The B.C.G. vaccine, more than a century old, has shown some promise against diabetes. The university’s move left parents and outside investigators concerned. NYT > Health

A Tennessee homemaker entered the online world of romance writers and it became, in her words, “an addiction.” Things went downhill from there. NYT > Health

Now that California’s tobacco prohibitions are in place, some Camel and Newport items are billed as newly “fresh” or “crisp” non-menthol versions. NYT > Health

A veterinary tranquilizer called xylazine is infiltrating street drugs, deepening addiction, baffling law enforcement and causing wounds so severe that some result in amputation. NYT > Health

Mifepristone, the first of two drugs in medication abortions, previously had to be dispensed only by clinics, doctors or a few mail-order pharmacies. Now, if local drugstores or chains...

The report said the F.D.A.’s approval process for Aduhelm was “rife with irregularities” and criticized Biogen for setting an “unjustifiably high price.” NYT > Health

Some of the most fragile health systems in the world can teach us ways to respond to public health threats early and effectively. NYT > Health

Labels of Plan B One-Step had previously said, without scientific evidence, that the pill might block fertilized eggs from implanting in the womb. NYT > Health

Scientists have made rapid progress in customizing drugs for ultrarare diseases. The hard part now is making such treatments on a large scale. NYT > Health

Shortages and drug-resistant germs have renewed attention on a $ 6 billion proposal in Congress that would reconfigure the way antimicrobial drugs are developed and sold. NYT > Health