He Could Barely Walk and Had to Give Up Golf. What Was Wrong?

Over six years, many doctors told the patient he had peripheral neuropathy. What they couldn’t tell him was why — or how to treat it.

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Behind the Scenes, McKinsey Guided Companies at the Center of the Opioid Crisis

The consulting firm offered clients “in-depth experience in narcotics,” from poppy fields to pills more powerful than Purdue’s OxyContin.

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These TikTok Creators Are Fighting Health Myths

Meet the medical experts fighting bogus science, one “stitch” at a time.

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As Monkeypox Spreads, U.S. Plans a Vaccination Campaign

States will be given vaccine doses from the federal stockpile, but supplies of the safest type are limited.

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The Omicron subvariants BA.4 and BA.5 have together become dominant in the U.S., the C.D.C. estimates.

The milestone comes less than six months since they were first detected in South Africa, and as the federal government considers an Omicron-specific booster dose for adults in the fall.

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‘No Magic Bullet’ for Preserving Abortion Access, Biden’s Health Secretary Says

With the White House under pressure to push back on the Supreme Court ruling on abortion, Xavier Becerra unveiled several steps aimed at protecting access to the procedure.

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Gas Piped Into Homes Contains Benzene, Other Risky Chemicals, Study Finds

While the concentrations are low, the chemicals are potentially dangerous and some are linked to cancer risk, the researchers found.

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When Abortion Pills Were Banned in Brazil, Women Turned to Drug Traffickers

With Roe v. Wade overturned, states banning abortion are looking to prevent the distribution of abortion medication. Brazil shows the possible consequences.

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The Many Uses of CRISPR: Scientists Tell All

What do infectious diseases, T-cells, tomatoes, heart failure, sickle cell anemia and sorghum harvests have in common?

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CRISPR, 10 Years On: Learning to Rewrite the Code of Life

The gene-editing technology has led to innovations in medicine, evolution and agriculture — and raised profound ethical questions about altering human DNA.

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Abortion Pills Take the Spotlight as States Impose Abortion Bans

Demand for medication abortion is surging, setting the stage for new legal battles.

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Jeffrey Escoffier, Health Official and Scholar of Gay Theory, Dies at 79

He wrote extensively on gay identity and history, but New Yorkers knew a different side of his work: his campaigns on H.I.V. and other health issues.

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In Light of Roe v. Wade Ruling, Men Share Their Abortion Stories

In light of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, advocates from all sides of the issue have called for men to be part of the conversation. The Times heard from hundreds who wanted to share their stories.

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What’s Next for Juul and E-Cigarettes?

The company is appealing the F.D.A.’s ruling that it stop selling its vaping products. Whether they will remain on the market in the interim has yet to be decided.

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Does Your Nose Help Pick Your Friends?

In a small study, researchers in an olfaction lab found that people who had an instant personal connection also had similarities in their body odors.

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Teens Are Getting Sick From Products With High THC Levels

With THC levels close to 100 percent, today’s cannabis products are making some teenagers highly dependent and dangerously ill.

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The Effects of Sleep Debt

Recent studies in humans and mice have shown that late nights and early mornings may cause long lasting damage to your brain.

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The Sleep Debt Collector is Here

Recent studies in humans and mice have shown that late nights and early mornings may cause long lasting damage to your brain.

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Origin of the Monkeypox Outbreak Becomes Clearer to Scientists

Even as cases rise, genetic analysis suggests that the virus has been silently circulating in people since 2018.

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Scientists Zero In on the Origins of the Monkeypox Outbreak

Even as cases rise, genetic analysis suggests that the virus has been silently circulating in people since 2018.

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Advisers to the C.D.C. recommend Moderna’s vaccine for children and teens aged 6 through 17.

Pfizer-BioNTech’s Covid vaccine has been available to children 5 through 15 since last year and to Americans 16 and older since late 2020.

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Centenarian Tortoises May Set the Standard for Anti-Aging

Tortoises and turtles don’t just live for a long time — they barely age while they live.

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F.D.A. Orders Juul to Stop Selling E-Cigarettes

The agency ruled against the company’s application to stay on the market, a decisive blow to a once-popular vaping brand that appealed to teenagers.

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Teens Are Getting Sick From Products With High THC Levels

With THC levels close to 100 percent, today’s cannabis products are making some teenagers highly dependent and dangerously ill.

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An Outbreak of Meningococcal Disease in Florida is Growing, the C.D.C. Says

So far, 26 cases, including seven deaths, have been identified, primarily in men who have sex with men.

