Supreme Court Rejects Lawsuit Against Bayer Alleging Roundup Weedkiller Caused Cancer
The court’s decision is likely to determine the future of thousands of lawsuits against Bayer, which manufactures the weedkiller, over simil...
Shortage of Chemotherapy Drugs Brings Rationing Fears for Cancer Patients
Doctors are contending with low supplies and unfilled orders of generic chemotherapy infusions that are central to the treatment of a long l...
The Ebola Outbreak’s Central Mystery: Where Did This Virus Come From?
Scientists believe that the Bundibugyo virus persists in an animal species, occasionally spilling over into humans. But they have yet to ide...
France Identifies First Case of Ebola
The patient is a doctor who had traveled to the Democratic Republic of Congo, the health ministry said. Workers are racing to trace those wh...
Ebola Symptoms in Current Outbreak May Be Milder Than in Previous Ones
That is good news for patients, but officials fear it will make controlling the spread of the disease harder. from NYT > Health https:/...
Ferraris and Shell Companies: Five Charged in Medicare Fraud Schemes
The Justice Department is taking aim at pricey “skin substitutes,” an overused wound care treatment that cost the government $10 billion in ...
Doctors Thought It Was Asthma. A.I. Flagged a Serious Heart Problem.
Artificial intelligence programs can spot patterns in electrocardiograms that humans miss. Now, one program is going to be widely available ...
Pakistan Plans to Cut Tax on Menstrual Pads, but Many Say It’s Not Enough
Activists said more action was needed to solve the larger problem: Only 12 percent of Pakistani women and girls use safe, commercially made ...
A Loophole Brings Cystic Fibrosis Patients a ‘Miracle Drug’ in Generic Form
A generic version of a breakthrough cystic fibrosis drug, manufactured in Bangladesh for a fraction of the American price, may give some fam...
Cities and Schools Are Testing Wastewater for Illicit Drugs
The White House recently endorsed monitoring sewage for evidence of drug use. Critics fear such efforts could violate privacy and stigmatize...
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