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These Settings Aren’t Real. But for Dementia Patients, What Is?
01 Feb 2025Fake nurseries and town squares seem to comfort patients. But some experts wonder whether they are patronizing, even infantilizing.
Health Programs Shutter Around the World After Trump Pauses Foreign Aid
02 Feb 2025Lifesaving treatment and prevention programs for tuberculosis, malaria, H.I.V. and other diseases cannot access funds to continue work.
New York Doctor Indicted in Louisiana for Sending Abortion Pills There
31 Jan 2025The case opens a new front in the battle between states that ban abortion and states that support providing abortion anywhere in the country.
CDC Web Pages and Data Vanish Following Trump’s DEI and Gender Orders
31 Jan 2025Vague federal directives have led to frantic action, and perhaps overreaction, before a Friday deadline.
Kennedy Says He Will Give HPV Vaccine Lawsuit Proceeds to His Son
01 Feb 2025Robert F. Kennedy Jr. also disclosed that he had reached at least one settlement agreement with a company or individual that has accused him of “misconduct or inappropriate behavior.”
FDA Approves Journavx Drug to Treat Pain Without Addiction Risk
31 Jan 2025The drug, Journavx by Vertex Pharmaceuticals, blocks pain signals to the brain, making it nonaddictive.
R.F.K. Jr., in His Own Words: Flu, Diabetes, Autism and More
30 Jan 2025Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Trump’s nominee for health secretary, doesn’t just hold fringe views on vaccines. We fact-checked five recent statements.
Leaving the W.H.O. Could Hurt Americans on a Range of Health Matters
29 Jan 2025President Trump’s decision to pull out of the international health agency could deprive the United States of crucial scientific data and lessen the country’s influence in setting a global health agenda.
Saving Children’s Eyesight and Their Future in Mozambique
28 Jan 2025One doctor is showing nurses, teachers and parents how to spot eye problems, many of which can be easily treated. Surgery, and even just glasses, can be life-changing, and keep kids in school.
Weight Loss Drugs and Their Lesser Known Side Effects on Relationships
02 Feb 2025Doctors warn about their physical side effects, but they can also have unexpected effects on intimacy.
F.D.A. Upgrades Recall of Some Cal Yee Chocolates to Highest Risk Level
01 Feb 2025The agency warned that the products, made by Cal Yee Farm, could have potentially serious or even deadly consequences because the packages were mislabeled. No illnesses have been reported.
RFK Jr. Says He Won’t Keep Financial Stake in HPV Vaccine Lawsuits
30 Jan 2025Senators had objected to the financial conflict posed by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s decision to retain a financial stake in lawsuits against a major drug company. It remains unclear whether any proceeds would be redirected.
Loretta Ford, ‘Mother’ of the Nurse Practitioner Field, Dies at 104
31 Jan 2025She transformed nursing by making it an area of clinical practice and research and recasting nurses as colleagues of doctors, not assistants.
Is the HPV Vaccine Safe? Yes, Despite What R.F.K. Jr. Has Said.
30 Jan 2025During his second day of confirmation hearings, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. declined to disavow comments he had made disparaging the vaccine as unsafe.
Pause on U.S. Funding Spreads Fear of H.I.V. Spike Across Africa
30 Jan 2025Patients and health care advocates said the abrupt decision to halt U.S. funding for a lifesaving H.I.V. program led to widespread confusion. The backtracking didn’t help.
How to Travel With Babies and Toddlers
30 Jan 2025Flexibility and preparation are key when taking young children on a trip. So is choosing the right place to stay and keeping your expectations reasonable.
Fact-Checking RFK Jr.’s Health Claims on Obesity, Medicaid and Fluoride
30 Jan 2025Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the nominee to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, made a number of disputed claims.
N.I.H. Trials and Essential Hiring May Continue, Acting Director Says
29 Jan 2025The interim leader of the National Institutes of Health gave some clarification tied to Trump administrations restrictions on travel and communications, but questions remain.
RFK Jr. Appears Unfamiliar With Key Elements of Medicare and Medicaid
29 Jan 2025In testimony to the Senate Finance Committee, Mr. Kennedy seemed to confuse the two government programs that cover more than 150 million Americans.
Kennedy Is Keeping His Stake in Vaccine Litigation
29 Jan 2025If confirmed as health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. would oversee the Food and Drug Administration and other agencies that issue key decisions for drug companies.
What Is Spasmodic Dysphonia? RFK Jr.’s Condition Makes His Voice Raspy
30 Jan 2025Robert F. Kennedy Jr. started developing symptoms of the condition in 1996.
State Department Permits Distribution of H.I.V. Medications to Resume — for Now
29 Jan 2025Experts fear a resurgence of infections in low-income countries if the ban were to continue. The waiver remains in place, while officials review foreign aid programs.
A Nutrition Program for Low-Income Americans Seeks Clarity on Funding Pause
28 Jan 2025It was not immediately known how the federal funding freeze would affect W.I.C., which provides vouchers for healthy foods to low-income pregnant and postpartum women, infants and children.
Hawaii Governor, a Doctor, Blames R.F.K. Jr. for Measles Deaths in Samoa
28 Jan 2025Gov. Josh Green battled a measles outbreak that killed 83 people, mostly children. President Trump wants Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., a vaccine skeptic, as his health policy chief.
Caroline Kennedy Calls RFK Jr. a ‘Predator’ in Letter to Senators
30 Jan 2025In a scathing letter to lawmakers weighing Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s nomination for health secretary, Ms. Kennedy called her cousin unfit for the job and a “predator” who led family members to addiction.
The $8 Billion Children’s Vaccine Fund R.F.K. Jr. Would Oversee
28 Jan 2025If confirmed by the Senate to be the nation’s health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. would have vast powers over immunization policies for children and adults.
When ‘Cancer’ Gets in the Way of Treatment
29 Jan 2025Some oncologists suggest that, for certain early cancers not at risk of spreading, the term “cancer” should be avoided.
Trump Administration Halts H.I.V. Drug Distribution in Poor Countries
29 Jan 2025PEPFAR’s computer systems also are being taken offline, a sign that the program may not return, as Republican critics had hoped.
In ‘Eureka Day,’ a Scene About Vaccines Devolves, Hilariously
30 Jan 2025In “Eureka Day,” changes were made to a scene because “the laughter was so robust backstage, they couldn’t hear the cues.”
Bird Flu Enters a New Phase, Scientists Say
29 Jan 2025A pandemic is not inevitable, scientists say. But the outbreak has passed worrisome milestones in recent weeks, including cattle that may have been reinfected.