Health
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C.D.C. Warns Doctors About Dengue as Virus Spreads to New Regions
The excruciating mosquito-borne disease is surging in much of the world. Federal health officials urged physicians to watch for new…
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Biden Officials Pushed to Remove Age Limits for Trans Surgery, Documents Show
Newly released emails from an influential group issuing transgender medical guidelines indicate that U.S. health officials lobbied to remove age…
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In States That Won’t Pay for Obesity Drugs, ‘They May as Well Have Never Been Created’
Public employees in West Virginia who took the drugs lost weight and were healthier, and some are despondent that the…
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How America Became the Capital of Great Pizza
Since the early 2000s, the variety and quality of pizza made by ambitious chefs all over the country has only…
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In Defense of Wine
Around the globe, much of the wine world is feeling besieged and stigmatized. Sales are down, way down for some.…
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13 of Our Readers’ Favorite New York City Sandwiches
We asked, you answered: Here are the sandwiches our readers live for, including turkey leg, beef tongue and a crab…
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Turning 26 and Struggling to Find Health Insurance? Tell Us About It.
The New York Times and KFF Health News are looking into a dreaded “adulting” milestone: finding your own medical insurance…
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Surgeon General Declares Gun Violence a Public Health Crisis
Dr. Vivek Murthy is calling for a multipronged effort to reduce gun deaths, modeled on campaigns against smoking and traffic…
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When Sick Pets Need Blood, Animal ‘Superheroes’ Come to the Rescue
At first, it was hard to tell whether something was really wrong with Rover. The 10-year-old yellow Lab had always…
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Why Do We Love ‘The Bear’ So Much?
The grit, the merch, the biceps. Charting the cultural phenomenon that sparked new interest in the people behind the scenes…