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Like many captive elephants, Nidia suffered from chronic foot problems. Fissures had formed in the 55-year-old Asian elephant’s foot pads, and her toenails had cracked and become ingrown. Painful abscesses lingered for...

A patient checks into the hospital for a routine procedure to treat an enlarged prostate. And, unexpectedly, a test done in the hospital — perhaps a blood test or an X-ray or...

The new studies on sleep involved federal data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System and the American Time Use Survey between 2013 and 2019. Researchers used those time-stamped surveys from about...

A study of the weight loss drug tirzepatide showed that people who took it had significantly lower blood pressures after 36 weeks of using the medication.Tirzepatide, made by Eli Lilly, is used...

Sometimes a pine cone is just a pine cone.But on a January day, the rough edges of the cone — and the lone feather sticking out of it — meant something different...

Musicians are a colorful crowd, and as the Recording Academy doesn’t hesitate to remind audiences at every opportunity, the Grammys are “music’s biggest night.” So it may be little surprise that previous...

But Mr. Mousa focused on one number: 3,892. That was his position on a New York City food vendor waiting list.Like thousands of the city’s mobile food vendors, Mr. Mousa cannot get...

Good morning. We’re a week out from Lunar New Year and I don’t know if noodles really will make for an auspicious year for me, but I’m not taking chances. Today is...

Behind the closed door of my closet lies a world of possibility. Give me a few hours to clean it out, and perhaps I’ll finally become a person with a wardrobe of...

Times Insider explains who we are and what we do and delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how our journalism comes together.Walk along a certain stretch of North Sixth Street in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, and...