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1	Jul 5, '23	This fall Americans will be asked to roll up their sleeves not just for flu shots, but for new inoculations against Covid and R.S.V., all causes of respiratory misery.	15.4×	2.3M	834	512	201
2	Jul 18, '20	A molecular biologist, Flossie Wong-Staal helped establish H.I.V. as the cause of AIDS, then cloned it and took it apart to understand how it evades the immune system. She has died	13.3×	0	4.8k	2.4k	163
3	Apr 8, '21	Meet the woman who labored for years on the technology underpinning Pfizer and Moderna's mRNA coronavirus vaccines. Many scientists thought her ideas were unworkable. But a few saw	11.1×	0	4.6k	1.4k	182
4	Mar 26, '20	Breaking News: The U.S. now has more coronavirus cases than any other nation in the world, according to data gathered by @nytimes	7.4×	0	1.4k	1.2k	27
5	Dec 22, '19	Want to live longer? Try going to the opera. Researchers in Britain have found that people who reported going to a museum or concert even once a year lived longer than those who di	7.3×	0	996	259	131
6	Jul 12, '20	The W.H.O. agrees the coronavirus is airborne indoors, and people should avoid crowded and confined spaces with poor ventilation.	5.7×	0	1.4k	1k	72
7	Oct 1, '18	Two scientists won the Nobel Prize in medicine for their work on cancer immunotherapy. Here's a visual explanation for how immunotherapy works:	5.7×	0	1.6k	1.2k	58
8	Feb 1, '23	Many young children failed to reintegrate to classrooms quickly because they needed to relearn basic socialization skills, one clinician said, while teenagers returned to schools b	5.6×	829k	634	218	88
9	Aug 3, '20	Lockdown measures for the pandemic could result in an additional 6.3 million cases of T.B. and 1.4 million deaths.	4.5×	0	921	694	128
10	May 8, '21	Roughly a third of the unvaccinated population said a cash payment would make them more likely to get a shot.	4.2×	0	1.3k	277	33
11	Aug 28, '14	Dr. Khan, of Sierra Leone, was invited to spend the summer at Harvard, but he stayed to fight Ebola. He died at 39.	4.2×	0	487	1.3k	0
12	Jun 30, '19	HPV vaccines are so effective that cervical cancer could ultimately be eliminated, a new study finds.	4.0×	0	1.2k	760	18
13	Jul 10, '18	Racing against time, the surgeon injected a billion mitochondria into the baby's damaged heart muscle. Within two days, the baby had a normal heart, strong and beating quickly. “It	4.0×	0	1.3k	641	35
14	Apr 13, '17	An hour of running may add seven hours to your life	3.7×	0	977	666	0
15	Jun 27, '19	HPV vaccines are so effective that cervical cancer could ultimately be eliminated, a new study finds.	3.5×	0	1.1k	670	13
16	Aug 31, '19	'Inhaling oil into your lungs is extremely dangerous behavior that could result in death,' one vaping expert said of worrisome vaping-related illnesses that have sent hundreds of y	3.1×	0	750	651	46
17	Jun 29, '19	HPV vaccines are so effective that cervical cancer could ultimately be eliminated, a new study finds.	3.1×	0	938	594	24
18	Jun 8, '19	From @nytopinion: Corporate medicine has milked just about all the “efficiency” it can from the health care system. But one resource seems endless — and free: the professionalism o	3.1×	0	881	524	42
19	Feb 26, '19	Bill Jenkins was a government epidemiologist who tried to expose the unethical Tuskegee syphilis study in the 1960s and devoted the rest of his career to fighting racism and unfair	3.0×	0	917	586	28
20	Mar 6, '19	A 10-year study of more than half a million Danish children found no evidence that vaccines increased the risk of autism. The study comes at a time when anti-vaccine suspicion is o	3.0×	0	916	579	15
21	Apr 11, '20	Wearing a face mask takes some getting used to. To get the most benefit, you need to avoid these common mistakes.	2.8×	0	720	638	31
22	Dec 22, '22	Parents’ resistance to Covid shots has splashed onto longstanding school immunizations, with almost a third saying they should have the right to decide for their children, a new su	2.7×	407k	1.1k	195	31
23	Jan 7, '18	Germany and other countries have health care systems that don't allow people with diabetes and other chronic illnesses to go bankrupt. Here's a way to do it in the U.S.	2.7×	0	893	519	0
24	Sep 9, '18	Drop the medical jargon, doctors are told: Use “kidney” instead of “renal,” “sudden” or “short-term” instead of “acute” and “irregular pulse” instead of “atrial fibrillation.”	2.6×	0	638	342	20
