A sign in Jackson, Miss., in May 1961. The contract clause deleted from federal regulations last month dated back to the mid-1960s and specifically said entities doing business with the government should not have segregated waiting rooms, drinking fountains or transportation. William Lovelace/Hulton Archive/Getty Images William Lovelace/Hulton Archive/Getty Images AfterContinue Reading
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the nation’s top health official, has an unorthodox idea for tackling the bird flu bedeviling U.S. poultry farms. Let the virus rip. Instead of culling birds when the infection is discovered, farmers “should consider maybe the possibility of letting it run through the flock so thatContinue Reading
After decades of never experiencing seasonal allergies, you suddenly find yourself sneezing and sniffling along with the tens of millions of Americans who suffer from them. What happened? “People tend to think of allergies as a childhood thing” and not something they can get later in life, said Dr. TollyContinue Reading
Q: I keep seeing “chia seed water” all over social media, with influencers saying it helps with constipation, bowel regularity and weight loss. Is that true? In a video on TikTok, a woman waves a plastic water bottle containing chia seeds, lemon juice and water in front of the camera.Continue Reading
Doctors in New York will have to discuss treatment costs upfront with patients under a new law. AmnajKhetsamtip/iStockphoto/Getty Images AmnajKhetsamtip/iStockphoto/Getty Images The routine is familiar for most people: When checking in for an appointment with a doctor or other health care provider, patients typically complete and sign a pile ofContinue Reading
The Department of Veterans Affairs is phasing out gender-affirming medical treatments for veterans, including hormone treatment for patients newly diagnosed with gender dysphoria, the V.A. announced on Monday. The V.A. will continue hormone treatment for veterans who currently receive it or were receiving it when they separated from the military.Continue Reading
Even chatbots get the blues. According to a new study, OpenAI’s artificial intelligence tool ChatGPT shows signs of anxiety when its users share “traumatic narratives” about crime, war or car accidents. And when chatbots get stressed out, they are less likely to be useful in therapeutic settings with people. TheContinue Reading
On a recent Friday morning, Daniel, a lawyer in his early 40s, was in a Zoom counseling session describing tapering off lithium. Earlier that week he had awakened with racing thoughts, so anxious that he could not read, and he counted the hours before sunrise. At those moments, Daniel doubtedContinue Reading
By standing on a vibrating plate roughly the size of a bathroom scale, you could shed pounds and build muscle. At least, that’s the claim you’ll find all over TikTok. “All you have to do is just hop on this vibration plate, and it does all the work for you,”Continue Reading
I had a hole in my chest. Three weeks had passed since my open-heart surgery. My body was rejecting some of my stitches, spitting them out like rotten food. “It should heal on its own,” the doctor said as she used tweezers to pack the wound with gauze. She wasContinue Reading
