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Skeletons of 1918 Flu Victims Reveal Clues About Who Was Likely to Die

The flu typically kills the very young, the old and the sick. That made the virus in 1918 unusual, or so the story goes:...

Gun Deaths Rising Sharply Among Children, Study Finds

Julvonnia McDowell was making dinner one evening when she got a call saying that her 14-year-old son, JaJuan — a gentle boy who loved...

Her Strange Blisters Wouldn’t Go Away. What Was It?

The 49-year-old woman knew immediately upon waking up that something was amiss. Upon inspecting her body, she discovered several small blisters scattered around her...

My Husband Is Facing Dementia. Can I Help Him End His Life?

I’m in my early 70s, and I’m married to a man in his 60s. My husband’s father struggled with Alzheimer’s for almost a dozen...

How the Kaiser Permanente Strike Could Affect Patients

Tens of thousands of Kaiser Permanente workers, including pharmacists, lab technicians, therapists and housekeepers, went on strike Wednesday morning. The strike continued on Thursday...

More Than 75,000 Kaiser Permanente Health Care Workers Begin Strike

More than 75,000 Kaiser Permanente health care workers began a three-day strike Wednesday, a job action that could cause delays for patients — especially...

In the Big City, Wildlife Researchers Are On the Prowl

In Forest Park, Queens, Laura Dudley Plimpton, an ecologist at Columbia University, discovered two raccoons in a cage trap designed for one. Unlike previous...

Nobel Prize Awarded to Covid Vaccine Pioneers

Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman, the recipients of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, were honored for their discovery of a modification to...

A Third of Medicaid Recipients With Opioid Use Disorder Aren’t Getting Medication to Treat It

More than half a million Medicaid recipients diagnosed with opioid use disorder did not receive medication to treat it in 2021, according to a...

‘Close to the Line’: Why More Seniors Are Living in Poverty

It has never been easy for Mary Cole to support herself and the 19-year-old grandson who lives with her in Bristol, Va., on her...

The Gamble: Can Genetically Modified Mosquitoes End Disease?

On a muggy evening in July on the island of Príncipe, part of a volcanic archipelago 200 miles off the West African mainland, 11,000...

Covid inquiry: What is it investigating and how does it work?

The second round of public hearings for the Covid inquiry in the UK will begin on 3 October. These sessions will focus on the...