The New York Times

New surveys show that increases in premiums and deductibles are forcing people to forgo treatments or doctor’s visits while budgets are strained by higher food and gas prices.

Could the geometry of our brains increase the risk of Alzheimer’s disease? It’s a provocative question, but one that some scientists are beginning to explore.

The agency replied two months later, saying it had “competing priorities,” officials from a coalition of Western states said.

As several states report surges in animal cases, federal officials are warning about an apparent increase in human exposures.

Spurred on by the Trump administration’s embrace of psychedelic medicine, researchers are experimenting with new — and not so new — forms of the anesthetic.

Certain viruses attack bacteria and can sometimes clear antibiotic-resistant infections. Researchers said they had tailored a virus to attack one patient’s illness.

Jeffrey Schmalz wrote unsparingly about why the political and medical cavalry would not arrive in time for him.

From childbirth to miscarriages, women’s health care in the state has become increasingly dangerous.

The effort comes as Republicans are struggling to win over female voters two weeks before the midterm elections.

Ending routine vaccination for hepatitis B at birth, as the health secretary has recommended, would increase the number of chronic infections by as much as 83 percent, a team of researchers reported.

These doctors and community health workers are a safety net for patients losing coverage as premiums soar and Medicaid cuts mount, even as their clinic struggles to stay afloat.

Seven Ebola infections have now been confirmed in Kenya, which before this month had never recorded cases of the deadly virus.

Helen Branswell recognized the threat of the pandemic ahead of the vast majority of journalists and even medical experts. She was 69.