By SHEILA KAPLAN
The agency has the authority to force recalls of contaminated foods but is not adequately ensuring timely compliance, an inspector general’s report concludes.
Published: December 26, 2017 at 07:00PM
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By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr.
Thanks to vaccines, the disease — which not long ago killed over 2 million children a year — now kills fewer than 100,000, the W.H.O. reported.
Published: December 25, 2017 at 07:00PM
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By GEETA ANAND
India is “sitting on a volcano” of diabetes. A father’s effort to ban junk food sales in and near schools aims to change what children eat.
Published: December 25, 2017 at 07:00PM
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By THOMAS FULLER, ANAHAD O’CONNOR and MATT RICHTEL
When the food industry funds nutritionists, critics say it subverts science to preserve its market.
Published: December 22, 2017 at 07:00PM
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By TED ALCORN
Under revised guidelines, the sickest patients may qualify to receive organs from regions outside their own.
Published: December 21, 2017 at 07:00PM
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By PAULA SPAN
At Green Houses, residents have more independence and facilities are less institutional — a big improvement over most nursing homes, new research finds.
Published: December 21, 2017 at 07:00PM
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By SHEILA KAPLAN
Despite earlier warnings about the dangers, the agency will indefinitely postpone bans on three chemicals used in paint strippers, and in dry-cleaning and degreasing agents.
Published: December 18, 2017 at 07:00PM
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By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr.
The N.I.H. will create expert panels to assess controversial research into creating pathogens that easily infect humans.
Published: December 18, 2017 at 07:00PM
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By REED ABELSON
The flurry of mergers among big hospital groups is aimed at retaining patients while new competitors, including insurance giants and technology outfits, try to steal them away.
Published: December 17, 2017 at 07:00PM
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By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Health leaders say they are alarmed about a report that officials at the nation’s top public health agency are being told not to use certain words or phrases in official budget documents, including “fetus,” ”transgender” and “science-based.”
Published: December 15, 2017 at 07:00PM
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By DENISE GRADY and KATIE THOMAS
A promising vaccine for dengue fever is in limbo after the Philippines suspended its use amid widespread public anger and fears about its safety.
Published: December 16, 2017 at 07:00PM
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By JAN HOFFMAN
Decimated by addiction, its heritage at risk, the Cherokee Nation is trying to sue pharmacies and distributors. But it may be blocked from doing so.
Published: December 16, 2017 at 07:00PM
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By SHEILA KAPLAN and DONALD G. McNEIL Jr.
The Department of Health and Human Services played down a report that officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were told not to use several words in budget documents.
Published: December 15, 2017 at 07:00PM
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By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr.
Countering the bleak history of AIDS prevention in Africa, a nonprofit explains how it helped women hide H.I.V. prevention pills and deflect male anger.
Published: December 14, 2017 at 07:00PM
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By KATE ZERNIKE and ROBERT PEAR
Blacks and Hispanics saw the biggest gains under the Affordable Care Act. They’re also likely to be most affected by cuts to this year’s enrollment period, which ended Friday.
Published: December 14, 2017 at 07:00PM
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By THE NEW YORK TIMES
The New York Times would like to hear from parents who receive lhealth coverage for their children under the Children’s Health Insurance Program, known as CHIP.
Published: December 13, 2017 at 07:00PM
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By PAM BELLUCK
They are 2 years old, but developmentally they are 6 months old. The children most severely affected by Zika face a lifetime of care, new research shows.
Published: December 13, 2017 at 07:00PM
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