As Congress Debates Cutting Medicaid, a Major Study Shows It Saves Lives
The most extensive research on Medicaid coverage to date found that it reduced the risk of death by 21 percent.
When a Vaccine Safety Trial Becomes Unethical
New vaccines are often evaluated in trials in which some participants receive a placebo. But not all studies can be designed this way.
Federal Officials May Limit Recommendations for Covid Vaccine
With new testing requirements, it’s not even clear how new Covid or flu shots can be made available this fall.
Baby Is Healed With World’s First Personalized Gene-Editing Treatment
Something was very wrong with Kyle and Nicole Muldoon’s baby. The doctors speculated. Maybe it was meningitis? Maybe sepsis? They got an answer when KJ was only a week old. He had a rare genetic disorder, CPS1 deficiency, that affects just one in 1.3 …
Trump Budget Cuts Hobble Antismoking Programs
Students at Wyoming East High School in West Virginia’s coal country had different reasons for joining Raze, a state program meant to raise awareness about the health risks of tobacco and e-cigarettes. Cayden Oliver, 17, grew up around generations of …
Drug Overdose Deaths Plummeted in 2024, C.D.C. Reports
The progress comes as the Trump administration is proposing to cut funding for many programs believed to have contributed to the improvement.
U.S. Tells Court It Plans to Deport Scientist to Russia
Kseniia Petrova, a Harvard researcher, was detained Feb. 16 at Logan Airport after failing to declare scientific samples she carried into the U.S.
What a Prostate Nodule Detection Like Biden’s Can Mean for a Man’s Health
Some doctors say they are surprised the condition was found at all in the former president, given his age.
Trump’s Focus on Punishing Drug Dealers May Hurt Drug Users Trying to Quit
Public health and addiction experts fear millions could lose access to treatment and prevention services if the administration’s proposed cuts are enacted.