By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE
In one case, discovering that autoworkers shared the same diseases, she pinpointed the cause as chemicals in the factories — not, as was thought, cigarettes.
Published: November 28, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr.
Thousands of infants are doomed to early deaths each year, in part because pediatric medicines come in hard pills or bitter syrups that need refrigeration.
Published: November 28, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By PAULA SPAN
Medicare revamped its reimbursement policy for physical, occupational and speech therapy in nursing homes. That has left some patients with less help.
Published: November 28, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By SAM ROBERTS
Well into her own advanced age, she guided nursing home residents and their surrogates in navigating a labyrinthine and sometimes abusive health care system.
Published: November 25, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The World Health Organization says cases of measles are continuing to spike globally, with multiple large outbreaks being reported across Africa, Europe, Latin America and the Middle East.
Published: November 26, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By RONI CARYN RABIN
A large study found that M.R.I.s detected tumors missed by mammograms, cutting interval cancers by half or more.
Published: November 26, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By DENISE GRADY
The electronic implants reduced Parkinson’s symptoms, but also erased some patients’ ability to swim.
Published: November 26, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By BENEDICT CAREY
Anger comes in many flavors, it turns out, and the hunger-induced variety isn’t quite like the others.
Published: November 26, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By GINA KOLATA and SABRINA TAVERNISE
A new study shows that death rates increased for middle-aged people of all racial and ethnic groups.
Published: November 25, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By ABDI LATIF DAHIR
The agency said the outbreak had affected 19 states and resulted in 39 people being hospitalized.
Published: November 25, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By ABDI LATIF DAHIR
Nearly a quarter of a million people in the Democratic Republic of Congo are thought to have been infected by measles in 2019 alone, the World Health Organization said.
Published: November 25, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Go ahead and rinse your cranberries, potatoes and green beans. But food experts say don’t — repeat don’t — wash the turkey before popping it in the oven on Thanksgiving Day.
Published: November 24, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Four African countries have reported new cases of polio linked to the oral vaccine, as global health numbers show there are now more children being paralyzed by viruses originating in vaccines than in the wild.
Published: November 24, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By EMMA GOLDBERG
Medical school is expensive for everyone. But for low-income students, the hidden costs can be prohibitive.
Published: November 24, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By ABBY GOODNOUGH
Anxious about the cost of a single-payer health system, more voters now support the idea of a government-run plan that would compete with private insurance.
Published: November 23, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By JULIE CRESWELL and SHEILA KAPLAN
The company planted the seeds of a public health crisis by marketing to a generation with low smoking rates, and it ignored evidence that teenagers were using its products.
Published: November 22, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By ANNIE KARNI and SHEILA KAPLAN
The president again questioned the need for restrictions on e-cigarettes aimed at curbing use among teenagers, who tend to favor fruit and mint flavors.
Published: November 21, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By KATIE THOMAS
The nominee, Dr. Stephen M. Hahn, said the decision to restrict flavors would not be his, if confirmed, because it was already under final review by the White House.
Published: November 19, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By KAREN ZRAICK
The attorneys general of New York and California filed lawsuits alleging that the company had targeted young people with deceptive advertising.
Published: November 18, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By KAREN WEINTRAUB
Sheila Davis runs a nonprofit that focuses on bringing modern medicine to the world’s poorest and sickest communities.
Published: November 18, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By KNVUL SHEIKH
New scans showed how the brains of people who had a hemisphere removed in childhood continue to function.
Published: November 18, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By KAREN WEINTRAUB
A look at three women who are working to make people with low incomes healthier.
Published: November 18, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By WUDAN YAN
Doctors were stumped, until a pulmonologist asked about feather bedding in the man’s home.
Published: November 17, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By ANNIE KARNI, MAGGIE HABERMAN and SHEILA KAPLAN
Advisers say the president pulled back from proposed restrictions intended to curb teenage vaping after he was warned of the political fallout among voters.
Published: November 16, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By ANNIE KARNI, MAGGIE HABERMAN and SHEILA KAPLAN
Advisers say the president pulled back from proposed restrictions intended to curb teenage vaping after he was warned of the political fallout among voters.
Published: November 16, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
A large study finds that people with severe but stable heart disease from clogged arteries may have less chest pain if they get a procedure to improve blood flow rather than just giving medicines a chance to help, but it won’t cut their risk of having a heart attack or dying over the next few years.
Published: November 15, 2019 at 07:00PM
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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 JAN HOFFMAN
Johnson & Johnson will now have to pay $465 million, not $572 million, for its role in Oklahoma’s opioid epidemic.
Published: November 14, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By REED ABELSON
The federal rule would make hospitals list the prices they negotiate with insurers, allowing consumers to seek better deals for care.
Published: November 14, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr.
About 80 million people with diabetes around the world need the hormone, and half of them can’t afford it. Creating competition could help, the agency said.
Published: November 12, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By MATT RICHTEL and ANDREW JACOBS
The policy change, for the virulent drug-resistant germ Candida auris, came as the C.D.C. reported that more people are dying of drug-resistant infections than it previously estimated.
Published: November 12, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By DENISE GRADY
The surgery on the 17-year-old was the first transplant reported in the recent nationwide outbreak of vaping-related lung injuries.
Published: November 11, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By BENEDICT CAREY
Cutting and other forms of self-injury are on the rise among adolescents. Researchers are beginning to understand the phenomenon, and how to treat it.
Published: November 10, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By PAULA SPAN
In continuing care at-home programs, members live in their own houses for years, with regular health check-ins.
Published: November 7, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By DENISE GRADY
More than 2,000 people have been sickened by vaping, many from illicit marijuana-based products sold online or on the street.
Published: November 7, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr. and APOORVA MANDAVILLI
In an unexpected lawsuit, federal officials claim that Gilead Sciences willfully disregarded government patents on medicines necessary to end the AIDS epidemic.
Published: November 7, 2019 at 07:00PM
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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
There is no exam to verify virginity, medical experts say, and the attempt violates a woman’s rights.
Published: November 6, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
U.S. health officials estimate that millions of cases of heart disease and other illnesses are linked to abuse and other physical and psychological harm suffered early in life.
Published: November 4, 2019 at 07:00PM
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By DENISE GRADY
So far, a procedure that turbocharges the immune system to attack tumors seems safe, but it’s too soon to tell whether it helps patients.
Published: November 5, 2019 at 07:00PM
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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
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 KATIE THOMAS
In choosing him, President Trump is passing over the acting F.D.A. commissioner, Norman E. Sharpless, who has been running the agency since Scott Gottlieb resigned last spring.
Published: October 31, 2019 at 08:00PM
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By EMILY SILVERMAN, M.D.
But the patient records system, called Epic, has a few shortcomings of its own, including a voice that amplifies the insecurities that come with being a doctor.
Published: October 31, 2019 at 08:00PM
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