Health

The continent’s leaders are hoping to benefit as the Trump administration cuts support for research and threatens universities such as Harvard and Columbia with the freezing of federal funds.

The company lent roughly $9 billion to practices affected by a vast cyberattack on its payment systems last year. Medical practices are now suing the health care colossus, saying it… Read More »UnitedHealth’s Move to End Cyberattack Loan Lifeline Upsets Medical Providers

After taking part in a landmark case against the manufacturers of the synthetic hormone DES, she represented many other victims of harmful drugs and devices.

More than $800 million in N.I.H. grants canceled as of early May — nearly half of those terminated to date — covered the health of sexual and gender minority groups,… Read More »Trump Administration Slashes Research Into L.G.B.T.Q. Health

Clinicians at the Department of Veterans Affairs say the president’s return-to-office order is forcing many of them to work from makeshift spaces where it is difficult to guarantee patient privacy.

A new training program teaches aides to stop baby talk and address older people as adults.

One expert said the consequences would be “catastrophic” if Congress enacts the White House agenda of sweeping budget cuts.

Kennedy has warned of an epidemic of chronic disease, but the budget blueprint would close the C.D.C. center focused on prevention.

Decades of research have turned up no miracle treatment for measles, but studies show the M.M.R. shot is 97 percent effective in preventing the disease.