Month: March 2023

Federal health official announces plans to break up the monopoly power of the United Network for Organ Sharing, which has run the system for nearly four decades. View original article Contributor: Lenny Bernstein

Wyoming’s Constitution guarantees a right to make individual health care decisions. The new ban attempts to circumvent that right by declaring that abortion is not health care. View original article Contributor: Pam Belluck

As local data sources become less reliable, The Times will instead report information collected by the C.D.C. on its virus tracking pages. View original article Contributor: Wilson Andrews and Lisa Waananen Jones

A Senate homeland security committee examined growing health care shortages amid reports of rationing within hospitals. View original article Contributor: Christina Jewett

The Biden administration has proposed changes to how it would pay private Medicare Advantage plans, setting off a lobbying frenzy. View original article Contributor: Reed Abelson and Margot Sanger-Katz

By analyzing seven samples of hair said to have come from Ludwig van Beethoven, researchers debunked myths about the revered composer while raising new questions about his life and death. View original article Contributor: Gina Kolata