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Millions of Girls in Africa Will Miss HPV Shots After Merck Production Problem
The company has told countries that it can supply only 18.8 million of the 29.6 million doses it was contracted to deliver this year.
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CreditJohn Wessels/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images W.H.O. Broadens Definition of Airborne Diseases
After a drawn-out global controversy over the coronavirus, the W.H.O. has updated its classification of how pathogens spread through the air.
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Long-Acting Drugs May Revolutionize H.I.V. Prevention and Treatment
New regimens in development, including once-weekly pills and semiannual shots, could help control the virus in hard-to-reach populations.
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CreditGrant Hindsley for The New York Times Sleep Apnea Reduced in People Who Took Weight-Loss Drug, Eli Lilly Reports
The company reported results of clinical trials involving Zepbound, an obesity drug in the same class as Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy.
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Chinese Company Under Congressional Scrutiny Makes Key U.S. Drugs
Lawmakers raising national security concerns and seeking to disconnect a major Chinese firm from U.S. pharmaceutical interests have rattled the biotech industry. The firm is deeply involved in development and manufacturing of crucial therapies for cancer, cystic fibrosis, H.I.V. and other illnesses.
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CreditImaginechina Limited, via Alamy National Sciences Academy Asks Court to Strip Sackler Name From Endowment
Millions in Sackler donations sat dormant, rising in value as the opioid epidemic raged and as other institutions distanced themselves from the makers of a notorious painkiller.
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CreditShuran Huang for The New York Times Women Talk Through Their Abortions on TikTok
At a time of heightened confusion and legal battles over access to abortion, women are looking to social media for answers.
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CreditPaola Chapdelaine for The New York Times Global Stockpile of Cholera Vaccine Is Gone as Outbreaks Spread
One company is going to great lengths to build it up, but it will be years before it returns to the minimum level.
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CreditJekesai Njikizana/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images The Push for a Better Dengue Vaccine Grows More Urgent
A public research institute in Brazil has proved a new shot protects against the disease, but can’t make it fast enough to stop the huge outbreak sweeping Latin America.
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More in The New Old Age ›Why Are Older Americans Drinking So Much?
The pandemic played a role in increased consumption, but alcohol use among people 65 and older was climbing even before 2020.
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CreditLuisa Jung When Medicaid Comes After the Family Home
Federal law requires states to seek reimbursement from the assets, usually homes, of people who died after receiving benefits for long-term care.
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CreditSteven Senne/Associated Press Apparently Healthy, but Diagnosed With Alzheimer’s?
New criteria could lead to a diagnosis on the basis of a simple blood test, even in the absence of obvious symptoms.
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CreditLuisa Jung A society in which members of different generations do not interact “is a dangerous experiment,” said one researcher.
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CreditMadeleine Hordinski for The New York Times When a Spouse Goes to the Nursing Home
The move to a long-term care facility is often difficult but necessary for frail patients. For their partners, it can mean a new set of challenges.
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More in Dying Broke ›Facing Financial Ruin as Costs Soar for Elder Care
The United States has no coherent system for providing long-term care, leading many who are aging to struggle to stay independent or to rely on a patchwork of solutions.
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CreditWilliam DeShazer for The New York Times Desperate Families Search for Affordable Home Care
Facing a severe shortage of aides and high costs, people trying to keep aging loved ones at home often cobble together a patchwork of family and friends to help.
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CreditDesiree Rios/The New York Times Extra Fees Drive Assisted-Living Profits
The add-ons pile up: $93 for medications, $50 for cable TV. Prices soar as the industry leaves no service unbilled. The housing option is out of reach for many families.
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CreditJenn Ackerman and Tim Gruber for The New York Times Why Long-Term Care Insurance Falls Short for So Many
The private insurance market has proved wildly inadequate in providing financial security for millions of older Americans, in part by underestimating how many policyholders would use their coverage.
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CreditBryan Meltz for The New York Times ‘I Wish I Had Known That No One Was Going to Help Me’
Adult children discuss the trials of caring for their aging parents: unreliable agencies, a lack of help and dwindling financial resources.
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More in From Well ›After Unthinkable Loss, Biking Helped Me Embrace Life Again
A grieving mother finds a new beginning on two wheels.
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CreditTara Anand A Little Bit of Dirt Is Good for You
Go on, grab a handful of soil or hike a muddy trail: It can benefit everything from your mood to your microbiome.
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CreditCaroline Tompkins for The New York Times Take This Dance Class and Call Me in the Morning
Prescriptions for social activities, exercise and the arts — first popularized in Britain — are coming to America. But some experts say the U.S. health care system may get in the way.
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CreditJim Wilson/The New York Times Sophie Kinsella, ‘Shopaholic’ Author, Says She Has Brain Cancer
The author of the best-selling book series said she had been undergoing treatment for glioblastoma, an aggressive brain tumor, after a diagnosis in 2022.
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CreditEric Charbonneau/Invision, via Associated Press Images How to Turn a Bike Ride Into a Bike Workout
Cycling isn’t just fun. It can also deliver big fitness gains with the right gear and strategy.
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Times InsiderTaking Account of Rising Health Care Costs
Have your out-of-network insurance bills skyrocketed? Chris Hamby, an investigative reporter for The Times, may have an explanation.
By Josh Ocampo
Your Brain Waves Are Up for Sale. A New Law Wants to Change That.
In a first, a Colorado law extends privacy rights to the neural data increasingly coveted by technology companies.
By Jonathan Moens
U.S. Limits Deadly Mining Dust as Black Lung Resurges
Federal regulation capping toxic airborne silica has been decades in the making. The delay has cost miners dearly.
By Chris Hamby
5 Takeaways From a Year of Medicaid Upheaval
In the year after a pandemic-era policy preserving Medicaid coverage lapsed, more than 20 million people were dropped from the program at some point.
By Noah Weiland
David Egilman, Doctor Who Took On Drug Companies, Dies at 71
His testimony as an expert witness in some 600 trials helped plaintiffs win billions of dollars in cases involving malfeasance by pharmaceutical makers.
By Clay Risen
Why Your Big Sister Resents You
“Eldest daughter syndrome” assumes that birth order shapes who we are and how we interact. Does it?
By Catherine Pearson
How to Advocate for Yourself at the Dentist
To get the best care, experts recommend speaking up. Here are tips for what to ask and how to evaluate the treatments you are offered.
By Knvul Sheikh
Bennett Braun, Psychiatrist Who Fueled ‘Satanic Panic,’ Dies at 83
He diagnosed dozens of patients with what he said were suppressed memories of being tortured by cults. He later lost his license.
By Clay Risen
Share Your Story About the Organ Transplant System
We want to hear from doctors, nurses, technicians, patients and others with experience in the system. Tell us your experiences below.
By Brian M. Rosenthal and Jessica Silver-Greenberg
Texas Surgeon Is Accused of Secretly Denying Liver Transplants
A Houston hospital is investigating whether a doctor altered a transplant list to make his patients ineligible for care. A disproportionate number of them have died while waiting for new organs.
By Brian M. Rosenthal and Jessica Silver-Greenberg
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