HEALTH CARE

Will more states press pause on Medicaid disenrollments?

Michigan is taking up the government’s offer of a one-month delay and 10 other states are considering it.

By Rachel Roubein and McKenzie BeardJune 29, 2023

Big Pharma has a new strategy to fight drug negotiation

In a legal blitz, four lawsuits were filed this month in four different court venues.

By Rachel Roubein and McKenzie BeardJune 28, 2023

The conservative doctors upending trans rights

The American College of Pediatricians has promoted views on abortion and transgender care that have been rejected by the medical establishment. But their views are still shaping conservative laws restricting abortion and trans rights across the country.

By Maggie Penman, Tracy Jan, Gabe O'Connor, Sean Carter and Reena FloresJune 27, 2023

Walensky says reforming CDC will take ‘longer than any single director’s tenure’

An exit interview with outgoing CDC Director Rochelle Walensky.

By Lena H. Sun, McKenzie Beard and Rachel RoubeinJune 27, 2023

How troubles at a factory in India led to a U.S. cancer-drug shortage

Intas Pharmaceuticals in India made a widely used cancer drug in the U.S. An inspection exposed problems — and the fragility of the U.S. generic-drug supply.

By Daniel GilbertJune 27, 2023

Penn Medicine quits cooperating with U.S. News hospitals ranking

The University of Pennsylvania Health System, a top-ranked system, will walk away from the influential lists.

By Susan SvrlugaJune 26, 2023

Pfizer picks its pill in race for Ozempic-like weight-loss drug

Pfizer will move ahead with a pill version of a weight-loss drug as competition heats up for an oral medication that can rival Ozempic and other GLP-1 drugs.

By Daniel GilbertJune 26, 2023

Abortion politics paves the road to 2024

What happens next year could further upend the nation’s new abortion landscape.

By Rachel Roubein and McKenzie BeardJune 23, 2023

The state of abortion in post-Roe America

We look at the nation’s abortion landscape a year after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.

By Rachel Roubein and McKenzie BeardJune 22, 2023

How blue states are responding to the post-Roe world

They've passed bills solidifying abortion rights, expanding medication abortion access and preemptively shielding providers.

By Rachel Roubein and McKenzie BeardJune 21, 2023

How Democrats will highlight abortion restrictions this week

Saturday marks one year since the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade.

By Rachel Roubein and McKenzie BeardJune 20, 2023

Love, leather and fighting the next mpox outbreak

Come for the leather kink, stay for the lifesaving health care outreach. Today on “Post Reports,” health reporter Fenit Nirappil embeds on the front lines of preventing the next mpox outbreak at International Mr. Leather in Chicago.

By Maggie Penman, Elana Gordon, Sean Carter and Monica CampbellJune 16, 2023

Another covid booster is coming. But how many will get it?

Only a sliver of Americans got the last shot, which doesn't bode well for the next variant-targeting vaccine.

By Rachel Roubein and McKenzie BeardJune 16, 2023

Nearly 6 in 10 Americans report problems with their health coverage

Problems persist despite more than a decade of efforts to improve insurance for consumers.

By Rachel Roubein and McKenzie BeardJune 15, 2023

CDC director weathers lawmakers’ covid criticism one final time

Rochelle Walensky got one last chance to defend her legacy to skeptical House Republicans yesterday.

By McKenzie Beard and Rachel RoubeinJune 14, 2023

The clashing approaches to classifying fentanyl

Today, Sen. Cory Booker plans to reintroduce legislation extending Schedule 1 classification of fentanyl-related substances temporarily.

By Rachel Roubein and McKenzie BeardJune 13, 2023

How Biden built his own 'Harvard Faculty Club'

Time and time again, the president has picked Harvard-trained physicians for top health roles.

By Dan Diamond and McKenzie BeardJune 12, 2023

FDA advisers to discuss full approval of Alzheimer's drug

The agency appears open to traditional approval of the drug Leqembi.

By Rachel Roubein and McKenzie BeardJune 9, 2023

Where the latest GOP candidates stand on abortion

We checked in with Mike Pence, Chris Christie and Doug Burgum.

By Rachel Roubein and McKenzie BeardJune 8, 2023

How Merck intends to fight Medicare drug price negotiation

Merck is the first to sue the federal government over the law passed in August.

By Rachel Roubein and McKenzie BeardJune 7, 2023