25	Mar 21, '20	The University of California San Francisco health system says it will no longer be able to test patients in about five days. The reason? A shortage of testing swabs that are made i	2.6×	0	637	530	14
26	Jul 9, '20	The W.H.O. agrees the coronavirus is airborne indoors, and people should avoid crowded and confined spaces with poor ventilation.	2.5×	0	690	474	19
27	Aug 23, '18	Russian trolls accused of meddling in the 2016 election also polarized the vaccine debate, study says.	2.4×	0	587	482	11
28	Aug 19, '22	“Oral minoxidil costs pennies a day. There is no incentive to spend tens of millions of dollars to test it in a clinical trial. That study truly is never, ever going to be done.”	2.4×	0	661	159	328
29	Oct 1, '21	Portugal is among the world’s leaders in vaccinations, with roughly 86 percent of its population of 10.3 million fully vaccinated. On Friday, the country ended nearly all of its co	2.4×	0	868	311	22
30	Mar 25, '20	Doctor groups are recommending coronavirus testing and self-isolation for people who lose their ability to smell and taste. Evidence is growing that these are signs of infection, e	2.3×	0	739	431	17
31	May 7, '15	A doctor was told he had been cured of Ebola. But the virus was lurking in his eye	2.3×	0	407	649	0
32	May 7, '18	It's the biggest health crisis you've never heard of: 2.5 billion people in the developing world don't have the glasses that would allow them to see clearly. A bold initiative to d	2.3×	0	791	400	11
33	Jul 27, '19	"Mosquitoes are our apex predator, the deadliest hunter of human beings on the planet," writes professor @tcwinegard. "Researchers suggest that mosquitoes may have killed nearly ha	2.2×	0	563	414	36
34	Jul 1, '19	Researchers have identified hundreds of medical practices and beliefs not supported by evidence. We picked ten of the most notable.	2.2×	0	627	384	66
35	Oct 8, '18	Two scientists won the Nobel Prize in medicine for their work on cancer immunotherapy. Here's a visual explanation for how immunotherapy works:	2.2×	0	675	429	24
36	Aug 27, '19	Public restroom floors have around 2 million bacteria per square inch. “Think about that the next time you place your purse or knapsack on the bathroom floor and then bring it home	2.2×	0	534	380	29
37	May 5, '17	Americans with pre-existing conditions who rely on Obamacare's protections are stunned by G.O.P. health proposals	2.1×	0	480	439	0
38	Apr 4, '18	Bananas vs. sports drinks? Bananas win in study	2.1×	0	651	355	8
39	Sep 10, '20	Coronavirus infection in the brain may be more lethal than infection in the lungs, a new study suggests.	2.1×	0	497	487	18
40	Jan 13, '18	Germany and other countries have health care systems that don't allow people with diabetes and other chronic illnesses to go bankrupt. Here's a way to do it in the U.S.	2.0×	0	664	386	0
41	Mar 30, '20	The C.D.C. let hundreds of cruise ship passengers exposed to the coronavirus travel on commercial flights last week. Now they're all getting sick	1.9×	0	437	365	23
42	Aug 9, '21	Medical experts agree that even small quantities of fentanyl can be deadly if ingested, but overdosing simply by coming in contact with the drug is not possible.	1.9×	0	809	146	28
43	Jan 16, '18	A baby who had experimental surgery while still in the womb, for a severe spinal defect, is born: full-term and kicking his feet.	1.9×	0	795	279	1
44	Oct 21, '19	Humility, a long-overlooked personality trait, is starting to attract the attention of psychologists: “Research on humility has been growing and fast”	1.9×	0	657	261	79
45	Aug 11, '16	Gay, lesbian and bisexual teenagers face "heartbreaking" violence in America, and at schools they don't feel safe	1.9×	0	410	389	0
46	Jun 13, '19	The N.I.H. director says he won’t speak at conferences that don’t make enough effort to give women prominent speaking roles	1.8×	0	722	268	0
47	Apr 7, '20	"There are deaths we have not accounted for." Doctors, coroners and funeral directors across the country say that official counts understate the true death toll of the coronavirus.	1.8×	0	582	338	16
48	May 12, '19	Teva, Pfizer, Novartis, Mylan and other companies conspired to inflate generic drug prices by as much as 1,000 percent, according to a far-reaching lawsuit filed by 44 states	1.8×	0	388	382	21
49	Jul 10, '20	The W.H.O. agrees the coronavirus is airborne indoors, and people should avoid crowded and confined spaces with poor ventilation.	1.8×	0	399	281	30
50	Jul 19, '20	Masks may have prevented 139 people who saw hair stylists infected with the coronavirus from falling ill, a new study suggests	1.8×	0	529	386	5
