Health
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Lasik Patients Should Be Warned of Complications, F.D.A. Draft Says
Draft recommendations by the agency describe dry eyes, visual disturbances and other side effects of the procedure. Surgeons say the…
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Global Partners May End Broad Covid Vaccination Effort in Developing Countries
The board of Gavi, the international vaccine agency, meets Wednesday to debate shutting down the program, known as Covax, amid…
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Juul Agrees to Settle Thousands of Vaping Lawsuits
The deal is the latest in the company’s efforts to resolve litigation over its marketing of products that some contend…
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F.D.A. Report Faults Agency’s Food Unit for Leaderless Dysfunction
Spurred by the infant formula crisis, a panel found that the agency shied away from tough decisions, sometimes fearing confrontations…
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Who Will Care for ‘Kinless’ Seniors?
Lynne Ingersoll and her cat, Jesse, spent a quiet Thanksgiving Day together in her small bungalow in Blue Island, Ill.…
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U.S. Plans to End Mpox Emergency Declaration in Two Months
With few new cases, the plan not to renew the emergency past Jan. 31 is an acknowledgment that the disease…
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As Officials Ease Covid Restrictions, China Faces New Pandemic Risks
Huge swaths of the nation’s elderly remain vulnerable, scientists say, and a surge in deaths and hospitalizations may be inevitable.
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Elon Musk Hopes to Test a Brain Implant in Humans Next Year
The tech multibillionaire said his company, Neuralink, was seeking government approval to test his device in people, and predicted it…
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F.D.A. Considering New Approach to Blood Donation by Gay and Bisexual Men
The agency may put in place a personalized risk assessment to replace the current prohibition on men who have had…
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Alzheimer’s Drug May Benefit Some Patients, New Data Shows
The drug, lecanemab, made by Eisai and Biogen, also carried risks of brain swelling and bleeding and should be studied…