Weight Loss Drug Wegovy Can Cut Heart Attack Risk for Some, Study Shows

The results of a large clinical trial suggest the obesity medication could also change the landscape of cardiovascular care.

Gonorrhea Is Becoming Drug Resistant. Scientists Just Found a Solution.

A new antibiotic, zoliflodacin, is as effective as the current standard of care. Its creation may hasten the arrival of other needed antibiotics.

‘Crisis vergonzosa’: la sífilis congénita repunta en EE. UU.

La sífilis congénita se ha vuelto más de 10 veces más común en la última década, según información de los CDC.

The Republican Alternatives to Trump

Responses to an essay offering advice on winning the nomination. Also: Civil debates; questions for Hamas and Israel; fraught times; antipsychotic drugs.

Sexual Dysfunction After Stopping SSRI Antidepressants

Some patients are speaking up about lasting sexual problems after stopping antidepressants, a poorly understood condition.

The Traffic Jam in Low Earth Orbit

Elon Musk’s satellites. Stuffed animals. Tomatoes? You wouldn’t believe what’s circling Earth these days.

F.D.A. Approves New Obesity Drug Tirzepatide That Will Compete With Wegovy

Zepbound, which is already sold by Eli Lilly as the diabetes treatment Mounjaro, was shown to reduce patients’ weight by as much as one-fifth in drug trials.

FDA Approves Zepbound, A Drug Like Ozempic, for Weight Loss. Here’s What to Know.

The obesity medication contains tirzepatide, the same active ingredient in the diabetes drug Mounjaro.

Infants Are Born With Syphilis in Growing Numbers, a Sign of a Wider Epidemic

Congenital syphilis has become more than ten times as common over the past decade, the C.D.C. reported. “The situation is dire,” said one expert.

Charity Watch Auction Stalled by Social Media Outcry

A social media outcry over its more than $100 million in donations led Only Watch, one of the industry’s most high-profile events, to cancel its Nov. 5 sale.