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How Far Should a Coronavirus Test Go?

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By BY NOAH PISNER from NYT Health https://ift.tt/NobgLJWs2

Some Democratic and Republican governors are looking toward a future after Omicron.

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By BY RONI CARYN RABIN from NYT Health https://ift.tt/OHCugB9KQ

Jeremiah Stamler, Who Found Ways to Curb Heart Disease, Dies at 102

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By BY RICHARD SANDOMIR from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3v92e0SHz

The ‘stealth’ Omicron variant is no cause for alarm, but it could slow down the decline in cases.

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By BY CARL ZIMMER from NYT Health https://ift.tt/lUdny0BPr

‘Stealth’ Variant No Cause for Alarm, but Could Slow Case Decline

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By BY CARL ZIMMER from NYT Health https://ift.tt/D4X9SQIue

A new poll asks: Why do some vaccinated people not get boosters?

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By BY JAN HOFFMAN from NYT Health https://ift.tt/fa2FWQncE

A new poll asks: Why do some vaccinated people not get boosters?

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By BY JAN HOFFMAN from NYT Health https://ift.tt/hvqW5RHB6

When Omicron Isn’t So Mild

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By BY REED ABELSON AND CHRISTINA JEWETT from NYT Health https://ift.tt/DAmNrHZ4x

A new poll asks: Why do some vaccinated people not get boosters?

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By BY JAN HOFFMAN from NYT Health https://nyti.ms/3IKH0PS

As Covid Shots for Kids Stall, Appeals Are Aimed at Wary Parents

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By BY JAN HOFFMAN from NYT Health https://nyti.ms/3AVAcMN

Third shots reduce the risk of hospitalization in people with weak immune systems, a C.D.C. report says.

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By BY BENJAMIN MUELLER from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3u5pFwV

Dr. Johan Hultin Dies at 97; His Work Helped Isolate 1918 Flu Virus

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By BY GINA KOLATA from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3rWHxHB

Third shots reduce the risk of hospitalization in people with weak immune systems, a C.D.C. report says.

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By BY BENJAMIN MUELLER from NYT Health https://ift.tt/34dI3ss

Israeli study finds the rate of heart problems in vaccinated boys is slightly higher than expected.

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By BY APOORVA MANDAVILLI from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3H7cb7o

New Research Hints at 4 Factors That May Increase Chances of Long Covid

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By BY PAM BELLUCK from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3fXO8Ml

Pfizer and BioNTech begin a study of an Omicron vaccine, with initial results expected in the first half of the year.

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By BY BENJAMIN MUELLER from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3tZVqr6

Nearly all Mississippi’s acute-care hospitals have reached capacity.

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By BY ANDREW JACOBS from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3u8azHd

Fauci cautions against overconfidence but says the U.S. wave looks like it’s ‘going in the right direction.’

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By BY KENNETH CHANG from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3qSjJoY

A Shrinking Band of Southern Nurses, Neck-Deep in Another Covid Wave

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By BY ANDREW JACOBS AND RORY DOYLE from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3FTLdig

Social Security Opens to Survivors of Same-Sex Couples Who Could Not Marry

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By BY PAULA SPAN from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3tSDZc3

As Omicron Crests, Booster Shots Are Keeping Americans Out of Hospitals

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By BY APOORVA MANDAVILLI from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3GToFiW

Booster shots are instrumental in protecting against Omicron, new C.D.C. data suggest.

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By BY APOORVA MANDAVILLI from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3rKnSuC

Their DNA Hides a Warning, but They Don’t Want to Know What It Says

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By BY GINA KOLATA from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3u2QUbF

Booster shots are keeping older Americans out of the hospital, new C.D.C. data suggest.

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By BY APOORVA MANDAVILLI from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3fGTmvZ

Omicron was probably in N.Y.C. well before the first U.S. case was detected, wastewater data suggest.

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By BY EMILY ANTHES from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3tKwhkj

Can Omicron cause long Covid?

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By BY PAM BELLUCK from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3GOTxBl

In Sewage, Clues to Omicron’s Surge

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By BY EMILY ANTHES AND SABRINA IMBLER from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3KqgKf8

Survey of Americans Who Attempted Suicide Finds Many Aren’t Getting Care

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By BY ELLEN BARRY from NYT Health https://ift.tt/33SgUeI

Post-infection immunity was very protective against Delta, the C.D.C. reports, but vaccines still offer the best defense.

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By BY APOORVA MANDAVILLI from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3AsFdMB

In Arkansas, Trans Teens Await an Uncertain Future

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By BY SABRINA IMBLER from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3AbYd1J

Just over a third of Americans think the U.S. pandemic response is ‘going well,’ a new poll says.

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By BY SABRINA IMBLER from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3I9SR9Q

The C.D.C.’s New Challenge? Grappling With Imperfect Science

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By BY APOORVA MANDAVILLI from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3tDbE9t

The U.S. surgeon general warns that Omicron has not yet peaked.

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By BY SABRINA IMBLER from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3qA0QqY

Behind the mRNA vaccines lie years of research failures and happy accidents.

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By BY GINA KOLATA AND BENJAMIN MUELLER from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3A63hEs

Halting Progress and Happy Accidents: How mRNA Vaccines Were Made

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By BY GINA KOLATA AND BENJAMIN MUELLER from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3rnwUx7

The C.D.C. conceded that cloth masks do not protect against the virus as effectively as other masks.

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By BY APOORVA MANDAVILLI from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3KdS3CD

For Coronavirus Testing, the Nose May Not Always Be Best

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By BY EMILY ANTHES from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3GuAGuZ

Doctors Debate Whether Trans Teens Need Therapy Before Hormones

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By BY AZEEN GHORAYSHI from NYT Health https://ift.tt/31YukoQ

Senate Panel OKs Califf Nomination for F.D.A. Chief

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By BY CHRISTINA JEWETT from NYT Health https://ift.tt/33qD1sl

Alan Scott, Doctor Behind the Medical Use of Botox, Dies at 89

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By BY PENELOPE GREEN from NYT Health https://ift.tt/34L1WaN

Flu vaccination rates are low, especially among older Americans.

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By BY PAULA SPAN from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3FlEAF6

Criticized by Senators, U.S. Health Officials Defend Omicron Response

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By BY NOAH WEILAND AND SHARON LAFRANIERE from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3zN1LY1

A popular at-home test detects most infectious Omicron cases, a study suggests.

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By BY EMILY ANTHES from NYT Health https://ift.tt/33jHZXP

‘People Need to Be Reminded About Flu’

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By BY PAULA SPAN from NYT Health https://ift.tt/33luYNf

At-Home Coronavirus Tests Are Inaccessible to Blind People

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By BY AMANDA MORRIS from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3ndepue

Starting later this week, some at-risk Americans become eligible for a 4th Covid shot.

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By BY APOORVA MANDAVILLI from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3n6JhfF

As Omicron spreads, the C.D.C. seeks to clarify its message on testing and isolation.

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By BY APOORVA MANDAVILLI from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3nacc2D

A Surge in Hospitalized Young Children Infected With the Coronavirus

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By BY APOORVA MANDAVILLI from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3q42OiU

Five People in the U.S. Died From Rabies in 2021, the Highest Number in a Decade

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By BY JENNY GROSS from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3n1Ehck

If you got Pfizer’s vaccine, seek a booster 5 months after the second shot, not 6, the C.D.C. recommends.

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By BY ADEEL HASSAN from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3zno3iN