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…
![R.S.V. Vaccines May Slightly Increase Risk of Rare Neurological Condition R.S.V. Vaccines May Slightly Increase Risk of Rare Neurological Condition](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/02/29/multimedia/29rsv-gmtj/29rsv-gmtj-facebookJumbo.jpg)
R.S.V. Vaccines May Slightly Increase Risk of Rare Neurological Condition
Vaccines for respiratory syncytial virus may have caused a few cases of Guillain-Barré syndrome, a rare neurological condition, federal health officials said on Thursday. The…
![Lead-Tainted Applesauce Highlights Failings in Food Safety System Lead-Tainted Applesauce Highlights Failings in Food Safety System](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/02/21/multimedia/00FOODSAFETY-pzgj/00FOODSAFETY-pzgj-facebookJumbo.jpg)
Lead-Tainted Applesauce Highlights Failings in Food Safety System
The tainted applesauce might have gone unnoticed for even longer had it not been for a family in North Carolina. Early last summer, Nicole Peterson…
![Your Inhalers and EpiPens Aren’t Very Healthy for the Environment Your Inhalers and EpiPens Aren’t Very Healthy for the Environment](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/02/27/multimedia/PLASTICS-RECYCLE-15-wtqp/PLASTICS-RECYCLE-15-wtqp-facebookJumbo.jpg)
Your Inhalers and EpiPens Aren’t Very Healthy for the Environment
Single-use insulin pens changed Brian Brandell’s life. Growing up with Type 1 diabetes in the 1970s, he had to carry glass syringes and vials of…
![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…
![Roger Guillemin, 100, Nobel-Winning Scientist Stirred by Rivalries, Dies Roger Guillemin, 100, Nobel-Winning Scientist Stirred by Rivalries, Dies](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/02/24/obituaries/22-Guillemin-55-print6/22-Guillemin-55-facebookJumbo.jpg)
Roger Guillemin, 100, Nobel-Winning Scientist Stirred by Rivalries, Dies
Roger Guillemin, a neuroscientist who was a co-discoverer of the unexpected hormones with which the brain controls many bodily functions, died on Wednesday at a…
![Study of Patients With a Chronic Fatigue Condition May Offer Clues to Long Covid Study of Patients With a Chronic Fatigue Condition May Offer Clues to Long Covid](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/02/21/multimedia/21MECFS-longCovid-pctj/21MECFS-longCovid-pctj-facebookJumbo.jpg)
Study of Patients With a Chronic Fatigue Condition May Offer Clues to Long Covid
Jennifer Caldwell was active and energetic, working two jobs and taking care of her daughter and her parents, when she developed a bacterial infection that…
![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…
![75 Hard Has a Cultish Following. Is It Worth All the Effort? 75 Hard Has a Cultish Following. Is It Worth All the Effort?](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/01/18/multimedia/00xp-75hard-wzbl/00xp-75hard-wzbl-facebookJumbo.jpg)
75 Hard Has a Cultish Following. Is It Worth All the Effort?
Two 45-minute daily workouts. One gallon of water. 10 pages of a nonfiction book. A diet. No “cheat meals” or alcohol. For 75 days. And…
![Did You Go Through Fertility Treatment? Did You Go Through Fertility Treatment?](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/02/15/multimedia/00ivf-callout-wphl/00ivf-callout-wphl-facebookJumbo.jpg)
Did You Go Through Fertility Treatment?
As women have begun having babies later in life, the number of patients going through in vitro fertilization treatment has increased significantly. The medical treatment…