The New York Times

Parasites and infections that cause blindness and other disabilities were nearly eliminated in some countries, but drug distribution to prevent and treat them was derailed in many places in 2025 after the U.S. cut aid.

A long-term study of 292 families linked fathers’ parenting style to their children’s heart health years later. To researchers’ surprise, no such link was found with mothers.

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said addiction is a “spiritual disease” that calls out for the involvement of religious organizations.

Jenna Norton, a National Institutes of Health employee, has been an outspoken critic of the administration’s research cuts and has been on paid leave.

Researchers believe increasing use of cannabis may be contributing to a rise in new cases of schizophrenia and related disorders at younger ages.

Ostarine held the promise of profound medical treatments. Something unexpected happened on the way to F.D.A. approval.

The physician work force is aging fast, and some hospitals now require that older clinicians undergo testing for cognitive decline. Many have resisted.

While at the federal agency, he approved the laser device for eye surgery but later warned of its potential to cause harm.

How increased responsibilities and a push to be called “physician associates” are raising tensions with doctors.

Spurred by her past struggles with dissociative identity disorder, she has devoted her professional life to studying it.

A new study suggests that those with long-lived families probably have the best prospects of making it to a very old age.

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