Inside the Turmoil at the V.A. Mental Health System Under Trump
A chaotic restructuring ordered threatens to degrade services for veterans of wars in Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan.
Health
Dementia May Not Always Be the Threat It Is Now. Here’s Why.
The number of cases will increase, but the rates seem to be declining with every birth cohort that reaches advanced ages, researchers said.
Texas Measles Outbreak May Continue for a Year, Officials Say
Vaccination efforts have faltered, and many residents have turned to alternative treatments endorsed by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health secretary.
Kilmer McCully, Pathologist Scorned for New Theory of Heart Disease, Dies at 91
His studies showed that a B vitamin deficiency could cause hardened arteries. It took the medical profession more than a decade to catch up.
Newborn’s death ‘due to gross failures of midwives’
The coroner at newborn baby Ida Lock’s inquest highlights eight opportunities that were missed.
Repeated failures in reading scans costing lives, ombudsman says
The most common issues include clinicians not spotting abnormalities, and scans being delayed.
Trump Administration Delays Requirement for Companies to Track Tainted Food
A law passed in 2011 required food companies to track food in the event of contamination and a recall. The administration delayed the move, set to take effect next year, for 30 months.
Probe into claims people allowed in to watch hospital surgeries
It is not clear how the individuals gained access to the operating theatres or who gave permission.
Public data should not conflate sex and gender, review says
Author of government-ordered review says biological sex and gender have become distinct and should be recorded separately.
What Is Cognitive Shuffling?
“Cognitive shuffling” can calm a busy brain.
What nine months in space does to the human body
Astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore are back on Earth – but what has nine months in space done to them?
Trump Administration Considers Scaling Back H.I.V. Efforts at C.D.C.
The move comes after a series of cuts to prevention and treatment efforts worldwide. Some functions might be moved to another agency, officials said.
Hancock criticises ‘wholly naive’ Covid inquiry
The former health secretary was giving evidence about medical equipment deals during the pandemic.
Food Safety Jeopardized by Onslaught of Funding and Staff Cuts
The Trump administration halted some food testing and shut down a committee studying bacteria in infant formula. Earlier funding cutbacks under the Biden administration now threaten state labs and inspectors.
Three deaths linked to listeria detected in NHS desserts
Listeriosis listed as cause of death in one NHS patient and two other deaths being investigated.
‘Covid memories are in a box deep within my brain’
A critical care nurse says many colleagues moved departments because of PTSD after the pandemic.
Having autism has worked to my advantage in football – Bronze
Chelsea and England defender Lucy Bronze opens up for the first time about her autism and ADHD diagnoses to raise awareness and help others.
RFK Jr.’s Prescription for Bird Flu on Farms: Let It Spread
The health secretary has suggested allowing the virus to spread, so as to identify birds that may be immune. Such an experiment would be disastrous, scientists say.
At-a-glance: Key changes to benefits in welfare shake-up
How Personal Independence Payments (Pip) and other health-related benefits could change under government plans.
Precautions could have stopped baby deaths – inquiry
Leo Lamont, Ellie McCormick and Mira-Belle Bosch died within hours of their births in two Lanarkshire hospitals.
Trump Cuts Imperil Cancer, Diabetes and Pediatric Research at Columbia
Dozens of medical and scientific studies are ending or at risk of ending, leaving researchers scrambling to find alternative funding.