Eric Boodman

Two recipients of gene-edited pig kidneys have successfully received human organs, a milestone in the wider effort to advance xenografts.

At the San Diego-Tijuana border, syphilis spreads while researchers contend with federal constraints and a drug shortage.

Congenital syphilis should be preventable. An Arizona case shows how drug shortages and procedural hurdles are fueling a growing public health crisis.

Her son needed a fecal transplant for a fearsome C. diff infection. Getting one required a tortuous journey.

Experts worry that health officials' use of 'shared decision-making' in new vaccine guidance distorts the concept's meaning and disregards the importance of evidence.

An NIH study was a beacon for the topical steroid withdrawal community. Then, amid federal upheaval, the research stalled.

Federally funded Healthy Start infant-mortality prevention program provides a sense of stability while itself facing instability.

People who study, treat, or have hepatitis B say ending routine vaccination at birth - as some vaccine critics want - could lead to a resurgence of the virus.

Sterilization, mysterious pain, and dismissive doctors: Why women turn to reversal surgery — and sometimes to RFK Jr.

Claiming it wants to cut waste, the Trump administration has terminated grants for research testing ways to save the health care system money.