Covid Vaccines May Roll Out Within Days

The F.D.A. is expected to approve a new round of shots by Pfizer and Moderna as early as Monday to prepare Americans for the fall and winter season when infections usually tick upward.

Global Regulation of Essential Medicines Is a Dangerous Mess

A chaotic system for regulating drugs leaves the world exposed to the next pandemic.

What Obesity Drugs and Antidepressants Have in Common

The more misunderstood the health condition, the more we moralize its treatment.

Does Obamacare Explain Medicare’s Spending Slowdown?

Readers offered theories of their own on a big budget mystery.

Drug Manufacturer Asks Supreme Court to Hear Abortion Pill Case

The case sets up a showdown before the court on the availability of the most common method of terminating pregnancies.

Kroger Agrees to Pay $1.2 Billion to Settle Opioid Claims

The grocery chain, which did not admit wrongdoing, is the latest company accused of helping to fuel the opioid crisis to announce a settlement.

A Performance Review for President Biden

Readers assess Joe Biden’s accomplishments and shortcomings. Also: Drug price negotiations; a groundwater crisis; cancer, or not; training horses.

Why One Drug Company Held Back a Better Drug

Drug companies say patents spur innovation. Can they also do the opposite?

How to Make Health Care Cheaper and Better

To help patients and reduce costs, the U.S. health care system needs more innovation, two experts argue.