Health

Is Covid During Pregnancy Linked to Autism? What a New Study Shows, and What It Doesn’t

A large study from Massachusetts has found that babies whose mothers had covid-19 while pregnant were slightly more likely to have a range of neurodevelopmental diagnoses by age 3. Most of these ch...

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An Arm and a Leg: This Health Economist Wants Your Medical Bills

Economist Vivian Ho has been researching the U.S. health care system for four decades. These days, she’s focused on what she thinks are the biggest burdens on the average American: runaway hospital...

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The Age of Anti-Social Media Is Here

Since its founding, Facebook has described itself as a kind of public service that fosters relationships. In 2005, not long after the site’s launch, its co-founder Mark Zuckerberg described the net...

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Americans on Food Stamps Have No Good Options

Millions of the poorest Americans are stuck in food-stamp limbo. They still do not know when their benefits will arrive—or if they will at all.In the past few days, the government shutdown has thro...

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What to know about Dick Cheney's heart trouble and eventual transplant

Former Vice President Dick Cheney battled heart disease for most of his adult life, a life extended thanks to a heart transplant in 2012Former Vice President Dick Cheney battled heart disease for m...

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As world leaders enter climate talks, people in poverty have the most at stake

RIO DE JANEIRO -- When summer heat comes to the Arara neighborhood in northern Rio, it lingers, baking the red brick and concrete that make up many of the buildings long after the sun has gone down...

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Taking Melatonin Could Raise Your Risk of Heart Failure, Study Finds

A new study raises concerns over long-term melatonin use and cardiovascular risks. Viktoriya Skorikova/Getty Images Researchers say people with insomnia who use melatonin supplements for m...

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Eli Lilly, Novo Nordisk close to White House deal on obesity drug prices

Novo Nordisk makes the popular weight loss drug Wegovy.ByYouri Benadjaoud and Will McDuffieNovember 4, 2025, 3:44 PMThe White House is nearing an agreement with pharmaceutical companies Novo Nordis...

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Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine sales tumble after government guidance on the shots narrows

The fall COVID-19 vaccine season is starting slowly for Pfizer, with U.S. sales of its Comirnaty shots sinking 25% after federal regulators narrowed recommendations on who should get themThe fall C...

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Food banks, pantries see surge in demand after SNAP benefits halted

Food banks and hunger relief organizations are seeing an increase in the number of people lining up for food packages and calling helplines since Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) be...

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Louisiana Took Months To Sound Alarm After Two Babies Died in Whooping Cough Outbreak

When there’s an outbreak of a vaccine-preventable disease, state health officials typically take certain steps to alert residents and issue public updates about the growing threat. That’s standard ...

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Congressional Stalemate Creates Chaos for Obamacare Shoppers

This year’s Obamacare open enrollment period, which started Nov. 1 in most states, is full of uncertainty and confusion for the more than 24 million people who buy health insurance through the fede...

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The Inflammation Gap

My patient’s lungs were filled with blood, and he lay intubated in an ICU bed. His kidneys were failing, too. The cause of his illness was not a mystery: He had been previously diagnosed with an au...

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Cardiovascular Disease: Men Need More Exercise Than Women to Cut Risk

A new study found that men need more exercise than women to lower their risk of coronary heart disease. Getty Images/Cavan Images Men may need nearly twice as much weekly exercise as wome...

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FDA restricts children’s health products over safety concerns

Some swear by keto, others by paleo or vegan diets. As a vegetarian for over 20 years, I’ve learned that what works for one person might not work for another.Still, some health truths are universal...

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Would you sext ChatGPT? (Lock and Code S06E22)

This week on the Lock and Code podcast… In the final, cold winter months of the year, ChatGPT could be heating up. On October 14, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said that the “restric...

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Maine health system accidentally sends letters to more than 500 patients stating they're dead

MaineHealth said the mistake was caused by a computer error.A large health care system in Maine said it "sincerely regrets" an error that mistakenly sent condolence letters to patients about their ...

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Trump’s HHS Orders State Medicaid Programs To Help Find Undocumented Immigrants

The Trump administration has ordered states to investigate certain individuals enrolled in Medicaid to determine whether they are ineligible because of their immigration status, with five states re...

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FDA's top drug regulator resigns after federal officials probe 'serious concerns'

WASHINGTON -- The head of the Food and Drug Administration’s drug center abruptly resigned Sunday after federal officials began reviewing “serious concerns about his personal conduct,” according to...

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SNAP benefits cut off during shutdown, driving long lines at food pantries

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- People across the country formed long lines for free meals and groceries at food pantries and drive-through giveaways Saturday, after monthly benefits through the federal Supplem...

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Adult ADHD is diagnosed when you are ‘functionally impaired’. But what does that mean?

Tim Roberts/Getty ImagesAttention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a neurodevelopmental condition that affects around 2.5% of adults and 7% of children. It causes difficulties with attenti...

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