Health

Times Insider explains who we are and what we do, and delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how our journalism comes together. For the last few months, I’ve started my mornings with the same routine: reviewing New York Times readers’ medical bills over coffee. The documents are part of a project I …

The decision this week by the Danish government to kill millions of mink because of coronavirus concerns, effectively wiping out a major national industry, has put the spotlight on simmering worries among scientists and conservationists about the vulnerability of animals to the pandemic virus, and what infections among animals could …

Dogs go through stages in their life, just as people do, as is obvious to anyone who has watched their stiff-legged, white-muzzled companion rouse themselves to go for one more walk. Poets from Homer to Pablo Neruda have taken notice. As have folk singers and story tellers. Now science is …

Dear Mark, I’m trying to stay strictly primal/paleo, but I always run into problems when I need to thicken sauces or soups. I grew up learning to use flour/cornstarch like everyone else, but is there a good low-carb/primal alternative? Thanks,Raul I received this email a while ago, but it wasn’t …

HONG KONG — It started when a single box of free sanitary pads appeared in a middle school classroom in October. Then a plastic container with pads was attached to the walls of four bathrooms in a university in Shanghai. By Monday, boxes and bags of individually wrapped pads had …

Amid uncertainty during a pandemic and a U.S. Supreme Court challenge, open enrollment in health insurance marketplaces began on Nov. 1. In all 50 states, individuals and families who lack insurance or want better coverage can enroll in plans that comply with the Affordable Care Act through Dec. 15, although …

Here is a sampling of the week’s events and how to tune in (all times are Eastern). Note that events are subject to change after publication. Monday Tune in to a concert celebrating art and art museums by the children’s performer Laurie Berkner, who is often called the ‘queen of …

Monopoly takes forever. Candy Land is dull, Chutes and Ladders preachy, the Game of Life troubling in its implications. So even as parents scramble for offscreen entertainment over the holidays, the prospect of a family game night may drive them to despair. Some good news: We are living through a …

Today’s recipe is courtesy of Ashleigh van Houten, nutrition journalist, public speaker, certified health coach, and self-proclaimed muscle nerd. Ashleigh recently released her new organ meats cookbook, It Takes Guts, available in stores now! Liver is a superfood that’s packed with pre-formed nutrients like vitamin A, zinc, folate, and more, …