Health & Wellness

Fewer Pregnant Women Received Acetaminophen in E.R.s...

A new analysis of prescription data found that emergency room orders for acet...

Elite Doctors Served Jeffrey Epstein While Treating ...

A small stable of doctors gave V.I.P. medical services to the sex offender an...

Banks Are Becoming Bulwarks for Vulnerable Seniors

Older Americans are losing billions of dollars annually to financial exploita...

Iris Cantor, Philanthropist and Art Collector, Dies ...

She and her husband, the financier B. Gerald Cantor, amassed one of the large...

New A.C.A. Plans Could Increase Family Deductibles t...

The Trump administration is proposing Obamacare plans that it says will lower...

C.D.C.’s New Acting Director Draws Unexpected Praise...

Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, who was appointed to the role last week, has offered to...

Leader of Columbia Brain Institute Quits Over Friend...

The Nobel laureate Richard Axel is not accused of wrongdoing but called his a...

15 States Sue the Trump Administration Over Vaccine ...

Federal health officials have pared back the number of shots recommended for ...

Susan Leeman, 95, Dies; Explored How the Brain Influ...

In an era of overt sexism in the sciences, she made two major discoveries, in...

F.D.A. Faces Upset Over Denials of New Drugs

Agency officials promise fast reviews of new treatments while vowing they wil...

$2.5 Million Rift Pits Cannabis Pioneer Against Grou...

A dispute between the nonprofit Housing Works and the owner of a cannabis dis...

Most Patients Keep Weight Off With Fewer GLP-1 Shots...

In a recent review, a small group of patients received the injections less fr...

Veterans Affairs Department Cut Thousands of Roles f...

The Trump administration has eliminated health care positions left vacant aft...

In South Carolina Measles Outbreak, Vaccine Skeptici...

Spartanburg County in South Carolina is ground zero for the largest measles o...

A Danish Program Takes On the Stigma of Mental Illness

One of Us, run by Denmark’s health ministry, works with people with mental he...

States Move to Limit Access to H.I.V. Treatment

Citing rising costs and shortfalls in federal support, about 20 states are to...