How should the opioid settlements be spent? Those hit hardest often don’t have a say

People with substance use disorder across the country are not getting a formal say in how…

Better drugs through AI? Insitro CEO on what machine learning can teach Big Pharma

WASHINGTON — Artificial intelligence is changing the way companies do business — helping programmers write code…

A twice-yearly shot could help end AIDS. But will it get to everyone who needs it?

MEXICO CITY — It’s been called the closest the world has ever come to a vaccine…

Even with access to blockbuster obesity drugs, some people don’t lose weight

Unlike scores of people who scrambled for the blockbuster drugs Ozempic and Wegovy to lose weight…

Trump taps a Fox News personality, a surgeon and a former Congressman to lead public health agencies

WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump on Friday nominated Dr. Marty Makary to lead the Food and…

European committee takes a second look at Alzheimer’s drug and now says it should be approved

A European regulatory committee now recommends approval of the Alzheimer’s treatment lecanemab a few months after…

Microdosing Ozempic? Patients are using DIY doses of weight-loss drugs

Shauna Bookless never imagined she’d become her own pharmacist. But after gaining more than 20 pounds…

A promising schizophrenia drug showed mixed results. What does that mean for patients?

Some people who took a new schizophrenia drug for a year improved with only a few…

People 50 and older should get pneumococcal vaccine, U.S. health officials recommend

NEW YORK — U.S. health officials on Wednesday recommended that people 50 and older get a…

Hospitals’ IV fluid shortage may impact surgeries for weeks

Surgery schedules around the country may be washed out for several more weeks while a crucial…