Health

The latest developments affecting patients and practitioners

Greater horseshoe bat
Health

SARS-like outbreak among pigs rekindles concerns virus could again strike humans

By Helen Branswell

Health

How CRISPR works, explained in two minutes

By Jeffery DelViscio and Dominic Smith

BG Joint Replacement
Health

Boomers line up for joint replacements, and their expectations are high

By Robert Weisman — Boston Globe

Nightmare Bacteria
Politics

CDC: Drug-resistant ‘nightmare bacteria’ pose growing threat

By Associated Press

Knees
Lab Chat

Drug-loaded hydrogel responds to arthritis flare-ups in real time

By Megan Thielking

Data
In the Lab

Experts challenge digital health developers to show value in an often-hyped field

By Andrew Joseph

Overcoming Opioids Better Drugs
Health

Justice Dept. says it will seek to join settlement talks in opioid lawsuits

By Associated Press

Community Servings frozen meals
Health

Custom meals could help curb hospital stays for people with chronic disease

By Megan Thielking

baby heartburn
Health

Antacids, antibiotics for infants linked to later allergies

By Associated Press

Medical marijuana
Health

Where marijuana is legal, opioid prescriptions fall, studies find

By Kate Sheridan

Binge-drinking research
Exclusive

NIH rejected a study of alcohol advertising while pursuing industry funding for other research

By Sharon Begley

Dr. Robert Redfield - Aid for Aids gala
Health

New CDC director predicts U.S. can end AIDS epidemic within seven years

By Helen Branswell

Jerome Adams & Lacey Adams
Health

Surgeon general’s wife treated for melanoma recurrence as he highlights risks of tanning

By Andrew Joseph

Ferdinand Ostrop/AP
Health

Your rubber ducky is probably crawling with bacteria, scientists say

By Associated Press

Oxycodone script
Health

Why Houston and other cities want nothing to do with the massive national opioid lawsuit

By Andrew Joseph

DNA Sequencing
Business

Sequencing patients’ genomes might not break the health care bank, study finds

By Sharon Begley

New Brain Scanner
Health

Worn like a helmet, a new brain scanner aims to make it easier to treat kids with epilepsy

By Megan Thielking

Jack Hogan
Biotech

‘That’s $425,000 right there’ — the anxious launch of a gene therapy with a record sticker price

By Eric Boodman

Checkpoint inhibitor
Health

Researchers puzzle over deadly heart condition tied to blockbuster cancer drugs

By Meghana Keshavan

Health

When towns lose their newspapers, disease detectives are left flying blind

By Helen Branswell

Clostridium difficile photomicrograph
Health

Many common drugs, not just antibiotics, may kill off gut microbes

By Kate Sheridan

Anti Smoking Lower Nicotine
Politics

FDA begins anti-smoking push to cut nicotine in cigarettes

By Associated Press

Texas hospice
Health

Long miles, lonely roads: In rural Texas, dying at home means little is easy

By Megha Satyanarayana

Glowing Tumors
Health

Doctors hunt for hidden cancers with glowing dyes

By Associated Press

Eric's Notebook
Health

How I learned about the slaughterhouse where lifesaving foam gets sucked from cow lungs

By Eric Boodman

Naloxone
Health

Amid efforts to expand naloxone access, a controversial new study questions its value

By Lev Facher

Financial Meltdown Unemployment
Health

Another fallout from the Great Recession: Fewer people took their blood pressure and diabetes medications

By Kate Sheridan

Health

Barbershop study trimmed black men’s hair and blood pressure

By Associated Press

Flucelvax
Politics

Flu vaccine grown without eggs provided measurably better protection this season, FDA says

By Helen Branswell

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