Why Studying Gun Violence Matters by SHEILA KAPLAN
Why do so many Americans kill one another, and how can the violence be stopped? The C.D.C. quit […]
Health
How One Child’s Sickle Cell Mutation Helped Protect the World ...
The genetic mutation arose 7,300 years ago in just one person in West Africa, scientists reported on Thursday. […]
Getting Care to Those Who Need It, and Fast by ...
While women are still outnumbered in emergency medicine, Dr. Teri Reynolds of the World Health Organization sees signs […]
Nakesha Williams Died Homeless on a Manhattan Street. Should She ...
The Times’s story about a woman crippled by mental illness left many readers asking what could have been […]
UnitedHealthcare Says It Will Pass on Rebates from Drug Companies ...
After keeping lucrative discounts on certain prescription medicines, the large insurer announced it will share them with millions […]
Trump Administration Delays Decision on Scaling Back Medicaid in Arkansas ...
Federal officials allow the state’s plan to make work, job training or volunteering a condition for many people […]
Can This Judge Solve the Opioid Crisis? by JAN HOFFMAN
The Ohio federal judge overseeing hundreds of opioid lawsuits wants a swift settlement with solutions. But first he […]
Bring Back the Asylums? Critics Fear a New Wave of ...
There are far too few psychiatric beds in the United States, researchers agree. But debate rages over what […]
Afraid of Snakes? Wasps and Dogs Are Deadlier by NICHOLAS ...
People killed by animals were most often attacked by bees, hornets and dogs, a new analysis finds. Published: […]
Yellow Fever Circles Brazil’s Huge Cities by SHASTA DARLINGTON and ...
With an outbreak in its second year, officials are trying to vaccinate 23 million people against the virus. […]