Health

Trump's family-planning rule challenged in lawsuit

By David Crary, Associated Press

The new rule, announced last week by the Department of Health and Human Services, would prohibit family planning clinics funded by the federal Title X program from making abortion referrals — a provision that critics denounce as a "gag rule."…

WATCH: Teen shares why he defied mother's anti-vaccination ideas

By Joshua Barajas

An Ohio teen who said he went his entire life without numerous vaccines testified before Congress on the dangers of misinformation and ideas that fuel the anti-vaxxer movement and put many young people at risk.

A second person seems to be HIV-free after stem cell transplant

By Carla K. Johnson, Associated Press

The transplant changed the London patient's immune system, giving him the donor's gene mutation and HIV resistance.

Why the number of Americans with Alzheimer's could more than double by 2050

By Laura Santhanam

Some people in the early stages of Alzheimer's are likely falling through the cracks and developing more advanced symptoms because their illness isn't caught and treated soon enough, according to a new report from the Alzheimer's Association and medical experts.

The 'awful' work of the real doctors who inspired M*A*S*H

By Dr. Howard Markel

The people in MASH units worked long hours and endured horrific stresses of warfare.

Walmart is getting rid of greeters, worrying workers with disabilities

By Michael Rubinkam, Associated Press

The decision has come as a heavy blow to greeters with cerebral palsy, spina bifida and other physical disabilities, whose jobs provided needed income, served as a source of pride and offered a connection to the community.

Drug company CEOs admit prescription prices are too high. But will they change?

By Laura Santhanam

Together, the pharmaceutical companies that testified before Congress this week earn billions of dollars treating the world’s maladies and operating under the premise that today’s profits will fund research and development for tomorrow’s cures. But at what price?…

Lawmakers grill pharmaceutical executives over drug prices, but CEOs avoid big pledges

Health care costs are a major concern for Americans, who spend more on prescription drugs than residents of any other country. On Tuesday, executives from seven of the biggest pharmaceutical companies appeared before a Senate committee to explain their rising…

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Pharma executives say they support ban on some anti-competitive practices

By Associated Press

Some drugmakers have blocked competition for their medications by preventing would-be competitors from obtaining samples of the drugs. Drug executives who testified before Congress Tuesday said they do not use this tactic.