Category: Health
![C.D.C. Shortens Isolation Period for People With Covid C.D.C. Shortens Isolation Period for People With Covid](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/03/01/science/01isolation/01isolation-facebookJumbo.jpg)
C.D.C. Shortens Isolation Period for People With Covid
Americans with Covid or other respiratory infections need not isolate for five days before returning to work or school, the Centers for Disease Control and…
![Columbia DEI Chief Is Accused of Plagiarizing Dissertation From Wikipedia Columbia DEI Chief Is Accused of Plagiarizing Dissertation From Wikipedia](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/02/29/multimedia/29columbia-plagiarism-top-01-mptg/29columbia-plagiarism-top-01-mptg-facebookJumbo.jpg)
Columbia DEI Chief Is Accused of Plagiarizing Dissertation From Wikipedia
An official in charge of diversity, equity and inclusion at Columbia University’s Irving Medical Center was accused this week of plagiarizing large sections of his…
![One in Six Abortions Is Done With Pills Prescribed Online, Data Shows One in Six Abortions Is Done With Pills Prescribed Online, Data Shows](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/02/27/multimedia/00up-abort-pills1-zkjl/00up-abort-pills1-zkjl-facebookJumbo.jpg)
One in Six Abortions Is Done With Pills Prescribed Online, Data Shows
The News A growing share of abortions is now being administered through telemedicine, with clinicians prescribing mail-order abortion pills after online consultations, according to the…
![UnitedHealth Cyberattack Disrupts Prescription Drug Coverage UnitedHealth Cyberattack Disrupts Prescription Drug Coverage](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/02/26/science/26DRUGS-CYBERATTACK/26DRUGS-CYBERATTACK-facebookJumbo.jpg)
UnitedHealth Cyberattack Disrupts Prescription Drug Coverage
A cyberattack on a unit affiliated with UnitedHealthcare, the nation’s largest insurer, has disrupted drug prescription orders at thousands of pharmacies for nearly a week….
![Severe Frostbite Gets a Treatment That May Prevent Amputation Severe Frostbite Gets a Treatment That May Prevent Amputation](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/02/27/multimedia/00FROSTBITE-01-mlbz/00FROSTBITE-01-mlbz-facebookJumbo.jpg)
Severe Frostbite Gets a Treatment That May Prevent Amputation
The first time Dr. Peter Hackett saw a patient with frostbite, the man died from his wounds. It was in Chicago in 1971, and the…
![Abortion Laws, Accidents and Lax Rules Now Imperil Fertility Industry Abortion Laws, Accidents and Lax Rules Now Imperil Fertility Industry](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/02/22/multimedia/22ivf-alabama-01-mbct/22ivf-alabama-01-mbct-facebookJumbo.jpg)
Abortion Laws, Accidents and Lax Rules Now Imperil Fertility Industry
To the fertility patients whose embryos were destroyed at an Alabama clinic, the circumstances must have been shocking. Somehow, a patient in the hospital housing…
![Alabama Says Embryos in a Lab Are Children. What Are the Implications? Alabama Says Embryos in a Lab Are Children. What Are the Implications?](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/02/21/science/21Embryo/21Embryo-facebookJumbo.jpg)
Alabama Says Embryos in a Lab Are Children. What Are the Implications?
The Alabama Supreme Court has opened a new front in the legal debate over when human life begins. Embryos created and stored in a medical…
![How Sleep Affects Your Mood: The Link Between Insomnia and Mental Health How Sleep Affects Your Mood: The Link Between Insomnia and Mental Health](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/02/19/well/19Well-Sleep-Mind/19Well-Sleep-Mind-facebookJumbo-v2.jpg)
How Sleep Affects Your Mood: The Link Between Insomnia and Mental Health
It started with mild anxiety. Emily, who asked to be identified only by her first name because she was discussing her mental health, had just…
![Old and Young, Talking Again Old and Young, Talking Again](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/02/20/multimedia/SPAN-01-pfhv/SPAN-01-pfhv-facebookJumbo.jpg)
Old and Young, Talking Again
On Fridays at 10 a.m., Richard Bement and Zach Ahmed sign on to their weekly video chat. The program that brought them together provides online…
![More Young People Are on Multiple Psychiatric Drugs, Study Finds More Young People Are on Multiple Psychiatric Drugs, Study Finds](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/02/16/multimedia/16polypharmacy-01-bvgf/16polypharmacy-01-bvgf-facebookJumbo.jpg)
More Young People Are on Multiple Psychiatric Drugs, Study Finds
The News Growing numbers of children and adolescents are being prescribed multiple psychiatric drugs to take simultaneously, according to a new study in the state…