Tag: Medicine and Health

As containment efforts falter, the measles outbreak in West Texas is likely to persist for a year, perhaps even setting ...

Kilmer S. McCully, a pathologist at Harvard Medical School in the 1960s and ’70s whose colleagues banished him to the ...

In the last few years, foodborne pathogens have had devastating consequences that alarmed the public. Bacteria in infant formula sickened ...

Cancer researchers examining the use of artificial intelligence to detect early signs of breast cancer. Pediatricians tracking the long-term health ...

On a recent Friday morning, Daniel, a lawyer in his early 40s, was in a Zoom counseling session describing tapering ...

Struggling to contain a raging measles epidemic in West Texas, public health officials increasingly worry that residents are relying on ...

Dr. Sheldon Greenfield, whose pioneering research found that older patients with breast and pancreatic cancer got subpar treatment and that ...

Until 2020, few Americans needed to think about how viruses spread or how the human immune system works. The pandemic ...

Every day, Dora Dantzler-Wright and her colleagues distribute overdose reversal drugs on the streets of Chicago. They hold training sessions ...

Scientists collecting water, air and soil samples in neighborhoods ravaged by fires say they’re concerned about long-term health risks for ...

Dalvin Modore walked as if there was broken glass beneath his feet, stepping gingerly, his frail shoulders hunched against the ...

Five years after Covid-19 shut down activities all over the world, medical historians sometimes struggle to place the pandemic in ...

This article is part of a Women and Leadership special report highlighting women who are charting new pathways and fighting ...

The Trump administration has asked researchers and organizations whose work is conducted overseas to disclose ties to those regarded as ...

Dangerous pathogens left unsecured at labs across Africa. Halted inspections for mpox, Ebola and other infections at airports and other ...

As Congressional Republicans weigh major cuts to Medicaid, most voters do not want to see the public health plan’s funding ...

At a confirmation hearing for Dr. Marty Makary on Thursday, senators focused heavily on the safety of the abortion pill, ...

Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, a Stanford University health economist who came to prominence crusading against lockdowns during the coronavirus pandemic, faced ...

A measles outbreak that has spread over a swath of West Texas, killing one child, shows no signs of slowing, ...

The Trump administration’s decision to withdraw foreign aid and dismantle the U.S. Agency for International Development is likely to cause ...