Health
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World
More Women in Africa Are Using Long-Acting Contraception, Changing Lives
Methods such as hormonal implants and injections are reaching remote areas, providing more discretion and autonomy.
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Newyork
Is That Drink Worth It to You?
About a year ago, a friend of mine started evading my invitations to grab a drink. It was only when we caught up for a walk that she explained she wasn’t putting me off for any personal reason — it was just that she had stopped drinking. She wasn’t a ...
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Newyork
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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Newyork
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 said, excusing herself for the third time. “It’s happening a lot,” she explained after pausing to take another call, “with ...
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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 of Symi.
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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 likely as white people to lose their health insurance, a new study found.
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News
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 up surveillance systems.
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News
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, resorting to paper and faxes to treat people.
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Newyork
‘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 for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last year. Dr. Cohen was the top public health official in North Carolina during ...
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News
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 care — that the effects of the hack were outsize.