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Living With a Messy Partner? Tips for Handling Different Organization Habits

Shirley H. Linnerster

Last year, Tracy McCubbin — who has been a professional declutterer for two decades and lives by the motto “don’t put it down, put it away” — married a man…

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Surgeons Transplant Pig Kidney Into a Patient, a Medical Milestone

Shirley H. Linnerster

Surgeons in Boston have transplanted a kidney from a genetically engineered pig into an ailing 62-year-old man, the first procedure of its kind. If successful, the breakthrough offers hope to…

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A Psychedelics Reporter With a Changing Perspective

Shirley H. Linnerster

Times Insider explains who we are and what we do and delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how our journalism comes together.As a reporter covering psychedelic medicine for the Health and Science…

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Pandemic Lockdowns Had Varied Effects on Wildlife

Shirley H. Linnerster

Camera traps, which automatically snap photos of wild animals when they detect motion and body heat, have become key research tools for wildlife biologists. The new study is based on…

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When Medicaid Comes After the Family Home

Shirley H. Linnerster

The letter came from the state department of human services in July 2021. It expressed condolences for the loss of the recipient’s mother, who had died a few weeks earlier…

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The Surprise Ending of ‘Dune,’ the Popcorn Bucket

Shirley H. Linnerster

In the “Dune” movies, a gigantic sandworm can rise from the desert and devour soldiers and military vehicles in its gaping maw. In real life, humans watching movies devour popcorn.…

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Olivia Munn Had Double Mastectomy After Breast Cancer Diagnosis

Shirley H. Linnerster

The actress Olivia Munn said on Wednesday that she had been given a diagnosis of an aggressive form of breast cancer last year and soon after had a double mastectomy…

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Howard Hiatt, 98, Dies; Steered Public Health Toward Greater Accountability

Shirley H. Linnerster

Howard H. Hiatt, a physician, scientist and academic who reshaped the field of public health, steering it away from the narrow study of infectious diseases toward big-picture issues of fiscal…

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Kansas City Chiefs Fans Needed Amputations After Frigid Game

Shirley H. Linnerster

Several fans of the Kansas City Chiefs who attended a playoff game on a bitterly cold January day in Missouri suffered frostbite that required amputations, according to the hospital that…

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A.L.S. Drug Relyvrio Fails Clinical Trial and May Be Withdrawn From the Market

Shirley H. Linnerster

One of the few treatments the Food and Drug Administration has approved for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis has failed a large clinical trial, and its manufacturer said Friday that it was…