Health

Health Helen Branswell

‘What aren’t we facing?’: Immunization leader lays bare challenges to the monkeypox response

First Opinion Ned Calonge, Jane Hoppin and Alex R. Kemper

Report: More people should be tested for potential exposure to ‘forever chemicals’

Health Andrew Joseph

A treatment for monkeypox was approved under the FDA’s ‘Animal Rule.’ Here’s what that means

A STAT Investigation Tara Bannow

The private equity firms, like Blackstone and KKR, behind 8 of the biggest names in autism therapy

A STAT Investigation Tara Bannow

Parents and clinicians say private equity’s profit fixation is short-changing kids with autism

Health Andrew Joseph

WHO renames lineages of monkeypox, moving away from geographic links

Health Helen Branswell

Wastewater monitoring identifies polioviruses in New York City

Health Usha Lee McFarling, Katherine Gilyard and Akila Muthukumar

New data from several states show racial disparities in monkeypox infections

Health Andrew Joseph

CDC eases Covid-19 quarantine and testing guidelines as it marks a new phase in pandemic

Health Hyacinth Empinado and Andrew Joseph

Watch: The sneaky ways Covid dodges our immune systems

Health Emiliano Rodríguez Mega

A team of Oxford and Mexican researchers want to diversify genomic databases. Can they end ‘parachute science,’ too?

Health Theresa Gaffney

With support on monkeypox hard to come by, queer communities turn to one another

Health Akila Muthukumar

New research finds blood tests can predict severe outcomes of brain injury

Health Megan Molteni

What scientists know — and don’t know — about how monkeypox spreads

Health Akila Muthukumar

As monkeypox spreads, university campuses prepare for another outbreak

Health Helen Branswell

U.S. moves to stretch out supplies of monkeypox vaccine

Health Isabella Cueto

Aldosterone, a hormone that prevents dehydration, is linked to worsening kidney disease, study suggests

Health Seth Borenstein — Associated Press

Study connects climate hazards to 58% of infectious diseases

Health Katherine Gilyard

A health equity expert on making monkeypox messaging more inclusive

Health Jonathan Wosen

From buzzy biomarkers to learning from failure: 3 takeaways from the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference

Health Helen Branswell

Polioviruses found in wastewater samples in 2 N.Y. counties, suggesting continued spread

Health Helen Branswell

U.S. declares monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency

Health Helen Branswell

With monkeypox vaccine in high demand, NIH to test approaches to stretch supplies

Health Andrew Joseph

Covid has settled into a persistent pattern — and remains damaging. It may not change anytime soon

Health Elissa Welle

Monoclonal antibody treatment for malaria shows encouraging results

Health Megan Molteni

Red Cross beginning to screen blood donors for monkeypox

Heavyweights Angus Chen

The trust-builder: a cancer center director’s try-it-all strategy for breaking the barriers between research and Black patients

Health Helen Branswell

The campaign to rename monkeypox gets complicated

Health Akila Muthukumar

From low pay to workplace culture, obstacles litter the path to diversity in EMS