By KNVUL SHEIKH
A new study found that certain fungi can settle in the pancreas, where they spur the growth of tumors.
Published: October 2, 2019 at 08:00PM
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By SHEILA KAPLAN
As vaping-related illnesses spread, President Trump and top health officials met at the White House to discuss ways to keep the products away from teenagers.
Published: September 10, 2019 at 08:00PM
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By SHEILA KAPLAN and MAGGIE HABERMAN
The tobacco and vaping industries and conservative allies intensively lobbied against a ban on popular flavored e-cigarettes.
Published: December 30, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By GINA KOLATA
Nearly 200 investigations are underway at major academic centers. Critics fear that researchers of Chinese descent are being unfairly targeted.
Published: November 3, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By JAN HOFFMAN
A small but concerning number of dogs on diets heavy in lentils, chickpeas and other legumes have developed enlarged hearts. Researchers are investigating.
Published: July 23, 2018 at 08:00PM
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By KNVUL SHEIKH
In nature, the gene-editing tool Crispr protects bacteria against viruses. Now it’s being harnessed in the fight against superbugs and the flu.
Published: October 27, 2019 at 08:00PM
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By GINA KOLATA
Drug therapy alone may save lives as effectively as bypass or stenting procedures, a large federal study showed.
Published: November 15, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By PAULA SPAN
The tests often are positive in people without symptoms, particularly older patients. The result: overtreatment with antibiotics.
Published: October 13, 2019 at 08:00PM
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By ABBY GOODNOUGH and MARGOT SANGER-KATZ
The agency, whose oversight of opioid safety has largely eluded scrutiny, did not improve flawed programs designed to reduce addiction and overdoses.
Published: December 29, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By REED ABELSON
California has accused Sutter Health, the big hospital system, of abusing its market power to charge higher prices.
Published: October 2, 2019 at 08:00PM
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By GINA KOLATA
An achievement in ultra-personalized medicine also raises questions about fairness and regulation.
Published: October 8, 2019 at 08:00PM
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By SHEILA KAPLAN
The troubled e-cigarette company moved in advance of an expected federal ban on most flavored e-cigarettes that have become popular with teenage vapers.
Published: November 6, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By RONI CARYN RABIN
The agency proposed that surgeons discuss the risks with patients and that manufacturers print bold warnings on the device packaging.
Published: October 22, 2019 at 08:00PM
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By JACQUELINE MROZ
Scores of people born through artificial insemination have learned from DNA tests that their biological fathers were the doctors who performed the procedure.
Published: August 20, 2019 at 08:00PM
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By DENISE GRADY
Samples of lung fluid from patients with the mysterious illness led to a breakthrough in finding a possible cause. More than 2,000 people have been sickened, many from illicit marijuana-based products.
Published: November 7, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By ANDREW JACOBS
First Big Pharma fled the field, and now start-ups are going belly up, threatening to stifle the development of new drugs.
Published: December 24, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By NIRAJ CHOKSHI
The findings hold promise for a vast majority of those with cystic fibrosis, according to the director of the National Institutes of Health. “This should be a cause for major celebration,” he wrote.
Published: October 30, 2019 at 08:00PM
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By MATT RICHTEL
As the infections become increasingly resistant to antibiotics, some standard treatments no longer work for an ailment that was once easily cured.
Published: July 12, 2019 at 08:00PM
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By KNVUL SHEIKH
Developments in medicine and health that we’re still thinking about at year’s end.
Published: December 22, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By PAULA SPAN
Seniors need transportation alternatives more than ever, but many are intimidated by ride-hailing apps.
Published: August 15, 2019 at 08:00PM
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By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr. and PORAS CHAUDHARY
This sacred river offers clues to the spread of one of the world’s most daunting health problems: germs impervious to common medicines.
Published: December 22, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By GINA KOLATA
Researchers identified nearly 400 common medical practices and theories that were contradicted by rigorous studies. Here are some of the most notable findings.
Published: June 30, 2019 at 08:00PM
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By PAM BELLUCK
Researchers have found a woman with a rare genetic mutation that has protected her from dementia even though her brain has developed major neurological features of the disease.
Published: November 3, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By GINA KOLATA
Diagnostic tests for Alzheimer’s disease are already here. But the results may raise as many questions as they answer.
Published: December 19, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By KATIE THOMAS
The deal resolves allegations of anti-competitive behavior by the large hospital system in Northern California.
