Category: Health
![The Man in Room 117 The Man in Room 117](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/01/22/multimedia/00andrey-01-tlzw/00andrey-01-tlzw-facebookJumbo.jpg)
The Man in Room 117
Sam and Olga had concluded that only involuntary treatment could break the cycle for Andrey — something open-ended, combining long-term injectable medications with intensive therapy…
![Jon Franklin, Pioneering Apostle of Literary Journalism, Dies at 82 Jon Franklin, Pioneering Apostle of Literary Journalism, Dies at 82](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/01/29/multimedia/25franklin-wzfg/25franklin-wzfg-facebookJumbo.jpg)
Jon Franklin, Pioneering Apostle of Literary Journalism, Dies at 82
Jon Franklin, an apostle of narrative short-story-style journalism whose own work won the first Pulitzer Prizes awarded for feature writing and explanatory journalism, died on…
![Nitrogen Hypoxia: What to Know About This New Method of Execution Nitrogen Hypoxia: What to Know About This New Method of Execution](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/01/25/multimedia/25nitrogen-execution-explainer-mcwl/25nitrogen-execution-explainer-mcwl-facebookJumbo.jpg)
Nitrogen Hypoxia: What to Know About This New Method of Execution
The planned execution of a death row inmate by the state of Alabama on Thursday evening will be carried out by a procedure that has…
![FDA Issues Warning of Cancer Risk Tied to CAR-T Therapies FDA Issues Warning of Cancer Risk Tied to CAR-T Therapies](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/01/23/science/23FDA-CART/23FDA-CART-facebookJumbo.jpg)
FDA Issues Warning of Cancer Risk Tied to CAR-T Therapies
The Food and Drug Administration is requiring companies that make specialized cancer therapies known as CAR-T to add a boxed warning that the treatments themselves…
![How Worcester Polytechnic Institute Weathered a Spate of Suicides How Worcester Polytechnic Institute Weathered a Spate of Suicides](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/01/28/magazine/28mag-mental/28mag-mental-facebookJumbo.jpg)
How Worcester Polytechnic Institute Weathered a Spate of Suicides
“Were you burned out,” I asked. Her face was flat. “I still am,” she said. “Yeah. Yes, and I still am.” Worcester is famous for…
![The Heart Surgery That Isn’t as Safe for Older Women The Heart Surgery That Isn’t as Safe for Older Women](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/01/20/multimedia/20SCI-SPAN-05-tzgm/20SCI-SPAN-05-tzgm-facebookJumbo.jpg)
The Heart Surgery That Isn’t as Safe for Older Women
Last Thanksgiving, Cynthia Mosson had been on her feet all day in her kitchen in Frankfort, Ind., preparing dinner for nine. She was nearly finished…
![With Harsh Anti-L.G.B.T.Q. Law, Uganda Risks a Health Crisis With Harsh Anti-L.G.B.T.Q. Law, Uganda Risks a Health Crisis](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/01/17/multimedia/00uganda-hiv-promo-thbk/00uganda-hiv-promo-thbk-facebookJumbo.jpg)
With Harsh Anti-L.G.B.T.Q. Law, Uganda Risks a Health Crisis
For decades, Uganda’s campaign against H.I.V. was exemplary, slashing the country’s death rate by nearly 90 percent from 1990 to 2019. Now a sweeping law…
![Six Reasons Drug Prices Are So High in the U.S. Six Reasons Drug Prices Are So High in the U.S.](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/01/18/multimedia/18drug-prices-us-vjkf/18drug-prices-us-vjkf-facebookJumbo.jpg)
Six Reasons Drug Prices Are So High in the U.S.
Florida’s plan to save money by importing medications from Canada, authorized this month by the Food and Drug Administration, has renewed attention on the cost…
![An Ultrasound Experiment Tackles a Giant Problem in Brain Medicine An Ultrasound Experiment Tackles a Giant Problem in Brain Medicine](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/01/16/multimedia/00-sci-blood-brain-barrier-01-hvqk/00-sci-blood-brain-barrier-01-hvqk-facebookJumbo.jpg)
An Ultrasound Experiment Tackles a Giant Problem in Brain Medicine
There is a problem with the recently approved Alzheimer’s drug, Aduhelm. It can remove some of the amyloid that forms brain plaques that are hallmarks…
![Quaker Oats Recalls More Products Over Potential Salmonella Contamination Quaker Oats Recalls More Products Over Potential Salmonella Contamination](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/01/13/multimedia/13xp-recall-ctpv/13xp-recall-ctpv-facebookJumbo.jpg)
Quaker Oats Recalls More Products Over Potential Salmonella Contamination
The Quaker Oats Company added more products this week to a recall that started last month over possible salmonella contamination, raising the total number of…