Fact-Checking Health Claims About the Inflation Reduction Act

A provision in the law seeking to drive down drug prices has become fodder for misleading claims.

An Old Medicine Grows New Hair for Pennies a Day, Doctors Say

Dermatologists who specialize in hair loss say that the key ingredient in a topical treatment worked even better when taken orally at a low dose.

CVS, Walgreens and Walmart Must Pay $650.5 Million in Ohio Opioids Case

A federal judge ordered the big pharmacy chains to bear partial responsibility for the deadly drug crisis.

La larga espera por la cura de la diabetes

Un documental recoge la desesperación y la frustración de los pacientes de diabetes de tipo 1 que participan en un ensayo clínico.

Dr. Joseph Mercola: The Misinformation ‘Superspreader’

A new documentary from The New York Times explores the contentious career and business of the Florida-based physician.

The Inflation Reduction Act Is a Huge Health Care Reform

America is determining the shape of health care affordability into the future.

Hospital and Drugmaker Move to Build Vast Database of New Yorkers’ DNA

Patients will be asked if their genetic sequence can be added to a database — shared with a pharmaceutical company — in a quest to cure a multitude of diseases.

House Approves Climate, Tax and Health Care Legislation

House Democrats overcame Republican opposition to pass legislation that would cut prescription drug costs and invest billions in efforts to combat global warming.

Johnson & Johnson Will Discontinue Talc-Based Baby Powder Globally in 2023

The company, sued by cancer patients who claimed its talc was contaminated with asbestos, stopped using the ingredient in North America in 2020.

Samples of Popular Diabetes Drug Contain Potential Carcinogen, F.D.A. Says

Testing found nitrosamine contamination in some samples of Januvia, but regulators will allow Merck to continue selling the drug for now.