Health

A ‘Pacemaker for the Brain’: No Treatment Helped Her Depression — Until This

Driving home from work in Northern California five years ago, a young woman was so overwhelmed with depression that all…

Losing Your Hair? You Might Blame the Great Stem Cell Escape.

Every person, every mouse, every dog, has one unmistakable sign of aging: hair loss. But why does that happen? Rui…

Johnson & Johnson to Seek F.D.A. Authorization for Booster Shot

WASHINGTON — Johnson & Johnson is planning to ask federal regulators early this week to authorize a booster shot of…

Tallying the Cost of Growing Older

Say you’re a 65-year-old looking ahead, wondering about your health and your finances, pondering what life might be like in…

Is the Coronavirus Getting Better at Airborne Transmission?

Newer variants of the coronavirus like Alpha and Delta are highly contagious, infecting far more people than the original virus.…

Youth Vaping Declined Sharply for Second Year, New Data Show

Teen use of electronic cigarettes fell sharply in 2021, the second consecutive year of big declines, according to the government’s…

How Accurate Are At-Home Covid Tests?

In the early months of the pandemic, getting a coronavirus test typically required visiting a health care center, a laboratory…

For Transgender Youth, Stigma Is Just One Barrier to Health Care

Piper, a 17-year-old transgender girl, says she knows she is fortunate. She lives just outside Atlanta, with a supportive family…

Cancer Without Chemotherapy: ‘A Totally Different World’

Dr. Seema Doshi was shocked and terrified when she found a lump in her breast that was eventually confirmed to…

‘I Need an Army’: Across America, Schools Cram for Their Covid Tests

SAN ANTONIO — One recent Thursday, Ciara Brown, a junior at Fox Tech High School in San Antonio, stepped up…

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