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A Lead Scare Strikes Stanley Tumblers, but You Don’t Need to Worry

Syphilis Is Soaring in the U.S.

Experimental Drug Cuts Off Pain at the Source, Company Says

Teen Drug and Alcohol Use Linked to Mental Health Distress

Philips Suspends U.S. Sales of Breathing Machines After Recall

The Man in Room 117

Pet Dragons Linked to Rare Salmonella Strain in U.S. and Canada

Phones Track Everything but Their Role in Car Wrecks

Nitrogen Hypoxia: What to Know About This New Method of Execution

Naomi Feil, Who Promoted Empathy as a Response to Dementia, Dies at 91

Europe Faces a Measles Outbreak

F.D.A. Issues Warning of Cancer Risk Linked to CAR-T Therapies

Gene Therapy Allows an 11-Year-Old Boy to Hear for the First Time

Top Cancer Center Seeks to Retract or Correct Dozens of Studies

Berish Strauch, Path Breaker in Reconstructive Medicine, Dies at 90

The Heart Surgery That Isn’t as Safe for Older Women

With Harsh Anti-L.G.B.T.Q. Law, Uganda Risks a Health Crisis

Nancy E. Adler, Who Linked Wealth to Health, Dies at 77

What to Know About the Federal Law at the Heart of the Latest Supreme Court Abortion Case

King Charles’s Prostate Treatment Is Common Among Men His Age

Claire M. Fagin, Powerful Advocate for Nurses and Nursing, Dies at 97

Six Reasons Drug Prices Are So High in the U.S.

Cancer Deaths Are Falling, but There May Be an Asterisk

Roy Calne, Pioneering British Organ-Transplant Surgeon, Dies at 93

Workplace Wellness Programs Have Little Benefit, Study Finds

Federal Scientists Recommend Easing Restrictions on Marijuana

Looming Starvation in Gaza Shows Resurgence of Civilian Sieges in Warfare

What Happens When There Is No Food: Experts Say Severe Malnutrition Could Set in Swiftly in Gaza

Scientists Scramble to Keep Dog Aging Project Alive

Women With Depression During or After Pregnancy Face Greater Suicide Risk, Even Years Later

Use of A.D.H.D. Drugs Surged During Pandemic, Study Finds

‘Gas-Station Heroin’ Sold as Dietary Supplement Alarms Health Officials

U.S. Diet Panel Adds Another Researcher With Alcohol Industry Ties

An Ultrasound Experiment Tackles a Giant Problem in Brain Medicine

The F.D.A. Warned an Asthma Drug Could Induce Despair. Many Were Never Told.

The Income Gap Jeopardizing Retirement for Millions

F.D.A. to Issue First Approval for Mass Drug Imports to States From Canada

Ozempic and Wegovy Users Had Less Risk of Suicidal Thoughts in Large Study

Paxlovid Cuts Covid Death Risk. But Those Who Need It Are Not Taking It.

Florida Health Official Calls for Halt to Covid Vaccines

Covid Has Resurged, but Scientists See a Diminished Threat

Sidney M. Wolfe, Scourge of the Pharmaceutical Industry, Dies at 86

More Women Who Are Not Pregnant Are Ordering Abortion Pills Just in Case