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Reporting Highlights No Agreement on Standards: Drug test results are often based on discretionary standards. The level of drugs at which a test is considered positive…

We’re outside of Jacksonville, Fla., flying with the Coast Guard’s Helicopter Interdiction Tactical Squadron, or HITRON, as they chase down a speedboat simulating drug-runners at sea.…

When Donald Trump spoke about drug prices on 19 December, he struck a familiar note. Americans, he said, were paying far too much for medicines –…

December 23, 20253 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmU.S. Approves Wegovy Weight-Loss Pill, a Move That Could Transform Health CareA pill version of the popular…

If President Donald Trump wanted Americans to take away one message about autism, it was this: Blame Tylenol. During his September press conference on the subject,…

Wrapped in a flashy fur coat she’d found at a thrift store for the occasion, Hannah Goetz blew out the candles on her favorite red velvet…

With every bottle of prescription medication comes an implied promise: The drugs are safe and effective and meet strict standards set by the Food and Drug…

To understand how risky drugs could end up in your medicine cabinet, ProPublica spent more than a year and a half investigating the Food and Drug…

Frequently Asked Questions What Is Rx Inspector? Labels on pill bottles may list the distributor or repackager of a generic drug, but they don’t always show…

An illustration of antibodies (pink) binding to a flu virus (brown).Credit: Juan Gaertner/Science Photo LibraryBiologists achieved a landmark in protein design last year: using artificial intelligence…