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Trump Is Shutting Down the War On Cancer - The New York Times

America’s cancer research system, which has helped save millions of lives, is under threat in one of its most productive moments.

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Overlooked No More: Eglantyne Jebb, Who Started a Movement With Save the Children - The New York Times

She co-founded the organization after she was outraged to learn that children were starving after World War I, when the British blocked aid to several countries.

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Michel Odent, Pioneer of Natural Childbirth Techniques, Dies at 95 - The New York Times

His innovations, including homelike delivery rooms and birthing pools, were based on his belief that “human birth cannot work as long as a woman is thinking.”

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13.09.2025

F.D.A. Reviews Reports of Covid Vaccine Deaths - The New York Times

The agency plans to highlight possible links between the shots and accounts of deaths involving children and birth defects to an influential C.D.C. panel meeting next week.

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13.09.2025

Bonnie Addario, 77, Dies; Survivor of Lung Cancer Made Fighting It a Cause - The New York Times

After climbing in the business world, she received a dire diagnosis, spurring her to found leading nonprofit groups to promote early detection and research.

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Marilyn Diamond, Who Wrote a Blockbuster Diet Book, Dies at 81 - The New York Times

“Fit for Life,” which she wrote with her husband, was a best seller in the 1980s promoting good health ahead of weight loss. But doctors were critical.

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8 Phrases to Help Your Relationship Thrive - The New York Times

We asked couples therapists to share the magic words that can strengthen bonds, even in the middle of a disagreement.

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John Mew, Orthodontist Who Created Mewing, Dies at 96 - The New York Times

He gained a following for techniques, notably one known as mewing, that he said could help fix crooked teeth without surgery. The medical establishment disagreed.

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Targeting Hims & Hers, F.D.A. Takes on a New Type of Drug Advertiser - The New York Times

Regulators sent about 100 warning letters this week to drug advertisers, including to Hims & Hers, a major online provider of weight-loss drugs.

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13.09.2025

Belgian Authorities Say $10 Million Supply of Birth Control Has Not Yet Been Destroyed - The New York Times

Contraceptives bought by U.S.A.I.D. have been in limbo in a Belgian warehouse. The U.S. government said the products were destroyed, but local authorities found them.

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12.09.2025

$10 Million in Contraceptives Have Been Destroyed on Orders From Trump Officials - The New York Times

The birth control pills, IUDs and hormonal implants were purchased by U.S.A.I.D. for women in low-income countries. They had been in limbo in a Belgian warehouse after the U.S. cut much of its foreign aid.

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12.09.2025

Rare but Serious Complication Shows Flu’s Potential Harm - The New York Times

Acute necrotizing encephalopathy, or A.N.E., can result from influenza or other infections, including Covid-19.

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12.09.2025

The Jarring Contradiction at the Heart of RFK Jr.’s Agenda - The New York Times

The health secretary has begun a full-on assault against vaccines but has taken a more restrained approach to pesticides and unhealthy foods, also MAHA priorities.

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12.09.2025

2025 Lasker Awards Given to Cell Biology and Cystic Fibrosis Pioneers - The New York Times

Many winners of the annual Lasker Awards have gone on to win a Nobel Prize in medicine or other fields.

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12.09.2025

California Passes Bill Allowing Omission of Patients’ Names From Abortion Pill Bottles - The New York Times

The intent is to protect health care providers who send the pills to patients in states with abortion bans, and to reassure patients who fear they could be identified.

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11.09.2025

The Jarring Contradiction at the Heart of Kennedy’s Agenda - The New York Times

The health secretary has begun a full-on assault against vaccines but has taken a more restrained approach to pesticides and unhealthy foods, also MAHA priorities.

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10.09.2025

Trump Moves to Crack Down on Drug Advertising - The New York Times

The administration is proposing a return to a 1990s-era policy that kept most drug ads off TV. That could dent the revenues of drugmakers and major networks.