51	Apr 4, '20	The coronavirus genome is filled with mysterious proteins the function of which scientists don't yet fully understand	1.8×	0	408	399	24
52	Oct 5, '18	The F.D.A. approved an expansion of the age range for the HPV vaccine, so it can now be used in people ages 27 through 45 years.	1.7×	0	421	377	11
53	Dec 19, '16	Pregnancy changes a woman's brain - and the changes may help with mothering skills	1.7×	0	540	320	1
54	Apr 24, '19	In a new set of guidelines, the World Health Organization said infants under 1 year old should not be exposed to electronic screens, and children between the ages of 2 and 4 should	1.7×	0	448	365	16
55	Jun 29, '18	Breaking News: A federal judge blocked Kentucky's plan to impose new Medicaid rules requiring the poor to work to maintain their health coverage.	1.7×	0	595	281	1
56	Apr 27, '17	Postpartum hemorrhages kill 100,000 women/year. A cheap drug used for soldiers and car crash victims could save them	1.7×	0	496	362	0
57	Mar 25, '16	4/ “There is simply no scientific evidence that links vaccines to autism.” - @aaronecarroll	1.7×	0	388	442	0
58	Dec 22, '18	Every 11 minutes, another life in the U.S. is lost to an opioid overdose. We spent months interviewing users and addiction experts to try to answer two questions: Why do people use	1.7×	0	481	294	40
59	Jun 22, '15	A possibly lifesaving guide to heart attacks	1.7×	0	402	412	0
60	Mar 17, '20	For every confirmed case of coronavirus, another 5 to 10 are out there undetected, a new study indicates. These cases are often milder and, on average, about half as infectious as	1.6×	0	375	357	22
61	Dec 15, '18	The idea behind epigenetics is compelling. But biology is far behind in explaining how we might actually inherit the effects of trauma.	1.6×	0	534	231	47
62	Apr 1, '18	Grindr will remind men to get tested for H.I.V. and even tell them where.	1.6×	0	538	223	0
63	Jun 2, '20	New study says N95 masks are far superior to surgical or cloth masks for protecting essential workers against the coronavirus.	1.6×	0	409	293	21
64	Apr 16, '19	In Africa, a tough little ultrasound scanner that fits in a pocket and plugs into an iPhone proves itself.	1.6×	0	492	275	21
65	Nov 23, '20	He is not a scientist. He is not a doctor. But Bill Gates is the most powerful private player in global public health — and he’s determined to get Covid-19 vaccines to the developi	1.5×	0	776	125	18
66	Mar 25, '20	One recommendation: Prioritize the health of health care workers. It maximizes the chances of saving lives.	1.5×	0	578	234	15
67	Jun 30, '20	"I think this is in my DNA, to adapt to any circumstance. You make the best out of every situation, no matter how bad it is." @chefjoseandres is feeding millions. How does he do it	1.5×	0	749	151	17
68	Oct 10, '20	The C.D.C. sought an order requiring masks to be worn on all U.S. public and commercial transportation. The White House said no.	1.5×	0	395	281	13
69	Feb 24, '21	Breaking News: Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine strongly protects against severe Covid-19 and may reduce the spread of the virus by vaccinated people, new analyses found.	1.5×	0	477	199	5
70	Feb 27, '21	Breaking News: The F.D.A. authorized Johnson & Johnson’s coronavirus vaccine, the first that requires only a single shot. Distribution is expected to begin soon.	1.4×	0	509	254	5
71	Jun 20, '18	Dr. Atul Gawande is a Harvard professor and practicing surgeon who has written extensively on health care and will now lead the independent health care company formed by the three	1.4×	0	428	223	9
72	Sep 5, '18	Drop the medical jargon, doctors are told: Use “kidney” instead of “renal,” “sudden” or “short-term” instead of “acute” and “irregular pulse” instead of “atrial fibrillation.”	1.4×	0	417	244	7
73	Jul 19, '20	A molecular biologist, Flossie Wong-Staal helped establish H.I.V. as the cause of AIDS, then cloned it and took it apart to understand how it evades the immune system. She has died	1.4×	0	579	219	12
74	Jul 16, '20	@apoorva_nyc @carlzimmer @NYTScience Are you interested in the race to develop a coronavirus vaccine? An easy way to keep up with it is by bookmarking our vaccine tracker:	1.4×	0	292	135	31
75	Aug 11, '20	Aerosol scientists have isolated infectious coronavirus from the air, exactly the evidence skeptics of airborne transmission had asked for.	1.4×	0	377	244	29
