Obamacare Enrollment Drops Sharply as Costs Rise
Americans can’t afford the higher health insurance premiums that resulted from Congress’s refusal to extend federal tax credits.
MONDAY, 18 MAY 2026, 06:00
Americans can’t afford the higher health insurance premiums that resulted from Congress’s refusal to extend federal tax credits.
With Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. aiming to rein in the use of psychiatric drugs, psychiatrists are preemptively addressing how and when patients should quit taking them.

An early care scheme could prevent thousands of miscarriages a year.
Dr. Means’s nomination had stalled in part over her views on vaccines. The president said he was instead nominating Dr. Nicole B. Saphier, a radiologist at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.
Dr. Sara Brenner is a physician, an F.D.A. official and a “MAHA mom” who has said people should not reflexively believe in the benefits of vaccines.

Sophie Raworth talks about the need for exercise as we get older.

Mike Nesbitt says Northern Ireland’s first regional mother and baby unit in should open within the next three years.

Dr Xand shares the latest information on testosterone

How can a heart rate tracker help you? Dr Oscar explains.

Ministers say the new law in England gives power to local people who want to help others.

A new scan technique could spot areas of endometriosis missed by conventional scans, scientists say.

The case, which opened in the High Court on Wednesday, originally involved 3,000 claimants and is set to become the largest product liability case in UK history.

What are the main symptoms and causes of bowel cancer, and how can you reduce your risk of getting it?

Researchers stress that simple lifestyle changes can still significantly reduce the risk of cancer.
A headset recently approved by the Food and Drug Administration uses a weak electric current to shock the brain. Some researchers hope it could challenge the current pill-centric paradigm.
Prosecutors accused Dr. David Morens, a former adviser to Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, of hiding records related to the onset of the pandemic.
In a letter to states and other grant recipients, the Trump administration says the strips encourage drug use.
The case could help determine the future of thousands of lawsuits against the maker of a popular herbicide over claims that it causes cancer.
The desire to live longer and healthier lives has spawned a growth in services and supplements. So what works best?
Before the rise of GLP-1s, obesity experts didn’t study the internal buzz that compels people to eat. Now that food noise is being switched off, they want to understand it.
A new therapy has the potential to cure hundreds of diseases — and even reverse aging.