Lupus

In the days that followed President Donald Trump’s first mention of hydroxychloroquine, lupus and rheumatoid arthritis patients received notices from their healthcare providers and pharmacies that they will no longer get that medication.

One San Diego woman’s vital drug refill was temporarily “freezed” by Kaiser Permanente. NBC 7 Investigates reporter Alexis Rivas has more.

When President Donald Trump announced the medication hydroxychloroquine was a game-changer in treating COVID-19 patients, demand for the prescription drug skyrocketed.

Since the President touted the drug’s effectiveness in treating COVID-19, demand has skyrocketed.

Iraida Vargas can no longer afford the two kinds of insulin her aging mother needs and has stopped buying fresh fruit and vegetables as billions of dollars in federal funds that help Puerto Ricans buy food, get medical treatment and recover from Hurricane Maria dwindle despite pleas from the U.S. territory that Congress take action. Vargas and her family are...

Government medical advisers said Monday it’s too soon to ban a type of breast implant that has recently been linked to a rare form of cancer, saying more information is needed to understand the problem. The Food and Drug Administration panel didn’t recommend any immediate restrictions on breast implants after a day reviewing the latest research on the risks...

There are dozens more choices for which of your embryos should be placed in the womb to become your child. That’s the future a biomedical ethics expert envisions for 20 to 40 years from now — soon enough that today’s children may face it when they start their own families. “The majority of babies of people who have good health...

In 2008, 25-year old singer and actress Selena Gomez had a hit song called “Tell Me Something I Don’t Know,” but one thing she knows for certain is that her close friend saved her life, she told “Today’s” Savannah Guthrie. In September, the pop-star took posted a photo on Instagram revealing that she had gotten a kidney transplant over the...