In 2026, disability advocates want expanded access to primary and emergency care — and influence new debates around genetic ...

What to watch out for in 2026, as the health care industry gears up for a battle over how clinical AI should get paid for.

In 2026, Medtronic plans to launch a new robot to compete with a legacy market leader. This new robot is reportedly cheaper ...

Researchers found a genetic variant that appears to protect against the development of CHIP, a phenomenon that can lead to ...

NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya told a podcaster that DEI-related grants restored under a court order won't be renewed in 2026 ...

As a public health scientist, I have learned that firm prescriptions rarely capture life’s complexity,” Robert M. Kaplan ...

Matthew Herper covers medical innovation — both its promise and its perils. It has been a tough year for medicine. The U.S.

You can chart 2025’s biggest and most important life sciences topics through the most read First Opinion essays of the year: ...

A deal between NIH and groups that sued the Trump administration over delayed DEI-related grant proposals is already bearing ...

In 2026, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s health policy changes will start playing out on GLP-1s, dietary guidelines, and rural health ...

Novo Nordisk plans to sell its newly approved obesity pill directly to patients at a lower price than a competing medicine ...

All of this disproportionately affects the elderly. In a 2023 study of patients with a median age of 75, approximately 30% of ...