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New Pact Would Require Ships to Cut Emissions or Pay a Fee

Amid the turmoil over global trade, countries around the world reached a remarkable, though modest, agreement Friday to reduce the climate pollution that...

Miami-Dade Mayor Vetoes Plan to Remove Fluoride From Drinking Water

The mayor of Miami-Dade County on Friday said she would veto legislation that would remove fluoride from the drinking water in Florida’s most...

Experts Doubt Kennedy’s Timetable for Finding the Cause of Autism

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the nation’s health secretary, pledged on Thursday to seek out experts globally to discover the reasons for the increasing...

She Worked in a Harvard Lab to Reverse Aging, Until ICE Jailed Her

A shift in the atmosphereMs. Petrova’s return flight from Paris landed in Boston on the evening of Feb. 16. As the plane sat...

Neutrinos Are Shrinking, and That’s a Good Thing for Physics

On Thursday, researchers unveiled the most precise measurement yet of a neutrino, scaling down the maximum possible mass of the ghostly specks of...

Denisovans Extend Their Range to Asia’s Pacific Coast

For decades, fishermen sailing off the coast of Taiwan have sometimes discovered fossils in their trawling nets: the bones of elephants, buffalo and...

Medicare Bleeds Billions on Pricey Bandages, and Doctors Get a Cut

Companies can set such high prices because of a quirk in Medicare pricing rules, industry experts said. For the first six months of...

‘The Pitt’ Captures the Real Overcrowding Crisis in E.R.’s

The emergency department waiting room was jammed, as it always is, with patients sitting for hours, closely packed on hard metal chairs. Only...

Kennedy Offers Qualified Support for Measles Vaccination

In a rare sit-down interview with CBS News, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the nation’s health secretary, recommended the measles vaccine and said he...

As His Chronic Disease Tour Wraps, Kennedy Hits His Stride

The sun was bursting through the sandstone arch of Window Rock in northeastern Arizona, and Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., in bluejeans,...

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