Should You Be Able to Ask a Doctor to Help You Die?
More and more countries are legalizing medically assisted death. But even as the concept gains acceptance, there are difficult, unresolved questions about who should be eligible.
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With the end of school shutdowns, children’s mental health appointments fell sharply, though other factors may have contributed.
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Statistics show a clear spike in eight cancers in younger people, but that has brought a debate over whether many cases ever needed to be found.
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People who have health insurance under the Affordable Care Act will face higher deductibles and higher premiums.
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Panel Votes to Stop Recommending Hepatitis B Shots at Birth for Most Newborns
In a move toward Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s goal of upending vaccine policy, the committee recommended delaying the shots for infants whose mothers test negative for the virus.
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The health secretary has walled himself off from government scientists and empowered fellow activists to pursue his vaccine agenda.
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Only four donors have transmitted rabies to organ transplant recipients since 1978, according to federal officials.
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The Married Scientists Torn Apart by a Covid Bioweapon Theory
In 2020, a Chinese virologist fled to the United States, aided by allies of President Trump who sought to promote her unproven theories about the origins of Covid-19. Her husband still can’t find her.
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California Discourages Wild Mushroom Foraging After Fatal Outbreak
Officials said one person was killed and 20 others were poisoned after eating death cap mushrooms, which look and taste like safe mushrooms but can cause liver failure.
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Chuck Kesey, Probiotic Yogurt Pioneer, Dies at 87
The younger brother of Ken Kesey, the novelist and counterculture luminary, he turned a defunct creamery into what is now Nancy’s Probiotic Foods.
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MAHA Activists Urge Trump to Fire His E.P.A. Administrator
As head of the Environmental Protection Agency, Lee Zeldin has weakened protections against toxic chemicals, say members of the MAHA movement.
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Vaccine Advisory Panel Again Postpones Vote on Hepatitis B Shot for Newborns
After heated disagreements, the committee members, appointed by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., delayed the vote until Friday morning. It was the third time the vote had been postponed.
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Twelve former commissioners, in a New England Journal of Medicine article, said they were “deeply concerned” by a leaked memo from the agency’s vaccine regulator.
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Vaccine Committee May Make Significant Changes to Childhood Schedule
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Could Weight Loss Drugs Turn Fat Cats Into Svelte Ozempets?
GLP-1 drugs for pets could be the next frontier for the blockbuster weight loss and diabetes drugs.
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