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Big Pharma hiked the price of 775 drugs this year so far: Report

Enlarge / Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.). Getty | Chip Somodevilla / Pharmaceutical companies have raised the list prices of 775 brand-name drugs...

Hospitals owned by private equity are harming patients, reports find

EnlargeGetty Images Private equity firms are increasingly buying hospitals across the US, and when they do, patients suffer, according to two separate...

AI “Black Box” placed in more hospital operating rooms to improve safety

Enlarge / A camera in a hospital.Getty | Arne Dedert AI-powered surveillance technology is quickly making its way into hospital operating rooms...

Antifungals are going the way of antibiotics—overused, hitting resistance

Enlarge / Ringworm.CDC/Getty Images Clinicians in the US may be overprescribing topical antifungal treatments for skin infections, potentially exacerbating a growing problem...

CDC reports dips in flu, COVID-19, and RSV—though levels still very high

Enlarge / The influenza virus from an image produced from an image taken with transmission electron microscopy. Viral diameter ranges from around 80 to...

COVID shots protect against COVID-related strokes, heart attacks, study finds

Enlarge / A vial of the updated 2023-2024 formula of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine at a CVS Pharmacy in Eagle Rock, California, on September 14,...

US verges on vaccination tipping point, faces thousands of needless deaths: FDA

Enlarge / A child with measles.Greene, Charles Lyman The US may be heading to a "dangerous vaccination tipping point," with immunization rates...

Experimental antibiotic kills deadly superbug, opens whole new class of drugs

Enlarge / This Scanning Electron Microscope image depicts several clusters of aerobic Gram-negative, non-motile Acinetobacter baumannii bacteria under a magnification of 24,730x. Members of...

Man dies on way home from Panera after having three “charged” lemonades

Enlarge / Dispensers for Charged Lemondade, a caffeinated lemonade drink, at Panera Bread, Walnut Creek, California, March 27, 2023.Getty | Smith Collection/Gado ...

“Mystery” pneumonia in China is mix of common respiratory germs, WHO says

Enlarge / Parents with children who are suffering from respiratory diseases are lining up at a children's hospital in Chongqing, China, on November 23,...

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