Health
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Magazine
What to Know About Chemical Hair Relaxers and Health
A growing body of evidence shows a link between these products and a number of health disorders in Black women.
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Magazine
The Disturbing Truth About Hair Relaxers
The phone rang incessantly in Dr. Tamarra James-Todd’s office at Harvard’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health. “I’m sorry,” she…
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World
British TV Doctor Michael Mosley Found Dead in Greece
Mr. Mosley, a British medical journalist and documentary maker, disappeared last week while on a trip on the Greek island…
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US
Research Finds Significant Racial Disparities in Medicaid Re-enrollment
Among those who could not complete the process of renewing their Medicaid coverage, Black and Hispanic Americans were twice as…
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Health
Countries Fail to Agree on Treaty to Prepare the World for the Next Pandemic
Negotiators plan to ask for more time. Among the sticking points are equitable access to vaccines and financing to set…
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Health
Fallout From Cyberattack at Ascension Hospitals Persists, Causing Delays in Patient Care
For two weeks at the 140-hospital system, doctors and nurses have had little access to digital records for patient histories,…
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News
‘There Are Layers of Mistrust and Fear’
The editorial board and our colleagues in Times Opinion met on Monday with Dr. Mandy Cohen, who became the director…
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Health
Senators Slam UnitedHealth’s C.E.O. Over Cyberattack
Several lawmakers questioned whether the company had become so large — with tentacles in every aspect of the nation’s medical…
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Business
Walmart Is Shutting Health Centers After Plan to Expand
The 51 locations, next to Supercenters, proved too costly to be profitable, the retailer said.
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Business
Daniel Ek’s Next Act: Full-Body Scans for the People
In conversations with colleagues, fellow entrepreneurs and even musicians over the past decade, Daniel Ek would often abruptly shift the…