Alzheimer's accidentally spread to several humans via corpse transplants

The findings change our understanding of the driving forces of Alzheimer's and highlight the need to review existing treatments.

A History of Medical Innovation That Doesn’t Ignore the Side Effects

In “You Bet Your Life,” Paul A. Offit looks at advances that have prolonged life, from chemotherapy to the Covid vaccine, and the difficult, even deadly, paths to arrive at them.

A ‘Race-Free’ Approach to Diagnosing Kidney Disease

The most common method of assessing the condition may make Black patients seem less ill than they really are, some experts say. A new report calls for scrapping the formula.

Seeking an Obesity Cure, Researchers Turn to the Gut Microbiome (Published 2019)

The link between the gut and metabolic disease is a growing area of obesity research.

Another Hidden Covid Risk: Lingering Kidney Problems

In a study of veterans, Covid survivors were 35 percent more likely than other patients to have long-term kidney damage or declines in kidney function.

Another Hidden Covid Risk: Lingering Kidney Problems

In a study of veterans, Covid survivors were 35 percent more likely than other patients to have long-term kidney damage or declines in kidney function.

F.D.A. Aiming to Speed Extra Vaccine Doses for Immunocompromised Patients

Worried about a vulnerable population as the Delta variant surges, administration officials are taking a new tack.

F.D.A. Aiming to Speed Extra Vaccine Doses for Immunocompromised Patients

Worried about a vulnerable population as the Delta variant surges, administration officials are taking a new tack.

Should People With Immune Problems Get Third Vaccine Doses?

France is handing out third shots of the two-dose vaccines to cancer patients and others with immune system impairments. In the United States, patients like these are on their own.

Dr. Barbara Murphy, Kidney Transplant Expert, Dies at 56

Her focus was on immunology and how to predict and diagnose the outcomes of transplants. She was, a colleague said, “a great researcher and a great mentor to many people.”

There’s a ‘Severe Blood Shortage’ in the U.S., Red Cross Says

The American Red Cross said rising trauma cases, transplants and surgeries had led hospitals to ask for more blood than expected.

Opinion | I’m a Vaccinated Transplant Recipient. I Don’t Have Antibodies. Now What?

As the vaccinated prepare to move on, the future for many of us is uncertain.