Teens in Distress Are Swamping Pediatricians
Around the country, the setting for adolescent mental health care looks ever more like this doctor’s office in Kentucky, the next patient arriving every...
Pfizer Seeks Authorization of a Second Booster Shot for Older Americans
WASHINGTON — Pfizer and BioNTech said on Tuesday that they had sought emergency authorization for a second booster shot of their coronavirus vaccine for...
Daily Aspirin Regimen May Cause Bleeding
Dr. Wong added: “Two didn’t find any significant reductions in heart attack or stroke, but there was an increased risk of bleeding.” The third...
A Family Measures Milestones on an Alaskan Cycling Trip
I didn’t understand then how much would change, or how quickly. Soon after, the park road was closed because of melting permafrost and landslides,...
F.D.A. and Abbott Reach Agreement on Baby Formula to Try to Ease Shortage
The Food and Drug Administration on Monday reached an agreement with Abbott Laboratories on the steps needed to reopen the company’s shuttered baby formula...
Julie Beckett, Who Helped Disabled Children Live at Home, Dies at 73
Katie Beckett became one of several children — like Ryan White, who contracted H.I.V. through a blood transfusion, and Amber Tatro, who was born...
C.D.C.’s Pandemic Team Will Surrender Some Responsibilities
Just weeks after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention began a comprehensive internal review with an eye toward restructuring, the agency’s director announced...
Student Contest Winner: Told He Had Six Months to Live, He Opened an Art...
This piece is one of 10 winners of our 2022 Profile Contest. You can find more here. Nathan Ko, the author, is 17 and...
Medication Abortions Are Increasing: What They Are and Where Women Get Them
Taking pills to end a pregnancy accounts for a growing share of abortions in the United States, both legal and not. If the Supreme...
Pennsylvania hospitals fill up as cold weather sets in amid a rise in U.S....
The first real-world study of how vaccines hold up against the Omicron variant showed a significant drop in protection against symptomatic cases caused by...
