Lenny Bernstein

Repeated shootings in schools, churches and stores erode sense of safety, undermine health

Medicare coverage for a costly, but controversial, new Alzheimer’s drug will go only to people enrolled in approved clinical trials despite FDA endorsement of the medication.

For some people, variations in a small number of genes appear to be linked to a greatly increased chance of developing the debilitating brain disorder, according to a study released Wednesday.

A review of hundreds of thousands of VA patients who had covid found they are significantly more likely to develop type 2 diabetes within a year of infection, even if the infection was mild.

Vaccines, natural immunity and relaxed restrictions make it difficult to predict how severe the next round of coronavirus will be.

One effort would be capped at $599 per year. Research shows that payments of a few dollars every few days are highly effective in helping users remain sober when combined with other therapies.

People seeking mental health counseling after the two years of unrelenting stress, turmoil and grief of the pandemic face some of the worst chances of finding help in recent memory.

A New York anime convention in November could have become a superspreader event for the recently identified omicron variant of the coronavirus. But vaccines, boosters, masks and air filtration kept transmission low, according to a CDC study.

The proposed new guidelines remove advice on the total amount of drugs to use that was opposed by some chronic-pain patients and drug companies.

Federal officials remained wary, urging Americans in high-transmission areas – almost the entire country – to continue wearing masks. It marked another unusual moment in the pandemic: A weary public and eager elected officials largely ignoring the advi…