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Global Partners May End Broad Covid Vaccination Effort in Developing…
Covax has had to renegotiate its contracts with four suppliers of vaccines, to reduce them by between 400 and 600 million doses.…
I’m Having an Operation to Lose Weight. Do I Have to Tell People?
The exploitation you’re describing is obviously wrong, even if the inequitable circumstances that prompt the wrongdoing are also…
For the Uninsured, Covid Care Has Entered a New Stage of Crisis
Once the government’s supply of treatments runs out, health care providers will need to purchase them on their own, with insurers…
8 Million Laundress Products Recalled Over Bacteria Risk
About eight million laundry and cleaning products from the brand the Laundress were recalled because they may contain bacteria…
U.S. Plans to End Mpox Emergency Declaration in Two Months
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration said on Friday that it did not expect to extend its declaration of a public health emergency…
How Has the Rising Cost of Long-Term Health Care Affected You?
Many older Americans in need of long-term care are struggling to afford assisted living facilities, home health aides or nursing…
Opinion | China Has an Extraordinary Covid-19 Dilemma
Is it thinkable now? This week, my colleague Paul Krugman wrote that the protests were a sign that “China lost the Covid war,”…
Poem: (Intuitions. She)
In Coral Bracho’s poem, translated by Forrest Gander from the Spanish, we are witnesses to the thoughts of the poet’s mother, who…
Elon Musk Hopes to Test a Brain Implant in Humans Next Year
In a presentation showcasing the Neuralink implant that Elon Musk hopes will someday connect the human brain to a computer, two…
When He Stood Up Quickly, He Sometimes Fainted. What Was It?
Years before, the patient had fallen in the bathtub, broken his ribs and punctured a lung. Blood filled his chest and collapsed…