Tuberculosis Resurgent as Trump Funding Cut Disrupts Treatment Globally
Dalvin Modore walked as if there was broken glass beneath his feet, stepping gingerly, his frail shoulders hunched against the ...
Tag: Medicine and Health
History Isn’t Entirely Repeating Itself in Covid’s Aftermath
Five years after Covid-19 shut down activities all over the world, medical historians sometimes struggle to place the pandemic in ...
Trish Costello is Harnessing the Financial Power of Women
This article is part of a Women and Leadership special report highlighting women who are charting new pathways and fighting ...
Trump Administration Sends Politically Charged Survey to Researchers
The Trump administration has asked researchers and organizations whose work is conducted overseas to disclose ties to those regarded as ...
How Foreign Aid Cuts Are Setting the Stage for Disease Outbreaks
Dangerous pathogens left unsecured at labs across Africa. Halted inspections for mpox, Ebola and other infections at airports and other ...
Republican Voters Support Medicaid but Want Work Requirements, Poll Finds
As Congressional Republicans weigh major cuts to Medicaid, most voters do not want to see the public health plan’s funding ...
Senators Press Marty Makary on Abortion Pills and Vaccines
At a confirmation hearing for Dr. Marty Makary on Thursday, senators focused heavily on the safety of the abortion pill, ...
Trump’s Nominee for N.I.H. Chief Faces Questions From Senators
Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, a Stanford University health economist who came to prominence crusading against lockdowns during the coronavirus pandemic, faced ...
Measles Outbreak Continues to Spread in West Texas
A measles outbreak that has spread over a swath of West Texas, killing one child, shows no signs of slowing, ...
U.S.A.I.D. Memos Detail Human Costs of Cuts to Foreign Aid
The Trump administration’s decision to withdraw foreign aid and dismantle the U.S. Agency for International Development is likely to cause ...
U.S. Terminates Funding for Polio, H.I.V., Malaria and Nutrition Programs Around the World
“People will die,” said Dr. Catherine Kyobutungi, executive director of the African Population and Health Research Center, “but we will ...
Trump Administration Ends Global Health Research Program
An obscure but influential program that gave detailed public health information to about half of the world’s nations will fold ...
Extreme Heat May Cause Older People to Age Faster, New Study Finds
There’s also some debate among scientists about whether epigenetic clocks are the best measure for aging, said Rachel Morello-Frosch, an ...
Unvaccinated Child Dies of Measles in Texas, Officials Say
A child has died of measles in West Texas, the first known death from an outbreak of the disease that ...
Dr. Oz: How His Millions Collide With Medicare
Dr. Mehmet Oz, the celebrity TV doctor nominated by President Trump to oversee Medicare and Medicaid, has been a relentless ...
Measles Outbreak in Texas and New Mexico Sickens Nearly 100 People
Outbreaks of measles in parts of Texas and New Mexico have sickened nearly 100 people, according to state health officials ...
As the U.S. Exits Foreign Aid, Who Will Fill the Gap?
As the reality sets in that the United States is drastically diminishing its foreign assistance to developing countries, an urgent ...
Pope Francis Has Bilateral Pneumonia
Pope Francis, who remains hospitalized, has bilateral pneumonia, the Vatican said on Tuesday.The term simply means pneumonia in both lungs, ...
After Abortion Bans, Infant Mortality and Births Increased, Research Finds
Infant mortality increased along with births in most states with abortion bans in the first 18 months after the Supreme ...
Measles Outbreak Hits Town in Texas
A worsening measles outbreak has taken root in Texas, sickening two dozen and hospitalizing nine on the western edge of ...
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