10,500 Toddler Bottles and Cups Recalled Over Lead Poisoning Risk

NYTimes.com (Health) 11/27 8:26A April Rubin

Green Sprouts recalled the cups and bottles because the base can break off and expose a piece that contains lead.

As Gen X and Boomers Age, They Confront Living Alone

NYTimes.com (Health) 11/26 9:53P Dana Goldstein and Robert Gebelo

More older Americans are living by themselves than ever before. That shift presents issues on housing, health care and personal finance.

Happy Birthday, Omicron

NYTimes.com (Health) 11/25 10:00P Carl Zimmer

One year after the variant’s discovery, virologists are still scrambling to keep up with Omicron’s rapid evolution.

Flu and R.S.V. Increase Demand for Antibiotics and Antivirals

NYTimes.com (Health) 11/23 9:27A Andrew Jacobs and Roni Caryn Rab

An intense early flu season, coupled with a pediatric rise in respiratory illnesses, has left families frantically searching for medicines that are in short supply.

Can Sensor Technology Help Keep Office Workers Healthy?

NYTimes.com (Health) 11/22 10:00P Craig S. Smith

The company OpenSensors uses small, inexpensive sensors to monitor air quality and other conditions in offices. The timing couldn’t be better.

U.S. Officials Offer Hopeful Tone on Covid as Winter Nears

NYTimes.com (Health) 11/22 8:42A Sharon LaFraniere

Dr. Anthony S. Fauci said the administration was optimistic that “we’re not going to see a repeat of what we saw last year,” when the Omicron variant swept through the country.

How I Got Through My Miscarriages

NYTimes.com (Health) 11/21 10:00P Agatha French

Reading Diane Noomin’s feminist comics allowed me to feel the full range of my own grief.

Why Did the Chicken Cross the Barn? To Sign Up for the Scientific Study.

NYTimes.com (Health) 11/21 8:00P Emily Anthes and Lauren Petracca

A farm sanctuary in New York is investigating the inner lives of cows, pigs and chickens — but only if they volunteer.

In Women and Nonbinary People, Monkeypox Cases May Have Been Missed

NYTimes.com (Health) 11/21 11:13A Apoorva Mandavilli

Despite monkeypox fading from public attention, scientists are still learning how it spreads — including without sexual contact or any symptoms.

With Anxiety On the Rise, Some Children Try ‘Exposure Therapy’

NYTimes.com (Health) 11/20 10:00P Virginia Hughes and Desiree Rios

Exposure therapy contends that many children with anxiety would be helped by following an old and simple dictum: Face your fears.

Which to Choose: Medicare or Medicare Advantage?

NYTimes.com (Health) 11/20 8:34A The New York Times

Open enrollment for Medicare plans ends Dec. 7. Here’s what you need to know about shopping for them.

Dr. Mitchell Rosenthal, Phoenix House Founder, Dies at 87

NYTimes.com (Health) 11/19 6:47A Sam Roberts

A psychiatrist, he was an early apostle for treating drug and alcohol addiction with group therapy in a residential setting.

What if You Could Go to the Hospital … at Home?

NYTimes.com (Health) 11/18 10:00P Paula Span

Hospital-at-home care is an increasingly common option, and it is often a safer one for older adults. But the future of the approach depends on federal action.

What if You Could Go to the Hospital … at Home?

NYTimes.com (Health) 11/18 10:00P Paula Span

Hospital-at-home care is an increasingly common option, and it is often a safer one for older adults. But the future of the approach depends on federal action.

Elizabeth Holmes Is Sentenced to More Than 11 Years for Theranos Fraud

NYTimes.com (Health) 11/18 11:16A Erin Griffith

Ms. Holmes was convicted in January of four counts of wire fraud for deceiving investors with claims about her blood testing start-up Theranos.