U.S. Public Health Service

‘Smog catcher’

2013-04-24 00:24:10

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C. Everett Koop dies at 96; former U.S. surgeon general

2013-02-25 00:00:00

In the mid-1980s, the emerging AIDS epidemic was a high-profile target of vocal conservatives. Politicians and the religious right called for sweeping measures against those diagnosed with AIDS, including quarantine of patients, mandatory screening of...

U.S. apologizes for experiment that infected Guatemalans with syphilis

2010-10-01 16:34:46

Obama orders review after revelations of '40s-era Guatemala syphilis study

2010-11-29 16:34:00

Mammogram guidelines spark heated debate

2009-11-17 00:00:00

A government panel's recommendation Monday that women under the age of 50 do not need regular mammograms set off a furious debate about the importance of the routine screening tool, leaving many women confused about how best to protect their health. In...

News briefing on the U.S. government response to the Haiti earthquake (text)

2010-01-20 16:33:41

Matt Weinstock, March 11, 1960

2010-03-11 16:33:02

Can magnets help kick the habit?

2007-11-26 00:00:00

The product: If you've ever tried to give up smoking -- or been around someone who has--you've probably discovered that quitting isn't easy, even with the help of a patch, pill, gum or spray. Nicotine-replacement products work about 10% to 15% of the...

Martin Delaney dies at 63; crusader for patients with AIDS

2009-01-27 00:00:00

Martin Delaney, a determined crusader for HIV-infected people, who successfully challenged the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to expedite the testing and approval of potentially life-saving drugs, died of liver cancer Friday at his home in San Rafael,...

Ending the marijuana monopoly

2007-05-31 00:00:00

DISCUSSION OF medical marijuana has always been heavy on rhetoric, elisions and grandiose claims. What it has lacked is reliable research that might bring some of the discussion into line with reality. This is because access to the government's monopoly...

The specific welfare

2007-12-28 00:00:00

As The Times prepares to endorse a presidential candidate for the first time in more than 35 years, the editorial board will examine the candidates' stances on issues through our own sense of the meaning of some essential American values. How much have...

Dr. Jay Katz, influential expert on medical law and ethics, dies at 86

2008-11-23 00:00:00

Dr. Jay Katz, a psychoanalyst and Yale Law School professor whose analysis of the conflicting interests and motivations of doctors and patients made him a leading authority on medical ethics, died of heart failure Monday in New Haven, Conn. He was 86....

Trendley Dean with the U.S. Public Health Service discovers fluoride concentrations of about one part per million prevent tooth decay while not discoloring teeth.

2012-09-25 00:00:00