In a remote Congolese town, a medical mystery led to the discovery of alarming changes in the mpox virus and, eventually, to a global health emergency. View original article Contributor: Stephanie Nolen and Moses Sawasawa
Acadia Healthcare falsifies records at its methadone clinics and enrolls patients who aren’t addicted to opioids, a Times investigation found. View original article Contributor: Katie Thomas and Jessica Silver-Greenberg
“We’re putting another burden on the elderly that we don’t have to,” one researcher said. View original article Contributor: Paula Span
When Robert F. Kennedy Jr. sits for his confirmation hearing to potentially become the head of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), he will face scrutiny over his vaccine skepticism and unorthodox views on medicine. But there’s one area Kennedy may be able to find bipartisan support: food policy. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] Kennedy has … Read more
Since the beginning of the bird flu outbreak nearly three years ago, state and federal departments of agriculture have had one goal in mind: Maintain consumer confidence—as tens of millions of birds are culled and taxpayers bear the cost of industry bailouts. Every new media report of an infected dairy herd, poultry flock, or farm … Read more
The mysterious flu-like disease has killed dozens in the central African country of the Democratic Republic of Congo, mostly women and children, officials said. View original article Contributor: Vivian Ho
It’s been nearly a decade and a half since Georgia struck an agreement with the Justice Department to overhaul how it treats people with disabilities. View original article Contributor: Sam Whitehead, McKenzie Beard
In posts trending on media platforms, users mocked the executive’s death by invoking health insurance terms, saying empathy for his loss had been “denied.” View original article Contributor: Dan Diamond
New York Police released images showing the face of someone they sought for questioning after Brian Thompson, the UnitedHealthcare CEO, was shot and killed. View original article Contributor: Shayna Jacobs, Daniel Gilbert, Mark Berman, Samuel Oakford
The potential mutation would allow the avian influenza virus sweeping through dairy herds to attach to a receptor protein on the surface of our cells. View original article Contributor: Mark Johnson