Tuesday, April 30, 2019

Like ‘Uber for Organs’: Drone Delivers Kidney to Maryland Woman


By KAREN ZRAICK from NYT Health https://nyti.ms/2J5wW8z

Drug Agency Calls for Strong Warning Labels on Popular Sleep Aids


By BENEDICT CAREY from NYT Health https://nyti.ms/2ZMrmOb

Should Adults Get a Measles Booster Shot?


By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr. from NYT Health https://nyti.ms/2J5q3nv

Where Every Measles Case Has Been Reported This Year


By WEIYI CAI, DENISE LU and SCOTT REINHARD from NYT Health https://nyti.ms/2Le7C2Q

F.D.A. Approves IQOS, a New Tobacco Device


By SHEILA KAPLAN from NYT Health https://nyti.ms/2ULpUI9

Monday, April 29, 2019

U.N. Issues Urgent Warning on the Growing Peril of Drug-Resistant Infections


By ANDREW JACOBS from NYT Health https://nyti.ms/2IO3m8j

In Month After ‘13 Reasons Why’ Debut on Netflix, Study Finds Teen Suicide Grew


By BENEDICT CAREY from NYT Health https://nyti.ms/2UO1OfK

Measles Cases Surpass 700 as Outbreak Continues Unabated


By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr. from NYT Health https://nyti.ms/2Py9eTq

Sunday, April 28, 2019

In Washington, Juul Vows to Curb Youth Vaping. Its Lobbying in States Runs Counter to That Pledge.


By SHEILA KAPLAN from NYT Health https://nyti.ms/2GDHRmZ

Saturday, April 27, 2019

Lego Is Making Braille Bricks. They May Give Blind Literacy a Needed Lift.


By SARAH MERVOSH from NYT Health https://nyti.ms/2WbjCTE

Friday, April 26, 2019

Ageism: A ‘Prevalent and Insidious’ Health Threat


By PAULA SPAN from NYT Health https://nyti.ms/2L7uKQn

Religious Objections to the Measles Vaccine? Get the Shots, Faith Leaders Say


By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr. from NYT Health https://nyti.ms/2vpEHOB

Wednesday, April 24, 2019

Measles Outbreak Infects 695, Highest Number Since 2000


By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr. from NYT Health https://nyti.ms/2URxkyB

W.H.O. Says Limited or No Screen Time for Children Under 5


By EMILY S. RUEB from NYT Health https://nyti.ms/2vm5jjv

Widespread Testing Begins on Malaria Vaccine That is Only Partly Effective


By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr. from NYT Health https://nyti.ms/2DxfTIW

Scientists Create Speech From Brain Signals


By BENEDICT CAREY from NYT Health https://nyti.ms/2IVH57t

Monday, April 22, 2019

Wary of Chinese Espionage, Houston Cancer Center Chose to Fire 3 Scientists


By MIHIR ZAVERI from NYT Health https://nyti.ms/2GyTqNn

Sunday, April 21, 2019

The Giants at the Heart of the Opioid Crisis


By DANNY HAKIM, WILLIAM K. RASHBAUM and RONI CARYN RABIN from NYT Health https://nyti.ms/2XyShLk

‘Medicare for All’ Could Cost Hospitals Billions of Dollars


By REED ABELSON from NYT Health https://nyti.ms/2Izqlnp

Friday, April 19, 2019

Commuting While Pregnant: A Long Ride Could Be a Risky One


By MAYA SALAM from NYT Health https://nyti.ms/2IJdG0v

Thursday, April 18, 2019

Kentucky’s Senator McConnell Supports Bill to Raise Minimum Age to Buy Tobacco to 21


