By SHEILA KAPLAN
The agency accused the company, a major seller of drugs purported to be from Canada, of substituting unapproved or mislabeled drugs from elsewhere.
Published: February 27, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Bacteria lodged deep in Ella Balasa’s lungs were impervious to most antibiotics. At 26, gasping for breath, she sought out a dramatic experiment — deliberately inhaling a virus culled from sewage to attack her superbug.
Published: February 25, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By JACEY FORTIN
The actress announced in October that she had the chronic neurological disease. She made a public appearance on Sunday, patent-leather cane in hand.
Published: February 25, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By DENISE GRADY
Infants are rarely born alive after abortion procedures, and if they are, doctors do not kill them.
Published: February 25, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By BENEDICT CAREY
Managers who aggressively “demand” excellence from their employees won’t necessarily produce it, researchers say.
Published: February 25, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By CHRISTINA CARON
The digital platform is grappling with the proliferation of anti-vaccination content online, a problem also faced by Facebook, YouTube and Twitter.
Published: February 22, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By REED ABELSON
A court battle over trade secrets highlighted how the Big Three corporations’ new unit is unnerving major insurers in the field.
Published: February 21, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By PAM BELLUCK
The new rule would steer federal family planning funds under Title X to anti-abortion and faith based groups.
Published: February 21, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By BARRY MEIER
Publication of a sealed deposition by Richard Sackler of Purdue Pharma shows inconsistencies between his statements about OxyContin and evidence presented in a Justice Department report.
Published: February 20, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By KAREN ZRAICK
A Pew Research Center survey found that teenagers across all demographic groups grapple with mental health issues.
Published: February 19, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By PAM BELLUCK and ADEEL HASSAN
The disease was declared eliminated in 2000. So far this year, there have been more than 100 cases.
Published: February 19, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By ABBY GOODNOUGH
By eliminating the financial burden of a medical education, the school hopes that more students will choose family medicine and other vital but lower-paid specialties.
Published: February 18, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By CAROLINE LESTER
Many agencies that offer donated embryos, including most of those supported by federal grants, are affiliated with Christian or anti-abortion rights organizations.
Published: February 16, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By JACQUELINE MROZ
The results of a consumer genetic test identified the mother of the man whose donated sperm was used to conceive Danielle Teuscher’s daughter. Legal warnings soon followed.
Published: February 15, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By PAULA SPAN
So-called conservative management can ease symptoms without dialysis in some people with kidney disease. But many of them are never given the option.
Published: February 14, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By C. CLAIBORNE RAY
Fruit on trees grown near outhouses and latrines usually is safe. That’s not true of produce found on the ground in the same areas.
Published: February 14, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By STEPH YIN
Researchers are drawing inspiration from the proteins that they think let hearty water bears cheat time by decelerating their biology.
Published: February 14, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr.
Data from Kinsa, which makes internet-connected smart thermometers, indicates it’s a bad year for colds, but not the flu.
Published: February 13, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Food and Drug Administration announced plans Monday to step up its policing of dietary supplements, which it said has mushroomed into a $40 billion industry with more than 50,000 products. The agency warned 17 companies for illegally making claims about their products’ ability to treat diseases.
Published: February 10, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By PAM BELLUCK
A government panel’s new recommendations could bring hope to many women at risk for the condition. Here is what the group said and how you can use the information.
Published: February 11, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By BENEDICT CAREY
The active ingredients of ketamine, a popular club drug, show promise in battling deep despair.
Published: February 11, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By PAM BELLUCK
The task force of experts recommended at-risk women seek certain types of counseling, and it cited two specific programs that have been particularly effective.
Published: February 11, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By SHEILA KAPLAN
The agency warned 12 dietary supplement companies to stop marketing such products for disease treatments, and called for tougher regulation of the $40 billon industry.
Published: February 10, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By SHEILA KAPLAN
The agency warned 12 dietary supplement companies to stop marketing such products for disease treatments, and called for tougher regulation of the $40 billon industry.
Published: February 10, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By CADE METZ
A neural network analyzed the medical records of 600,000 hospital patients in China, and diagnosed their conditions as accurately as doctors did in some cases.
Published: February 10, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By GINA KOLATA
Engineers have developed a tiny robotic capsule that injects insulin once it lands in the stomach.
Published: February 6, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Scientists think they have achieved the first gene editing inside the body, altering DNA in adults to try to treat a disease, although it’s too soon to know if this will help.
Published: February 6, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By ABBY GOODNOUGH
A Philadelphia group was set to open the facility to help prevent overdose deaths. But the Justice Department says it would “normalize” the use of deadly drugs.
Published: February 5, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By PAM BELLUCK
In his State of the Union address, he used scary imagery that scientists say is incorrect.
Published: February 5, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By KATIE THOMAS and REED ABELSON
The proposal seeks to lower out-of-pocket spending in Medicare by taking aim at the secret deals that drug makers strike with industry go-betweens.
Published: February 4, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By C. CLAIBORNE RAY
Potassium iodide offers limited protection to those exposed to a Chernobyl-type disaster.
Published: February 3, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By CHRISTINA CARON
The study found a nearly 22 percent increase in the demand for long-acting reversible contraceptive methods in the 30 days after the 2016 election.
Published: February 3, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By REED ABELSON
A lawsuit exposes how unnerved major insurers are by the Big Three’s new venture into health care benefits.
Published: January 31, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By PAULA SPAN
A handful of hospitals have instituted mandatory screening procedures for medical professionals over 70. Many have been unenthusiastic about the idea.
Published: January 31, 2019 at 07:00PM
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