Medical News

The flu situation in the United States right now is, in a word, bad. Infections have skyrocketed in recent weeks, filling hospitals nearly to…

On a recent Tuesday morning, I was blessed with a miracle in a mini-mart. I had set out to find the protein bar I…

Every night before bedtime, my daughter tilts back her head so that a pair of metal plates inside her mouth can be cranked apart…

The deer were out there. The crisp tracks in the snow made that clear. Three hours into our hunt through the frigid New Hampshire…

Every few weeks I turn up in a hospital gown at a medical exam room in Massachusetts and describe a set of symptoms that…

Chief among the burdens weighing upon the weary sports parent—worse than the endless commutes, the exorbitant fees, the obnoxious parents on the other team—is…

Since he was confirmed as Health and Human Services secretary early last year, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has previewed big changes to the Dietary…

Nearly a year ago, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pledged during his confirmation hearing to support the CDC’s childhood-vaccine schedule. Yesterday, he broke…

Of all the diseases that the U.S. government announced today that it will no longer recommend vaccines against, rotavirus is by no means the…