New Your Times - Health - Huge Study of Coronavirus Cases in India Offers Some Surprises to Scientists

By Apoorva Mandavilli
NYT Health
The rate of death went down in patients over 65. Researchers also found that children of all ages became infected and spread the virus to others.
Published date: September 30, 2020 at 03:00AM

New Your Times - Health - White House Blocked C.D.C. Order to Keep Cruise Ships Docked

By Sheila Kaplan
NYT Health
The C.D.C. director wanted a “no sail” order extended until February, a policy that would have upset the tourism industry in the crucial swing state of Florida.
Published date: September 30, 2020 at 03:00AM

New Your Times - Health - How to Keep the Coronavirus at Bay Indoors

By Apoorva Mandavilli
NYT Health
Tips for dodging the virus as Americans retreat from colder weather: Open the windows, buy an air filter — and forget the UV lights.
Published date: September 27, 2020 at 03:00AM

New Your Times - Health - A Man Died After Eating a Bag of Black Licorice Every Day

By Maria Cramer
NYT Health
Doctors at Massachusetts General Hospital said the unusual case highlighted the risk of consuming too much glycyrrhizic acid, which is found in black licorice.
Published date: September 26, 2020 at 03:00AM

New Your Times - Health - Losing Your Hair Can Be Another Consequence of the Pandemic

By Pam Belluck
NYT Health
Doctors are seeing a huge increase in patients who have been shedding abnormal amounts of hair, and they believe it is related to stress associated with the coronavirus.
Published date: September 24, 2020 at 03:00AM

New Your Times - Health - AstraZeneca, Under Fire for Vaccine Safety, Releases Trial Blueprints

By Denise Grady, Katherine J. Wu and Sharon LaFraniere
NYT Health
Experts are concerned that the company has not been more forthcoming about two participants who became seriously ill after getting its experimental vaccine.
Published date: September 19, 2020 at 03:00AM

New Your Times - Health - In ‘Power Grab,’ Health Secretary Azar Asserts Authority Over F.D.A.

By Sheila Kaplan
NYT Health
Experts said the memo would make it more difficult for the F.D.A. to issue new rules, but it’s unclear how it would affect the vetting of coronavirus vaccines.
Published date: September 19, 2020 at 03:00AM

New Your Times - Health - C.D.C. Reverses Testing Guidelines for People Without Covid-19 Symptoms

By Apoorva Mandavilli
NYT Health
The agency now says anyone exposed to an infected person for more than 15 minutes needs a test. An earlier guideline saying it might not be necessary had shocked public health experts.
Published date: September 18, 2020 at 03:00AM

New Your Times - Health - When Will You Be Able to Get a Coronavirus Vaccine?

By Katie Thomas and Jesse Drucker
NYT Health
Despite the president’s repeated claims that a vaccine will be available in October, scientists, companies and federal officials all say that most people won’t get one until well into next year.
Published date: September 17, 2020 at 03:00AM

New Your Times - Health - Moderna and Pfizer Reveal Secret Blueprints for Coronavirus Vaccine Trials

By Denise Grady and Katie Thomas
NYT Health
The companies hope to earn the trust of the public and of scientists who have clamored for details of the studies.
Published date: September 17, 2020 at 03:00AM

New Your Times - Health - C.D.C. Testing Guidance Was Published Against Scientists’ Objections

By Apoorva Mandavilli
NYT Health
A controversial guideline saying people without Covid-19 symptoms didn’t need to get tested for the virus came from H.H.S. officials and skipped the C.D.C.’s scientific review process.
Published date: September 17, 2020 at 03:00AM

New Your Times - Health - An Experimental Drug Protects Covid-19 Patients, Eli Lilly Claims

By Gina Kolata
NYT Health
A so-called monoclonal antibody lowered levels of the coronavirus and prevented hospitalizations. The research has not yet been vetted by independent experts.
Published date: September 16, 2020 at 03:00AM

New Your Times - Health - The Maitre d’ Will Take Your Temperature Now

By Roni Caryn Rabin
NYT Health
Fever checks are becoming de rigueur in many workplaces and restaurants, even though federal health officials say they are of limited value.
Published date: September 13, 2020 at 03:00AM

New Your Times - Health - Now It’s Not Safe at Home Either. Wildfires Bring Ashen Air Into the House.

By Matt Richtel
NYT Health
Our reporter, a San Francisco resident, describes family life amid a pandemic and a natural disaster.
Published date: September 12, 2020 at 03:00AM

New Your Times - Health - A University Had a Great Coronavirus Plan, but Students Partied On

By Kenneth Chang
NYT Health
An unexpected upswing in positive tests at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign showed how even the most comprehensive approaches to limiting the virus’s spread can break down.
Published date: September 10, 2020 at 03:00AM

New Your Times - Health - How the Coronavirus Attacks the Brain

By Apoorva Mandavilli
NYT Health
It’s not just the lungs — the pathogen may enter brain cells, causing symptoms like delirium and confusion, scientists reported.
Published date: September 9, 2020 at 03:00AM

New Your Times - Health - A New Theory Asks: Could a Mask Be a Crude ‘Vaccine’?

By Katherine J. Wu
NYT Health
Scientists float a provocative — and unproven — idea: that masks expose the wearer to just enough of the virus to spark a protective immune response.
Published date: September 8, 2020 at 03:00AM

New Your Times - Health - For Long-Haulers, Covid-19 Takes a Toll on Mind as Well as Body

By Emma Goldberg
NYT Health
“It makes you depressed, anxious that it’s never going to go away.”
Published date: September 7, 2020 at 03:00AM

New Your Times - Health - Vaping Links to Covid Risk Are Becoming Clear

By Katherine J. Wu
NYT Health
Researchers are starting to home in on the ways in which the use of e-cigarettes raises the chances of catching the virus, and suffering its worst effects.
Published date: September 4, 2020 at 03:00AM

New Your Times - Health - How a Bus Ride Turned Into a Coronavirus Superspreader Event

By Roni Caryn Rabin
NYT Health
One-third of passengers aboard a bus were infected by a fellow passenger, scientists reported.
Published date: September 1, 2020 at 03:00AM