The New York Times

The agency has approved far fewer new grants than it did in years past. A renewed effort to screen for disfavored terms and a loss of personnel are contributing.

A law meant to end surprise medical billing accidentally created a multibillion-dollar industry that is making doctors richer.

The budding field is turning dreams into reality for older adults who are eager to age in place, filling caregiving gaps and easing minds as America ages rapidly.

In separate small clinical trials, two treatments showed promise that they could help patients with one of the most dire diagnoses in oncology.

Volatile relationships, reckless impulsivity and an unstable identity are hallmarks of this misunderstood mental health condition.

The kea gained fame for learning to use a pebble to groom himself. Scientists were astounded by his next innovation.

With shortages of medical professionals and an aging population, thousands of community health care workers prevent older adults from falling through the cracks.

An upcoming executive order is intended to accelerate research into the compounds’ efficacy in treating PTSD, depression and other mental health problems, officials said.

The numbers are the first to quantify the effect of the Trump administration’s shutdown and restarting of a program that has saved millions of lives worldwide.

A chemist, she lent her expertise in drug research to ACT UP, an organization known for its street protests, and helped accelerate the approval of H.I.V. and AIDS treatments.

Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh gave transplant recipients certain immune cells from their organ donors. It didn’t always work.

On top of the daily toll of treating patients, the show’s medical providers bring their own scars to the E.R.

Dr. Erica Schwartz is seen as a highly qualified traditional choice and tapping her is the strongest signal yet that the administration is veering away from vaccine skepticism this election year.