Takeaways From the Times’s Inside Look at the C.D.C.
Many current and former employees say the actions of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are undermining the agency’s role in safeguarding public health.
Health
Diabetes, Overlooked and Unchecked, Poses New Risks in Africa
As deaths from diabetes start to rival those from infectious threats like malaria, a new form of the condition linked to malnutrition is surfacing in patients who can afford neither screening nor care.
When Voters Worry About ‘Affordability,’ Many Point to Health Care
Democrats have had limited political success running on the Affordable Care Act, even with its relative popularity. Now President Trump’s health care cuts may have given the issue new resonance.
‘Women’s health must be taken more seriously’
Dr Liz O’Riordan says it is important women seek help from professionals not “Google and Chat GPT”.
‘I waited 30 years for my endometriosis diagnosis’
Nichola Howell spent years going to doctors with “barbaric” pain but was constantly dismissed.
Streeting praises response to meningitis outbreak
Wes Streeting praises the “Herculean efforts” to protect people from the Kent meningitis outbreak.
‘Having coeliac disease aged 9 means I’m normal with a tiny twist’
Nine-year-old Eliza’s mum says she was relieved when her daughter was diagnosed with the disease.
I spent five months in a mother and baby mental health unit – here’s what I want mums to know
Sofii Lewis was diagnosed with postpartum psychosis tendencies and OCD after giving birth.
Five questions that still need answering about the meningitis outbreak
The size and speed of the outbreak which has now affected 34 people, killing two of them, has been labelled “unprecedented”.
No Pills or Needles, Just Paper: How Deadly Drugs Are Changing
Lab-made drugs soaked into the pages of letters, books and even legal documents are being smuggled behind bars, killing inmates and frustrating investigators.
David Botstein, Gene-Mapping Pioneer, Dies at 83
His method of locating genes in human DNA allowed researchers to find disease-causing genes, and later to map the entire, sprawling human genome.
Meningitis B: Your questions answered
BBC Health reporter Smitha Mundasad answers your questions on meningitis B
Thousands get meningitis vaccine as experts wait to see outbreak peak
The outbreak, which has killed two people, is thought to have originated at a Canterbury nightclub.
‘I feel so grateful to be alive,’ Kent University meningitis survivor says
Annabelle Mackay, 21, has spoken to the BBC about her experience surviving meningitis.
Lab-grown food pipe offers new hope for young patients
UK scientists have grown fully functioning food pipes and successfully transplanted them into mini pigs, paving the way for human trials.
How New Mexico Became an Obamacare Success Story
Affordable Care Act enrollment has dropped across the United States since the enhanced federal subsidies expired. But New Mexico has record numbers of people signing up.
I went to bed with a sore ear, meningitis put me in a coma
Mark McNamee did not know he had meningitis until he woke up in hospital after being in an induced coma.
Why I Decided to Share My Cancer Surgery With Times Readers
An editor on the limits of shyness in the face of serious disease.
Woman with ‘agonising’ condition to ‘give back’
The Worcester woman says she wants endometriosis patients to be “met with a little extra comfort”.
Hospital waiting lists in Wales see record drop
Wait times for planned care are falling but diagnostic and cancers waits are up, latest figures indicate.
‘People with ADHD are great in a crisis’
‘People with ADHD are great in a crisis’