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Cleaner Air Helps Everyone. It Helps Black Communities a Lot.
The Environmental Protection Agency is considering new standards for the maximum amount of fine particulate matter, tiny specks…
In a Roman Tomb, ‘Dead Nails’ Reveal an Occult Practice
When it came to the treatment of diseases, the ancient Romans had no shortage of magical remedies, several of which involved iron…
Tennessee’s Rejection of $8.8 Million in Federal Funding Alarms H.I.V.…
NASHVILLE — After offering free H.I.V. testing at a drive-through event last year, staff members at Nashville CARES, a nonprofit…
Who Is Most at Risk for Long Covid?
Which coronavirus patients are most at risk for developing long Covid?A new analysis of research conducted during the first two…
The Times Switches to C.D.C. Covid Data, Ending Daily Collection
After more than three years of daily reporting on the number of Covid-19 cases and deaths in every county in the United States,…
DNA From Beethoven’s Hair Unlocks Medical and Family Secrets
It was March 1827 and Ludwig van Beethoven was dying. As he lay in bed, wracked with abdominal pain and jaundiced, grieving…
Medicare Tries to Combat Fraud. Now Insurers Are Fighting Back.
“How’s the knee?” one bowler asked another across the lanes. Their conversation in a Super Bowl ad focused on a Biden…
Why Are Public Restrooms Still So Rare?
When a visiting friend asked if I wanted to go on a run in Philadelphia, I did a lot of planning. Not just our route, but where to…
Warren Boroson, Who Surveyed Psychiatrists on Goldwater, Dies at 88
Warren Boroson, a journalist who conducted a survey of psychiatrists that declared the 1964 Republican presidential nominee, Barry…
Report of Wuhan Market Samples Found Covid and Animal Mixtures
On Jan. 12, 2020, Chinese investigators combing a market for clues about the outbreak of a mysterious new illness in the city of…