The nation’s largest, longest surge of Covid-19 hospitalizations set another record Wednesday, as the number of coronavirus patients in U.S. hospitals surpassed 100,000. Hospitalizations have been climbing for more than two months, roughly double the length of upswings in the pandemic’s prior two s
It is the second known case of H5N1 infection in the U.S.
The first major U.S. health insurers have agreed to start paying for the popular anti-obesity drug Wegovy for certain people on Medicare with heart-related conditions.
The California-based maker of medical devices that treat cardiovascular diseases has a market value of nearly $12 billion.
A new database aims to match rare-disease patients with drugs on pharmacy shelves.
Renaming the lowest-risk prostate cancer would cut down on overly aggressive treatment, some doctors say.
Renaming the lowest-risk prostate cancer would cut down on overly aggressive treatment, some doctors say.
Medical advances are turning fatal illnesses into chronic ones, and some health problems are hitting us earlier and more widely.
Medical advances are turning fatal illnesses into chronic ones, and some health problems are hitting us earlier and more widely.
Medical advances are turning fatal illnesses into chronic ones, and some health problems are hitting us earlier and more widely.
The list prices of 775 brand-name drugs rose during the first half of January.
