What’s Next for Juul and E-Cigarettes?
The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday ordered Juul Labs to stop selling e-cigarettes in the United States, saying the company had provided conflicting...
He Spurred a Revolution in Psychiatry. Then He ‘Disappeared.’
On the second day of the annual convention of the American Psychiatric Association in 1972, something extraordinary happened.While the assembled psychiatrists, mostly white men...
After Fetterman’s Stroke, Doctors Look at Senate Campaign Prospects
What really is the prognosis for John Fetterman, the Democratic Senate nominee from Pennsylvania who had a stroke on May 13?The 52-year-old lieutenant governor...
As Monkeypox Cases Rise, Nations Are Urged to Examine Vaccine Stores
After the Sept. 11 attacks, the United States considered immunizing the entire population to protect against a terrorist attack using smallpox. “In the end,...
Booster Rollout for Nursing Homes Is Sluggish
A Connecticut nursing home had planned to roll out Covid booster shots to residents at the beginning of this month.But before it could start...
The World Is Unprepared for the Next Pandemic, Report Says
Nearly two years into the Covid-19 pandemic, the world remains “dangerously unprepared” for the next major outbreak, according to a new report.The 2021 Global...
House Votes to End Covid Precautions as G.O.P. Uses Pandemic in Political Attacks
WASHINGTON — Republicans on Tuesday pushed legislation through the House that would repeal vaccine mandates and declare the pandemic over, blowing past Democratic opposition...
Uterine Cancer Is on the Rise, Especially Among Black Women
Black women represented just under 10 percent of the 208,587 uterine cancer cases diagnosed in the United States between 2000 and 2017, but they...
An African Country Faces Challenges to Protect Girls From HPV
When the health workers arrived at Upendo Primary School on the edge of the Tanzanian capital, they instructed girls who would turn 14 this...
Brain and Spine Implants Allow Paralyzed Man to Walk Naturally Again
Gert-Jan Oskam was living in China in 2011 when he was in a motorcycle accident that left him paralyzed from the hips down. Now,...
