HPV Vaccine Expanded for People Ages 27 to 45
The Food and Drug Administration has approved the use of Gardasil 9, a vaccine against nine strains of the human papillomavirus for older age groups.
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Amputations and Lacerations: Your Front Lawn Is a Jungle
As lawn-mowing season ends, scientists are toting up the injuries from recent years.
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CreditEamon Queeney for The New York Times These Cholesterol-Reducers May Save Lives. So Why Aren’t Heart Patients Getting Them?
Powerful PCSK9 inhibitors were supposed to revolutionize care for cardiac patients. But insurers and other payers balked at sky-high prices.
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CreditCurtis Compton/Atlanta Journal-Constitution, via Associated Press We Slow as We Age, but May Not Need to Slow Too Much
Although declines in running and other activities are unavoidable, they may be less steep than many of us fear.
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CreditSteven Senne/Associated Press F.D.A. Seizes Documents From Juul Headquarters
The latest move by the agency to increase pressure on e-cigarette makers to curtail marketing their products to teenagers.
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CreditPaul Zimmerman/Getty Images Memorial Sloan Kettering’s Chief Executive Resigns From Merck’s Board of Directors
Under scrutiny for the hospital’s industry ties and compensation, Dr. Craig B. Thompson stepped down from two company boards.
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CreditEye of Science/Science Source Breakthrough Leukemia Treatment Backfires in a Rare Case
The groundbreaking treatment that genetically engineers a patient’s own cells to fight leukemia turned lethal in one patient, reversing his remission.
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CreditGracia Lam The Risk of Alternative Cancer Treatments
Avoiding evidence-based treatments in favor of untested ones can contribute to higher death rates, a Yale study found.
