman Husbands,’ ‘Bro Diets’ and the ‘Masculine’ Branding of Fitness Culture
It started with a suspicious green sludge at the bottom of our drinking glasses. I kept finding evidence of this…
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Food
Amid Signs of a Covid Uptick, Researchers Brace for the ‘New Normal’
Infections remain very low, despite signs of a slight increase. Now, experts are looking for clues to what living with…
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US
Biden Picks Retired General to Lead New White House Pandemic Office
The News President Biden has picked Dr. Paul Friedrichs, a military combat surgeon and retired Air Force major general who…
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Finance
Retiree Medical Costs Are Expected to Moderate, but Still High
An estimate puts the average cost over a 20-year retirement at about $157,000. That’s almost double the estimate in 2002.
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Food
Antibiotic Shortage Could Worsen Syphilis Epidemic
The primary drug used to treat the sexually transmitted infection could be scarce into next year, Pfizer warns.