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17.10.2025

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17.10.2025

‘You Could Treat a Child for a Few Dollars.’ Now Those Clinics Are Gone. - The New York Times

Hunger and the diseases that stalk small children have surged in Somalia after the U.S. slashed its aid to the country.

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16.10.2025

America Is Heavily Reliant on China for Raw Materials in Medicines - The New York Times

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16.10.2025

Trump Administration Decimates Birth Control Office in Layoffs - The New York Times

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16.10.2025

New York Confirms State’s First Locally Acquired Case of Chikungunya - The New York Times

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16.10.2025

Trump Rattles Vaccine Experts Over Aluminum - The New York Times

The president’s call for removal of the metal from childhood inoculations set off alarms. About half of shots for polio, whooping cough and other diseases would be affected.

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15.10.2025

Sue Goldie Has Parkinson’s Disease - The New York Times

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13.10.2025

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12.10.2025

Trump Administration Lays Off Dozens of C.D.C. Officials - The New York Times

“Disease detectives,” high-ranking scientists, the entire Washington office and the staff of a weekly public health journal were among those who learned late Friday that they would lose their jobs.

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12.10.2025

Trump Administration Is Bringing Back Scores of C.D.C. Experts Fired in Error - The New York Times

Friday’s layoffs swept up scientists involved in responding to disease outbreaks and running an influential journal. Officials said the mistaken dismissals were being rescinded.

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11.10.2025

Clark Olofsson, 78, Dies; Bank Robber Helped Inspire ‘Stockholm Syndrome’ - The New York Times

In a 1973 heist, he and another man held hostages who surprisingly came to defend them, drawing attention to a puzzling psychological phenomenon.

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10.10.2025

Nobel Prizes This Year Offer Three Cheers for Slow Science - The New York Times

The scientific Nobels announced this week — in Physiology or Medicine, Physics and Chemistry — honored achievements rooted in fundamental research from decades ago.

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10.10.2025

Iran Lures Transgender Foreigners for Surgery but Forces Operations on Locals - The New York Times

Iran became a pioneer in gender transition operations by forcing procedures on L.G.B.T.Q. Iranians. Desperate for cash, the Islamic republic is hoping to attract trans patients from around the world.

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09.10.2025

‘Bluetoothing’: Blood-Sharing Drug Trend Fuels Alarming Global H.I.V. Surge - The New York Times

The practice, in which users inject the blood of already intoxicated individuals, has fueled one of the fastest-growing H.I.V. epidemics in the Pacific and grown widespread in South Africa.

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09.10.2025

Health Care Politics Bolster Democrats in Shutdown Fight - The New York Times

Even President Trump has conceded that he and his party could face political pain from rising premiums, stiffening Democrats’ spines as they demand a subsidy extension.

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09.10.2025

‘Embedded’ Therapists Counsel College Students Where They Live and Learn - The New York Times

College students are meeting with “embedded” counselors in dorms and academic buildings, with promising results.

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09.10.2025

Chinese Surgeons Perform First Pig-to-Human Liver Transplant - The New York Times

The transplanted portion of the genetically modified pig liver was removed after 38 days, and the patient, who had advanced liver cancer and cirrhosis, died several months later.

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09.10.2025

Has Your Scientific Work Been Cut? We Want to Hear. - The New York Times

For a new series, Times journalists are speaking with scientists whose research has ended as a result of policy changes by the Trump administration.

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08.10.2025

Taking Too Much Tylenol Has Proven Risks. Trump Didn’t Talk About Those. - The New York Times

Acetaminophen’s link to autism is unproven. But hundreds of Americans accidentally overdose on the drug each year, suffering liver damage that can require a transplant or even be fatal.

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08.10.2025

What Is Conversion Therapy? A History of the Practice. - The New York Times

The practice surged in the 1980s and 1990s, before medical groups began warning it was harmful.

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08.10.2025

Parents Struggle to Find Covid Vaccines for Their Children Amid Regulatory Confusion - The New York Times

Children under 12 need different versions of Covid vaccines, but many pharmacies and pediatricians’ offices aren’t stocking them.

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07.10.2025

He Was Expected to Get Alzheimer’s 25 Years Ago. Why Hasn’t He? - The New York Times

Scientists are searching for the secret in Doug Whitney’s biology that has protected him from dementia, hoping it could lead to ways to treat or prevent Alzheimer’s for many other people.

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07.10.2025

In a Toxic World, Pets Could Be Vital Health Watchdogs - The New York Times

A better understanding of how pollution affects pets could benefit humans and animals alike.

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07.10.2025

Winning a Nobel Prize Interrupted His Off-the-Grid Vacation - The New York Times

Fred Ramsdell found out about his Nobel Prize nearly 12 hours after it was announced because he was on vacation in the Rockies.

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07.10.2025

How to Protect Your Pets From Pollution - The New York Times

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06.10.2025

Costco to Sell Ozempic and Wegovy, Weight-Loss Wonder Drugs - The New York Times

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06.10.2025

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Is Awarded for Work on Immune Systems - The New York Times

Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi were awarded the prize for research showing how the body regulates its immune responses.

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05.10.2025

Beyond the Nobel Prizes Is a World of Scientific Awards - The New York Times

Nobels are awarded in only three scientific categories, but other awards honor researchers across different fields.

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05.10.2025

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05.10.2025

Why Brittle Bones Aren’t Just a Woman’s Problem - The New York Times

More men are now living long enough to develop osteoporosis. But few are aware of the risk, and fewer still are screened and treated.

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04.10.2025

Autism, A.D.H.D., Anxiety: Can a Diagnosis Make You Better? - The New York Times

As our diagnostic categories expand to include ever milder versions of disease, researchers propose that the act of naming a malady can itself bring relief.

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04.10.2025

How Private Equity Oversees the Ethics of Drug Research - The New York Times

Many drug trials are vetted by companies with ties to the drugmakers, raising concerns about conflicts of interest and patient safety.

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04.10.2025

Kennedy’s Ties to Ally Leading Vaccine Lawsuits Raise Ethical Concerns - The New York Times

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04.10.2025

Rite Aid Closes Its Remaining Stores - The New York Times

The company said it had closed its remaining 89 stores this week after struggling for years to stay in business and filing for bankruptcy protection twice.

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03.10.2025

Kennedy Fires N.I.H. Scientist Who Filed Whistle-Blower Complaint - The New York Times

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03.10.2025

FDA Approves Generic Version of Abortion Pill Mifepristone - The New York Times

The decision enraged opponents of abortion, who have been pressuring the Trump administration to restrict access to abortion medication.

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Johnson & Johnson Sued in U.K. Over Baby Powder Cancer Claims - The New York Times

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