How Public Health Could Be Recast in a Second Trump Term

Breaking up the C.D.C., moving funds from the N.I.H. — conservatives have floated changes should Mr. Trump regain office.

R.F.K. Jr. Said Trump Promised Him Control of Public Health Agencies. The Campaign Called That Premature.

The onetime independent presidential candidate, who dropped out and is backing Donald J. Trump, has in recent years promoted unproven theories about the dangers of pharmaceutical treatments.

Can John Green Make You Care About Tuberculosis?

With a forthcoming nonfiction book and an online army of Nerdfighters, the young-adult author aims to eliminate an entirely curable global scourge.

How The Opioid Crisis Turned Pharmacists Into Cops

How the opioid crisis changed pharmacists’ relationships with their patients.

Jill Stein’s Third-Party Candidacy

Readers discuss Democrats’ concerns that her bid will throw the election to Donald Trump. Also: Harris ads; drug-free treatments; regretting email.

U.S. Study on Puberty Blockers Goes Unpublished Because of Politics, Doctor Says

The leader of the long-running study said that the drugs did not improve mental health in children with gender distress and that the finding might be weaponized by opponents of the care.

What Drugmakers Did Not Tell Volunteers in Alzheimer’s Trials

Genetic tests showed that certain patients were predisposed to brain injuries if they took the drugs. That information remained secret.

Biden Mocks Trump’s ‘Concept of a Plan’ to Replace Obamacare

During a visit to New Hampshire to discuss the cost of prescription drugs, President Biden warned that a second Trump presidency could lead millions of people to lose health care.

Biden to Propose That Insurers Cover Over-the-Counter Birth Control

The new rules under the Affordable Care Act would include emergency contraception, a newly approved nonprescription birth control pill, spermicides and condoms.

States Revive Lawsuit to Sharply Curb Access to Abortion Pill

The Supreme Court ruled in June that the original plaintiffs, anti-abortion doctors and groups, did not have standing to sue. Now three states are trying to continue the legal fight.