Chris Pendergast, Who Fought A.L.S. Mile After Mile, Dies at 71

NYTimes.com (Health) 10/29 9:50A Sam Roberts

Living for 27 years with Lou Gehrig’s disease (and beating the odds), he started Ride for Life, an annual trek that has raised millions for A.L.S. research.

Ancient Dog DNA Shows Early Spread Around the Globe

NYTimes.com (Health) 10/29 8:00A James Gorman

Research on fossil canine genomes is expanding and producing some surprises about the lives of dogs and humans in prehistoric times.

Gilead’s Covid-19 Drug is Mediocre. It Will Be a Blockbuster Anyway.

NYTimes.com (Health) 10/29 4:06A Katie Thomas

Gilead Sciences said Wednesday that remdesivir, which has been authorized for emergency use since the spring, brought in $873 million in revenues so far this year.

Death Rates Have Dropped for Seriously Ill Covid Patients

NYTimes.com (Health) 10/28 11:00P Roni Caryn Rabin

Survival rates have improved with medical advances and less crowded hospitals, studies say. But the latest record-breaking surge in infections could reverse the gains.

S.T.D. Rates Are Falling, Data Show. That May Not Be Good News.

NYTimes.com (Health) 10/28 6:33A Jan Hoffman

Public health officials believe many cases are going undetected as clinics close during the pandemic and testing supplies are diverted to coronavirus screening.

Living in Noisy Neighborhoods May Raise Your Dementia Risk

NYTimes.com (Health) 10/27 11:00P Nicholas Bakalar

As community noise levels increased, so did the risk of Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia.

How to Run a Race in a Time of Surging Coronavirus

NYTimes.com (Health) 10/27 11:00P Gretchen Reynolds

Runners must decide whether we feel comfortable racing in-person and, if so, how we can best protect ourselves and others.

A Lullaby by Any Other Name Would Sound as Sweet

NYTimes.com (Health) 10/27 11:00P Nicholas Bakalar

Babies love lullabies, regardless of what culture the songs come from, what language they are sung in, or even who sings them, a new study suggests.

She Had a Headache for Months. Then She Could Barely See.

NYTimes.com (Health) 10/27 11:00P Lisa Sanders, M.D.

It was the worst headache she’d ever experienced and she’d never had visual changes before. Were the two somehow connected?

Dr. Joyce Wallace, Pioneering AIDS Physician, Dies at 79

NYTimes.com (Health) 10/27 12:07P Katharine Q. Seelye

Among the first to study the disease in the 1980s, she tried to stop its spread among thousands of New York City prostitutes.

Why You Shouldn’t Worry About Studies Showing Waning Coronavirus Antibodies

NYTimes.com (Health) 10/27 10:48A Apoorva Mandavilli

Experts say it’s normal for levels of antibodies to drop after clearing an infection, and that they represent just one arm of the immune response against a virus.

Pfizer CEO All but Rules Out Covid-19 Vaccine Before Election Day

NYTimes.com (Health) 10/27 9:54A Katie Thomas

Pfizer’s C.E.O. said on Tuesday that much-anticipated results from its vaccine trial would not be coming this month, after all.

Some Covid Survivors Have Antibodies That Attack the Body, not Virus

NYTimes.com (Health) 10/27 7:51A Apoorva Mandavilli

New research found ‘autoantibodies’ similar to those in lupus and rheumatoid arthritis patients. But patients may also benefit from treatments for those autoimmune diseases.

Colon Cancer Screening Should Start Earlier, at Age 45, U.S. Panel Says

NYTimes.com (Health) 10/27 6:46A Roni Caryn Rabin

The draft recommendation acknowledges a trend of higher rates of colon and rectal cancer in generations born since 1950.

A Chance to Expand Medicaid Rallies Democrats in North Carolina

NYTimes.com (Health) 10/27 4:11A Abby Goodnough

The legislature in this battleground state could flip to Democratic control, a prospect that is bringing out lower-income voters who stayed home in 2016.