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10.09.2025

RFK Jr. Releases Childhood Health Report - The New York Times

The report, which follows a draft leaked last month, demonstrates both the ambitions and limits of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s “Make America Healthy Again” agenda.

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10.09.2025

Trump Weighs Crackdown on Medicines From China - The New York Times

Behind the scenes, major pharmaceutical companies and Trump-tied billionaires are furiously lobbying in opposite directions over proposed anti-China measures.

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10.09.2025

Read the MAHA strategy report - The New York Times

A report from the White House outlines strategies to combat childhood chronic disease and attempts to set a MAHA agenda for the country.

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10.09.2025

‘Sex and Love Addiction’ Isn’t a Diagnosis, but It Can Be Debilitating - The New York Times

Elizabeth Gilbert, the author of “Eat, Pray, Love,” delves into her struggle with an obsessive relationship in a new memoir.

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09.09.2025

States Heading Toward Constitutional Showdown Over Abortion Shield Laws - The New York Times

Texas and New York are at the leading edge of an escalating states’ rights battle over the mailing of abortion pills to patients in states with bans.

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09.09.2025

Do You See the Same Colors That I Do? - The New York Times

Scientists cannot say for certain, but new research suggests that different people’s brains respond similarly when looking at a particular hue.

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09.09.2025

Scientists Begin Testing Bird Flu Vaccine in Seals - The New York Times

If the results are promising, veterinarians hope to give the shots to wild Hawaiian monk seals, which are endangered.

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09.09.2025

Michael Seltzer, Who Raised Millions to Fight AIDS, Dies at 78 - The New York Times

In the 1980s, when government lagged in its response to the disease, he solicited private support for prevention and treatment.

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08.09.2025

RFK Jr., Rejecting Vaccine Data, Fuels Distrust of Public Health Agencies - The New York Times

By promoting suspicions about the institutions he oversees, critics say Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is jeopardizing public health. He says he is pursuing transparency.

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07.09.2025

‘If I Live to 25, I’ve Lived a Good Life’ - The New York Times

He started fighting wildfires as a teenager. After inhaling smoke on the front lines for six seasons, he faced an impossible choice.

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07.09.2025

Why Are More Older People Dying After Falls? - The New York Times

Some researchers suspect that rising prescription drug use may explain a disturbing trend.

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06.09.2025

Jean Twenge Is Still Warning Parents About Teens and Screen Time. Is Anyone Listening? - The New York Times

The researcher and author Jean Twenge has a prescription for the harmful effects of screen time on children. If only parents would listen.

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06.09.2025

A Revived Focus on an Unproven Link Between Tylenol and Autism - The New York Times

Studies over the last decade of acetaminophen use in pregnancy — including a recent scientific review — have yielded mixed results but have not found a causal connection.

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06.09.2025

A. James Hudspeth, Who Unlocked Mysteries Behind Hearing, Dies at 79 - The New York Times

He was pivotal in discovering how sound waves are converted into signals that the brain can perceive as a whisper, a symphony or a thunderclap.

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06.09.2025

Federal Report on Drinking Is Withdrawn - The New York Times

The upcoming U.S. Dietary Guidelines will instead be influenced by a competing study, favored by industry, which found that moderate alcohol consumption was healthy.

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05.09.2025

Whistle-Blower Complaints Detail Tension Over Vaccines at N.I.H. - The New York Times

Two former agency leaders said the administration’s “hostility” toward vaccines had spread to the agency’s top ranks.

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05.09.2025

5 Takeaways From RFK Jr.’s Senate Hearing - The New York Times

During often tense exchanges, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. defended his positions on Covid vaccines, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and autism.

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05.09.2025

Hochul to Sign Order to Get Around U.S. Limits on Covid Vaccine - The New York Times

Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York plans to authorize pharmacists to provide the vaccine to almost anyone who wants it without a prescription.

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05.09.2025

The Doctors Are Real, but the Sales Pitches Are Frauds - The New York Times

Scammers are using A.I. tools to make it look as if medical professionals are promoting dubious health care products.

