Health
Female Genital Cutting Continues to Increase Worldwide
Campaigns in some countries have reduced the practice, but it remains widespread...
How a Sudden Halt to In Vitro Fertilization Shook Alabama...
Many suffered setbacks after the State Supreme Court ruled that frozen embryos were...
Kansas City Chiefs Fans Needed Amputations After Frigid...
A Missouri hospital said the amputations involved mostly fingers and toes after...
With Cyberattack Fix Weeks Away, Health Providers Slam...
Hospitals, doctors and clinics expressed frustration that they will have to wait...
Howard Hiatt, 98, Dies; Steered Public Health Toward Greater...
A physician, scientist and academic, he brought together experts across disciplines...
A New Film at SXSW Warns of the Potential Harm of Microplastics
At SXSW, a documentary traces the arc of plastics in our lives, and highlights evolving...
What to Know About Lead Poisoning in Children
Hundreds of children sickened from high levels of lead in applesauce pouches last...
Can You Recycle Medical Devices Like Insulin Pens, Inhalers...
Inhalers, EpiPens, home tests for flu or Covid, mouth guards. They accumulate in...
How to Spot Kawasaki Disease in Your Child
Cases of this rare, potentially dangerous childhood illness are growing in the U.S....
$1 Billion Donation Will Provide Free Tuition at a Bronx...
Ruth Gottesman, a longtime professor at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine,...
Lead-Tainted Applesauce Highlights Failings in Food Safety...
Hundreds of American children were poisoned last year. Records show how, time and...
A Fading Weapon in the HIV Fight: Condoms
Some H.I.V. experts worry that the public health focus on prevention medication...
Companies Were Big on CBD. Not Anymore.
A lack of federal regulation and a mishmash of state laws have made selling products...
One in Six Abortions Is Done With Pills Prescribed Online,...
The first nationwide count of telehealth abortions includes pills mailed to states...
UnitedHealth Cyberattack Disrupts Prescription Drug Coverage
For a week, people have been waylaid at pharmacies after a unit of the nation’s...
