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The answer, this time, isn't simply more cash, says Dr. Harold Varmus, director of the National Cancer Institute. Instead, changing the way research money is distributed might fix systemic problems.

For years Catholic health plans have been arranging for independent insurance firms to provide contraceptive coverage to their enrollees.

Do you want to be a lab rat? That's what teenagers are doing when they smoke marijuana, the state of Colorado says. But since hard evidence of marijuana's harms is scanty, it may be a tough sell.

Interview HighlightsLewis: A prominent breast cancer researcher recently called for a major expansion in genetic screening for breast and ovarian cancer.…

"Years ago, one of the books in the Curious George series told a thinly-veiled story of when the monkey had an operation that was followed by ice cream.…

Two Johns Hopkins neuroscientists have discovered the “molecular brakes” that time the generation of important cells in the inner ear cochleas of mice.…

City Supervisor Scott Wiener said he is taking a pill that can dramatically reduce the risk of HIV infection. He appears to be the first elected official to have gone public with the decision.

Squirrel monkeys, chimps and humans: Two among these are willing to give up an unfair advantage, but why? It's about greasing the social wheels, scientists say.

Christina Quintanilla faced up to 50 years in prison after an anonymous hospital worker accused her of having an abortion.

Donors like being part of a recovery story. It's hard to tell that kind of story about Ebola.