Top 11 questions parents ask doctors about measles
As measles cases continue to spread throughout the U.S. — with 12 states reporting official outbreaks, according to the latest CDC data — concern is growing among high-risk groups. Children…
Immunotherapy Drug Spares Cancer Patients From Grisly Surgeries and Harsh Therapies
When a person develops solid tumors in the stomach or esophagus or rectum, oncologists know how to treat them. But the cures often come with severe effects on quality of…
Europe’s Pharma Industry Braces for Pain as Trump Tariff Threat Looms
Insulin, heart treatments and antibiotics have flowed freely across many borders for decades, exempt from tariffs in a bid to make medicine affordable. But that could soon change. For months,…
What Nearly Brainless Rodents Know About Weight Loss and Hunger
Do we really have free will when it comes to eating? It’s a vexing question that is at the heart of why so many people find it so difficult to…
David Paton, Creator of Flying Eye Hospital, Dies at 94
David Paton, an idealistic and innovative ophthalmologist who started Project Orbis, converting a United Airlines jet into a flying hospital that took surgeons to developing countries to operate on patients…
Trump Administration Live Updates: Justice Dept. Temporarily Reverses Cancellation of Student Visas
On March 11, about 50 judges gathered in Washington for the biannual meeting of the Judicial Conference, which oversees the administration of the federal courts. It was the first time…
‘Vaguely Threatening’: Federal Prosecutor Queries Leading Medical Journal
A federal prosecutor in Washington has contacted The New England Journal of Medicine, considered the world’s most prestigious medical journal, with questions that suggested without evidence that it was biased…
F.D.A. Scientists Are Reinstated at Agency Food Safety Labs
Federal health officials have reversed the decision to fire a few dozen scientists at the Food and Drug Administration’s food-safety labs, and say they are conducting a review to determine…
Colorectal cancer risk could rise with exposure to toxin during childhood
Amid the alarming trend of colorectal cancer cases rising among young people, a new study has pinpointed a potential source. Researchers from University of California San Diego have linked a…
Trump vs. Science – The New York Times
Late yesterday, Sethuraman Panchanathan, whom President Trump hired to run the National Science Foundation five years ago, quit. He didn’t say why, but it was clear enough: Last weekend, Trump…