China’s New Testing Policy for Travelers Is Problematic, Experts Say

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As the Pandemic Surges, C.D.C. Issues Increasingly Assertive Advice

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Eli Lilly’s Antibody Treatment Gets Emergency F.D.A. Approval

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Mink and the Coronavirus: What We Know

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Pfizer’s Covid Vaccine: 11 Things You Need to Know

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Pfizer’s Early Data Shows Vaccine Is More Than 90% Effective

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Shot to Prevent H.I.V. Works Better Than Daily Pill in Women

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An Explanation for Some Covid-19 Deaths May Not Be Holding Up

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Controversial Alzheimer’s Drug Faces Critical Test Before F.D.A. Panel

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Nasal Spray Prevents Covid Infection in Ferrets, Study Finds

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Children Produce Weaker Coronavirus Antibodies, Study Finds

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$26 Billion Settlement Offer in Opioid Lawsuits Gains Wide Support

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Denmark Will Kill All Farmed Mink, Citing Coronavirus Infections

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Pregnant Women Face Increased Risks From Covid-19

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A Rapid Virus Test Falters in People Without Symptoms, Study Finds

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Crispr Gene Editing Can Cause Unwanted Changes in Human Embryos, Study Finds

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Cruise Ships May Set Sail on Sunday, but Only With Crew

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You’re Not Too Old to Talk to Someone

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Will the Hardest-Hit Communities Get the Coronavirus Vaccine?

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Midnight Virus Update

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Gilead’s Covid-19 Drug is Mediocre. It Will Be a Blockbuster Anyway.

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Death Rates Have Dropped for Seriously Ill Covid Patients

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S.T.D. Rates Are Falling, Data Show. That May Not Be Good News.

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Why You Shouldn’t Worry About Studies Showing Waning Coronavirus Antibodies

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Pfizer C.E.O. All but Rules Out Vaccine Before Election Day

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Pfizer C.E.O. All but Rules Out Vaccine Before Election Day

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Some Covid Survivors Have Antibodies That Attack the Body, not Virus

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This Addiction Treatment Works. Why Is It So Underused?

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Colon Cancer Screening Should Start Earlier, at Age 45, U.S. Panel Says

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A Chance to Expand Medicaid Rallies Democrats in Crucial North Carolina

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This Addiction Treatment Works. Why Is It So Underused?

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Nurses Are at High Risk for Covid Among Health Workers, C.D.C. Says

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Nurses Are at High Risk for Covid Among Health Workers, C.D.C. Says

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A Malaria Mystery, Partly Solved: What Happens When the Rains End?

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Why False Positives Matter, Too

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UnitedHealth Ships Flu Kits to Medicare Recipients

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Voting in the Covid Pandemic: Wear a Mask and Bring Your Own Pen

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Two Companies Restart Virus Trials in U.S. After Safety Pauses

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The Trump Administration Shut a Vaccine Safety Office Last Year. What’s the Plan Now?

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The Price for Not Wearing Masks: Perhaps 130,000 Lives

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The Price for Not Wearing Masks: Perhaps 130,000 Lives

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Experts Tell F.D.A. It Should Gather More Safety Data on Covid-19 Vaccines

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Schoolchildren Seem Unlikely to Fuel Coronavirus Surges, Scientists Say

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Wikipedia and W.H.O. Join to Combat Covid Misinformation

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The Coronavirus Has Claimed 2.5 Million Years of Potential Life in the U.S., Study Finds

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No, Mouthwash Will Not Save You From the Coronavirus

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The F.D.A. Wanted to Ban Some Hair Straighteners. It Never Happened.

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Purdue Pharma Pleads Guilty to Criminal Charges for Opioid Sales

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The Pandemic’s Real Toll? 300,000, and It’s Not Just From the Coronavirus

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How the F.D.A. Stood Up to the President

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