A former dean of Yale’s medical school, he oversaw pharmaceutical research and defended abortion rights. He also chronicled his struggle with bipolar disorder.
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FDA accelerates booster campaign to September, emphasizes new formula
A new, reformulated vaccine designed to provide stronger protection against the omicron subvariants sweeping the country will be available.
San Francisco, New York state declare monkeypox emergencies as outbreak grows
The action by two of the hardest-hit areas comes after the World Health Organization declared a global emergency last weekend.
New WHO monkeypox advice urges men who have sex with men to limit partners
WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus urged men who have sex with men to reconsider sex with new partners for now, amid a monkeypox outbreak.
Abortion ruling may restrict options for pregnant cancer patients
Some treatments can cause irreparable harm or death to the fetus and to the patient. Adding possible legal consequences complicates the decision-making.
Ancient Europeans were lactose intolerant. They drank milk anyway, study finds.
Despite digestive problems, ancient Europeans drank milk for millennia, the study found, casting doubt on theories on how humans evolved to tolerate it.
What to know about monkeypox symptoms, treatments and protection
The monkeypox virus has been declared a global health emergency, but it is far less transmissible than the coronavirus that causes covid-19.
Struggle to protect gay, bisexual men from monkeypox exposes inequities
This is what disparities look like in accessing testing, vaccines and treatment for monkeypox, the latest viral threat hanging over gay life.
Teva agrees to tentative $4.25 billion national settlement over opioids
The drugmaker would pay $3 billion in cash and $1.2 billion in donated overdose-reversing drug Narcan. Communities can opt to receive the medication rather than cash, Teva said.
Scientists hone argument that coronavirus came from Wuhan market
The coronavirus pandemic began in separate viral spillovers from live animals sold and butchered in late 2019 in a Wuhan, China, seafood market, according to two papers published Tuesday in the journal Science.
