F.D.A. Clears Use of Experimental Test for Screening Blood for Zika

The move means that Puerto Rico will soon be able to resume collecting blood donations from residents.

F.D.A. Clears Use of Experimental Test for Screening Blood for Zika

The move means that Puerto Rico will soon be able to resume collecting blood donations from residents.

New F.D.A. Guidelines Ease Access to Abortion Pill

The move was a victory for abortion rights advocates who had been fighting laws in states like Texas, North Dakota and Ohio that required providers to follow the original F.D.A. labels.

New F.D.A. Guidelines Ease Access to Abortion Pill

The move was a victory for abortion rights advocates who had been fighting laws in states like Texas, North Dakota and Ohio that required providers to follow the original F.D.A. labels.

This Is How Uncertainty Makes You Lose Your Mind

You might be shocked to know just how much your brain craves knowing for certain.

Heroin Epidemic Is Yielding to a Deadlier Cousin: Fentanyl

Cheaper and far more potent, the synthetic painkiller is becoming the drug of choice for some addicts - and is killing them more quickly.

This Is How Uncertainty Makes You Lose Your Mind

You might be shocked to know just how much your brain craves knowing for certain.

Heroin Epidemic Is Yielding to a Deadlier Cousin: Fentanyl

Cheaper and far more potent, the synthetic painkiller is becoming the drug of choice for some addicts - and is killing them more quickly.

Obama Continues Fight Against Opioid, Heroin Epidemic

Speaking at the National Rx Drug Abuse and Heroin Summit in Atlanta, President Barack Obamatoday introducedadditional public and private sector initiatives to help curb opioid-related overdoses in the United States. There were 18,893 deaths involving prescription opioids in the United States in 2014, up 16% from 2013, according to the National [...]

Obama Continues Fight Against Opioid, Heroin Epidemic

Speaking at the National Rx Drug Abuse and Heroin Summit in Atlanta, President Barack Obamatoday introducedadditional public and private sector initiatives to help curb opioid-related overdoses in the United States. There were 18,893 deaths involving prescription opioids in the United States in 2014, up 16% from 2013, according to the National [...]

Well: Seeking Painkillers in the Emergency Room

“Why wouldn’t I give patients a Percocet prescription? It makes their life easier and my life easier,” a colleague said to me recently. But that’s not the answer to the opioid epidemic.