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How Scientists Are Reviving Cells in Dead Pigs’ Organs
The pigs had been lying dead in the lab for an hour — no blood was circulating in their bodies, their hearts were still, their brain waves flat. Then a group of Yale scientists pumped a custom-made solution into the dead pigs’ bodies with a device similar to a heart-lung machine. What happened next adds […]
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After New Abortion Laws, Some Patients Have Trouble Obtaining Miscarriage Treatment
Last year, a 35-year-old woman named Amanda, who lives in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, had a miscarriage in the first trimester of her pregnancy. At a large hospital, a doctor performed a surgical procedure often used as a safe and quick method to remove tissue from a failed pregnancy. She awoke from anesthesia to find […]
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Drug-Resistant Infections in Hospitals Soared During the Pandemic, C.D.C. Says
The spread of drug-resistant infections surged during the coronavirus pandemic, killing nearly 30,000 people in 2020 and upending much of the recent progress made in containing the spread of so-called superbugs, according to an analysis by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Deaths caused by infections impervious to antibiotics and antifungal medications rose 15 […]
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Cancer Drug Greatly Reduces Deaths in Hospitalized Covid Patients
An experimental drug initially developed to fight cancer cut the risk of death for people hospitalized with Covid by half, according to a study published on Wednesday. The drug, sabizabulin, seemed to be more effective than others that have been authorized for severely ill Covid patients. Veru, the company in Miami that developed the drug, […]
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Are Covid Vaccines That Defend Against Omicron Variants Too Late?
Roseann Renouf, 77, has grown tired of the current generation of coronavirus shots. Having “never been one for a lot of vaccination,” she decided to forgo the latest round of boosters after watching vaccinated friends contract Covid-19, even though the doses offer a critical extra layer of protection. “It’s just taking another same booster,” Ms. […]
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When Brazil Banned Abortion Pills, Women Turned to Drug Traffickers
Women’s reliance on the black market for access to medication abortions means they may not follow best medical practice. When C., a 24-year-old teacher in Recife, bought misoprostol from a drug dealer last year, she searched Google to figure out how to take it. “Because it was illegal, there was no information about how to […]
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Abortion Pills Take the Spotlight as States Impose Abortion Bans
Since October 2020, Just the Pill has provided more than 2,500 telemedicine consultations with doctors to supply abortion pills by mail to patients in Colorado, Minnesota, Montana and Wyoming. Within a few days, it plans to deploy in Colorado the first of what will become “a fleet of mobile clinics” to park along state borders, […]
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F.D.A. Aims to Cut Down on Smoking by Slashing Nicotine Levels in Cigarettes
The Food and Drug Administration is planning to require tobacco companies to slash the amount of nicotine in traditional cigarettes to make them less addictive and reduce the toll of smoking that claims 480,000 lives each year. The proposal, which could take years to go into effect, would put the United States at the forefront […]
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Despite Another Covid Surge, Deaths Stay Near Lows
“Overall, the people who’ve been coming through with Covid are much, much less sick than they were even this winter,” said Dr. Megan Ranney, an emergency physician at Brown University. “It feels like almost a different disease for folks, with the exception of people who are really old, who are unvaccinated or who are immunosuppressed.” […]
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