Health

Health Helen Branswell

U.S. polio case tied to viruses detected in U.K., Israel, suggesting silent spread

Biotech Jason Mast

Drug companies could create new drugs to protect the Covid vulnerable. Why aren’t they?

Health Tech Akila Muthukumar

Buprenorphine treatment for veterans with opioid use disorder increased as care shifted to telehealth during Covid, study finds

Health Elissa Welle

Daily Vitamin D supplements don’t lower risk of bone fractures, study finds

Health Helen Branswell

Bacterium that causes rare but dangerous disease likely endemic along Gulf Coast, CDC says

Health Helen Branswell and Andrew Joseph

WHO recommends men who have sex with men reduce sex partners to limit monkeypox risk

Health Jonathan Wosen

​​Genomics is racing toward a $100 genome. Are we ready for it?

Health Helen Branswell

What to know about polio, a disease once again vying for attention

A STAT Investigation Olivia Goldhill

Encouraged by right-wing doctor groups, desperate patients turn to ivermectin for long Covid

Health Helen Branswell

New studies offer theory on cause of unusual hepatitis cases in kids

Health Bob Herman

Collateral damage of the Fed’s interest rate hikes: People who put medical bills on credit cards

Special Report Andrew Joseph

Two deadly days in St. Louis: An overdose cluster kills 8 Black people — and shows the new shape of the addiction crisis

Health Helen Branswell

WHO declares monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency

Health Elizabeth Cooney

‘There’s no one long Covid’: Experts struggle to make sense of the continuing mystery

Health Jason Mast

As new variant spreads, a crucial drug to protect the most vulnerable goes vastly underused

Health Helen Branswell

N.Y. state detects polio case, first in the U.S. since 2013

Health Usha Lee McFarling

There aren’t nearly enough Native American physicians. A crash course in medicine seeks to change that

Health Edward Chen

As diabetes during pregnancy grows more common, experts point to a need for preventive care

Health Theresa Gaffney

At a 988 call center, volunteers embrace a new number while providing familiar hope

Health Helen Branswell

Novavax’s Covid-19 vaccine wins backing of CDC advisory panel

Health Andrew Joseph

As overdose deaths exploded during the pandemic, racial disparities widened, CDC report shows

Health Isabella Cueto

It’s not just heat stroke. Extreme temperatures pose special risk to people with chronic illness (and that’s a lot of us)

Health Helen Branswell

With monkeypox spreading globally, many experts believe the virus can’t be contained

Health Elissa Welle

FDA approves first at-home therapy for skin repigmentation in vitiligo patients

Health Helen Branswell

NYC will use a one-dose monkeypox vaccine strategy to stretch supplies, despite FDA, CDC warnings against the move

Health Ryan Cross — The Boston Globe

George Church startup Manifold Bio raises $40M for ‘protein barcoding’ technology to improve drug testing

Health Edward Chen

A treatment for a deadly condition in newborns fails to improve outcomes, study finds

Health Matthew Herper

FDA authorizes Novavax Covid vaccine, in hopes the traditional shot will convince holdouts

Health Carla K. Johnson — Associated Press

Relaxed methadone rules appear safe, researchers find