Health Care

Scientists treated a person’s type 1 diabetes with genetically modified insulin-producing cells that evaded immune system attacks. This is the first therapy for the condition that does not require immunosuppressant drugs

Hundreds of staffers at the National Institutes of Health, Environmental Protection Agency, NASA and the National Science Foundation have signed public letters to leadership opposing the direction in which the agencies are headed

While bariatric surgery can result in significant weight loss, weight stigma can persist years after the surgery.

Evidence shows that Medicaid improves people’s health and is particularly vital for babies, older people in need of long-term care and people in rural communities

For people aged 65 and older, Medicaid can provide vital health care—and losing coverage makes people sicker

Novelist John Green talks about his new nonfiction book, Everything is Tuberculosis, and the inequities in treatment for the highly infectious disease

During his presidential campaign, Donald Trump distanced himself from the conservative governing plan Project 2025. But it’s increasingly viewed as a blueprint for his administration’s plans for federal health programs

Using crutches for months is largely a thing of the past. Early weight-bearing has real benefits

A climate office at the Department of Health and Human Services has been shuttered, and its staff was placed on administrative leave

From Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.’s views on vaccines to Medicaid, here are some ways his confirmation as head of the Department of Health and Human Services could have sweeping effects on health care

Despite decades of doubt and dismissal, biochemist Katalin Karikó never gave up on the research that gave us mRNA COVID vaccines in record time

I am a trauma surgeon and gunshot survivor who has experienced byzantine health insurance coverage firsthand. I understand why people are furious