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Medicare Delays a Full Crackdown on Private Health Plans

What to Know About State Moves to Ban Transgender Health Care

Studies Link Common Childhood Viruses to Rare Hepatitis Cases

AstraZeneca’s Covid Vaccine May Have Posed a Higher Heart Risk for Young Women, Study Shows

F.D.A. Approves Narcan for Over-the-Counter Sales

A pediatric trauma surgeon in Nashville describes gunshot wounds in children.

Over-the-Counter Narcan Could Save More Lives. But Price and Stigma Are Obstacles.

Hospitals Are Increasingly Crowded With Kids Who Tried to Harm Themselves, Study Finds

You May Need That Procedure. But Do You Really Need an Escort?

California’s Plan for Cheaper Insulin Collides With Big Pharma’s Price Cuts

Should You Get Another Covid Booster?

These Devices Sickened Hundreds. The New Models Have Risks, Too.

Autism Prevalence Rises Again, Study Finds

Wyoming Judge Temporarily Blocks the State’s New Abortion Ban

Rising Rate of Drug Shortages Is Framed as a National Security Threat

Medicare Tries to Combat Fraud. Now Insurers Are Fighting Back.

DNA From Beethoven’s Hair Unlocks Medical and Family Secrets

The Surgeon General’s New Mission: Adolescent Mental Health

‘We Were Helpless’: Despair at the C.D.C. as the Pandemic Erupted

Deadly Fungus Spread Rapidly During the Pandemic, C.D.C. Says

W.H.O. Accuses China of Withholding Data on Pandemic’s Origins

What Are Raccoon Dogs?

F.D.A. Advisers Endorse Paxlovid’s Benefits as a Covid Treatment

A Tick-Borne Disease Is on the Rise in the Northeast, C.D.C. Reports

Pregnancy and Covid: What Women Need to Know

Lawyers Spar Before Judge Over Rescinding Federal Approval of Abortion Pill

Scientists Investigate a Bird Flu Outbreak in Seals

Lawyers to Face Off Before Judge in Closely Watched Abortion Pills Case

The U.S. Program That Brought H.I.V. Treatment to 20 Million People

Heartbeat May Shape Our Perception of Time, Study Shows

Aggressive Medical Care Remains Common at Life’s End

Judge in Abortion Pill Case Set Hearing but Sought to Delay Telling the Public

F.D.A. Approves New Nasal Spray for Migraines

Weeks After Ohio Train Derailment, Health Concerns Mount

These Morning-After Pills May Prevent S.T.I.’s, Researchers Say

African Countries Made Huge Gains in Life Expectancy. Now That Could Be Erased.

Opioids Are Leading Cause of Child Poisoning Deaths, Study Finds

Preterm Birth Drug Withdrawn After 12 Years

Long Covid Patients More Likely to Have Gastrointestinal Problems, Study Finds

Could the Next Blockbuster Drug Be Lab-Rat Free?

New Treatment Could Help Fix the Heart’s ‘Forgotten Valve’

A Statin Alternative Joins Drugs That Can Reduce Heart Attack Risk

Walgreens Says It Won’t Offer the Abortion Pill Mifepristone in Conservative States

Premature Births Fell During Some Covid Lockdowns, Study Finds

Opioid Distributors Cleared of Liability to Georgia Families Ravaged by Addiction

F.D.A. Panel Recommends 2 R.S.V. Vaccines for Older Adults

Brokers Get Lush Trips and Cash Perks to Sell Costly Medigap Plans