When my daughter was 3, she bolted while I was paying for groceries at the supermarket. I was fumbling for my credit card and didn’t notice. For 20 long minutes, I ran up and down the street shouting her name. Some people helped me look for her. Others asked meContinue Reading
The Food and Drug Administration announced this week that it was likely to limit access to Covid vaccines among healthy children and adults this fall. While the shots will most likely still be available for people 65 and older or with certain underlying conditions, F.D.A. officials say more research isContinue Reading
Advisers to the Food and Drug Administration met Thursday to recommend a formula for COVID-19 vaccines for the 2025-2026 season. Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images The companies that make COVID-19 vaccines should update the shots again to target a variant closer to the strains currently on the rise, aContinue Reading
U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testifies before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on Capitol Hill on May 14, 2025 in Washington, DC. Samuel Corum/Getty Images Samuel Corum/Getty Images The Trump administration released a sweeping report Thursday, offering its analysis ofContinue Reading
In a tense exchange on the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival this week, a photographer grabbed the actor Denzel Washington’s arm, apparently seeking another photo. Mr. Washington, perturbed, yanked his arm back, and then repeatedly warned the photographer to stop — a brief squabble between seeming strangers thatContinue Reading
A report released on Thursday by the presidential Make America Healthy Again commission raised concerns about the potential health effects of pesticides on American children, but it stopped short of calling the chemicals unsafe. The report singled out two pesticides, glyphosate and atrazine, which are among the most widely usedContinue Reading
In a sweeping new report, the White House outlined what it sees as the drivers of disease in American children. “To turn the tide and better protect our children, the United States must act decisively,” reads the report, which was produced by a presidential commission tasked with combating childhood disease.Continue Reading
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health secretary, often says that when his uncle was president in the early 1960s, Americans were much healthier than they are now. People were thinner and had lower rates of chronic disease, he recalls. Fewer children had autism, allergies or autoimmune diseases. On Thursday, theContinue Reading
A blood test called a PSA can help screen men for prostate cancer but it can also lead to unnecessary treatment. miodrag ignjatovic/E+/Getty Images miodrag ignjatovic/E+/Getty Images News that former President Joseph Biden has advanced prostate cancer has revived long-standing questions about the benefits versus the harms of a bloodContinue Reading
The first Alzheimer’s blood test cleared by the Food And Drug Administration is set to make diagnosis more accessible and accurate — and change the way doctors treat the disease. Westend61/Getty Images Westend61/Getty Images A new blood test that detects a hallmark of Alzheimer’s is poised to change the wayContinue Reading
