Utah Fugitive Arrested After Selling Fake Covid-19 Cure

Gordon Hunter Petersen is accused of posing as a doctor and making at least $2 million selling a bogus Covid-19 cure.

ADHD Medication Shortage Continues as the School Year Begins

Parents and doctors say that drug shortages are leading to declines in learning and self-esteem.

Opioid Settlement Money Is Being Spent on Police Cars and Overtime

As states and counties spend the first wave of billions of dollars from the pharmaceutical industry, public health groups are challenging how some funds are being used.

Should Opioid Settlement Money Be Spent on Law Enforcement?

As states and counties spend the first wave of billions of dollars from the pharmaceutical industry, public health groups are challenging how some funds are being used.

Research Trials Halted at Columbia’s Psychiatric Center After Suicide

Human research trials at the New York State Psychiatric Institute at Columbia have been paused while regulators review whether protocols were violated.

Portland’s Struggle to Solve Its Homeless Crisis

Responses to a story about the challenge to Portland’s “progressive identity.” Also: Trump and the soccer team; justices’ books; patients’ drug choices; student-athletes.

FDA Approves First Pill for Postpartum Depression

Because the pill works faster than other antidepressants and is taken for only two weeks, it may encourage more treatment of the debilitating condition.

From Portugal to Portland

Oregon decriminalized all drugs, and overdoses have surged.

From Portugal to Portland

Oregon decriminalized all drugs, and overdoses have surged.

For healthy older people, aspirin could cause more bleeding.

A new analysis of older people who have never had a heart attack or stroke suggests limited protective power of daily low-dose aspirin, and worrisome side effects.