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NYT Health - 2026-02-07 23:19:53 - Rebecca Robbins

Hims & Hers Withdraws Knockoff Weight-Loss Pill After Regulatory Scrutiny

 

Federal officials had warned that the new product from the online provider of weight loss drugs might be illegal.
NYT Health - 2026-02-06 18:18:55 - Rebecca Robbins

TrumpRx: What to Know About Insurance Benefits, Pricing and Savings

 

People may be able to pay less for prescriptions with their insurance rather than via the new government website. The Trump drugstore is meant to help people buy medications using their own money.
NYT Health - 2026-02-06 15:00:07 - Apoorva Mandavilli

Federal Vaccine Advisers Take Aim at Covid Shots

 

One panelist accused the F.D.A. of withholding data on potential harms. The advisers also are reviewing research on vaccines given to pregnant women.
NYT Health - 2026-02-06 02:13:12 - Rebecca Robbins and Margot Sanger-Katz

TrumpRx, the President’s Online Drugstore, Opens for Business

 

TrumpRx is aimed at helping patients use their own money to buy medicines. But researchers who study drug pricing warned that many patients could pay too much if they use the site.
NYT Health - 2026-02-05 22:22:49 - Gina Kolata

Nancy Guthrie Kidnapping Shows Limits of Tracking Pacemakers in Police Work

 

The heart devices do not track location, nor do they transmit across large distances.
NYT Health - 2026-02-04 21:38:43 - Andrew Jacobs

A.M.A. Endorses Restrictions on Gender-Related Surgery for Minors

 

The announcement followed a similar recommendation from the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. But other medical groups argued for a more personalized approach.
NYT Health - 2026-02-04 19:30:21 - Rebecca Robbins and Reed Abelson

F.T.C. Settles With Express Scripts Over High Insulin Prices

 

The Trump administration announced that the company, a pharmacy benefit manager, had agreed to make significant changes to its practices.
NYT Health - 2026-02-04 10:00:07 - Reed Abelson and Rebecca Robbins

Congress Reins In Drug Middlemen in Effort to Lower Prescription Prices

 

The legislation will impose new restrictions on pharmacy benefit managers, giant companies like CVS Caremark, Optum Rx and Express Scripts that oversee prescription drug benefits.
NYT Health - 2026-02-03 23:56:00 - Andrew Jacobs

Plastic Surgeons’ Group Advises Delaying Gender-Affirming Procedures Until Age 19

 

The organization’s latest guidance is a departure from the prevailing views of several other major medical organizations.
NYT Health - 2026-02-03 21:00:41 - Andrew Jacobs

Woman Wins Malpractice Suit Over Gender Surgery as a Minor

 

In a legal first, a jury in New York awarded $2 million to a patient who said that doctors had deviated from accepted medical standards.
NYT Health - 2026-02-03 16:18:49 - Stephanie Nolen and Arlette Bashizi

‘Biblical Diseases’ Could Resurge in Africa, Health Officials Fear

 

Parasites and infections that cause blindness and other disabilities were nearly eliminated in some countries, but drug distribution to prevent and treat them was derailed in many places in 2025 after the U.S. cut aid.
NYT Health - 2026-02-03 12:51:21 - Ellen Barry

Research Finds Interaction With Father, Not Mother, Affects Child Health

 

A long-term study of 292 families linked fathers’ parenting style to their children’s heart health years later. To researchers’ surprise, no such link was found with mothers.
NYT Health - 2026-02-03 10:04:18 - Emily Baumgaertner Nunn

What Do You Get When You Put a Mummy Through a CT Scan?

 

Experts are using high-res scanners and 3-D printers to illuminate ancient ailments and injuries.
NYT Health - 2026-02-03 01:33:23 - Ellen Barry

H.H.S. to Expand Faith-Based Addiction Programs for Homeless

 

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said addiction is a “spiritual disease” that calls out for the involvement of religious organizations.
NYT Health - 2026-02-03 01:21:49 - Sheryl Gay Stolberg

N.I.H. Worker Who Criticized Trump Seeks Whistle-Blower Protection

 

Jenna Norton, a National Institutes of Health employee, has been an outspoken critic of the administration’s research cuts and has been on paid leave.
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