Month: April 2023

A generic-mifepristone maker sued the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to protect access to the medical abortion pill amid a welter of litigation stretching from Texas to Washington. The lawsuit by GenBioPro Inc., filed Wednesday in federal court in Maryland, comes as the U.S. Supreme Court delayed until Friday a decision on which restrictions on … Read more

In a move that could reshape access to abortions for pregnant people in Florida and the surrounding region, Gov. Ron DeSantis recently signed a ban on abortions after just six weeks of pregnancy. Although the state is still awaiting a verdict from the Florida Supreme Court on whether a 15-week ban signed into law last … Read more

NEW YORK—As autism diagnoses become increasingly common, health officials have wondered how many U.S. kids have relatively mild symptoms and how many have more serious symptoms, such as very low IQ and inability to speak. A first-of-its-kind study released Wednesday shows the rate of such “profound” autism is rising, though far slower than milder autism … Read more

Kidney cancer may well be the least-known common cancer in the U.S. An estimated 81,800 new cases will be diagnosed this year, according to the American Cancer Society. In 2022, the disease was the eighth most common cancer, occurring more frequently than leukemia and thyroid cancer. Yet, when people are diagnosed, their reaction is often, … Read more

Nobody watching the Jan. 2, 2023 National Football League game between the Buffalo Bills and Cincinnati Bengals will forget the searing sight of Bills safety Damar Hamlin collapsing to the turf after an otherwise unremarkable tackle late in the game’s first quarter led to his cardiac arrest. Emergency CPR and the use of a defibrillator … Read more

The National Institutes of Health has not had a permanent director since December 2021, when its longtime leader stepped down. View original article Contributor: Laurie McGinley

Here’s what you need to know about whether and when to get a second covid booster. View original article Contributor: Lena H. Sun

Experiments using mice found a malfunction in adult stem cells that offers insights into why we turn into silver foxes and vixens. View original article Contributor: Kate Golembiewski