U.S. to Limit Deadly Mining Dust as Black Lung Resurges

NYTimes.com (Health) 4/16 2:45A Chris Hamby

Federal regulation capping toxic airborne silica has been decades in the making. The delay has cost miners dearly.

5 Takeaways From a Year of Medicaid Upheaval

NYTimes.com (Health) 4/15 11:02P Noah Weiland

In the year after a pandemic-era policy preserving Medicaid coverage lapsed, more than 20 million people were dropped from the program at some point.

David Egilman, Doctor Who Took On Drug Companies, Dies at 71

NYTimes.com (Health) 4/15 8:25A Clay Risen

His testimony as an expert witness in some 600 trials helped plaintiffs win billions of dollars in cases involving malfeasance by pharmaceutical makers.

‘Eldest Daughter Syndrome’ and Sibling Birth Order: Does it Matter?

NYTimes.com (Health) 4/15 4:30A Catherine Pearson

“Eldest daughter syndrome” assumes that birth order shapes who we are and how we interact. Does it?

Here’s What to Ask Your Dentist When Evaluating Your Treatment

NYTimes.com (Health) 4/14 11:03P Knvul Sheikh

To get the best care, experts recommend speaking up. Here are tips for what to ask and how to evaluate the treatments you are offered.

U.S. Scrutiny of Chinese Company Could Disrupt U.S. Supply Chain for Key Drugs

NYTimes.com (Health) 4/14 11:02P Christina Jewett

Lawmakers raising national security concerns and seeking to disconnect a major Chinese firm from U.S. pharmaceutical interests have rattled the biotech industry. The firm is deeply involved in development and manufacturing of crucial therapies...

Bennett Braun, Psychiatrist Who Fueled ‘Satanic Panic,’ Dies at 83

NYTimes.com (Health) 4/12 10:58A Clay Risen

He diagnosed dozens of patients with what he said were suppressed memories of being tortured by cults. He later lost his license.

National Academy Asks Court to Strip Sackler Name From Endowment

NYTimes.com (Health) 4/12 5:10A Christina Jewett

Millions in Sackler donations sat dormant, rising in value as the opioid epidemic raged and as other institutions distanced themselves from the makers of a notorious painkiller.

Evan Stark, 82, Dies; Broadened Understanding of Domestic Violence

NYTimes.com (Health) 4/11 9:59A Richard Sandomir

He and his wife wrote pioneering studies; he used the term “coercion control” to describe psychological and physical dominance by abusers.

The Push for a Better Dengue Vaccine Grows More Urgent

NYTimes.com (Health) 4/11 7:44A Stephanie Nolen

A public research institute in Brazil has proved a new shot protects against the disease, but can’t make it fast enough to stop the huge outbreak sweeping Latin America.

Global Stockpile of Cholera Vaccine Is Gone as Outbreaks Spread

NYTimes.com (Health) 4/11 7:15A Stephanie Nolen

One company is going to great lengths to build it up, but it will be years before it returns to the minimum level.

How to Be Less Self-Critical When Perfectionism Is a Trap

NYTimes.com (Health) 4/10 11:04P Christina Caron

Young people are struggling with social comparison and self-criticism, but experts say there are ways to quiet those voices.

24 Hours at a Makeshift Refuge for Migrants in the California Wilderness

NYTimes.com (Health) 4/10 11:04P Emily Baumgaertner

The campsite, run by a 22-year-old volunteer, became a first stop for people seeking food, water and warmth as they waited to be apprehended by border authorities.

The History Behind Arizona’s 160-Year-Old Abortion Ban

NYTimes.com (Health) 4/10 4:55A Pam Belluck

The state’s Supreme Court ruled that the 1864 law is enforceable today. Here is what led to its enactment.

Seriously, Now Is the Time to Stop Kissing Sick Birds

NYTimes.com (Health) 4/9 5:16A Apoorva Mandavilli

A citizen-science collaboration in New York has turned up a half-dozen birds infected with the avian flu virus.