Category: Health
What to Know About Lead Poisoning in Children
Linked media – Associated media How do I know if my children have high blood-lead levels? Lead exposure can go unnoticed until levels accumulate, doctors…
A Fading Weapon in the HIV Fight: Condoms
Related media – Associated media Gay and bisexual men are using condoms less than ever, and the decline has been particularly steep among those who…
UnitedHealth Cyberattack Disrupts Prescription Drug Coverage
Associated media – Linked media Updated on Feb. 27 to include new company statements. A cyberattack on a unit affiliated with UnitedHealthcare, the nation’s largest…
A Doctor’s Lifelong Quest to Solve One of Pediatric Medicine’s Greatest Mysteries
Connected media – Connected media At the Kawasaki Disease Clinic at Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego, led by Dr. Burns, caring for children affected by Kawasaki…
Companies Were Big on CBD. Not Anymore.
Related media – Linked media “My account on Meta is forever banned from making any advertising after I posted once under our company’s page about…
Kathy Goldman, Who Fought Hunger in New York City, Dies at 92
Kathy Goldman, who devoted her career as a civic leader to establishing food banks, pantries and free breakfast and lunch programs in public schools to…
Howard Hiatt, 98, Dies; Steered Public Health Toward Greater Accountability
Howard H. Hiatt, a physician, scientist and academic who reshaped the field of public health, steering it away from the narrow study of infectious diseases…
It Was Like the Vigor Had Suddenly Been Sucked Out of His Body. What Was It?
And so, early that Friday, the woman drove her husband to Danbury Hospital, the emergency room closest to the couple’s small Connecticut town. He walked…
Powerful Psychedelic Drug Gains New Notice as an Opioid Addiction Therapy
The drug company Atai Life Sciences is spending millions to research the compound, and congressional lawmakers from both parties have been pushing the government to…
Why ‘Fetal Personhood’ Is Roiling the Right
As I.V.F. grew in popularity, so did the concerns of its opponents. Standard practice involves creating multiple embryos, which are screened for genetic abnormalities, and…