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/2024/01/25/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…
![Europe Faces a Measles Outbreak Europe Faces a Measles Outbreak](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/01/24/science/24measles/24measles-facebookJumbo.jpg)
Europe Faces a Measles Outbreak
Back Story: The pandemic and rising hesitancy slowed immunizations. A false claim in the 1990s that said the combined measles, mumps and rubella vaccine causes…
![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…
![Berish Strauch, Path Breaker in Reconstructive Surgery, Dies at 90 Berish Strauch, Path Breaker in Reconstructive Surgery, Dies at 90](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/01/19/obituaries/00STRAUCH/00STRAUCH-facebookJumbo.jpg)
Berish Strauch, Path Breaker in Reconstructive Surgery, Dies at 90
Berish Strauch, a plastic surgeon whose pioneering procedures and devices to reattach or replace vital body parts included one of the first toe-to-thumb transplants, a…
![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…
![Chinese Scientists Shared Coronavirus Data with US Before Pandemic Chinese Scientists Shared Coronavirus Data with US Before Pandemic](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/01/18/science/18virus/18virus-facebookJumbo.jpg)
Chinese Scientists Shared Coronavirus Data with US Before Pandemic
In late December 2019, eight pages of genetic code were sent to computers at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md. Unbeknown to American…
![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…
![The Billionaires Spending a Fortune to Lure Scientists Away From Universities The Billionaires Spending a Fortune to Lure Scientists Away From Universities](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/01/16/multimedia/00arena-01-pkcj/00arena-01-pkcj-facebookJumbo.jpg)
The Billionaires Spending a Fortune to Lure Scientists Away From Universities
In an unmarked laboratory stationed between the campuses of Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a splinter group of scientists is hunting for the…
![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…