October 9, 2025, 4:36 p.m. Eastern time

From Health

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?

His Off-the-Grid Vacation Was Interrupted by Winning a Nobel Prize Fred Ramsdell found out about his Nobel Prize nearly 12 hours after it was announced because he was on vacation in the Rockies.

He Was Expected to Get Alzheimer’s 25 Years Ago. Why Hasn’t He? Scientists are searching for the secret in Doug Whitney’s biology that has protected him from dementia, hoping it could lead to ways to treat or prevent Alzheimer’s for many other people.

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Is Awarded for Work on Immune Systems Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi were awarded the prize for research showing how the body regulates its immune responses.

Kennedy Fires N.I.H. Scientist Who Filed Whistle-Blower Complaint Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo, who was on administrative leave, alleged that the Trump administration had defied court orders and undermined vaccine research.

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Opinion | He Believes America Should Be a Theocracy. He Says His Influence Is Growing. Doug Wilson’s political project to “stop making God angry.” 1 HR 14 MIN LISTEN

10 Months Later, Russia Admits Deadly Downing of Azerbaijani Plane President Vladimir Putin’s rare acknowledgment of a Russian military mistake came as relations have deteriorated between the two former Soviet states.

Opinion | ‘ICE Goes Masked for a Single Reason’ Authoritarian creep reaches a new phase.

After a Crisis, ‘a Miracle’ Gave Them a Second Chance in Berkeley It took a wealth of fortitude and a surge of generosity for one couple to find their forever home in the Bay Area. Here’s how they did it.

At the Met’s ‘Divine Egypt,’ the Gods Are Eternally Fabulous A once-in-a-decade exhibition of ancient deities — many are goddesses — ranging over more than 3,000 years, from monumental statues to gleaming figurines.

A Plea From Doctors: Cool It on the Supplements As Americans take more gummies, pills and powders than ever, some physicians are trying to convince patients to be a bit more careful.

Embrace the Potato Dinner A former restaurant critic, now on a health journey, finds steady comfort in these spiced stovetop spuds.

Man Fascinated With Fire Imagery Is Arrested in Palisades Blaze, Officials Say Officials said that Jonathan Rinderknecht, 29, of Melbourne, Fla., had intentionally set a fire that rekindled a week later into a devastating blaze that killed 12 people.

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