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05.09.2025

Ebola Outbreak Is Declared in Kasai Province of Congo - The New York Times

Health officials have recorded 28 suspected cases and 15 fatalities so far in the latest outbreak of the deadly virus, which has claimed thousands of lives in previous outbreaks in the Central African country.

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04.09.2025

Health Care Costs for Workers Begin to Climb - The New York Times

A survey shows employers expect a sharp increase in benefit costs for next year, and many will want workers to shoulder more of the burden.

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04.09.2025

F.D.A. Official Overruled Scientists on Wide Access to Covid Shots - The New York Times

The agency’s staff scientists pointed out how Covid was still unpredictable and posed a threat to toddlers, but the official decided to restrict shots only to children with risk factors.

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When a Simple Swim Carries a Risk of Dangerous Illness - The New York Times

Trump Is Shutting Down the War On Cancer - The New York Times

Overlooked No More: Eglantyne Jebb, Who Started a Movement With Save the Children - The New York Times

Michel Odent, Pioneer of Natural Childbirth Techniques, Dies at 95 - The New York Times

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Bonnie Addario, 77, Dies; Survivor of Lung Cancer Made Fighting It a Cause - The New York Times

Marilyn Diamond, Who Wrote a Blockbuster Diet Book, Dies at 81 - The New York Times

8 Phrases to Help Your Relationship Thrive - The New York Times

John Mew, Orthodontist Who Created Mewing, Dies at 96 - The New York Times

Targeting Hims & Hers, F.D.A. Takes on a New Type of Drug Advertiser - The New York Times

Belgian Authorities Say $10 Million Supply of Birth Control Has Not Yet Been Destroyed - The New York Times

$10 Million in Contraceptives Have Been Destroyed on Orders From Trump Officials - The New York Times

Rare but Serious Complication Shows Flu’s Potential Harm - The New York Times

The Jarring Contradiction at the Heart of RFK Jr.’s Agenda - The New York Times

2025 Lasker Awards Given to Cell Biology and Cystic Fibrosis Pioneers - The New York Times

California Passes Bill Allowing Omission of Patients’ Names From Abortion Pill Bottles - The New York Times

The Jarring Contradiction at the Heart of Kennedy’s Agenda - The New York Times

Trump Moves to Crack Down on Drug Advertising - The New York Times

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Trump Weighs Crackdown on Medicines From China - The New York Times

Read the MAHA strategy report - The New York Times

‘Sex and Love Addiction’ Isn’t a Diagnosis, but It Can Be Debilitating - The New York Times

States Heading Toward Constitutional Showdown Over Abortion Shield Laws - The New York Times

Do You See the Same Colors That I Do? - The New York Times

Scientists Begin Testing Bird Flu Vaccine in Seals - The New York Times

Michael Seltzer, Who Raised Millions to Fight AIDS, Dies at 78 - The New York Times

RFK Jr., Rejecting Vaccine Data, Fuels Distrust of Public Health Agencies - The New York Times

‘If I Live to 25, I’ve Lived a Good Life’ - The New York Times

Why Are More Older People Dying After Falls? - The New York Times

Jean Twenge Is Still Warning Parents About Teens and Screen Time. Is Anyone Listening? - The New York Times

A Revived Focus on an Unproven Link Between Tylenol and Autism - The New York Times

A. James Hudspeth, Who Unlocked Mysteries Behind Hearing, Dies at 79 - The New York Times

Federal Report on Drinking Is Withdrawn - The New York Times

Whistle-Blower Complaints Detail Tension Over Vaccines at N.I.H. - The New York Times

5 Takeaways From RFK Jr.’s Senate Hearing - The New York Times

Hochul to Sign Order to Get Around U.S. Limits on Covid Vaccine - The New York Times

The Doctors Are Real, but the Sales Pitches Are Frauds - The New York Times

Ebola Outbreak Is Declared in Kasai Province of Congo - The New York Times

Health Care Costs for Workers Begin to Climb - The New York Times

F.D.A. Official Overruled Scientists on Wide Access to Covid Shots - The New York Times

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