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With a Series of Big Donations, State Department Restores Some Global Health Aid

The amount is still far below what the U.S. spent previously on humanitarian and health aid, but resumes the flow of money for key efforts to fight malnutrition and disease.

Two Deaths Linked to Cyclosporiasis in Michigan

The patients had “significant underlying health conditions,” health officials said.

C.D.C. Expands Cyclospora Outbreak to Six More States

Arkansas, Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire and North Carolina are now among the states linked to the outbreak associated with iceberg lettuce.

A Stab Wound, Then a Real Emergency

The man was stoic, but stitching up his injury made the pain even worse.

Should I Tell My Conservative Mom Her Grandchild Is Trans?

Our Ask the Therapist columnist, Lori Gottlieb, advises a reader who worries that speaking up will cause a family fracture.

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Insults, Expletives and Fat-Shaming: Vance Trolls Critics on the Right and Left

The vice president has dispensed with the decorum and restraint of his predecessors to directly take on opponents and journalists on social media with sometimes profane and often personal jabs.

What Actually Works for Knee Pain?

Here’s how to differentiate between common types of pain and what experts recommend for managing them.

Senate Panel Has Obtained Copy of Fauci’s Government Cellphone

The development comes as a Senate committee prepares to vote Thursday on whether to hold Dr. Anthony S. Fauci in contempt of Congress for refusing to answer questions at a hearing.

U.S. Cuts Ties With Organ Donor Group After Reports of Abuses

The federal government is ending its contract with a Kentucky nonprofit that it says pressured medical workers to remove organs from patients who were getting better.

El-Sayed’s Win in Michigan Sets Up the Left’s Biggest Test of the Fall

Abdul El-Sayed’s Senate candidacy poses a critical challenge for Democrats’ ascendant progressive wing: Can an insurgent candidate, with unabashedly liberal positions, win a general election in a moderate state?

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