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After Poliovirus Is Found in London, U.K. Declares Emergency

No cases of polio have been identified so far, but health officials urged those who were not fully immunized to seek vaccines immediately.

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F.D.A. Set to Propose Lower Nicotine Levels in Cigarettes

The move would be an effort to further wean Americans from addictive tobacco products and reduce smoking-related illnesses.

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Closing Statements Begin in Trial of Sunny Balwani

The fraud trial of Ramesh Balwani, the chief operating officer of the failed blood testing start-up Theranos, is heading to a verdict soon.

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Dr. Paul M. Ellwood Jr., Architect of the H.M.O., Is Dead at 95

Often called the father of the health maintenance organization, he coined the term in 1970, envisioning a system that would compete for patients by providing the best care at the lowest price.

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Think All Viruses Get Milder With Time? Not This Rabbit-Killer.

The myxoma virus, fatal to millions of Australian rabbits, is a textbook example of the unexpected twists in the evolution of viruses and their hosts.

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Covid Cases Surge but Deaths Stay Near Lows

Most Americans now carry some immune protection, experts said, whether from vaccines, infection or both.

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Tattoo Artists Face a Grayer Palette in Europe

The E.U. has prohibited some pigments, deeming them potentially hazardous to humans. Artists and manufacturers around the world are struggling to find replacements.

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Tattoo Artists Face a Grayer Palette in Europe

The E.U. has prohibited some pigments, deeming them potentially hazardous to humans. Artists and manufacturers around the world are struggling to find replacements.

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Tattoo Artists Face a Grayer Palette in Europe

The E.U. has prohibited some pigments, deeming them potentially hazardous to humans. Artists and manufacturers around the world are struggling to find replacements.

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Vaccines for Young Children Are Coming, but Many Parents Have Tough Questions

The vaccines seem safe for children and are likely to protect against severe illness. But data on efficacy are thin, and most children have already been infected.

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C.D.C. Is Expected to Recommend Vaccines for Young Children

The advisers are all but guaranteed to vote yes, despite reservations about the paucity of data, especially regarding the efficacy of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.

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Avian Influenza Is Affecting Wild Mammals

As a new version of bird flu spread through North America this spring, scientists began finding the virus in red foxes, bobcats and other mammals.

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Uterine Cancer Is on the Rise, Especially Among Black Women

The cancer eventually will become the third most common type among women, experts say. The mortality rate is highest among Black Americans.

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Avian Flu’s Toll on Wild Birds Alarms Experts

This year’s outbreak of the H5N1 virus has resulted in the deaths of nearly 400,000 wild birds worldwide. Scientists are studying the pathways of contagion among species.

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A Better Way to Measure Immunity in Children

Some scientists believe that a clearer picture of Covid vaccine efficacy could have emerged sooner if investigators had tracked certain immune cells, not just antibodies.

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C.D.C.’s Advisers Meet to Discuss Vaccines for Youngest Children

The scientists are expected to vote on Saturday. If endorsed, as expected, children’s vaccines could be available as soon as Tuesday.

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Trial of New Alzheimer’s Drug Reports Disappointing Results

The drug, crenezumab, failed to prevent early symptoms or slow cognitive decline, the latest setback in the long quest to find effective therapies for the disease.

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Navigating Fatherhood as a Black Man

The editor of a new book of essays shares how Black men can attend to their mental health while growing their families.

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Abbott Baby Formula Plant Again Stops Production, This Time Because of Flooding

Severe storms flooded parts of the facility in Sturgis, Mich., which went offline in February over contamination concerns, exacerbating a nationwide formula shortage.

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F.D.A. Panel Recommends Pfizer and Moderna Vaccines for Youngest Children

States have already ordered millions of doses; if the agency authorizes them in the coming days, babies, toddlers and preschoolers could start receiving shots next week.

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Monkeypox Is Spreading in New York, Making Education Urgent

Be aware but don’t panic, say health officials and advocates as cases of the disease tick upward in New York and around the country.

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F.D.A. Panel Recommends Agency Clear Pfizer and Moderna Vaccines for Young Children

Neither Pfizer’s nor Moderna’s pediatric doses have been tested against the subvariants that may soon be dominant in the U.S.

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F.D.A. Panel Recommends Pfizer and Moderna Vaccines for Youngest Children

States have already ordered millions of doses; if the agency authorizes them in the coming days, babies, toddlers and preschoolers could start receiving shots next week.

