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Narrative medicine programs teach doctors and other caregivers “sensitive interviewing skills” and the art of “radical listening” to improve patient care. View original article Contributor: Richard Schiffman

“If I accept the vaccine,” one cancer patient says, “it will be with a strong feeling of guilt that at best I will be prolonging my life for a few months or years.” View original article Contributor: Susan Gubar

The variant contains a mutation thought to help the virus dodge the immune system, but vaccines should still be effective, scientists said. View original article Contributor: Apoorva Mandavilli

Coronavirus cases at fitness centers in Chicago and Honolulu were linked to carelessness about masks and symptoms, federal health officials found. View original article Contributor: Roni Caryn Rabin

0000000000000F.D.A. studies show the shot strongly protects against severe illness and may reduce spread of the virus. But the drugmaker has fallen short of initial production goals. View original article Contributor: Carl Zimmer, Noah Weiland and Sharon LaFraniere

He risks infections, bones that do not heal, and foot and ankle injuries that impede walking. His ability to play pro golf again is in question. View original article Contributor: Gina Kolata

Partners decided not to keep Kevin Sneader in the top job. Weeks earlier, McKinsey had reached a historic settlement agreement in the U.S. over its advice to drugmakers. View original article Contributor: Michael Forsythe

In what appears to be the first case of its kind, a pair of donated lungs led to Covid-19 in an organ recipient, according to doctors at the University of Michigan. View original article Contributor: Jacey Fortin

What we eat may be more important than how much we move when it comes to fighting obesity. View original article Contributor: Gretchen Reynolds

Running a half-marathon in your hotel room. Hearing the sea, but not seeing it. Fixating on food. Here’s how some travelers passed the time during their mandatory quarantines. View original article Contributor: Lauren Sloss