Health

Multiple studies show that there are antibodies in a vaccinated mother’s milk. This has led some women to try to restart breastfeeding and others to share milk with friends’ children. As soon as Courtney Lynn Koltes returned home from her first Covid-19 vaccine appointment, she pulled out a breast pump. …

After a year of virtual gathering, getting back to real-life relationships can be intimidating. These eight simple exercises can help. As we move through the spring of The Great Vaccination, many of us are feeling cautious optimism, and also its flip side: creeping dread. Maybe you have a sense of …

Patrick Radden Keefe has investigated human smuggling, government espionage and the Northern Ireland conflict. With “Empire of Pain,” he takes on the Sackler family and the opioid crisis. Patrick Radden Keefe has always been interested in secrets. “I think I have an almost childlike suggestibility where if you tell me …

An Operation Warp Speed report last June flagged staffing and quality control concerns at Emergent BioSolutions’ factory in Baltimore. The troubled plant recently had to throw out up to 15 million doses. WASHINGTON — A top federal pandemic official warned last June that Emergent BioSolutions, the government contractor that last …

People fear the deadlift. For one, the name itself has the word “dead” in it. Two, they’ve been told for years—often by medical experts—that deadlifts are terrible for your back. “Oh, you might look/feel good now, but just you wait. One day you’ll regret it.” But they’re wrong. The basic …

Start-ups and tech companies are creating products to address women’s health care needs. It’s still a small segment of the market, but growing. This article is part of our new series on the Future of Health Care, which examines changes in the medical field. Women represent half of the planet’s …

The special project “What Loss Looks Like” presents personal artifacts belonging to those who have left us and explores what they mean to those left behind. Times Insider explains who we are and what we do, and delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how our journalism comes together. As the art director …

Stressed, anxious, overcommitted—the unholy trinity the undermines mental health and wellbeing for so many people today. I’d argue that chronic stress is the number one threat to health and happiness. Yes, even more detrimental than modern diets, being too sedentary, overexercising when we do exercise, and all the other ways we …

As some people start to shake off coronavirus precautions, those who are waiting their turn for a vaccine say the FOMO is real. “It’s like when every friend is getting engaged before you.” At the start of the year, Shay Fan felt relief: Vaccinations were on their way. Her relief …