Health

St. Kitts launches probe of herpes vaccine tests on U.S. patients

By Marisa Taylor, Kaiser Health News

The vaccine research has sparked controversy because the lead investigator did not rely on traditional U.S. safety oversight while testing the vaccine.

Doctors want to give their cancer patients every chance. But are they pushing off hard talks too long?

By Bob Tedeschi, STAT

Experts say doctors who counsel immunotherapy and hold onto hopes for remission are postponing conversations about palliative care and end-of-life wishes.

GOP ability to dismantle health law expires at month’s end

By Associated Press

Senate Republicans will soon run out of time to rely on the barest of their majority to dismantle the Obama health law.

After Harvey, telemedicine connects doctors to displaced patients

By Leah Samuel, STAT

Getting thousands of Houston-area families to shelters has been a massive humanitarian effort. But the aid doesn’t end there: Many of the displaced have chronic medical conditions like asthma or injuries from recent days that need medical attention. Providers of…

This bipartisan health care plan could stabilize markets, two governors say

By Associated Press

The recommendation is part of a compromise plan that's designed to be palatable to both parties. It was endorsed by six other governors.

How to find critical medical care if you’re a hurricane survivor

By Laura Santhanam

Health care providers around Houston and across Texas cobble together resources for patients of cancer and other chronic illnesses who have been displaced after Hurricane Harvey.

U.S. clears first ‘gene therapy’ for tough childhood leukemia

By Lauran Neergaard, Associated Press

Opening a new era in cancer care, the Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved the first treatment that genetically engineers patients' own blood cells into an army of assassins to seek and destroy childhood leukemia.

Peter Thiel sponsors offshore testing of herpes vaccine, sidestepping U.S. safety rules

By Marisa Taylor, Kaiser Health News

Defying U.S. safety protections for human trials, an American university and a group of wealthy libertarians, including a prominent Donald Trump supporter Peter Thiel, are backing the offshore testing of an experimental herpes vaccine.