Stories by Liz Szabo

Blood pressure guidelines are the same for men and women despite important sex differences in hypertension risk

The state supreme courts in Florida and Arizona both recently ruled that strict abortion bans could go into effect. But ballot measures may give voters a chance to weigh in

The Supreme Court’s mifepristone decision could make abortions harder to access and challenge the FDA’s authority to regulate all drugs and devices

Outside experts found that two studies cited in a federal case on medication abortion had serious design problems and that their authors had undisclosed conflicts of interest

Infants born to people who had COVID while pregnant are at a higher risk of respiratory distress, but vaccination greatly lowers the risk

Trials of all three vaccines came up with different efficacy numbers, but all offer crucial protection in this health emergency

The test was halted when a participant suffered spinal cord damage, and U.S. scientists launched an investigation

Teams are starting to test vaccines using messenger RNA or chimpanzee cold viruses to inoculate humans. Will their benefits last?

Ambulatory surgery centers, normally restricted to day use, can now take noninfected patients from hospitals

AI systems are not as rigorously tested as other medical devices, and have already made serious mistakes

Evacuations may prove particularly challenging for nursing homes and people who receive care at home

Such pathogens are resistant to nearly every drug

More than 30 percent of Medicare patients undergo an operation during the year before death

A price has not yet been set for the CAR T-cell therapy