Imaging Contrast Dye Shortage Delays Tests for Diseases

NYTimes.com (Health) 5/26 6:46A Reed Abelson

Many U.S. hospitals are postponing scans used to diagnose diseases after a Covid lockdown in China hobbled the main U.S. supplier of an imaging chemical.

Who Is Protected Against Monkeypox?

NYTimes.com (Health) 5/26 3:15A Apoorva Mandavilli

Older people who received smallpox vaccinations may yet have some immunity, researchers say. Healthy children and adults generally do not become severely ill.

Months After a Stroke, the Man Was Wasting Away. What Was Wrong?

NYTimes.com (Health) 5/25 11:00P Lisa Sanders, M.D.

Swallowing food was strangely difficult, and he was getting weaker by the day.

F.D.A. Chief Details ‘Shocking’ Conditions at Baby Formula Plant

NYTimes.com (Health) 5/25 9:12A Christina Jewett and Nicholas Bo

Agency inspectors found a leaking roof, standing water and cracked production equipment before a facility shutdown that led to major shortages.

Julie Beckett, Who Helped Disabled Children Live at Home, Dies at 73

NYTimes.com (Health) 5/25 7:13A Clay Risen

A waiver named for her daughter, Katie, has allowed hundreds of thousands of children to receive medical care without having to live in a hospital.

London’s Science Museum Surveys Cancer’s History and Treatment

NYTimes.com (Health) 5/25 2:57A Alex Marshall

A history of the disease’s treatment, from gory past techniques to promising advances, is on show at the Science Museum in London.

The Anti-Vaccine Movement’s New Frontier

NYTimes.com (Health) 5/24 11:00P Moises Velasquez-Manoff

A wave of parents has been radicalized by Covid-era misinformation to reject ordinary childhood immunizations — with potentially lethal consequences.

1 in 5 Adult Covid Survivors in the U.S. May Develop Long Covid, Says CDC

NYTimes.com (Health) 5/24 2:23P Pam Belluck

Researchers identified lasting health problems in many different organ systems, including the heart, lungs and kidneys.

US Begins Inquiry Into Industry’s Role in Infant Formula Supply Shortages

NYTimes.com (Health) 5/24 1:02P Madeleine Ngo

The Federal Trade Commission said it would examine patterns of mergers and acquisitions to better understand how the industry became so concentrated.

Baby Formula Shortage Reveals Gaps in Regulation and Reporting

NYTimes.com (Health) 5/24 8:01A Amanda Morris, Christina Jewett

The government has ordered more safeguards at an Abbott Nutrition plant. But the lack of reporting requirements and limited testing make it hard to monitor the deadly bacterium that led to a recall.

U.S. Birthrate Ticks Up 1 Percent, Halting a Steady Decline

NYTimes.com (Health) 5/24 5:50A Daniel Victor

Data from the federal government showed last year’s increase was the first since 2014, and followed a sharp drop in 2020, the first full year of the coronavirus pandemic.

The Mental Cost of Being Denied an Abortion

NYTimes.com (Health) 5/24 5:24A Christina Caron

An examination of the most rigorous research to date.

After Fetterman’s Stroke, Doctors Look at Senate Campaign Prospects

NYTimes.com (Health) 5/23 12:26P Gina Kolata and Katie Glueck

The medical team for the Democratic nominee in Pennsylvania’s Senate race has not spoken about John Fetterman’s prognosis. But cardiac experts saw clues in campaign statements.

As Monkeypox Cases Rise, Nations Are Urged to Examine Vaccine Stores

NYTimes.com (Health) 5/23 12:22P Apoorva Mandavilli

The United States has stockpiled millions of doses of two smallpox vaccines, also effective against monkeypox. But the outbreaks so far are clustered in other countries.

Kristine Gebbie, the First U.S. AIDS Czar, Dies at 78

NYTimes.com (Health) 5/23 12:04P Sam Roberts

She worked with President Bill Clinton to to make the disease a public health priority. But her office never achieved the stature or effectiveness that some had hoped for.