Category: NYT Health

Set yourself up for an invigorating new year. Continue Reading

Dr. Murphy’s safe, reliable blood bag replaced breakable glass bottles used in transfusions in the Korean War. He also helped improve pacemakers and artificial kidneys. Continue Reading

The public health researcher Abigail Echo-Hawk is a leading voice in a movement to empower Indigenous people, wielding data as a tool for racial equity. Continue Reading

Many Black women report feeling ignored or dismissed by doctors. The consequences can be deadly for mothers and babies. Continue Reading

A psychiatrist and a prolific author, he criticized what he referred to as a “nonsystem” that left vulnerable people on the streets to fend for themselves. Continue Reading

Pediatricians are hesitating to prescribe medicines like Wegovy, citing their newness and uncertainties around them. Continue Reading

The telehealth company, which sold teeth alignment devices to two million customers, was unprofitable and had been criticized by medical groups. Continue Reading

The virus sends up to 160,000 people over 65 to hospitals every year. But just 15 percent have gotten the newly available shots. Continue Reading

People with the genetic disease have new opportunities to eliminate their symptoms, but the treatments come with obstacles that limit their reach. Continue Reading

Shortly after he retired, the man’s health began to fail him. An accidental finding on a CT scan revealed the true culprit. Continue Reading

There is no clear path for African patients to get access to the treatments, which have multimillion-dollar price tags and are highly complex to manufacture and deliver. Continue Reading

Bipartisan efforts to extend and expand a program granting compensation to victims of government-caused nuclear contamination are faltering. It is set to expire in June. Continue Reading

A study of DNA from half a million volunteers supports an old evolutionary theory about why our bodies eventually wear out. Continue Reading

Activists are trying to end secrecy for sperm and egg donors — a campaign that troubles some L.G.B.T.Q. families. Continue Reading

New York’s Bellevue Hospital performs thousands of the lucrative surgeries a year, even on Rikers Island prisoners and other inappropriate patients. Continue Reading

We asked vets how to keep pets safe from respiratory disease this holiday season. Continue Reading

The proposal has elicited mounting opposition from tobacco companies, Black activists worried about police enforcement and small businesses, as President Biden moves into an election year. Continue Reading

Jennifer Livovich started a nonprofit to give socks to the homeless population in Boulder, Colo. She lost it, and more, in a legal and policy dispute. Continue Reading

People with chronic problems after falls and car crashes scored better on cognition tests after getting a brain implant, a new study found. Continue Reading

The court will decide whether Purdue’s owners can gain permanent immunity from future opioid lawsuits in exchange for payments up to $6 billion. Continue Reading