Category: Health
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
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
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.
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…
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
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
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
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
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
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…