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A Sick Inmate in New York Is Freed After Suing Over Parole Delay

A Sick Inmate in New York Is Freed After Suing Over Parole...

Steve Coleman was kept for 21 months after his parole date because the state could...

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New York Live Bird Markets Ordered to Close After Bird Flu Is Found

New York Live Bird Markets Ordered to Close After Bird...

The order affects roughly 80 markets in New York City and in several nearby counties....

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With Aid Cutoff, Trump Severs a Lifeline for Millions

With Aid Cutoff, Trump Severs a Lifeline for Millions

Shock and grief rippled through the health community as lifelines for care were...

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Susan F. Wood, Who Quit F.D.A. Over Contraception Pill Delay, Dies at 66

Susan F. Wood, Who Quit F.D.A. Over Contraception Pill...

She left the agency saying politics had slowed the approval of the morning-after...

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2 Million Baked Goods Are Recalled Over Listeria Risk

2 Million Baked Goods Are Recalled Over Listeria Risk

The recall, which was initiated on Jan. 7 and upgraded on Wednesday, includes several...

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A Swearing Expert Discusses the State of Profanity

A Swearing Expert Discusses the State of Profanity

Timothy Jay, a scholar in the science of swearing, has a few choice words about...

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The Physicians Really Are Healing Themselves, With Ozempic

The Physicians Really Are Healing Themselves, With Ozempic

At cardiology conferences and diabetes meetings, doctors can’t help noticing that...

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Trump and Musk Bring Vast Aid Machinery to a Halt in Africa

Trump and Musk Bring Vast Aid Machinery to a Halt in Africa

The collapse of U.S.A.I.D. at the hands of President Trump and Elon Musk is already...

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Judge Temporarily Blocks Trump Cuts to Medical Research Funding

Judge Temporarily Blocks Trump Cuts to Medical Research...

A coalition of 22 attorneys general sued the federal government, claiming that the...

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Court Halt on Trump Cuts for Medical Research Is Extended Nationwide

Court Halt on Trump Cuts for Medical Research Is Extended...

The federal order temporarily halts the Trump administration’s plans to slash $4...

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Howard Buten, Autism Therapist, Novelist and Clown, Is Dead at 74

Howard Buten, Autism Therapist, Novelist and Clown, Is...

By day, he helped run an autism center he opened in a suburb of Paris. In the evening,...

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Cancer’s New Face: Younger and Female

Cancer’s New Face: Younger and Female

Although long considered a disease of aging, certain cancers are turning up more...

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Sick Prisoners in New York Were Granted Parole but Remain Behind Bars

Sick Prisoners in New York Were Granted Parole but Remain...

Prisons across the country are struggling to find nursing home placements for sick...

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Mom’s Gripes About Sister-in-Law Put Daughter in a Bind

Mom’s Gripes About Sister-in-Law Put Daughter in a Bind

Well’s new Ask the Therapist columnist, Lori Gottlieb, helps a reader who is sick...

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When the Retirement Community Goes Bankrupt

When the Retirement Community Goes Bankrupt

It doesn’t happen often. But when it does, some residents risk losing everything.

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Medicare to Negotiate Lower Prices for Weight-Loss Drugs

Medicare to Negotiate Lower Prices for Weight-Loss Drugs

The government is expected to pay lower prices for Ozempic and Wegovy starting in...