Possible Ways to Ease Drug Shortages
At several congressional hearings this year, ideas to fix drug shortages were as numerous as the number of scarce drugs.…
Category: Health Fitness
Bellevue Hospital Bariatric Surgery Program Is Under NY State Scrutiny
The New York State Department of Health is scrutinizing Bellevue Hospital’s use of unlicensed technicians to assist doctors in weight-loss…
Bristol Myers to Acquire the Drugmaker Karuna for $14 Billion
Bristol Myers Squibb, the global pharmaceutical giant, said on Friday that it would acquire Karuna Therapeutics, which makes drugs to…
This Gorilla’s Caregivers Face Familiar Questions About Aging
This month, as the patient lay anesthetized on a table, a cardiologist made a half-inch incision through the skin of…
Americans Are Signing Up for Obamacare in Record Numbers
Why It Matters: The Affordable Care Act is expanding its reach. Despite a recent warning from former President Donald J.…
Behind the Shortage Keeping Cancer Patients From Chemo
Stephanie Scanlan learned about the shortages of basic chemotherapy drugs this spring in the most frightening way. Two of the…
Dean Phillips, an Upstart Challenger to Biden, Embraces ‘Medicare for All’
As he mounts a long-shot primary challenge to President Biden, Representative Dean Phillips says he has had an epiphany about…
Gunfire Echoing Through School Grounds? Parents Are Terrified. Kids Stopped Noticing.
The gunshots rang out at 8:13 a.m., echoing across the high school football field and middle school garden. They continued…
New Hope — and an Old Hurdle — for a Terrible Disease With Terrible Treatments
Three years ago, Jesús Tilano went to a hospital in a thickly forested valley in Colombia with large open lesions…
Mystery Amid an Anthrax Outbreak in Africa
Five African countries are battling outbreaks of anthrax, with nearly 1,200 people affected so far and 20 deaths, according to…
Jeanne Hoff, Pioneering Transgender Psychiatrist, Dies at 85
In December 1977, Dr. Jeanne Hoff, a 39-year-old psychiatrist, invited a television crew into her Manhattan home. The next day,…
Tongue Tie Surgery: Inside the Business of Cutting Babies’ Tongues
Dentists and lactation consultants around the country are pushing “tongue-tie releases” on new mothers struggling to breastfeed.
Michael Stone, Psychiatrist and Scholar Who Studied Evil, Dies at 90
Dr. Michael H. Stone, a psychiatrist and scholar who sought to define evil and to differentiate its manifestations from the…
What to Know About the Effects of Ketamine
An autopsy report released by the Los Angeles County medical examiner on Friday said the death of “Friends” actor Matthew…
Did Your Baby Spend Time in the NICU? Tell Us About It.
Across the country, neonatal intensive care units provide critical care to seriously ill babies. That care can be lifesaving but…
Lead Levels in Children’s Applesauce May Be Traced to Cinnamon Additive
The F.D.A. is investigating the sources of cinnamon and other ingredients produced outside the U.S. as the possible cause of…
New York City Is Offering Free Online Therapy to Teens: Will It Work?
The city’s $26 million contract with Talkspace makes mental health care very accessible. But some worry it is ‘a Band-Aid’…
Mandy Cohen, New CDC Director, Tries to Foster Trust in a Battered Agency
Dr. Mandy K. Cohen dropped by the Fox affiliate in Dallas in November, just days after the governor of Texas…
Scientists Pinpoint Cause of Severe Morning Sickness
The nausea and vomiting that often define the first trimester of pregnancy are primarily caused by a single hormone, according…
Morning Person? You Might Have Neanderthal Genes to Thank.
