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Biden Administration Plans to Offer Updated Booster Shots in September
With reformulated shots from Pfizer and Moderna on the horizon, the F.D.A. has decided that Americans under 50 should wait to receive second boosters.
Democrats’ Plan to Fight Inflation May Lower Costs Over Time
A package of tax increases, lower drug prices and other provisions aimed at reducing the federal budget deficit could alleviate rapid price gains.
Manchin, in Reversal, Agrees to Quick Action on Climate and Tax Plan
The West Virginia Democrat, a holdout on his party’s domestic agenda, said the package would reduce inflation, a concern he had cited in rejecting it just weeks ago.
Cómo vivir con la COVID-19 cuando estás harto de la pandemia
El aumento de la subvariante BA.5 es un recordatorio de que debemos tomar precauciones para evitar enfermarnos, desacelerar el ciclo implacable de nuevas variantes y minimizar la interrupción de nuestra vida diaria.
Teva Reaches Tentative $4.25 Billion Settlement Over Opioids
The deal would end thousands of lawsuits against one of the largest producers of opioid painkillers during the height of the opioid epidemic.
Fentanyl From the Government? A Vancouver Experiment Aims to Stop Overdoses
A city on the forefront of harm reduction has taken the concept to a new level in an effort to address the growing toxicity of street drugs.
Omicron BA.5 Surge: 5 Ways to Stay Safe
The BA.5 surge is a reminder that we need to take precautions to avoid illness, slow the relentless cycle of new variants and minimize the disruption to our daily lives.
The New Abortion Battleground
The political fight over abortion will increasingly be a battle over the mailing of pills into Republican-run states.
After Roe, Pregnant Women With Cancer Diagnoses May Face Wrenching Choices
Urgent questions arise about how care of pregnant women with cancer will change in states where women are unable to terminate pregnancies
¿Cuándo caducan realmente los medicamentos vencidos?
Muchos tenemos medicamentos que ya pasaron su fecha de vencimiento, pero ¿todavía es seguro usarlos?
F.D.A. Seeks Outside Review of Troubled Food and Tobacco Units
The agency’s commissioner asked an external foundation to examine its operations in the wake of the baby formula and vaping crises.
Can a ‘Magic’ Protein Slow the Aging Process?
Elevian is one of several companies searching for ways to increase life span — in this case, using a protein called GDF11. But challenges lie ahead.
Sky-High Prices Are Only Part of the Problem
Inflation has unmasked the depths of our affordability crisis.
Why Build Back Better Is a Health Care Bill Now
Only two provisions in a once-sprawling social spending package have survived; they would lower prescription drug prices in Medicare and insurance premiums for millions of Americans.
Brittney Griner Had Prescription for Drug She Brought to Russia, Lawyers Say
As the W.N.B.A. star’s drugs trial resumed, her defense team contended that she had packed a banned narcotic in her luggage because of “an oversight.”
Monkeypox Catches New York City Off Guard (Again)
Long lines for vaccines. Testing is slowed. Antivirals are held up. Treatment is easier for the privileged. Sound familiar?
Manchin Pulls Plug on Climate and Tax Talks, Shrinking Domestic Plan
The West Virginia Democrat’s decision dealt a crushing blow to President Biden’s domestic agenda, effectively ruling out action on anything beyond prescription drug pricing and health care subsidies.
U.S. Tells Pharmacists Not to Withhold Pills That Can Cause Abortion
New Biden administration guidance warned that failing to dispense such drugs “may be discriminating” on the basis of sex or disability, citing other conditions that they can treat.
F.D.A. to Weigh Over-the-Counter Sale of Birth Control Pills
The first U.S. application for sale of a nonprescription birth control pill has taken on new meaning after the Supreme Court decision ending the constitutional right to abortion.
Declining Mental Health
The pandemic’s toll on our mental health is showing up in our medicine cabinets.