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Parents Anxious to Vaccinate Young Children Describe an Agonizing Wait

Times readers with babies, toddlers or preschoolers who are unvaccinated against the coronavirus wrote in about worries and strains, loneliness and lost time.

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Black Death: A Clue to Where the Plague Originated

By fishing shards of bacterial DNA from the teeth of bodies in a cemetery, researchers found the starting point for the plague that devastated Eurasia, they say.

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Monkeypox Outbreak Poses ‘Real Threat’ to Public Health, W.H.O. Official Says

Dr. Hans Kluge, the organization’s director for Europe, said that the longer the virus circulated, the wider its reach would be.

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Abortions Increase in the U.S., Reversing a 30-Year Decline, Report Finds

A new survey of the nation’s abortion providers found increases in every region of the country from 2017 to 2020.

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The Battle Over Gender Therapy

More teenagers than ever are seeking transitions, but the medical community that treats them is deeply divided about why — and what to do to help them.

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What if This Wasn’t Menopause After All?

The patient had the full suite of symptoms — and a jaw that somehow moved out of alignment. That was the clue something was wrong.

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Chewed and Rolled: How Cats Make the Most of Their Catnip High

A new study finds that the feline reaction to catnip and silver vine helps to stave off mosquitoes and other bloodsucking insects.

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Can Virtual Reality Help Autistic Children Navigate the Real World?

One company, Floreo, is hoping their tools will lead the way, despite some criticisms from autism self-advocates.

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Risking a Society’s Retribution, Growing Numbers of Girls Resist Genital Cutting

Sierra Leone is one of a few countries in sub-Saharan Africa that have not banned cutting. Now, young women are defying mothers and grandmothers by refusing to undergo the procedure.

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Battles Over Birth Control in Missouri Foreshadow a Post-Roe World

The demise of Roe v. Wade would make the need for effective birth control more urgent than ever. Yet many American women still have a hard time obtaining it.

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The Health Effects of Extreme Heat

Researchers are drilling down into the ways life on a hotter planet will tax our bodies, and looking for protections that, unlike air-conditioning, don’t make the problem worse.

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They Were Cigarette Smokers. Then a Stroke Vanquished Their Addiction.

Patients whose brain injury coincidentally relieved their nicotine cravings may help unravel the neural underpinnings of addiction, a new study suggests.

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They Were Cigarette Smokers. Then a Stroke Vanquished Their Addiction.

Patients whose brain injury coincidentally relieved their nicotine cravings may help unravel the neural underpinnings of addiction, a new study suggests.

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New Experimental Therapy for A.L.S. Approved in Canada

The F.D.A. is also reviewing the treatment, Albrioza, but the agency’s scientists have raised questions about its effectiveness.

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Pfizer Vaccine Effective in Children Under 5, the F.D.A. Says

Outside experts will make their recommendations this week on how the agency should rule on applications from Pfizer and Moderna to vaccinate the nation’s youngest children.

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Ivermectin Does Not Shorten Recovery Time From Covid, Study Finds

A new clinical trial is the largest to date testing the antiparasitic drug on people with Covid.

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You Can Get Covid Again. Here’s What to Know About Reinfection.

Some reinfection questions, answered.

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Study Shows Case of Likely Cat-to-Human Virus Spread, but Risk Remains Low

People are far more likely to give the virus to cats than cats are to pass it to humans, experts stress.

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C.D.C. Dismisses Airborne Transmission of Monkeypox. Some Experts Disagree.

The virus “is not known to linger in the air,” agency officials said. But the research is far from definitive.

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Report Reveals Sharp Rise in Transgender Young People in the U.S.

New estimates based on C.D.C. health surveys point to a stark generational shift in the growth of the transgender population of the United States.

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Blood Tests That Detect Cancers Create Risks for Those Who Use Them

The tests screen for cancers that often go undetected, but they are expensive and some experts worry they could lead to unnecessary treatments without saving patients’ lives.

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Even with federal funds, U.S. schools still rely on low-cost methods to slow Covid, a study shows.

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Mysteries Linger About Covid’s Origins, W.H.O. Report Says

“The lack of political cooperation from China continues to stifle any meaningful progress,” one expert said.

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The New Abortion Bans: Almost No Exceptions for Rape, Incest or Health

Most of the state abortion prohibitions that would go into effect if Roe v. Wade is overturned do not contain carve-outs that were once widely supported by abortion opponents.

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Moderna Says Its Revised Covid Vaccine Works Better Against Omicron

A significantly stronger immune response against Omicron is seen, but it remains unclear how an updated vaccine will fare against future versions of the virus.

