The Flu Is Widespread in the U.S., and It’s Not Too Late to Get Vaccinated
In the last three months, 6 to 7 million people have caught the flu, and the season isn’t over yet.
By Denise Grady
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In the last three months, 6 to 7 million people have caught the flu, and the season isn’t over yet.
By Denise Grady
Regulators had accused Mutual of Omaha of denying policies to applicants, mostly gay men, who took medication to protect against the infection.
By Gina Kolata
A life sciences institute funded by Coca-Cola and other multinational beverage and snack companies even has offices inside the government’s health ministry.
By Andrew Jacobs
While the Agriculture Department continues to inspect domestic meat and poultry, the F.D.A. has reduced inspections of fruits, vegetables and other foods.
By Sheila Kaplan
Men die earlier than women and commit more acts of violence. But the American Psychological Association did not have a guide for working with males, in part because they were historically considered the norm.
By Jacey Fortin
Test your knowledge of this week’s health news.
By Toby Bilanow
The mayor’s announcement, first on national television, came as the Democrat-controlled State Legislature is weighing some form of universal health insurance.
By J. David Goodman
The Undiagnosed Diseases Network takes on the toughest cases, patients whose symptoms have defied explanation.
By Gina Kolata
The Zika virus must take the “side roads” into the placenta to infect a fetus, one researcher said — but the Rift Valley fever virus takes the “expressway.”
By Emily Baumgaertner
One of the nation’s top cancer hospitals has grappled with how to bring breakthrough treatments to market while remaining true to its mission.
By Katie Thomas and Charles Ornstein
AstraZeneca has hired Dr. José Baselga, the former chief medical officer at Memorial Sloan Kettering, to lead its cancer research unit.
By Katie Thomas and Charles Ornstein
Academic research publications rely on doctors to voluntarily disclose their payments from drug and health companies in a lax reporting system some say is broken.
By Charles Ornstein and Katie Thomas
A review by The New York Times and ProPublica found that dozens of doctors have failed to disclose significant conflicts of interests in their journal papers.
By Katie Thomas and Charles Ornstein
With the cancer center’s corporate ties under scrutiny, the hospital told employees that no one should profit personally from representing MSK on outside boards.
By Katie Thomas and Charles Ornstein
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