Health

CVS will stop filling Cerebral and Done Health ADHD med prescriptions

By Nicole Wetsman May 25

NY State is giving out hundreds of robots as companions for the elderly

By James Vincent May 25

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New partnership links positive COVID-19 cases to antivirals — for a price

By Nicole Wetsman May 24

Researchers are using Google’s app to study the effect of phones on mental health

By Mitchell Clark May 23

Under-five COVID-19 vaccines near finish line

By Nicole Wetsman May 23

Telehealth startup Cerebral halts controlled substance prescriptions

By Nicole Wetsman May 17

How fears of electromagnetic radiation spawned a snake-oil industry

The products target people who think they have electromagnetic hypersensitivity

By Jordyn Haime May 17

Google hires former FDA digital health leader

By Nicole Wetsman May 16

FDA: fluvoxamine doesn’t treat COVID-19 — and here’s 27 pages why

By Nicole Wetsman May 16

SIDS study shows the risks of science hype

By Nicole Wetsman May 13

Google relaxes ban on stem cell therapy ads

By Nicole Wetsman May 10

Telehealth startup Cerebral under investigation over prescriptions for controlled substances

By Nicole Wetsman May 9

A pig virus may have contributed to the death of first pig heart transplant patient

By Nicole Wetsman May 6

Cycle-tracking apps stand behind their privacy policies as Roe teeters

By Nicole Wetsman May 6

The looming demise of Roe ties healthcare even more firmly to employers

By Nicole Wetsman May 5

What does the future of abortion look like?

By Lux Alptraum May 5

Mental health app privacy language opens up holes for user data

By Nicole Wetsman May 4

Amazon-owned PillPack settles DOJ insulin lawsuit for $6 million

By Nicole Wetsman May 4

Mental health apps have terrible privacy protections, report finds

By Nicole Wetsman May 2

A VR company is using an artificial patient group to test its chronic pain treatment

By Nicole Wetsman April 28

A warming world gives viruses more chances to hitchhike from species to species

By Justine Calma April 28

How Moon Knight plays into Hollywood’s obsession with dissociative identity disorder

Hollywood obsession with DID is bigger than Moon Knight

By Charles Pulliam-Moore April 27

Wearables are too expensive for groups underrepresented in medical research

By Nicole Wetsman April 26

Go read this report about the virtual doctors at an NFT clinic who can’t legally give medical advice

By Emma Roth April 26

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Research on COVID-detecting smartwatches still hasn’t panned out

By Nicole Wetsman April 25

Go read this STAT investigation into the risk of elder abuse in psychedelic therapy

By Nicole Wetsman April 21

FDA warns that some prenatal blood tests could have false results

By Nicole Wetsman April 19

CDC launches new infectious disease forecasting center

By Nicole Wetsman April 19

Ancestry will tell you which genetics came from which parent

By Nicole Wetsman April 13

Apple plans to add features to the iPhone health app this year

By Nicole Wetsman April 12

Fitbit gets FDA clearance for passive heart rhythm monitoring

By Nicole Wetsman April 11

The US is trying to fix medical devices’ big cybersecurity problem

By Nicole Wetsman April 8