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Covid-19 vaccines prevented nearly 20 million deaths in a year, study estimates

Covid-19 vaccines cut the potential global death toll by more than half in the first year they were available, according to a new study.

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FDA orders Juul e-cigarettes off the market in the U.S.

Health Tech By Mario Aguilar

Wearables are collecting a flood of data. An ambitious new study of pregnancy aims to prove that’s valuable for health

Health By Helen Branswell and Matthew Herper

Comparing the Pfizer and Moderna Covid vaccines for young children

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‘It was stolen from me’: Black doctors are forced out of training programs at far higher rates than white residents

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Health By Olivia Goldhill

Supreme Court decision suggests the legal right to contraception is also under threat

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Special Report By Andrew Joseph

To protect people with addiction from discrimination, the Justice Dept. turns to a long-overlooked tool: the ADA

Health By Theresa Gaffney

These researchers study abortion in states likely to ban it. That will make their jobs even harder

Health By Jason Mast

CDC recommends Pfizer, Moderna Covid vaccines for children under 5

Health By Matthew Herper

FDA authorizes Pfizer and Moderna Covid vaccines for infants, toddlers, and preschoolers

Health By Helen Branswell

A CDC study seeks to provide clues to seeming surge of hepatitis cases in kids

Health By Akila Muthukumar

U.S. Covid test makers anticipate layoffs after government reallocates funds

Health By Usha Lee McFarling

Life expectancy for Native Americans has stagnated — even long before Covid

Health By Isabella Cueto

Girl’s case of lupus leads to new understanding of a perplexing disease

Health By Matthew Herper and Helen Branswell

FDA advisory panel votes unanimously that Pfizer and Moderna shots be authorized for young children

Health By Akila Muthukumar

Popular drug may have new benefit in men with diabetes, but not women, study shows

Health By Helen Branswell and Matthew Herper

Tracking an FDA advisory panel meeting on Covid vaccines in young children

Health By Matthew Herper

FDA panel unanimously backs Moderna’s Covid vaccine for children ages 6 to 17

Health By Andrew Joseph

Newest Omicron Covid-19 lineages gaining ground in United States

Health By Helen Branswell

WHO to convene emergency committee on monkeypox spread

Health By Elissa Welle

Enrollment in medical cannabis programs saw four-fold increase, study finds

Health By Edward Chen

Language barriers keep parents from asking questions about their children’s care, study finds

Health By Helen Branswell

‘Discriminatory and stigmatizing’: Scientists push to rename monkeypox viruses

Health By Kate Sheridan

Homeless and incarcerated people in Minnesota struggled to access Covid vaccines

Health By Jason Mast

How the hard lessons of the AIDS crisis are shaping the response to the monkeypox outbreak

Health By Helen Branswell

FDA advisers recommend authorization of Novavax’s Covid-19 vaccine

Lab technician wearing blue gloves holding a reactive test for monkey pox.

Health By Helen Branswell and Andrew Joseph

‘Testing bottleneck’ for monkeypox puts hope of containment at risk, experts warn

Health By Angus Chen

Many Black cancer patients say they aren’t offered the chance at clinical trials, survey finds

Health By Andrew Joseph

Covid-19 vaccines prevented nearly 20 million deaths in a year, study estimates

FDA orders Juul e-cigarettes off the market in the U.S.

Wearables are collecting a flood of data. An ambitious new study of pregnancy aims to prove that’s valuable for health

Comparing the Pfizer and Moderna Covid vaccines for young children

‘It was stolen from me’: Black doctors are forced out of training programs at far higher rates than white residents

All Coverage

Supreme Court decision suggests the legal right to contraception is also under threat

To protect people with addiction from discrimination, the Justice Dept. turns to a long-overlooked tool: the ADA

These researchers study abortion in states likely to ban it. That will make their jobs even harder

CDC recommends Pfizer, Moderna Covid vaccines for children under 5

FDA authorizes Pfizer and Moderna Covid vaccines for infants, toddlers, and preschoolers

A CDC study seeks to provide clues to seeming surge of hepatitis cases in kids

U.S. Covid test makers anticipate layoffs after government reallocates funds

Life expectancy for Native Americans has stagnated — even long before Covid

Girl’s case of lupus leads to new understanding of a perplexing disease

FDA advisory panel votes unanimously that Pfizer and Moderna shots be authorized for young children

Popular drug may have new benefit in men with diabetes, but not women, study shows

Tracking an FDA advisory panel meeting on Covid vaccines in young children

FDA panel unanimously backs Moderna’s Covid vaccine for children ages 6 to 17

Newest Omicron Covid-19 lineages gaining ground in United States

WHO to convene emergency committee on monkeypox spread

Enrollment in medical cannabis programs saw four-fold increase, study finds

Language barriers keep parents from asking questions about their children’s care, study finds

‘Discriminatory and stigmatizing’: Scientists push to rename monkeypox viruses

Homeless and incarcerated people in Minnesota struggled to access Covid vaccines

How the hard lessons of the AIDS crisis are shaping the response to the monkeypox outbreak

FDA advisers recommend authorization of Novavax’s Covid-19 vaccine

‘Testing bottleneck’ for monkeypox puts hope of containment at risk, experts warn

Many Black cancer patients say they aren’t offered the chance at clinical trials, survey finds

If Roe is overturned, the ripples could affect IVF and genetic testing of embryos, experts warn

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