Measles outbreaks in Washington state and New York raise concerns about clusters of unvaccinated children
Author: Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY
FDA: Another blood pressure drug, irbesartan, recalled over cancer-causing impurity
Eight lots of the blood pressure-lowering drugs irbesartan and irbesartan HCTZ are recalled after testing reveals a carcinogen
Do you have high blood pressure? It depends on which doctor you ask
Specialists and primary-care doctors disagree on how much blood pressure is too high. Different standards could be confusing patients.
Blood pressure medication recall: Indian company recalls eight more lots of losartan
Torrent Pharmaceuticals has expanded its recall of losartan potassium tablets, the latest of more than one dozen recalls of blood pressure drugs.
Women’s March leaders in New York face scrutiny as local chapters defect
The Women’s March faces infighting as local chapters rebel over questions of finances, control and anti-Semitism.
More teens are vaping, but binge drinking and opioid use is down
Vaping nicotine nearly doubled among high school seniors, but use of other drugs and alcohol reached near historic lows.
Three more blood pressure drugs recalled over cancer concern: Here’s what you need to know
Mylan Pharmaceuticals has recalled three common blood pressure medications over concerns they could include small amounts of a cancer-causing impurity.
Drug company raised price of lifesaving opioid overdose antidote more than 600 percent
As the nation struggled with rising opioid deaths, a drug company increased the price of an overdose antidotemore than 600 percent,a Senate subcommittee says.
CDC: More cases of polio-like illness in children emerge
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention raised the number of cases of acute flaccid myelitis this year to 90. An additional 162 patients are under investigation.