The ‘Worst Test in Medicine’ Is Driving America’s High C-Section Rate

Round-the-clock fetal monitoring leads to unnecessary C-sections. But it’s used in nearly every birth because of business and legal concerns, The Times found.

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Hundreds Killed in Massacre at Sudanese Hospital, W.H.O. Warns

The hospital had served as the last refuge for many starving or injured civilians in El Fasher, a major battleground in Darfur recently seized by the Rapid Support Forces.

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Some N.F.L. Players Are Finding Second Careers as Nurses

A handful of pro players are choosing scrubs after leaving the football field.

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After ‘Horrors,’ Israeli Hostages Taste Freedom and Savor Family Reunions

Some former captives have been sent home from the hospital. But a doctor said they all had “endured untold adversity,” as details emerge of their time in Gaza’s tunnels.

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It’s Just a Virus, the E.R. Told Him. Days Later, He Was Dead.

Sam Terblanche was just 20 years old. Can a busy E.R. handle the hardest cases?

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Medical Groups Warn Against Visa Fees for Foreign Doctors

The United States depends heavily on physicians trained abroad. The Trump administration’s new fees may exacerbate personnel shortages, especially in underserved regions.

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Storm Rips Part of Roof Off Oklahoma Hospital, Forcing Evacuations

Some homes in the city of Sallisaw, in the eastern part of the state, were damaged, as were trees, power lines and poles, officials said.

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Susan Xenarios, Who Transformed Rape Crisis Response, Dies at 79

She helped found New York City’s first rape crisis center after encountering indifference when she herself was assaulted. Then she took on New York State laws.

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‘You Burned This Country Down’: After Arsons, Nepal Reckons With Its Future

The frenzy of arson that blazed nationwide this week as protests spread added to those suffering acute burns in a country where fires maim and kill with shocking regularity.

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Health Care Costs for Workers Begin to Climb

A survey shows employers expect a sharp increase in benefit costs for next year, and many will want workers to shoulder more of the burden.

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