If Congress confirms RFK Jr. to head the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), it might...
Drugs and technology
Why do people pay so much for Humira now that it’s...
Humira, the exorbitantly priced drug taken by millions of Americans, finally lost its patent at the...
Lower income Medicare cancer patients less likely to get optimal...
A new study of Medicare cancer patients published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology finds that...
UnitedHealth, CVS and Cigna helped fuel opioid crisis
[Editor’s note: I am reposting this piece because it brilliantly exposes how the drug...
Beware of medical devices that the FDA has recalled
David Hilzenrath reports for KFFHealth News on how defective medical devices end up remaining in...
Need a hearing aid? Look no further than your AirPods
If you’re not hearing quite as well as you used to and would like some help, you might not...
Who should take Leqembi, an Alzheimer’s drug?
After years of review, the FDA approved Leqembi—lecanemab–for the treatment of...
Are weight-loss drugs a modern-day miracle?
Pretty much everywhere I turn, there’s a new story about the benefits of weight-loss drugs...
Republican Congressman accuses drug middlemen execs of perjury
You might not know what a PBM–Pharmacy Benefit Manager–is, but PBMs are among the...
FDA won’t approve MDMA for treatment of PTSD
The FDA isn’t approving MDMA (sometimes known as the party-drug ecstasy or molly) for the...