A federal judge on Monday temporarily blocked federal health officials from cutting the number of vaccines recommended for every child, and said U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. likely violated federal procedures in revamping a key vaccine advisory committee. The decision halted an order by Kennedy — announced in January — to end broad…
Women feel put under pressure to have medical procedures such as caesareans during their maternity care, according to a report. The charity Birthrights collated the experiences of 300 people in England who said they had felt or witnessed coercion within a maternity setting. It said caregivers used authoritative language that undermined the idea of women…
Grey-market injectable peptides – a category of substances with obscure, alphanumeric names such as BPC-157, GHK-Cu, or TB-500 – have developed a devoted following among biohackers and health optimisers. To understand how these unregulated substances have become mainstream and what they could be doing in our bodies, Madeleine Finlay hears from journalist Adrienne Matei and…
Published: March 17, 2026, 12:05 am Regulatory reforms aimed at strengthening the food safety framework have been approved in India. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said the regulatory and procedural reforms would promote the ease of doing business while ensuring robust food safety standards. This post is for paying subscribers only Subscribe now…
Dear Miss Manners: My brother and sister-in-law invited my family of four for a dinner of corned beef and cabbage to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. They also invited my mom and dad, along with my aunt, who was visiting them from out of town. My aunt does not like corned beef and cabbage, so my…
Cannabis is not an effective treatment for common mental health conditions despite the global surge in patients using it for that purpose, a review has found. Researchers concluded there was “very little evidence for its efficacy” in treating anxiety, anorexia nervosa, psychotic disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder or opioid use disorder. Experts from universities in Sydney,…
Federal and state public health officials are investigation a coast-to-coast outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 infections traced to raw milk cheese from RAW FARM LLC. The Food and Drug Administration has recommended that RAW FARM LLC voluntarily remove their raw cheese products from the market, but the firm has refused to do so. The farm’s…
A new analysis of hypertension guidelines suggests some older adults — mostly women — with slightly high blood pressure could safely hold off on medications if they’re otherwise in relatively good health. That is, age alone shouldn’t always be a deciding factor in being prescribed blood pressure pills. “In the past, many people over 65…
A federal judge in Boston blocked changes to U.S. vaccine policies championed by Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Samuel Corum/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Samuel Corum/Getty Images A federal judge Monday dealt a major blow to the Trump administration’s efforts to overhaul the nation’s vaccine policies, including the controversial…
When MRI offered no clear answer in suspected prostate cancer, the use of prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA)-PET/CT showed promise for reducing the number of biopsies without compromising the diagnosis of significant malignancies, a phase III trial from Australia showed. Among biopsy-naive men with a clinical suspicion of significant prostate cancer but equivocal MRI, biopsy was…
