Health
What Nearly Brainless Rodents Know About Weight Loss and Hunger
Studies in neuroscience with applications to humans offer clues about what makes us start eating, and when we stop.
‘Vaguely Threatening’: Federal Prosecutor Queries Leading Medical Journal
The New England Journal of Medicine received a letter suggesting that it was biased and compromised by external pressure. Other journals have also received the letter.
F.D.A. Scientists Are Reinstated at Agency Food Safety Labs
After 20 percent of the agency’s work force was cut, federal health officials have decided to bring back some experts and review firings to fill gaps in critical roles.
Trump Budget Draft Ends Narcan Program and Other Addiction Measures
A $56 million grant to train emergency responders and supply them with the overdose reversal spray, plus other programs that address addiction, could be eliminated.
U.S. Officials to Cut Funding for Landmark Study of Women’s Health
The Women’s Health Initiative has produced thousands of research papers, altering medical care for patients around the world.
Trump Cuts Threaten Meals and Services for People With Disabilities and the Aging
A tiny agency responsible for overseeing these services is being dismantled as part of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s overhaul of his department.
Leaders of Mental Health Giant Promised Big Bonuses to Deal With Federal Investigations
Acadia Healthcare’s chief executive was awarded a $1.8 million bonus to respond to “unprecedented governmental inquiries” into allegations of holding psychiatric patients against their will.
Birthrates Languish in Record Lows, C.D.C. Reports
Despite a 1 percent increase in 2024, U.S. birthrates remained in a historic slump, a trend that worries demographers and cultural critics.
Measles Surge in Southwest Is Now the Largest Single Outbreak Since 2000
Growing case numbers suggest that national total will surpass that seen during the last large outbreak in 2019.
When They Don’t Recognize You Anymore
People with dementia often forget even close family members as the disease advances. “It can throw people into an existential crisis,” one expert said.
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