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A new drug for the liver disease hepatitis C is scaring people. Not because the drug is dangerous — it’s generally heralded as a genuine medical breakthrough — but because it costs $1,000 a pill and about $84,000 for a … Continue reading →

When cases of a potentially fatal strain of meningitis began cropping up at Princeton last year, university officials trying to stop its spread could recommend little beyond precautions like frequent handwashing and not sharing beverage containers. Although a vaccine against … Continue reading →

The head of the Assembly Health Committee has blasted as unjustified the proposed double-digit rate increases New York insurers are requesting for new ObamaCare policies — and called for a probe into possible bait-and-switch tactics. Manhattan Assemblyman Richard Gottfried on … Continue reading →

Note: In this book, 15 cancer doctors share the details of their treatment protocols and answer difficult questions about cancer. Each physician is given their own chapter in the book. The page you are viewing contains sample material; to read … Continue reading →

  “It’s just what we do here,” said Ed Smith Jr., in Manchester, Ky., the seat of Clay County, which had a smoking rate of 36.7 percent in 2012, little changed from 1996. TIM HARRIS FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES … Continue reading →

The average life span of people with the inherited disease is 42 years for men. Richard Mitchell’s doctors now say he may be the oldest patient who is currently living with the disease. BY TRACY MILLER / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS SATURDAY, … Continue reading →

By PAULINE W. CHEN, M.D. March 13, 2014 The elderly man lived alone in an apartment complex not far from the hospital. A younger neighbor, who’d watched him hobble down the building’s stairwell for nearly a week, insisted on taking him to the … Continue reading →

Devon Campbell-Williams, an inmate in Portland, Ore., will have insurance for the first time under the Affordable Care Act. LEAH NASH FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES By ERICA GOODE March 9, 2014 In a little-noticed outcome of President Obama’s Affordable Care Act, … Continue reading →

A second baby born with the AIDS virus may have had her infection put into remission and possibly cured by very early treatment — in this instance, four hours after birth. Doctors revealed the case Wednesday at an AIDS conference … Continue reading →

By JIM DWYER March 4, 2014 There it was: an A to Z index on the website of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. One morning, Ciaran and Orlaith Staunton of Queens turned to the S page. Somewhere between seasonal flu … Continue reading →