Category: Health
![F.D.A. to Issue First Approval for Mass Drug Imports to States from Canada F.D.A. to Issue First Approval for Mass Drug Imports to States from Canada](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/01/03/science/XXCanadian-Imports-01/XXCanadian-Imports-01-facebookJumbo.jpg)
F.D.A. to Issue First Approval for Mass Drug Imports to States from Canada
The Food and Drug Administration has allowed Florida to import millions of dollars worth of medications from Canada at far lower prices than in the…
![Woman Sues Dentist After Getting 4 Root Canals, 8 Crowns and 20 Fillings in 1 Visit Woman Sues Dentist After Getting 4 Root Canals, 8 Crowns and 20 Fillings in 1 Visit](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2023/12/31/multimedia/31xp-dentist-zcfh/31xp-dentist-zcfh-facebookJumbo.jpg)
Woman Sues Dentist After Getting 4 Root Canals, 8 Crowns and 20 Fillings in 1 Visit
A Minnesota woman who said that she received four root canals, eight dental crowns and 20 fillings in a single visit to a dentist’s office…
![Monica Bertagnolli, NIH’s New Leader, Wants to Broaden Participation in Medical Research Monica Bertagnolli, NIH’s New Leader, Wants to Broaden Participation in Medical Research](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/01/02/multimedia/00dc-nih-lhfw/00dc-nih-lhfw-facebookJumbo.jpg)
Monica Bertagnolli, NIH’s New Leader, Wants to Broaden Participation in Medical Research
When Dr. Monica M. Bertagnolli moved into the director’s suite at the National Institutes of Health, she brought with her a single piece of art,…
![La variante JN.1 ya domina en EE. UU. La variante JN.1 ya domina en EE. UU.](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2023/12/27/multimedia/27WELL-JN1-EXPLAINER-gwzj-esp/27WELL-JN1-EXPLAINER-gwzj-facebookJumbo.jpg)
La variante JN.1 ya domina en EE. UU.
Hasta donde saben los expertos, la JN.1 no parece causar enfermedad grave en la mayoría de las personas, aunque hasta un caso leve puede hacerte…
![Ohio Governor Blocks Bill Banning Transition Care for Minors Ohio Governor Blocks Bill Banning Transition Care for Minors](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2023/12/23/multimedia/00NAT-TRANS-OHIO-fvcm/00NAT-TRANS-OHIO-fvcm-facebookJumbo.jpg)
Ohio Governor Blocks Bill Banning Transition Care for Minors
Background Lawmakers passed the measure earlier in December. Those in favor of the bill argued that parents are pressured by doctors to sign off on…
![Covid Variant JN.1 Now Accounts for Nearly Half of U.S. Cases Covid Variant JN.1 Now Accounts for Nearly Half of U.S. Cases](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2023/12/27/multimedia/27WELL-JN1-EXPLAINER-gwzj/27WELL-JN1-EXPLAINER-gwzj-facebookJumbo.jpg)
Covid Variant JN.1 Now Accounts for Nearly Half of U.S. Cases
As the holiday season winds down and Covid-19 cases start to pick up, a variant called JN.1 has now become the most common strain of…
![Your Top Health Questions of 2023, Answered Your Top Health Questions of 2023, Answered](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2023/12/27/well/27ASKWELL-ROUNDUP/27ASKWELL-ROUNDUP-facebookJumbo.jpg)
Your Top Health Questions of 2023, Answered
One thing I love about editing the Ask Well column is the camaraderie of it. Every week we answer a health question: Why am I…
![This Gorilla’s Caregivers Face Familiar Questions About Aging This Gorilla’s Caregivers Face Familiar Questions About Aging](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2023/12/26/multimedia/26SCI-SPAN-02-fglw/26SCI-SPAN-02-fglw-facebookJumbo.jpg)
This Gorilla’s Caregivers Face Familiar Questions About Aging
This month, as the patient lay anesthetized on a table, a cardiologist made a half-inch incision through the skin of his chest. She removed a…
![Bristol Myers to Acquire the Drugmaker Karuna for Billion Bristol Myers to Acquire the Drugmaker Karuna for Billion](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2023/12/22/multimedia/22bristol-myers-hgcv/22bristol-myers-hgcv-facebookJumbo.jpg)
Bristol Myers to Acquire the Drugmaker Karuna for $14 Billion
Bristol Myers Squibb, the global pharmaceutical giant, said on Friday that it would acquire Karuna Therapeutics, which makes drugs to treat schizophrenia and Alzheimer’s, in…
![How Tongue Tie and Lip Tie Surgery Became a Big Business How Tongue Tie and Lip Tie Surgery Became a Big Business](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2023/12/16/multimedia/00overuse-tonguetie-01-bgzm/00overuse-tonguetie-01-bgzm-facebookJumbo.jpg)
How Tongue Tie and Lip Tie Surgery Became a Big Business
Later in 2020, Ms. Lavelle also complained to the board, describing how she had been traumatized by her daughter’s tongue-tie release. The lactation board, which…