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Bellevue Hospital Rushes Patients Into Weight-Loss Surgery

NYTimes.com (Health) 12/6 10:01P Jessica Silver-Greenberg, Sarah

New York’s Bellevue Hospital performs thousands of the lucrative surgeries a year, even on Rikers Island prisoners and other inappropriate patients.

White House Delays a Decision on Banning Menthol Cigarettes

NYTimes.com (Health) 12/6 7:53A Christina Jewett and Sheryl Gay

The proposal has elicited mounting opposition from tobacco companies, Black activists worried about police enforcement and small businesses, as President Biden moves into an...

How to Protect Your Dog From the ‘Mystery’ Respiratory Disease

NYTimes.com (Health) 12/6 4:17A Catherine Pearson

We asked vets how to keep pets safe from respiratory disease this holiday season.

He Was Diagnosed With Lyme Disease. Why Did the Treatment Have No Effect?

NYTimes.com (Health) 12/5 10:01P Lisa Sanders, M.D.

Shortly after he retired, the man’s health began to fail him. An accidental finding on a CT scan revealed the true culprit.

William P. Murphy Jr., an Inventor of the Modern Blood Bag, Dies at 100

NYTimes.com (Health) 12/5 5:36A Robert D. McFadden

Dr. Murphy’s safe, reliable container replaced breakable glass bottles used in transfusions in the Korean War. He also helped improve pacemakers and artificial kidneys.

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