New York Times - Health

Chastain will portray an actress with dementia whose most vivid memories are of rehearsing for the title role in “King Lear.”“I studied Shakespeare and love the idea that I would get to speak language as rich as that,” Jessica Chastain said about what drew her to Dan Colley’s play.

Health systems are racing to guide millions of patients through new eligibility hoops, slated to go into effect Jan. 1.Eskenazi Hospital in Indianapolis is dispatching teams into the city’s low-income neighborhoods to help educate patients on keeping their Medicaid coverage.

An international panel of scientific experts will convene on Tuesday to evaluate the status, but genetic data already shows the virus is once again endemic in the United States.Genetic analyses traced at least three measles chains of transmission to Texas last year.

In the past, Americans were infected with dengue after being bitten by mosquitoes while traveling. But now, most of the current transmission is from local mosquitoes.Gay Rabb Small, in an undated photo.

By every measure, the drugs were no better than placebos, full data revealed on Saturday. Was it the fault of the design of the studies, or our very hypotheses about heart disease?