As an outbreak of measles continues to spread in west Texas and New Mexico, many people are wondering, how bad could it get? Well, the first thing to know is …
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Trump says new tariffs with cut fentanyl deaths, but overdoses are already plummeting : NPR
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesPresident Donald Trump says rampant drug smuggling and overdose deaths are largely the fault of three countries – Canada, China and Mexico – and he says tough tariffs are the …
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The FDA has canceled an important upcoming meeting about vaccines : NPR
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesThe FDA’s Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee was scheduled for next month. But the agency notified committee members that the meeting had been canceled. JUANA SUMMERS, HOST: The …
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A member of a medical team at Mulago Referral Hospital in Kampala, Uganda, administers a dose of a trial Ebola vaccine to a patient on Feb. 3. The country is …
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Millions of Americans depend on their jobs for health insurance. But that’s not the case in many other wealthy countries. How did the U.S. end up with a system that’s …
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An unvaccinated child has died from measles in West Texas. The death comes after weeks of a growing outbreak that has sickened more than 130 people in Texas and New …
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NIH partially lifts freeze on funding process for medical research : Shots
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesPeople protested funding cuts to research institutions at the University of Chicago last week. Scott Olson/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Scott Olson/Getty Images The Trump administration has partially lifted …
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Dean Karlan, professor of economics and finance at Northwestern University and former chief economist for USAID, in his office at Northwestern on February 25 — the day he resigned. “I …
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Did an Alzheimer’s drug give Sue and Ken Bell more time? Maybe : Shots
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesKen and Susan Bell, September, 2024 in St. Charles, Mo. Michael B. Thomas/NPR/@miketphotog hide caption toggle caption Michael B. Thomas/NPR/@miketphotog In 2020, Sue Bell became one of the first Alzheimer’s …
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Funding cuts may undermine efforts to connect rural patients and speciatists remotely
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesOne rural Iowa hospital is trying to remotely connect its patients with more specialists from around the state. But cuts to federal funds might disrupt efforts like that.