Medicine

A black box warning is the most stringent FDA safety warning—designed to alert health care providers and patients to serious risks associated with a drug's use. 

India’s rare disease policy was hailed in 2021 as a turning point for patients, but funding problems have meant that some wait for medicines that never arrive.

The global push to scale up surgical care is well-aligned with the America First Global Health Strategy—creating an opportunity that aid-seeking countries cannot afford to overlook.

Malaria treatment has relied on artemisinin for decades—amid rising resistance, another option is on the horizon. But how should it be used?

Putting ‘America First’ in global health risks unraveling decades of progress, argue two health leaders.

The tickborne disease stole years of my life, but it also revealed my superpower.

Mifepristone is a safe, U.S. FDA-approved oral medication used as part of a two-drug regimen to end a pregnancy.

As cannabis legalization expands, Johannes Thrul, PhD, MS, leads a NIDA-funded study to track real-world cannabis use and health outcomes. Through a national patient registry and innovative LLM tools to run electronic medical record analysis, the study is building critical evidence to inform public health, clinical care, and enhancing data harmonization. 

The miraculous power of penicillin and other antibiotics has been threatened by decades of rampant overuse.

A program at Johns Hopkins Hospital helps clinicians petition for ERPOs when patients are at high risk of committing gun violence.

New study details gaps between actual and recommended use of statins and other lipid-lowering drugs—and estimates public health benefits of closing those gaps

A novel intervention combines vaccines and harmless bacteria to “starve out” antibiotic resistant pathogens. 

PEPFAR has always been about building sustainable systems, not creating permanent reliance. The U.S. Congress should recognize this and reauthorize the lifesaving program, argue three researchers.

A South Sudanese refugee finds a home in academics and public health. 

New strategies like liquid biopsies and immunotherapy are revolutionizing cancer care and prevention.