Published: December 19, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By DENISE GRADY
New findings indicate the outbreak of severe lung injuries may have peaked, but cases are still surfacing. The agency is urging doctors to monitor people closely after hospitalization.
Published: December 19, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Every time she got out of jail, Jamie Cline started hustling again for heroin, driven by an addiction she didn’t understand.
Published: December 17, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
There’s no way to sugarcoat this news: Nearly half of American adults will be obese within a decade and one-quarter will be severely so, a new report predicts.
Published: December 17, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By PAULA SPAN
Older Americans are exploring housing alternatives, including villages and home-sharing.
Published: September 26, 2019 at 08:00PM
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By JAN HOFFMAN
With the future of the law in limbo, we asked them to explain what might happen now that an appeals court has sent the case back to a lower court.
Published: December 18, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By SHEILA KAPLAN
President Trump is expected to sign it into law as part of the overall spending package. Some advocates warn that more action is needed to reduce teenage vaping of e-cigarettes.
Published: December 18, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By KATIE THOMAS
The proposal was announced between two Democratic debates, seemingly timed to show that President Trump was also trying to tackle the highly populist issue of soaring drug prices.
Published: July 30, 2019 at 08:00PM
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By ABBY GOODNOUGH and ROBERT PEAR
The ruling was over a lawsuit filed this year by a group of Republican governors and state attorneys general. A group of intervening states led by Democrats promised to appeal the decision.
Published: December 13, 2018 at 07:00PM
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By ABBY GOODNOUGH
But the judges sent the case back to determine if other parts of the federal health care law can stand without the mandate.
Published: December 17, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By RONI CARYN RABIN
Stuart Copperman’s medical license was revoked after women on Long Island said he sexually abused them as girls. Prosecutors said victims didn’t report the abuse in time. But one did.
Published: December 17, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The U.S. government is overhauling parts of the nation’s transplant system to make sure organs from the dead no longer go to waste — and to make it easier for the living to donate.
Published: December 16, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By KATIE THOMAS
The proposal is still a long way from being finalized, and many expensive drugs, like insulin, would be excluded from state plans.
Published: December 17, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By MATT RICHTEL
A technology initially promoted to help cigarette smokers has transformed marijuana use, too. Now, with cases of severe lung illness rising, health investigators are warning people to stop vaping cannabis.
Published: October 20, 2019 at 08:00PM
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By REED ABELSON
A relentless rise in premiums and deductibles is putting insurance out of reach for many workers, especially those with low incomes.
Published: September 24, 2019 at 08:00PM
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By DANNY HAKIM
In a court filing, the state attorney general’s office says that it has found new account transfers by members of the family that owns Purdue Pharma, the maker of opioids.
Published: September 12, 2019 at 08:00PM
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By MATT RICHTEL
Drinking, cigarette smoking and the use of hard drugs all declined, according to a new federal survey of high school and middle school students.
Published: December 17, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr.
His method of boosting immune protection in babies helped save seven million lives. But he never profited from it.
Published: December 16, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By ABBY GOODNOUGH
Today’s meth is far more potent than earlier versions, but because it isn’t an opioid, many federal addiction treatment funds can’t be used to fight it.
Published: December 16, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By MATT RICHTEL and SHEILA KAPLAN
A surge of severe lung ailments has baffled doctors and public health experts.
Published: August 30, 2019 at 08:00PM
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By JAN HOFFMAN and DANNY HAKIM
A new audit finds that the family directed $10.7 billion from the drugmaker to family-controlled trusts and holding companies, as legal pressure tightened around Purdue.
Published: December 15, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By GINA SIDDIQUI and GOLDEN COSMOS
In the typical emergency room, demand far outpaces the care that workers can provide. Can the E.R. be fixed?
Published: December 15, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Doctors on Wednesday reported unusually good results from tests of two experimental drugs in women with an aggressive form of breast cancer that had spread widely and resisted many previous treatments.
Published: December 10, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By KATIE THOMAS
A financially troubled Seattle research institute cut back programs, leaving researchers to find new homes for work on infectious diseases like tuberculosis and leprosy.
Published: December 12, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By RONI CARYN RABIN
Reusable duodenoscopes infected patients in a series of notorious outbreaks. Now there’s a disposable model to be used just once.
Published: December 12, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By PAULA SPAN
These patients are not aware of the true risks, and surgeons aren’t telling them, new research suggests.
Published: December 12, 2019 at 07:00PM
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