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Étienne-Émile Baulieu, Father of the Abortion Pill, Is Dead at 98

Trump Administration Ends Program Critical to Search for an H.I.V. Vaccine

C.D.C. Contradicts Kennedy and Keeps Advice That Children May Get Covid Shots

U.S. Cancels Contract With Moderna to Develop Bird Flu Vaccine

U.S. Cancels Contract With Moderna to Develop Bird Flu Vaccine

U.S. Will No Longer Recommend Covid Shots for Children and Pregnant Women

One Type of Mammogram Proves Better for Women With Dense Breasts

The F.D.A. May Restrict Covid Shots. Who Will Be Able to Get Them?

Is There Really a Chronic Disease Epidemic? It’s Complicated.

American Breakfast Cereals Are Becoming Less Healthy, Study Finds

A Blood Test for Alzheimer’s: What to Know

A New System Aims to Save Injured Brains and Lives

Prostate Experts See Familiar Scenario in Biden’s Cancer Diagnosis

F.D.A. Poised to Restrict Access to Covid Vaccines

A Genetic Clue to Why Men Are Taller Than Women

What a Prostate Cancer Diagnosis Like Biden’s Means for Patients

Surgeons Perform First Human Bladder Transplant

F.D.A. Approves Novavax Covid Vaccine With Stricter New Conditions

A Ministroke Can Have Major Consequences

When a Vaccine Safety Trial Becomes Unethical

As Congress Debates Cutting Medicaid, a Major Study Shows It Saves Lives

Novo Nordisk to Replace C.E.O. After Losing Edge in Weight-Loss Drugs

Federal Officials May Limit Recommendations for Covid Vaccine

New N.I.H. Policy Threatens Global Science Collaborations

Baby Is Healed With World’s First Personalized Gene-Editing Treatment

Trump Budget Cuts Hobble Antismoking Programs

Drug Overdose Deaths Plummeted in 2024, C.D.C. Reports

U.S. Tells Court It Plans to Deport Scientist to Russia

What a Prostate Nodule Detection Like Biden’s Can Mean for a Man’s Health

Trump’s Focus on Punishing Drug Dealers May Hurt Drug Users Trying to Quit

An L.A. Doctor’s House Burned. Now He Treats the Fires’ Effects in Neighbors.

With No Real Policy, Trump Asks Drugmakers to Lower U.S. Prices

Trump Plan Would Tie Some Drug Prices to What Peer Nations Pay

Why Patients Are Being Forced to Switch to a 2nd-Choice Obesity Drug

What to Know About the Hepatitis A Outbreak in L.A. County

Local Officials Brace for Loss of Disaster Preparedness Funding

Migrants Are Skipping Medical Care, Fearing ICE, Doctors Say

Trump Has Called for More Babies but Dismissed Fertility Experts

N.I.H. Bars New Funding From U.S. Scientists to Partners Abroad

Trump Administration Asks Court to Dismiss Abortion Pill Case

UnitedHealth’s Move to End Cyberattack Loan Lifeline Upsets Medical Providers

Trump Administration Slashes Research Into L.G.B.T.Q. Health

Honey, Sweetie, Dearie: There Are Perils in ‘Elderspeak’

Trump Budget Cuts Funding for Chronic Disease Prevention

Kennedy Orders Search for New Measles Treatments Instead of Urging Vaccination

Universal Antivenom May Grow Out of Man Who Let Snakes Bite Him Hundreds of Times

Federal Report Denounces Gender Treatments for Adolescents

U.S. Prosecutors Accuse Large Insurers of Paying Kickbacks for Private Medicare Plans

Upheaval in Washington Hinders Campaign Against Bird Flu