Health - Monday, April 27, 2026

In a letter to states and other grant recipients, the Trump administration says the strips encourage drug use.

Policy that recommends offering hep B vaccine at birth only to babies perceived to be at risk will lead to increased numbers of infected infants, new studies project.

The Supreme Court seemed divided Monday over whether to block thousands of lawsuits alleging the maker of the weedkiller Roundup failed to warn people it could cause cancer.

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.

The drugmaker Erasca said results on its experimental pill in a trial of pancreatic cancer and non-small cell lung cancer exceeded its expectations.

A new study reveals that internalizing stress—especially feelings of hopelessness—may significantly speed up memory decline in older Chinese Americans. Surprisingly, factors like community support didn’t show the same impact. Researchers say cultural pressures and stereotypes may cause emotional struggles to go unnoticed and untreated. The findings suggest that targeted, culturally sensitive stress relief could play a powerful role in preserving cognitive health.

Kennedy broke his pledge to share a controversial contract, highlighting Democrats' frustrations with the health secretary.

The desire to live longer and healthier lives has spawned a growth in services and supplements. So what works best?

The Trump administration underlines a “clear shift away from harm reduction and practices” that it says facilitates illegal drug use.

Scientists are making a major leap toward freezing organs for future use without damaging them. A new study reveals that one of the biggest obstacles—cracking during ultra-cold preservation—can be reduced by carefully tuning the temperature at which tissues enter a glass-like state. This breakthrough builds on recent successes in cryopreserved organ transplants and could bring the long-imagined idea of “banking” organs for later use much closer to reality.