Trump Plan Would Tie Some Drug Prices to What Peer Nations Pay
May 12 Update: Read more about the executive order and what it means here. President Trump will sign an executive order on Monday aimed at lowering some drug prices in…
Why Patients Are Being Forced to Switch to a 2nd-Choice Obesity Drug
Tens of thousands of Americans will soon be forced by their heath insurance to switch from one popular obesity drug to another that produces less weight loss. It is the…
Worst cities for allergies revealed, along with tips to manage symptoms
Allergy season is upon us, and it’s bringing about some of the worst cases yet. “Changes in temperature and precipitation patterns allow plants and trees to grow in places they…
How a Sheep-Herding Cardiologist Spends His Sundays
Five mornings a week, Dr. David Slotwiner, the chief of cardiology at NewYork-Presbyterian Queens hospital, can be found tending to human hearts. But on Sunday mornings, he is on a…
What to Know About the Hepatitis A Outbreak in L.A. County
Public health officials in Los Angeles County have declared an outbreak of hepatitis A, a highly contagious liver infection driven by a virus that can, in rare cases, cause severe…
Local Officials Brace for Loss of Disaster Preparedness Funding
St. Louis has been battered by two tornadoes in the past two months. A fire shut down a new nursing home last month in Enterprise, Ala., forcing residents to evacuate.…
Genetic Study Retraces Covid’s Origins in Bats
In the early 2000s, a coronavirus infecting bats jumped into raccoon dogs and other wild mammals in southwestern China. Some of those animals were sold in markets, where the coronavirus…
Efforts Grow to Thwart mRNA Therapies as RFK Jr. Pushes Vaccine Wariness
Utah and Tennessee passed laws requiring foods containing vaccines to be classified as drugs, even though no such foods are on the market. Legislators pointed to a University of California…
Migrants Are Skipping Medical Care, Fearing ICE, Doctors Say
A man lay on a New York City sidewalk with a gun shot wound, clutching his side. Emily Borghard, a social worker who hands out supplies to the homeless through…
What to Know About mRNA Vaccines
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has repeatedly questioned the safety of mRNA vaccines against Covid-19. Scientists with funding from the National Institutes of Health were advised to scrub their…