Fact checked by Nick Blackmer People with higher levels of a “good” bacterium called Faecalibacterium in their guts also have ...

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Senator Bill Cassidy, a physician and key G.O.P. vote, joined Democrats in aggressively questioning Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Trump’s pick for health secretary. He did not say how he would vote ...

Alexandra Sifferlin, a health and science editor for Times Opinion, hosted an online conversation on Wednesday with the ...

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January 20 marked the fifth anniversary of the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in the U.S. The virus would go on to kill 1.2 ...

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R obert F. Kennedy Jr., President Trump’s pick to head the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), was grilled by ...

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