By SHEILA KAPLAN from NYT Health https://nyti.ms/2UPkqBi

This Genetic Mutation Makes People Feel Full — All the Time


By GINA KOLATA from NYT Health https://nyti.ms/2XkMQQc

Wednesday, April 17, 2019

How a Chicago Woman Fell Victim to Candida Auris, a Drug-Resistant Fungus


By MATT RICHTEL from NYT Health https://nyti.ms/2IA2q6x

Tuesday, April 16, 2019

In India, a Renewed Fight Against Leprosy


By APOORVA MANDAVILLI from NYT Health https://nyti.ms/2ZiMBqz

Stanford Clears Professor of Helping With Gene-Edited Babies Experiment


By PAM BELLUCK from NYT Health https://nyti.ms/2DsvWrB

F.D.A. Halts U.S. Sales of Pelvic Mesh, Citing Safety Concerns for Women


By SHEILA KAPLAN and MATTHEW GOLDSTEIN from NYT Health https://nyti.ms/2VMJOnD

Employee Wellness Programs Yield Little Benefit, Study Shows


By REED ABELSON from NYT Health https://nyti.ms/2VMUy5f

Don’t Count on 23andMe to Detect Most Breast Cancer Risks, Study Warns


By HEATHER MURPHY from NYT Health https://nyti.ms/2GlsXBT

Monday, April 15, 2019

In African Villages, These Phones Become Ultrasound Scanners


By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr. and ESTHER RUTH MBABAZI from NYT Health https://nyti.ms/2UDpicr

90 New Cases of Measles Reported as Outbreak Continues at Record Pace


By ELISABETH MALKIN from NYT Health https://nyti.ms/2InI5BT

Sunday, April 14, 2019

Gene-Edited Babies: What a Chinese Scientist Told an American Mentor


By PAM BELLUCK from NYT Health https://nyti.ms/2P7Sl1P

Saturday, April 13, 2019

Doctors Use Electrical Implant to Aid Brain-Damaged Woman


By BENEDICT CAREY from NYT Health https://nyti.ms/2X6thuP

You Need Vitamin D to Live. How Could This Woman Survive With None in Her Blood?


By WUDAN YAN from NYT Health https://nyti.ms/2v0REy2

Friday, April 12, 2019

As Ebola Cases Rise in Congo, the W.H.O. Declines to Issue Emergency Declaration


By DENISE GRADY from NYT Health https://nyti.ms/2Uhyz4J

A New Rx for Diabetes: Lighten Up


By PAULA SPAN from NYT Health https://nyti.ms/2IcDCSN

Thursday, April 11, 2019

Opioid Sales Reps Swarmed New York at Height of Crisis


By WILLIAM K. RASHBAUM, RONI CARYN RABIN and DANNY HAKIM from NYT Health https://nyti.ms/2G7CYSS

Wednesday, April 10, 2019

Abnormal Levels of a Protein Linked to C.T.E. Found in N.F.L Players’ Brains, Study Shows


By KEN BELSON and BENEDICT CAREY from NYT Health https://nyti.ms/2uZKqKC

Tuesday, April 9, 2019

New York City Is Requiring Vaccinations Against Measles. Can Officials Do That?


By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr. from NYT Health https://nyti.ms/2X0Cbdw

Most Osteoporosis Drugs Don’t Build Bone. This One Does.


By GINA KOLATA from NYT Health https://nyti.ms/2Ua22xP

Monday, April 8, 2019

You’re Covered in Fungi. How Does That Affect Your Health?


By KALEIGH ROGERS from NYT Health https://nyti.ms/2Imq8mu

A Diet to Ward Off Gum Disease?


By NICHOLAS BAKALAR from NYT Health https://nyti.ms/2WQW32B

Culture of Secrecy Shields Hospitals With Outbreaks of Drug-Resistant Infections


By ANDREW JACOBS and MATT RICHTEL from NYT Health https://nyti.ms/2D5Kugj

Candida Auris: The Fungus Nobody Wants to Talk About


By MATT RICHTEL from NYT Health https://nyti.ms/2YXLtsp

Gregg Gonsalves Blends Activism and Science


By CLAUDIA DREIFUS from NYT Health https://nyti.ms/2IhFHf8

To Improve Memory, Tune It Like an Orchestra


By BENEDICT CAREY from NYT Health https://nyti.ms/2D4RJVX

The Diagnosis Is Alzheimer’s. But That’s Probably Not the Only Problem.


By GINA KOLATA from NYT Health https://nyti.ms/2KfVopS

Sunday, April 7, 2019

In a Kenyan Slum, Cheap Antibiotics Fuel Deadly Drug-Resistant Infections


By ANDREW JACOBS and MATT RICHTEL from NYT Health https://nyti.ms/2WPFGTS

Saturday, April 6, 2019

Revenge of the Bacteria: Why We’re Losing the War


By KASSIE BRACKEN, MATT RICHTEL and ORA DeKORNFELD from NYT Health https://nyti.ms/2U15L0m

A Mysterious Infection, Spanning the Globe in a Climate of Secrecy


By MATT RICHTEL and ANDREW JACOBS from NYT Health https://nyti.ms/2YLW9Ku

What You Need to Know About Candida Auris


By MATT RICHTEL from NYT Health https://nyti.ms/2OQp8sd