The Upshot
Health Plan Enrollment Numbers Show Importance of Coming Supreme Court Case
By MARGOT SANGER-KATZ
The subsidies that the court may eradicate are helping a large majority of HealthCare.gov customers pay for their medical insurance.
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New Year’s Eve can ring in healthful resolutions and new beginnings, but it can also be a risk factor for accidents, death and other dangers.
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The big story in exercise science this year was the super-short workout, although many other fitness-related themes emerged in 2014.
Fines Total $26 Million for Polluters in China
By EDWARD WONG
The fine was the biggest of any Chinese pollution case and seemed to signal that officials are trying to crack down on businesses that have degraded China’s land, water and air.
New C.D.C. Job Overseeing Laboratory Safety
By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr.
A new job title — chief of laboratory safety — will be created at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the agency announced Wednesday.
Ebola Still Spreading, W.H.O. Reports
By REUTERS
The Ebola virus is still spreading in West Africa, especially in Sierra Leone, and the worldwide toll from the outbreak stood at 7,905 deaths among 20,206 known cases at year’s end, the World Health Organization said Wednesday.
Sierra Leone Journal
Ebola Ravages Economies in West Africa
By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN
In Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia, Ebola is not just affecting immune systems but also the bottom lines of businesses and governments.
Source of Ebola Outbreak in West Africa Might Be Bats, Study Says
By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr.
Scientists have traced the origins of the current epidemic to a toddler in Guinea who may have caught the virus from bats in a tree near his village.
Ebola Patient Is Moved to London, and 2 Others Are Tested in Britain
By ALAN COWELL
The patient in the confirmed case in Scotland had worked with a charity in Sierra Leone. Officials were testing two others, in Scotland and England, for the disease.
How Ebola Roared Back
By KEVIN SACK, SHERI FINK, PAM BELLUCK and ADAM NOSSITER
For a fleeting moment last spring, the epidemic sweeping West Africa might have been stopped. But the opportunity to control the virus, which has now caused more than 7,800 deaths, was lost.
The Upshot
As Feared, It’s a Season of High Flu Intensity
By MARGOT SANGER-KATZ
This year’s strain is proving to be a problem, with an early start to the season and a mismatch with the vaccine.
Well
The Doctor Is Out; You May Be in Luck
By NICHOLAS BAKALAR
In some cases, heart patients survive longer when their doctors are away at conferences.
A Veteran’s Chemical Burns Expanded Military Doctors’ Knowledge, but His Care Faltered
By C. J. CHIVERS
An Air Force staff sergeant’s injuries from a chemical round led the Army to urge lifelong monitoring of such cases, but he says he was not tracked after retiring.
This Land
An Oasis of Care for People With Intellectual Disabilities
By DAN BARRY
Parents have long struggled to find compassionate health care for adult children with profound disabilities. Those in Kentucky now have a place to go.
Recipes for Health
Walnut Apricot Bundt Cake
MARTHA ROSE SHULMAN
Andrew Scrivani for The New York Times
A cake that is not too sweet and makes a perfect breakfast coffee cake or snack.
Health Insurance Enrollment Strongest in Federal Marketplace
By ROBERT PEAR
States running their own health insurance exchanges reported smaller growth in enrollments than occurred in the federal marketplace.
The Upshot
Pollution Around the World: A Matter of Choices
By MICHAEL GREENSTONE
Europe’s level of pollution may surprise some people, but it all comes down to a society’s priorities.
Doctor Loses License Over Assisted Suicides
By ALAN BLINDER
Maryland regulators said that Dr. Lawrence D. Egbert had acted as what the Final Exit Network calls an exit guide for six people in Maryland from May 2004 to November 2008, which is illegal under Maryland law.
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Remaking Medicine: Success of Kentucky’s Health Plan Comes With New Obstacles
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In a New Approach to Fighting Disease, Helpful Genetic Mutations Are Sought
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Critic's Notebook: In Haiti, Battling Disease With Open-Air Clinics
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The Upshot: Health Law Helped Adults. Now, What About Children?
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As Medicaid Rolls Swell, Cuts in Payments to Doctors Threaten Access to Care
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Per-Ingvar Branemark, Dental Innovator, Dies at 85
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Irish Court Lets Woman Be Taken Off Life Support
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Risks in Using Social Media to Spot Signs of Mental Distress
Pastries to Ring In the New Year
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Comfort Casseroles for Winter Dinners
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Christmas in the Hospital
December 25, 2014
The Weekly Health Quiz
Columns
Ask Well
Wild Fish vs. Farmed Fish
By ANAHAD O'CONNOR
A reader asks: Is eating farm-raised fish better than eating no fish at all?
Personal Health
Why Cafeteria Food Is the Best
By JANE E. BRODY
Many parents undoubtedly think they are doing the best for their children by having them bring lunch from home instead of eating the lunches served in school. But recent studies clearly prove them wrong.
Well
For a 7-Minute Workout, Try Our New App
By TARA PARKER-POPE
The New York Times is offering a free mobile app for the popular Scientific 7-Minute Workout and the new Advanced 7-minute Workout.
Picture Your Life
Faces of Breast Cancer
By TARA PARKER-POPE
If you live with breast cancer, love someone with breast cancer or worry about your risk for breast cancer, you are part of a global community of women and men whose lives have been touched by the disease.
Patient Voices
What is it like to live with a chronic disease, mental illness or confusing condition? In Patient Voices, we feature first person accounts of the challenges patients face as they cope with various health issues.
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