Health

Mark’s Daily Apple veterans are familiar with one of the most controversial and impactful posts ever published to the site, Mark’s 2007 treatise called A Case Against Cardio. The article changed my life and caused me to rethink many of the flawed assumptions about endurance training that have been indoctrinated …

LEIPZIG, Germany — The German pop singer Tim Bendzko was trying his best to energize the crowd at Quarterback Immobilien Arena here on Saturday morning. Flanked by band members and backup singers, he bounced across a stage at the indoor concert and sports venue, thrusting his microphone toward about 1,400 …

DAKAR, Senegal — Africa is set to announce that it has stamped out wild poliovirus after a three-decade campaign against a disease that once paralyzed 75,000 children on the continent every year. The achievement is a major step toward ridding the globe of the virus that causes the disabling — …

The Food and Drug Administration on Sunday gave emergency approval for expanded use of antibody-rich blood plasma to help hospitalized coronavirus patients, allowing President Trump, who has been pressuring the agency to move faster to address the pandemic, to claim progress on the eve of the Republican convention. Mr. Trump …

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration tied billions of dollars in badly needed coronavirus medical funding this spring to hospitals’ cooperation with a private vendor collecting data for a new Covid-19 database that bypassed the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The highly unusual demand, aimed at hospitals in coronavirus hot …

Here’s what you need to know: The F.D.A. has authorized the use of blood plasma to treat Covid-19. Trump aides, meeting with lawmakers, reportedly said a vaccine would be approved before the election. Russia expected congratulations for its vaccine. It’s been hit with skepticism, instead. Florida and Texas have joined …

This briefing has ended. Click here for the latest updates. Here’s what you need to know: Global virus deaths surpass 800,000, with South and Central American countries seeing large tallies. The filming of a movie starring Ben Affleck shifts to Canada because of the virus outbreak in the U.S. The …

Research of the Week Intermittent fasting paired with resistance training maintains lean body mass and helps burn body fat. IV NAC blocks inflammatory COVID-19 cascade. Honey beats traditional cough and sore throat meds. Breastmilk protects against coronavirus infection and replication. Ancient hunter-gatherers likely had similar social organization as living hunter-gatherers. …

As the summer heat peaks, you probably don’t want to stand over your grill. Luckily, you can turn your grill into a smoker, creating a largely hands-off cooking process. The taste of smoked meat screams summer to me, especially after spending the last eight years in North Carolina. If you …