Neanderthals were morning people, a new study suggests. And some humans today who like getting up early might credit genes…
Supreme Court Will Hear Challenge to Abortion Pill Access
The Supreme Court announced on Wednesday that it would decide on the availability of a commonly used abortion pill, the…
Fund for Nuclear Waste Exposure Victims in Limbo as Congress Balks at Cost
More than two decades ago, Congress declared that victims of government-caused nuclear contamination who developed cancer and other serious illnesses…
How Abigail Echo-Hawk Uses Indigenous Data to Close the Equity Gap
“Transforming Spaces” is a series about women driving change in sometimes unexpected places. Data has long been in the background…
The Role of Unconscious Bias in Black Women’s Pregnancy Risks
Shakima Tozay was 37 years old and six months pregnant when a nurse, checking the fetal heart rate of the…
Drugs like Wegovy Can Fix Teenage Obesity, but Young People Don’t Get Them
Dr. Edward Lewis, a pediatrician in Rochester, N.Y., has seen hundreds of children with obesity over the years in his…
Sign Up for Well’s 6-Day Energy Challenge
Would you like more energy as you go about your day? We’ll bet the answer is yes. Whether you’re younger…
F.D.A. Approves 2 Sickle Cell Treatments, One Using CRISPR Gene Editing
On Friday, the Food and Drug Administration approved the first gene editing therapy ever to be used in humans, for…
SmileDirectClub Shuts Down, Months After Filing for Bankruptcy
SmileDirectClub, a telehealth company that sold teeth-straightening devices through the mail and faced criticism from medical groups, said on Friday…
Dr. John A. Talbott, Champion of Care for the Mentally Ill, Dies at 88
Dr. John A. Talbott, a psychiatrist who championed the care of vulnerable populations of the mentally ill, especially the homeless…
R.S.V. Vaccine Is Slow to Reach Its Target: Older Americans
Toby Gould was an early adopter. In September, Mr. Gould, 78, went to a pharmacy in Hyannis, Mass., to get…
New Sickle Cell Therapies Will Be Out of Reach Where They Are Needed Most
The Food and Drug Administration’s approval on Friday of two groundbreaking gene therapy treatments for sickle cell disease has brought…
‘Medical Freedom’ Activists Take Aim at New Target: Childhood Vaccine Mandates
For more than 40 years, Mississippi had one of the strictest school vaccination requirements in the nation, and its high…
White House Delays a Decision on Banning Menthol Cigarettes
The Biden administration delayed a decision on Wednesday about whether it would ban menthol cigarettes amid intense lobbying from tobacco…
Bellevue Hospital Rushes Patients Into Weight-Loss Surgery
Early one morning in February, a guard clanged on the door of David Mustiga’s jail cell on Rikers Island. Soon,…
How to Protect Your Dog From the ‘Mystery’ Respiratory Disease
As an unidentified canine respiratory illness continues to pop up in clusters around the United States — causing symptoms like…
He Was Diagnosed With Lyme Disease. Why Did the Treatment Have No Effect?
The couple couldn’t quite remember when the 61-year-old man started to get sick. Was it before he retired the previous…
William P. Murphy Jr., an Inventor of the Modern Blood Bag, Dies at 100
Dr. William P. Murphy Jr., a biomedical engineer who was an inventor of the vinyl blood bag that replaced breakable…
Brain Implants Helped 5 People Recover From Traumatic Injuries
Traumatic brain injuries have left more than five million Americans permanently disabled. They have trouble focusing on even simple tasks…
Homeless Advocate Takes On A.C.L.U., and It’s Personal
On the last Thursday of August, Jennifer Livovich spent the morning simmering beans and cheese sauce in her Boulder, Colo.,…
Homeless Advocate Takes On A.C.L.U., and It’s Personal
On the last Thursday of August, Jennifer Livovich spent the morning simmering beans and cheese sauce in her Boulder, Colo.,…
Fate of Billions for Opioid Victims From Sacklers Rests With Supreme Court
The speed with which the court scheduled the case may reflect its awareness of the opioid problem. But legal experts…
What to Know About Home Care Services
Most older Americans want to live at home as long as they can, but finding and affording the help they…
Desperate Families Search for Affordable Home Care
It’s a good day when Frank Lee, a retired chef, can slip out to the hardware store, fairly confident that…
Scientists in Discredited Alcohol Study Will Not Advise U.S. on Drinking Guidelines
Five years ago, the National Institutes of Health abruptly pulled the plug on an ambitious study about the health effects…
Climate Change Drives New Cases of Malaria, Complicating Efforts to Fight the Disease
There were an estimated 249 million cases of malaria around the globe last year, the World Health Organization said on…