April 5, 2025
Health & Fitness
April 4, 2025
A Federal Lab That Tracked Rising S.T.I.s Has Been…
Drug-resistant gonorrhea, a form of the widespread sexually transmitted infection, is considered an urgent health threat worldwide. The United States has just lost its ability to detect it. Among the Centers for Disease Control
April 4, 2025
Trump Rejects Proposal for Medicare to Cover Wegov…
The Trump administration on Friday rejected a Biden plan that would have required Medicare and Medicaid to cover obesity drugs and expanded access for millions of people. Under the law that established Medicare’s Part
April 4, 2025
Teenage girls’ screen time linked to poor sl…
Representational image of a teenage girl using a mobile phone. — Unsplash/File A teenage girl unable to get off her smartphone or other devices might be at risk of losing sleep and increase in depression,
April 4, 2025
Trump’s Next Tariffs Target Could be Foreign-Made …
Newer and more expensive medications are more likely to be made in the United States or Europe. Ireland, in particular, has become a hub because it is a tax haven. Many of the industry’s
April 4, 2025
‘I could live 30 years
Fergus Walsh Medical editor Camilla Horrox Global health producer BBC April Hubbard sits on the theatre stage where she plans to die later this year. She is not terminally ill, but the 39-year-old performance
April 3, 2025
Senate Confirms Dr. Oz to Ovrsee Medicare and Medi…
The Senate on Thursday confirmed Dr. Mehmet Oz, the celebrity TV doctor, 53-45 and mostly along party lines to lead Medicare and Medicaid, which insure nearly half of all Americans. The future of both
April 3, 2025
What to Know About Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
Carbon monoxide gas, which is invisible and odorless, can be fatal. It can kill people in their homes as they sleep, seeping undetected from generators. It can accumulate within the walls of closed garages,
April 3, 2025
FDA Layoffs Could Raise Drug Costs and Erode Food …
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced wide-ranging cutbacks at federal health agencies, including the Food and Drug Administration, that would eliminate duplicative services and paper pushers. But in interviews with more than a
April 3, 2025