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Health By BY JAN HOFFMAN from NYT Health https://ift.tt/5n3CLXa via IFTTT your-feed-science, Suits and Litigation (Civil), OxyContin (Drug), Decisions and Verdicts, States (US), Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Opioids and Opiates, Pain-Relieving Drugs, Bankruptcies, Appeals Courts (US) In return for the shield, the billionaire owners of Purdue Pharma are committed to paying up to $6 billion to help compensate communities and individuals for the ravages of the opioid epidemic.

Health By BY CHRISTINA JEWETT from NYT Health https://ift.tt/6g1jNU4 via IFTTT Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Vaccination and Immunization, Elderly, Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV), Guillain-Barre Syndrome, Winter (Season), Viruses Though agency advisers had some safety concerns, the Pfizer shot is expected to be available before the winter R.S.V. season.

Health By BY JEREMY WHITE, PAM BELLUCK, NOAH BASSETTI-BLUM, ELEANOR LUTZ AND HANG DO THI DUC from NYT Health https://ift.tt/laOAnHw via IFTTT Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Lungs This 3-D reconstruction of lung scans reveals damage that has lingered for years in patients who became severely ill early in the pandemic.

Health By BY APOORVA MANDAVILLI from NYT Health https://ift.tt/RzSXj6F via IFTTT your-feed-health, your-feed-healthcare, Research, Poverty, Deaths (Fatalities), Income, Children and Childhood, Women and Girls Mortality rates fell by 20 percent among women in countries that began cash transfer programs to the poor. Children also benefited.

Health By BY JAN HOFFMAN from NYT Health https://ift.tt/gupw78F via IFTTT your-feed-science, Decisions and Verdicts, Opioids and Opiates, Suits and Litigation (Civil), Appeals Courts (US), Bankruptcies The decision gives the Purdue Pharma owners long-sought protection, but it will release billions of dollars from their fortune to states and communities to help cope with the costs of addiction.

Health By BY GINA KOLATA from NYT Health https://ift.tt/uTKEZ7l via IFTTT Heart, Cholesterol, Tests (Medical), Genetics and Heredity, Youth, Statins (Cholesterol-Lowering Drugs), Preventive Medicine, Research Polygenic risk scores could help patients understand whether they really need early treatment for heart disease.

Health By BY RONI CARYN RABIN from NYT Health https://ift.tt/Hvixkl8 via IFTTT your-feed-science, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Content Type: Service, Diabetes, Heart, Depression (Mental), Babies and Infants, Women and Girls, Emergency Medical Treatment, Hypertension, Blood Pressure, Research New mothers are at risk for up to a year, research has shown. But the first six weeks are the most perilous.

Health By BY REMY TUMIN from NYT Health https://ift.tt/Ksw8ANf via IFTTT Surgeon General (US), Social Media, Deaths (Fatalities), Loneliness, Sex, Traffic Accidents and Safety, Accidents and Safety, Medicine and Health Public advisories from the nation’s top doctor are infrequent, but sometimes become turning points in American life.

Health By BY MATT RICHTEL, CATHERINE PEARSON AND MICHAEL LEVENSON from NYT Health https://ift.tt/2eOc04x via IFTTT your-feed-health, your-feed-healthcare The report by Dr. Vivek Murthy included practical recommendations to help families guide children’s social media use.

Health By BY STEPHANIE NOLEN from NYT Health https://ift.tt/Ayz5cTG via IFTTT Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Vaccination and Immunization, Cervical Cancer, Rumors and Misinformation, Human Papillomavirus (HPV), Developing Countries, Gardasil (Vaccine), your-feed-healthcare, your-feed-science Almost all cervical cancer deaths now occur in developing countries. Tanzania is trying to inoculate girls against the virus that causes the disease — nearly 20 years after rich countries began offering the shot.