Health - Monday, May 11, 2026

The Supreme Court is temporarily extending access to a widely used abortion pill while it considers whether to allow restrictions on the drug to take effect.

The last evacuees disembarked in the Canary Islands, and a smaller crew is now en route to Rotterdam, where the ship will be disinfected, officials said.

A South American court upheld the steps taken by the Colombian government when it issued a compulsory license two years ago for an HIV medicine.

Last year, the FDA had warned that natural opioids in kratom were being turned into harmful products. Now President Trump says approval should be considered.

Far fewer seniors than expected are taking costly Alzheimer's drugs.

A study of a few patients, to be presented this week, showed promise for a type of therapy that has already cured some blood cancers.

Researchers say fructose is not just “empty calories” — it may actively push the body toward fat storage and metabolic disease. A new review found that fructose affects the body differently from glucose, disrupting normal energy regulation and promoting processes linked to obesity, insulin resistance, and cardiovascular problems.

A new FDA policy will let some flavored vapes stay on the market without authorization.

Dr. Makary has been a supporter of the Make American Healthy Again Movement but made some enemies in the administration over vaping, the abortion pill and rejections of new drugs.

A new international analysis suggests there may be a surprisingly simple secret to keeping weight off after dieting: walking about 8,500 steps a day. Researchers found that people who boosted their daily steps to around that level during a weight-loss program — and kept it up afterward — were far more successful at avoiding the frustrating cycle of regaining lost weight. The study highlights a major challenge in obesity treatment, since most people regain much of the weight they lose within a few years.