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Health Theresa Gaffney

‘The hospital never supported the midwives’: As more birth centers open, their viability hinges on nearby hospitals

When a Massachusetts hospital announced plans to close a neighborhood birth center, local parents mounted a campaign to keep its doors open.

Health Andrew Joseph

In Philadelphia, ‘tranq’ is leaving drug users with horrific wounds. Other communities are bracing for the same

Health Tech Brittany Trang

‘A constant information lag’: The troubled recall of Philips CPAP machines underscores flaws in device oversight

Health Brittany Trang

Why doesn’t the U.S. have at-home flu tests?

Biotech Jason Mast

‘If this works, it changes everything’: Altos Labs founders lay out plan to reverse disease

Opinion

First Opinion Lynn R. Goldman and Amanda D. Castel

Lessons from polio about the need to vaccinate kids against Covid-19

There are some parallels between polio and Covid-19 in kids. A big one is the importance of vaccinating kids against each disease.

First Opinion

Real-time data are needed to monitor health after disasters

First Opinion

Respiratory infection surge sounds a wake-up call for pediatric emergency care

Video

Health Usha Lee McFarling and Casey Shenery

Watch: How pulse oximeters work, and why they sometimes do not

Pulse oximeters, which measure oxygen levels in blood, are affordable, portable, and easy to use, but they have a major drawback.

Health

Watch: Why aren’t ectopic pregnancies viable?

A STAT Investigation

With a promising new plan to pay for pricey cures, two states set out to eliminate hepatitis C. But cost hasn’t been the biggest problem

All Coverage

First Opinion Bill Frist and Dariush Mozaffarian

Congress: Close the gap between funding for nutrition research and the toll diet-related disease takes on Americans

Health Andrew Joseph

Covid evolution wipes out another antibody treatment, threatening the country’s medicine cabinet

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Health Helen Branswell

CDC launches initiative to test wastewater for polioviruses in some communities

Health Jeff Allen and Lisa Lacasse

Better lab test standards can ensure precision medicine is truly precise

Health Helen Branswell

With no exit strategy from ‘zero Covid’ policy, China could face tsunami in cases, experts fear

Health Lev Facher

Resistance to FDA’s opioid-disposal plan raises concerns about CADCA, a powerful advocacy group

Health Kay Lazar — Boston Globe

The secret to longer, healthier life? Ambitious new trial focuses on ‘super agers’ and seeks thousands of families.

Health Joe McDonald — Associated Press

China eases Covid rules after wide protests of lockdowns

Health Helen Branswell

WHO to phase out the name ‘monkeypox’ for ‘mpox’

Living With Isabella Cueto

Lessons from a thriving physical therapist to a younger self just learning about multiple sclerosis

Health Angus Chen

Q&A: Siddhartha Mukherjee on the rapid pace of cancer research and ‘luminous’ life of cells

Health Helen Branswell

Experimental flu vaccine, developed using mRNA, seen as potential game changer

Health Brian Melley — Associated Press

A jury finds NCAA is not to blame in lawsuit over football player’s death after repeated head trauma

Health Ambar Castillo

‘Mass incarceration is one of the greatest health challenges of our time’: MacArthur ‘genius’ Emily Wang on building solutions

Health Andrew Joseph

Real-world data show updated Covid-19 boosters increase protection against infection

Health Brittany Trang

One-third of U.S. labs have stopped using race-based equations to diagnose kidney disease

Health Andrew Joseph

U.K. analysis shows one dose of monkeypox vaccine yields strong protection

First Opinion Anne N. Sosin, Lakshmi Ganapathi and Martha Lincoln

A tripledemic hurricane is making landfall. We need masks, not just tent hospitals

Health Katherine Harmon Courage

A simple screening question could help millions of women prevent cardiovascular disease. Why aren’t we using it?

Health Care Ambar Castillo

The case for universal oral health coverage, according to a new WHO report

Health Helen Branswell

How infectious disease experts are responding to Covid nearly three years in

Health Justin Chen

Nectar bats are ‘wonderful, majestic’ and sugar-obsessed. This researcher wants to know how they stay healthy

Health Nicholas Florko

To gin up opposition to the proposed menthol ban, tobacco companies are turning to gas station ads

Health Andrew Joseph

In country after country, primary care doctors report high burnout and degraded patient care