Health

Research of the Week Animal protein beats plant protein for seniors who want to retain strength and daily functionality. Workouts make music sound better. Mineral water rich in magnesium sulfate can help against constipation. Kids and teens with depression should definitely be exercising. Low-dose alcohol is beneficial for mice. New …

Flossie Wong-Staal, a molecular biologist who helped establish H.I.V. as the cause of AIDS, revealed the virus’s inner-workings by cloning it and then laid the foundation for treatments, died on July 8 in San Diego. She was 73. Her death, at Jacobs Medical Center in the La Jolla section of …

In some American neighborhoods, it’s hard to spot even one person outside without a face covering. In others, your odds of seeing many maskless people are quite high. Public health officials believe that face coverings can substantially slow transmission of the coronavirus, which is spreading rapidly in many states. But …

The offer to employees at the state-owned oil giant was compelling: Be among the first in China to take a coronavirus vaccine. The employees at PetroChina could use one of two vaccines “for emergency use” to protect themselves when working overseas as part of China’s ambitious infrastructure program, according to …

In a rare public rebuke of the nation’s largest retail pharmacy chain, state regulators in Oklahoma cited and fined CVS for conditions found at four of its pharmacies, including inadequate staffing and errors made in filling prescriptions. While the fine of $ 125,000 on Wednesday was small for CVS Health …

NEW DELHI — The Bangladeshi authorities have arrested the owner of a hospital who they said had sold migrant workers thousands of certificates showing a negative result on coronavirus tests, when in fact many tests were never performed. The authorities said they caught the hospital owner on Wednesday trying to …

When most people worry about getting old, they focus on the obvious degenerative diseases like diabetes and cancer and Alzheimer’s or the catastrophic health emergencies that can occur, like strokes or heart attacks. They think about the melange of medicines they might have to take, the panicked rush to the …

The 50-year-old physician dropped into the leather chair in her psychiatrist’s Manhattan office. Her new normal, she announced to Dr. Deborah Cabaniss, was constant fatigue. Cabaniss noted that although her patient looked put together as usual, she could see the exhaustion in her eyes. “You don’t look like yourself,” the …

Here’s what you need to know: Some of the biggest school districts are in counties where infection rates are high. In the U.S., renewed lockdowns, closed schools and uncertain federal support cloud hopes of a rapid rebound. The virus complicates an ideological clash between China and the United States. Declining …