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How Across America, Schools Cram for Their Covid-19 Tests
SAN ANTONIO — One recent Thursday, Ciara Brown, a junior at Fox Tech High School in San Antonio, stepped up...
States Begin a Complex Booster Shot Rollout for Pfizer Recipients
For some who had been eagerly waiting for a booster, the C.D.C. recommendation was all they needed to spring into...
Biden Promised to Follow the Science. But Sometimes, He Gets Ahead of the Experts.
WASHINGTON — As he announced on Friday that booster shots would be available to some Americans, President Biden made a...
Does My Mask Protect Me Against Covid-19 If Others Don’t Wear One?
If I’m the only person wearing a mask in a store or other indoor location, am I really protected from...
Schools With Mask Mandates Saw Fewer Outbreaks, C.D.C. Finds
School mask mandates have generated controversy in many parts of the country. Now, two studies, published on Friday by the...
Covid Vaccine Pioneers and Others Win 2021 Lasker Awards in Medicine
The Lasker awards for 2021, announced Friday, were given to scientists whose work was crucial for Covid-19 vaccines, scientists who...
2021 Lasker Awards Honor Work in mRNA Vaccines, Neuroscience and More
The Lasker awards for 2021, announced Friday, were given to scientists whose work was crucial for Covid-19 vaccines, scientists who...
Linda Evangelista Says Body-Sculpting Procedure Left Her ‘Disfigured’
Linda Evangelista, the supermodel made famous in the 1990s, said she had become “brutally disfigured” and “unrecognizable” after a cosmetic...
Comedians Turn Their Attention to Abortion
Her offhandedness is part of her charm, but it has a purpose. Leiby wants to give us a portrait of...
A ‘Race-Free’ Approach to Diagnosing Kidney Disease
A scientific task force on Thursday called for jettisoning a common measure of kidney function that adjusts results by race,...
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