What an Over-the-Counter Birth Control Pill Could Mean for You

F.D.A. advisers voted that the benefits of a nonprescription pill outweigh the risks. If the agency decides to move on the recommendation, the progestin-only contraceptive could be in stores within a few months.

Addiction Treatment Medicine Is Vastly Underprescribed, Especially by Race, Study Finds

Black patients with opioid use disorder were far less likely to fill prescriptions for the most effective addiction treatments than white patients. But strikingly few patients of all races got the medicine.

F.D.A. Advisers Say Benefits of Over-the-Counter Birth Control Pill Outweigh Risks

The agency is expected to decide this summer whether to allow the first nonprescription sales of an oral contraceptive in the United States.

As Covid Emergency Ends, U.S. Response Shifts to ‘Peacetime’ Mode

The coronavirus public health emergency, declared by the Trump administration in 2020, will expire on Thursday. Interviews with senior health officials suggest the nation is not ready for a new pandemic.

F.D.A. Advisers Weigh Allowing First U.S. Over-the-Counter Birth Control Pill

The panel heard strong support from the company and many doctors but concern from F.D.A. scientists.

Gilead Wins Key Patent Rights Suit Over HIV Prevention Drug PrEP

A jury sided with Gilead Sciences in a dispute over whether the government could claim a share of profits from drugs seen as crucial to ending the H.I.V. epidemic.

The Drug That Saves Lives Even if It’s Never Used

Just handling Narcan and learning how to use it changes the way people think about drug addiction.

Eli Lilly Trial Finds Alzheimer’s Drug Can Slow Progress of Disease

Donanemab is not a cure and comes with significant side effects, but patients had longer periods of independent living while on the drug.

RSV Vaccine Approved for Older Adults

The shots would be the first vaccines available against a respiratory virus that kills thousands and leads to many more hospitalizations each year.