A conversation with Alexander Zaitchik, author of “Owning the Sun: A People’s History of Monopoly Medicine From Aspirin to Covid-19 Vaccines”

Thousands of urgent care clinics have popped up over the last decade. How safe are they?

A pig heart was recently transplanted into a man with a violent past. But there’s a much thornier moral debate we should be having about this medical breakthrough.

Monica Black’s new book, “A Demon-Haunted Land,” tells of the faith healers who prospered in post-war Germany.

We have a chance to get this right this time. We know what to do. Do we have the will?

Until we have solid data on who needs them and how often, booster shots are going to be tough to distinguish from vaccine hoarding.

Not long ago, life-saving medical know-how was viewed as belonging to everyone. What happened?

The line between legal pharmaceuticals and illegal drugs has less to do with science than with race, class, and gender.

The Covid-19 vaccines are extremely safe and effective, but many people are still hesitant to take one. Here’s how to persuade them.

Thousands of people have been suffering a slew of crazy postinfection syndromes for months—and there’s no end in sight.

The first vaccine may not even be 50 percent effective. But that will still help to bring the coronavirus pandemic under control.

The race for a cure has put a spotlight on corporate control over medical research. Under a Democratic administration, it doesn’t have to be that way.

In the dangerous and secretive world of Phase I clinical trials, black men bear the greatest risks.

We don’t want glory. We just want our jobs to be protected—in every sense.

Makeshift morgues and field hospitals are cropping up around the city as thousands die and tens of thousands fall ill from the coronavirus.

New York and Washington allow parents to refuse vaccinations for non-medical reasons. Both states are experiencing major measles outbreaks. This is not a coincidence.

The House of Representatives' first oversight hearing of 2019 wasn't about Trump. It was about skyrocketing drug prices.

Do we control our genetic information, or is it controlling us?

For centuries, doctors dismissed the suffering of female patients. After years of illness, author Abby Norman decided to fight back.

The story of California's rescued bears isn't just heartwarming. It's the beginning of a new way to think about burn treatment.