Category: Health
![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…
![What Happens When There Is No Food: Experts Say Severe Malnutrition Could Set in Swiftly in Gaza What Happens When There Is No Food: Experts Say Severe Malnutrition Could Set in Swiftly in Gaza](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/01/05/multimedia/xx-starvation-explainer-01-vjhb/xx-starvation-explainer-01-vjhb-facebookJumbo.jpg)
What Happens When There Is No Food: Experts Say Severe Malnutrition Could Set in Swiftly in Gaza
A panel of experts affiliated with the United Nations has warned that the population of the Gaza Strip is at imminent risk of famine, with…
![We Are in a Big Covid Wave. But Just How Big? We Are in a Big Covid Wave. But Just How Big?](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/01/09/multimedia/2024-01-06-covid-wastewater-index/2024-01-06-covid-wastewater-index-facebookJumbo-v3.png)
We Are in a Big Covid Wave. But Just How Big?
The curves on some Covid graphs are looking quite steep, again. Reported levels of the virus in U.S. wastewater are higher than they have been…
![Paxlovid Cuts Covid Death Risk. But Those Who Need It Are Not Taking It. Paxlovid Cuts Covid Death Risk. But Those Who Need It Are Not Taking It.](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/01/03/multimedia/03-Paxlovid-01-hfgb/03-Paxlovid-01-hfgb-facebookJumbo.jpg)
Paxlovid Cuts Covid Death Risk. But Those Who Need It Are Not Taking It.
As Covid rises again, killing about 1,500 Americans each week, medical researchers are trying to understand why so few people are taking Paxlovid, a medicine…
![The Income Gap Jeopardizing Retirement for Millions The Income Gap Jeopardizing Retirement for Millions](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/01/09/multimedia/06SCI-SPAN-qpzw/06SCI-SPAN-qpzw-facebookJumbo.jpg)
The Income Gap Jeopardizing Retirement for Millions
Monique Louvigny, an event coordinator in the San Francisco Bay Area, economizes where she can. She drives a 10-year-old Prius, brings a thermos of coffee…
![F.D.A. to Issue First Approval for Mass Drug Imports to States from Canada F.D.A. to Issue First Approval for Mass Drug Imports to States from Canada](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/01/03/science/XXCanadian-Imports-01/XXCanadian-Imports-01-facebookJumbo.jpg)
F.D.A. to Issue First Approval for Mass Drug Imports to States from Canada
The Food and Drug Administration has decided to allow Florida to import millions of dollars worth of medications from Canada at far lower prices than…