Health

Q. I had the flu in March 2020 and then came down with another infection. I think it was COVID-19, but there were no home tests at the time. Even though my case was no worse than the flu, it left me with brain fog. I couldn’t concentrate well enough to pay a few bills and organize a simple budget.

There was a 9.6-year gap between years lived in good health and total lifespans among people living in 183 countries, and the United States had the greatest “healthspan”-lifespan gap of any of them, according to research in JAMA Network Open.

Q. My husband used to have severe rosacea, and it really affected him socially. He was very self-conscious about his skin.

People who receive physical therapy shortly after suffering concussions have better outcomes than those who wait longer to start rehabilitation programs, a recent analysis suggests.

For Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the activist whom President-elect Donald Trump will nominate to serve as the secretary of health and human services, the solution to obesity in America – now at 40% of adults – is straightforward: “The first line of response should be lifestyle,” he told Jim Cramer in a Dec. 12 interview on CNBC.

Okanogan, Washington, residents spent Christmas under a boil order after a water main leak earlier this week. As of Thursday, the order is still intact.