Health
When ‘Prior Authorization’ Becomes a Medical Roadblock
Medicare Advantage plans say it reduces waste and inappropriate care. Critics say...
Countries Fail to Agree on Treaty to Prepare the World...
Negotiators plan to ask for more time. Among the sticking points are equitable access...
Beef Tissue from Sick Cow Tests Positive for Bird Flu Virus
Muscle from a sick dairy cow tested positive for the virus. The meat did not enter...
The Ages When You Feel Most Lonely and How to Reconnect
New research suggests people tend to be lonelier in young adulthood and late life....
How Poor Tracking of Bird Flu Leaves Dairy Workers at Risk
Farmworkers have been exposed to milk infected with the bird flu virus. But there...
Milton Diamond, Sexologist and Advocate for Intersex Babies,...
He pushed back against doctors who recommended surgery on infants born with ambiguous...
Biden Administration to Pay Dairy Farmers for Bird Flu...
The payment system amounted to one of the most forceful actions taken so far by...
‘Failure to Thrive,’ or a Failure to Look?
An outdated medical term often masks treatable illnesses, health experts contend.
Hilary Cass Says U.S. Doctors Are ‘Out of Date’ on Youth...
Dr. Hilary Cass published a landmark report that led to restrictions on youth gender...
Nancy Neveloff Dubler, Mediator for Life’s Final Moments,...
A bioethicist, she pioneered bedside methods for helping patients, their families...
When Families Fight Over a Relative With Dementia, It’s...
Trained negotiators can help families struggling with vexing elder-care issues.
Can Parrots Converse? Polly Says That’s the Wrong Question.
In a cautious new paper, scientists tried to determine whether an interactive speech...
Patient Dies Weeks After Kidney Transplant From Genetically...
Richard Slayman received the historic procedure in March. The hospital said it had...
Klobuchar Asks Regulators to Investigate MultiPlan Over...
A data analytics firm has helped big health insurers cut payments to doctors, raising...
Robert Oxnam, China Scholar Beset by Multiple Personalities,...
Through psychotherapy, recounted in a memoir, he learned that he had 11 personalities,...
Pasteurized Dairy Foods Free of Live Bird Flu, Federal...
But the scope of the outbreak among cattle remains uncertain, and little human testing...