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Review: ‘Under the Skin,’ by Linda Villarosa

In “Under the Skin,” Linda Villarosa disproves once and for all the theory that people of color are responsible for their own failed health care.

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More Omicron Versions Gain Ground U.S., According to C.D.C. Estimates

The spread of the subvariants adds more uncertainty to the trajectory of the pandemic in the United States.

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Revised Moderna Vaccine Works Better Against Omicron, Trial Suggests

The findings indicate that the updated vaccine produced a significantly stronger immune response against Omicron, but it is unclear how it will fare against future versions of the virus.

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As the Great Salt Lake Dries Up, Utah Faces An ‘Environmental Nuclear Bomb’

Climate change and rapid population growth are shrinking the lake, creating a bowl of toxic dust that could poison the air around Salt Lake City.

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Monkeypox Can Be Airborne, Too

An abrupt change in C.D.C. guidance underscores a little-known phenomenon: On occasion, monkeypox can be transmitted through aerosols, similar to the coronavirus.

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Enhertu Breast Cancer Drug Results in ‘Unheard-of’ Survival Rates

For some patients with metastatic tumors not significantly affected by other forms of chemotherapy, the treatment halted their cancer’s growth.

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F.D.A. Advisers To Weigh In On Covid Shots by Novavax

Clinical trials found the vaccine to work well, but the company has long struggled with manufacturing.

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Can I Withhold Medical Care From a Bigot?

The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on a physician’s duties.

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A Prominent Manhattan Doctor Is Accused of Sexual Assault

Dr. Kevin M. Cahill performed abusive and unnecessary examinations, a former patient claims in a lawsuit, and pursued her romantically for years. His lawyer says the exams were appropriate.

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He Helped Cure the ‘London Patient’ of H.I.V. Then He Turned to Covid.

Ravindra Gupta, who led the efforts that resulted in the second case of a patient being cured of H.I.V., was drawn into pandemic research.

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Fetterman Discloses Extent of Heart Issues: ‘I Avoided Going to the Doctor.’

The Democratic candidate for Senate in Pennsylvania did not give a timeline for when he would return to the campaign trail.

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A Cancer Trial’s Unexpected Result: Remission in Every Patient

The study was small, and experts say it needs to be replicated. But for 18 people with colorectal cancer, the outcome led to “happy tears.”

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In Older Americans, Rising Debt May Adversely Affect Health

Research shows that debt has risen among older people, and those who owe are more likely to have multiple diagnosed illnesses.

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Outcry Over High School Clinic Exposes Deep Divisions on Mental Health

American teenagers are reporting severe levels of anxiety and depression. But when Connecticut moved to expand mental health services in schools, it ran into fierce opposition in one town.

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Baby Formula Plant That Shut Down and Fueled Crisis Restarts Production

Abbott Nutrition said that its plant in Sturgis, Mich., resumed production of EleCare and other formulas on Saturday.

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Biden Evacuated From Beach Home After Plane Enters Restricted Airspace

A White House official said the incursion appeared to be an accident and that there was no threat to the president or his family.

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Covid Vaccine Misinformation Still Fuels Fears Surrounding Pregnancy, a New Study Finds.

Health experts, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, recommend that pregnant women get vaccinated against the coronavirus as soon as possible, to protect both maternal and fetal health.

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21 Americans Infected With Monkeypox, C.D.C. Reports

As the number of cases outside Africa approaches 800, governments are scrambling for a limited pool of vaccines and treatments with unclear effectiveness.

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Children Under 5 Could Get Covid Shots in Late June, White House Says

President Biden’s coronavirus response coordinator shared the timeline in anticipation of federal regulators authorizing coronavirus vaccines for children younger than 5.

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Sophie Freud, Critic of Her Grandfather’s Gospel, Dies at 97

Sigmund Freud’s last surviving grandchild, she fled the Nazis in Vienna, became a professor in America and argued that psychoanalysis was a “narcissistic indulgence.”

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Doctors Transplant 3-D Printed Ear Made of Human Cells

3DBio Therapeutics, a biotech company in Queens, said it had for the first time used 3-D printing to make a body part with a patient’s own cells.

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Reprogrammed Cells Attack and Tame Deadly Cancer in One Woman

Another patient who had the same treatment did not survive. But the demonstration of the technique could help with other cancers.

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Liviah’s New Liver: A Family Grapples With a Girl’s Puzzling Hepatitis

A 4-year-old in Ohio is one of hundreds of children worldwide who have developed unexplained liver problems in recent months.

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