Category: Health
![Billion Donation Will Provide Free Tuition at a Bronx Medical School Billion Donation Will Provide Free Tuition at a Bronx Medical School](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/02/26/multimedia/26Montefiore-donation-01-fzpl/26Montefiore-donation-01-fzpl-facebookJumbo.jpg)
$1 Billion Donation Will Provide Free Tuition at a Bronx Medical School
Related media – Related media When she focused on the bequest, she realized immediately what she wanted to do, she recalled. “I wanted to fund…
![Can You Recycle Medical Devices Like Insulin Pens, Inhalers and Covid Tests? Can You Recycle Medical Devices Like Insulin Pens, Inhalers and Covid Tests?](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/02/27/multimedia/27SCI-PLASTICS-SIDE/PLASTICS-RECYCLE-09-mqwp-facebookJumbo.jpg)
Can You Recycle Medical Devices Like Insulin Pens, Inhalers and Covid Tests?
Linked media – Associated media “What we really need is an evolving, specialized recycling infrastructure alongside the big five — paper, glass, plastic, metal and…
![What to Know About Lead Poisoning in Children What to Know About Lead Poisoning in Children](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/02/20/multimedia/00LEAD-POISONING-EXPLAINER-ltck/00LEAD-POISONING-EXPLAINER-ltck-facebookJumbo.jpg)
What to Know About Lead Poisoning in Children
Linked media – Related media How do I know if my children have high blood-lead levels? Lead exposure can go unnoticed until levels accumulate, doctors…
![A Fading Weapon in the HIV Fight: Condoms A Fading Weapon in the HIV Fight: Condoms](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/02/08/science/SCI27-condoms-03/SCI27-condoms-03-facebookJumbo-v2.jpg)
A Fading Weapon in the HIV Fight: Condoms
Related media – Related media Gay and bisexual men are using condoms less than ever, and the decline has been particularly steep among those who…
![A Doctor’s Lifelong Quest to Solve One of Pediatric Medicine’s Greatest Mysteries A Doctor’s Lifelong Quest to Solve One of Pediatric Medicine’s Greatest Mysteries](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/02/21/multimedia/00SCI-KAWASAKI-promo/00SCI-KAWASAKI-06-gfqp-facebookJumbo.jpg)
A Doctor’s Lifelong Quest to Solve One of Pediatric Medicine’s Greatest Mysteries
Related media – Related media At the Kawasaki Disease Clinic at Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego, led by Dr. Burns, caring for children affected by Kawasaki…
![Companies Were Big on CBD. Not Anymore. Companies Were Big on CBD. Not Anymore.](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/02/24/multimedia/24CBD-pwkl/24CBD-pwkl-facebookJumbo.jpg)
Companies Were Big on CBD. Not Anymore.
Linked media – Associated media “My account on Meta is forever banned from making any advertising after I posted once under our company’s page about…
![A New Film at SXSW Warns of the Potential Harm of Microplastics A New Film at SXSW Warns of the Potential Harm of Microplastics](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/03/09/science/09plastics-01/09plastics-01-facebookJumbo.jpg)
A New Film at SXSW Warns of the Potential Harm of Microplastics
It’s been more than five decades since Dustin Hoffman’s character in “The Graduate” was offered a kernel of wisdom about the path to prosperity. “Plastics,”…
![Female Genital Cutting Continues to Increase Worldwide Female Genital Cutting Continues to Increase Worldwide](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/03/07/multimedia/07FGM-increase-01-vltj/07FGM-increase-01-vltj-facebookJumbo.jpg)
Female Genital Cutting Continues to Increase Worldwide
More than 230 million women and girls around the world have undergone female genital cutting, according to a new analysis by UNICEF, an increase of…
![Cyberattack Paralyzes the Largest US Health Care Payment System Cyberattack Paralyzes the Largest US Health Care Payment System](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/03/05/multimedia/05UHC-CYBERATTACK-01-wvkb/05UHC-CYBERATTACK-01-wvkb-facebookJumbo.jpg)
Cyberattack Paralyzes the Largest US Health Care Payment System
An urgent care chain in Ohio may be forced to stop paying rent and other bills to cover salaries. In Florida, a cancer center is…
![Brain Cancer Was Supposed to Kill Me. Instead, It Gave Me a Second Life. Brain Cancer Was Supposed to Kill Me. Instead, It Gave Me a Second Life.](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/03/01/well/4Well-RodNordland/4Well-RodNordland-facebookJumbo.jpg)
Brain Cancer Was Supposed to Kill Me. Instead, It Gave Me a Second Life.
As I surfaced from the anesthesia, I saw my children by my bedside. It was the first time we’d all been together in years. In…