CVS, which merged with the insurance provider Aetna three years ago, aims to reduce overall health costs with its mental health pilot program, Dr. Knecht said. Mental health issues that are not addressed become crises, he added, “so our aspiration is to make mental health services accessible and locally available so we can address these […]

Just a few weeks ago people sneaked across state lines, designed websites to scour the internet and even tried to pay for coronavirus vaccination appointments. Now, in much of the United States, getting vaccinated can be as easy as walking into a pharmacy. Earlier this week, President Biden called for pharmacies to provide vaccinations on […]

To make it easy, Dr. Grant recommends starting off with a daily “five-minute favor,” like introducing two people who could benefit from knowing each other, or sending an article or podcast link to a friend, saying you were thinking of them. Look for communities and connection. Even a quick chat with a stranger or a […]

While most of the United States has seen a steady decline in new coronavirus cases recently, Arizona has been an outlier. The state has not been swamped with another virus wave, but public health experts are worried about a steady increase in cases and hospitalizations. As of Tuesday, Arizona’s daily average had climbed 19 percent […]

Ceilings are not overlooked. Freeing up valuable floor space, monitors are often affixed to ceiling-mounted booms, which can have several arms and may also serve as a conduit for gases needed for anesthesia. Ultraviolet cleaning systems, which eliminate bacteria and viruses, can be anchored in the ceilings, to assist with disinfection. And the space above […]

WASHINGTON — President Biden, confronting lagging vaccinations that threaten his promise of near normalcy by July 4, on Tuesday overhauled the strategy to battle the pandemic, shifting from mass vaccination sites to more local settings to target younger Americans and those hesitant to get a shot. In a speech at the White House, Mr. Biden […]

Helen Murray Free, a chemist who ushered in a revolution in diagnostic testing when she co-developed the dip-and-read diabetes test, a paper strip that detected glucose in urine, died on Saturday at a hospice facility in Elkhart, Ind. She was 98. The cause was complications of a stroke, her son Eric said. Before the invention […]

WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration is preparing to authorize use of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine in adolescents 12 to 15 years old by early next week, according to federal officials familiar with the agency’s plans, opening up the U.S. vaccination campaign to millions more people. Some parents have been counting down the weeks […]

Pensaba que la recompensa para mí era la tranquilidad. Lo que no sabía es que también me daba otros pequeños trofeos: si iba al gimnasio cinco días a la semana, había una vocecita en mi cabeza que decía: “Te has ganado dos porciones de pizza”. Cuando limpiaba la casa el domingo por la mañana, siempre […]

A private school in the fashionable Design District of Miami sent its faculty and staff a letter last week about getting vaccinated against Covid-19. But unlike institutions that have encouraged and even facilitated vaccination for teachers, the school, Centner Academy, did the opposite: One of its co-founders, Leila Centner, informed employees “with a very heavy […]