76	Jun 15, '20	The F.D.A. has revoked its emergency authorization of hydroxychloroquine, the drug once praised by President Trump as a "game changer."	1.4×	0	450	210	12
77	Aug 14, '19	Dr. John Hansen dies of cancer at 76. He made bone marrow transplants safer for leukemia patients and expanded the pool of donors.	1.4×	0	511	239	5
78	Jan 7, '18	Exercise alters our microbiome. Is that one reason it’s so good for us?	1.4×	0	473	244	0
79	Oct 8, '20	Throughout its 208-year history, The New England Journal of Medicine, the world’s most prestigious medical journal, has never supported or condemned a political candidate. Until no	1.4×	0	463	233	10
80	Mar 5, '19	An H.I.V. patient is said to have been cured for just the second time. The success may guide scientists to a new strategy for ending AIDS.	1.4×	0	443	253	6
81	Nov 24, '15	Cervical cancer is being diagnosed earlier in young women since the Affordable Care Act became law	1.4×	0	348	329	0
82	Nov 4, '19	Not only is measles itself a dangerous illness, but the virus suppresses immunity for several years and leaves children open to other infections. New research explains why, and why	1.3×	0	387	268	17
83	Nov 9, '17	The boy was 7, and disease had eaten away most of skin. He was dying. Gene therapy saved him. It may help others.	1.3×	0	463	230	0
84	Jul 26, '20	12 Felician sisters, ranging in age from 69 to 99, worked and lived together at a Michigan convent — some for more than a half century. They all died from Covid-19 and its effects	1.3×	0	352	219	21
85	Feb 7, '19	Trump said late-term abortion allows "a baby to be ripped from the mother's womb moments before birth." Doctors say that's not true.	1.3×	0	408	146	8
86	Dec 18, '20	She saved 80 dogs during the pandemic. Then Covid-19 killed her. The story of a woman who lit up many homes before she succumbed.	1.2×	0	601	123	8
87	Oct 5, '20	Confusion, delirium, memory loss and other kinds of altered mental function afflicted nearly a third of hospitalized coronavirus patients in a large new study of Covid neurological	1.2×	0	375	221	12
88	May 14, '21	Just one-fifth of epidemiologists said it was safe for fully vaccinated people to socialize indoors without masks in a group of unlimited size.	1.2×	0	373	191	29
89	Mar 20, '20	Only 10 to 30 percent actually overreact, or panic, under threat. Most people have the opposite problem.	1.2×	0	462	168	23
90	Dec 23, '16	An experimental Ebola vaccine has been shown to provide 100 percent protection against the lethal disease	1.1×	0	365	221	0
91	Aug 2, '20	The Diamond Princess’ outbreak is perhaps the most valuable case study available of coronavirus transmission — an experiment-in-a-bottle, rich in data, as well as a dark warning fo	1.1×	0	372	189	35
92	Oct 3, '21	Alaska's worst-in-the-nation Covid outbreak has forced doctors to make agonizing choices. "We are taxed to a point of making decisions of who will and who will not live," one said.	1.1×	0	346	164	3
93	May 1, '21	60 days, “no weekend breaks,” millions of doses: Watch how Pfizer makes its Covid-19 vaccine. “This is where the magic happens.”	1.1×	0	484	143	11
94	Mar 30, '20	Feeling crazy anxious over coronavirus? Who isn’t? We talked to some mental health experts about how to calm down.	1.0×	0	398	135	37
95	Dec 10, '17	Despite the progress we’ve made, a doctor with a disability is still an extremely rare sight	1.0×	0	371	175	0
96	Jun 25, '23	Americans went on a gun-buying spree during the pandemic. The first-time buyers were different, researchers have found. Half were women, and nearly half were people of color.	1.0×	148k	442	51	19
97	Aug 21, '21	“Our nurses are at their wits' end,” a Mississippi hospital executive said. “They are tired, overburdened, and they feel like forgotten soldiers.” Delta has pushed health systems a	1.0×	0	341	156	6
98	Mar 14, '19	Her research unleashed a bonanza of lifesaving antibiotics. Her gumption gained her followers a lasting foothold in a male-dominated field.	1.0×	0	385	166	6
99	Dec 10, '17	What we learned in 2017	1.0×	0	353	179	0
100	Aug 8, '21	Medical experts agree that even small quantities of fentanyl can be deadly if ingested, but overdosing simply by coming in contact with the drug is not possible.	1.0×	0	432	100	10
101	Jun 29, '20	"I think this is in my DNA, to adapt to any circumstance. You make the best out of every situation, no matter how bad it is." @chefjoseandres is feeding millions. How does he do it	0.8×	0	366	83	9

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