Health
Female Genital Cutting Continues to Increase Worldwide
Campaigns in some countries have reduced the practice, but it remains widespread...
Top US Senators Urge Stores to Stop Sellng Illicit Vapes
Lawmakers want shopkeepers to remove e-cigarettes that were not authorized by the...
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...
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...
How to Spot Kawasaki Disease in Your Child
Cases of this rare, potentially dangerous childhood illness are growing in the U.S....
What to Know About Lead Poisoning in Children
Hundreds of children sickened from high levels of lead in applesauce pouches last...
$1 Billion Donation Will Provide Free Tuition at a Bronx...
Ruth Gottesman, a longtime professor at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine,...
Can You Recycle Medical Devices Like Insulin Pens, Inhalers...
Inhalers, EpiPens, home tests for flu or Covid, mouth guards. They accumulate in...
A Doctor’s Lifelong Quest to Solve One of Pediatric Medicine’s...
For 40 years, Dr. Jane Burns has been working to find the cause of Kawasaki disease,...
Lead-Tainted Applesauce Highlights Failings in Food Safety...
Hundreds of American children were poisoned last year. Records show how, time and...
Companies Were Big on CBD. Not Anymore.
A lack of federal regulation and a mishmash of state laws have made selling products...
A Fading Weapon in the HIV Fight: Condoms
Some H.I.V. experts worry that the public health focus on prevention medication...
One in Six Abortions Is Done With Pills Prescribed Online,...
The first nationwide count of telehealth abortions includes pills mailed to states...
