Health
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Lasker Award Honors Development of Noninvasive Prenatal DNA Test
It was a startling discovery: Tiny pieces of an unborn baby’s DNA were found floating through its mother’s bloodstream —…
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A Chronicle of Anthony Bourdain’s Last, Painful Days
After Anthony Bourdain took his own life in a French hotel room in 2018, his close friends, family and the…
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This Subway Sandwich Is Sanctioned by the M.T.A.
Sandwiches from the Subway chain are sold everywhere. But not this one. The M.T.A. is now promoting the 1904, a…
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Two-Buck Chuck: Wine of the People or Cultural Wedge?
Mention Two-Buck Chuck, the nickname for the famously cheap Charles Shaw wines made by Bronco Wine Company, and you are…
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More Trans Teens Are Choosing ‘Top Surgery’
Michael, 17, arrived in the sleek white waiting room of his plastic surgeon’s office in Miami for a moment he…
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Monkeypox Appears to Recede, but Risks and Uncertainties Linger
Nearly four months after the first report of monkeypox in the United States, the virus is showing promising signs of…
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‘Sobering’ Study Shows Challenges of Egg Freezing
Claire Evans decided to freeze her eggs six years ago, when she was 36. She had just broken up with…
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Crumbs for Dinner, in the Best Possible Way
My teenage daughter, Dahlia, likes to snack on flakes of sea salt, nibbling them out of hand like tiny potato…
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Dragon Fruit Is Showing Up All Over. So Why Are Farmers Leaving the Business?
HOMESTEAD, Fla. — Dragon fruit, the colorful cactus fruit also known as pitaya, has brought its subtle flavor far and…
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‘The Future of Hospitals’: Flexible Space for the Next Pandemic
Officials at Rady Children’s Hospital in San Diego had already begun work on a $1.2 billion transformation of its campus…