Category: Health
![Abortion Laws, Accidents and Lax Rules Now Imperil Fertility Industry Abortion Laws, Accidents and Lax Rules Now Imperil Fertility Industry](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/02/22/multimedia/22ivf-alabama-01-mbct/22ivf-alabama-01-mbct-facebookJumbo.jpg)
Abortion Laws, Accidents and Lax Rules Now Imperil Fertility Industry
To the fertility patients whose embryos were destroyed at an Alabama clinic, the circumstances must have been shocking. Somehow, a patient in the hospital housing…
![Alabama Says Embryos in a Lab Are Children. What Are the Implications? Alabama Says Embryos in a Lab Are Children. What Are the Implications?](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/02/21/science/21Embryo/21Embryo-facebookJumbo.jpg)
Alabama Says Embryos in a Lab Are Children. What Are the Implications?
The Alabama Supreme Court has opened a new front in the legal debate over when human life begins. Embryos created and stored in a medical…
![How Sleep Affects Your Mood: The Link Between Insomnia and Mental Health How Sleep Affects Your Mood: The Link Between Insomnia and Mental Health](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/02/19/well/19Well-Sleep-Mind/19Well-Sleep-Mind-facebookJumbo-v2.jpg)
How Sleep Affects Your Mood: The Link Between Insomnia and Mental Health
It started with mild anxiety. Emily, who asked to be identified only by her first name because she was discussing her mental health, had just…
![Old and Young, Talking Again Old and Young, Talking Again](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/02/20/multimedia/SPAN-01-pfhv/SPAN-01-pfhv-facebookJumbo.jpg)
Old and Young, Talking Again
On Fridays at 10 a.m., Richard Bement and Zach Ahmed sign on to their weekly video chat. The program that brought them together provides online…
![More Young People Are on Multiple Psychiatric Drugs, Study Finds More Young People Are on Multiple Psychiatric Drugs, Study Finds](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/02/16/multimedia/16polypharmacy-01-bvgf/16polypharmacy-01-bvgf-facebookJumbo.jpg)
More Young People Are on Multiple Psychiatric Drugs, Study Finds
The News Growing numbers of children and adolescents are being prescribed multiple psychiatric drugs to take simultaneously, according to a new study in the state…
![US Agencies Start Inquiry Into Generic Drug Shortages US Agencies Start Inquiry Into Generic Drug Shortages](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/02/14/multimedia/DRUG-SHORTAGES-01-mqtz/DRUG-SHORTAGES-01-mqtz-facebookJumbo.jpg)
US Agencies Start Inquiry Into Generic Drug Shortages
The Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Health and Human Services said on Wednesday that they would examine the causes of generic drug shortages…
![Who Kissed First? Archaeology Has an Answer. Who Kissed First? Archaeology Has an Answer.](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/02/09/multimedia/SCI-KISSING-01-hwtv/SCI-KISSING-01-hwtv-facebookJumbo.jpg)
Who Kissed First? Archaeology Has an Answer.
A married pair of researchers have “set the record straight” on the ancient history of smooching. More information
![Brooke Ellison, Prominent Disability Rights Advocate, Is Dead at 45 Brooke Ellison, Prominent Disability Rights Advocate, Is Dead at 45](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/02/08/multimedia/08ellison-gfcm/08ellison-gfcm-facebookJumbo.jpg)
Brooke Ellison, Prominent Disability Rights Advocate, Is Dead at 45
Brooke Ellison, who after being paralyzed from the neck down by a childhood car accident went on to graduate from Harvard and became a professor…
![H.I.V. Groups Warn of Privacy Risks in How C.D.C. Tracks Virus Samples H.I.V. Groups Warn of Privacy Risks in How C.D.C. Tracks Virus Samples](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/02/09/multimedia/09-HIV-01-mfcq/09-HIV-01-mfcq-facebookJumbo.jpg)
H.I.V. Groups Warn of Privacy Risks in How C.D.C. Tracks Virus Samples
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday revised its guidelines for tracking the genetic signatures of viruses collected from people newly diagnosed with…
![J&J, Merck and Bristol Myers Squibb CEOs Will Testify at Senate Hearing on Drug Prices J&J, Merck and Bristol Myers Squibb CEOs Will Testify at Senate Hearing on Drug Prices](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/02/08/multimedia/08dc-drugprices-gjvw/08dc-drugprices-gjvw-facebookJumbo.jpg)
J&J, Merck and Bristol Myers Squibb CEOs Will Testify at Senate Hearing on Drug Prices
The chief executives of three major pharmaceutical companies are set to appear in front of the Senate health committee on Thursday to defend how much…