WSJ.com: Health The latest news on health and wellness, including the healthcare industry, pharmaceuticals and more https://www.wsj.com/health en-us Copyright © Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All rights reserved. Sun, 23 Aug 2026 22:53:34 GMT WSJ.com: Health http://www.wsj.com/img/wsj_sm_logo.gif https://www.wsj.com/health WP-WSJ-0003121791 Baby boomers are big pot users. And it’s causing big problems. Cannabis critics feel trapped, with even some doctors and police siding with their pot-using peers. It’s leading to legal threats, cop calls and arguments straight out of high school. https://www.wsj.com/health/wellness/baby-boomers-are-smoking-more-pot-their-neighbors-are-fuming-d3d05e5f?mod=rss_socialhealth Sun, 23 Aug 2026 09:30:00 GMT Ellen Gamerman Jane Tyska/Digital First Media/East Bay Times/Getty Images WP-WSJ-0003835839 Heard on the Street: Moderna’s mRNA cancer vaccine marks a major leap in personalized oncology. But the financial math is sobering. Personalized mRNA shots may prove neither as wide-reaching nor as lucrative as hoped. https://www.wsj.com/health/pharma/hype-for-modernas-cancer-vaccine-is-running-ahead-of-the-math-b9b596f5?mod=rss_socialhealth Sun, 23 Aug 2026 09:30:00 GMT David Wainer Adam Glanzman/Bloomberg WP-WSJ-0003832887 Mental-health professionals are supposed to keep their personal experiences, values and opinions out of the therapy room. Yet more appear to be falling short, experts say. More mental-health professionals appear to be espousing their own ideology or adopting cultural trends, such as encouraging victimhood and estrangement. https://www.wsj.com/health/wellness/is-your-therapist-biased-personal-agendas-are-creeping-into-the-therapy-room-202e5a80?mod=rss_socialhealth Sat, 22 Aug 2026 09:30:00 GMT Elizabeth Bernstein BRIAN STAUFFER FOR WSJ WP-WSJ-0003835226 After its COVID success, Moderna endured years of falling vaccine sales, a plummeting stock price and attacks on its science. Now, its melanoma vaccine data notched a much-needed win for the company. After years of layoffs, cash burn and political attacks on its core technology, Moderna’s melanoma vaccine data notched the biotech company a much-needed win. https://www.wsj.com/health/pharma/moderna-cancer-vaccine-3d863ff3?mod=rss_socialhealth Sat, 22 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Alex Janin Xavier Martinez Mel Musto for WSJ WP-WSJ-0003835498 An outbreak of E. coli and salmonella linked to alfalfa sprouts has sickened dozens of people across 15 states More than 50 people have been infected in connection with the outbreak, public- health officials said. https://www.wsj.com/health/healthcare/alfalfa-sprouts-linked-to-e-coli-salmonella-outbreak-across-15-states-3d47b78d?mod=rss_socialhealth Fri, 21 Aug 2026 19:42:00 GMT Victoria Albert Megan Varner/Bloomberg News WP-WSJ-0003829299 Hayden Panettiere’s death and Lindsay Clancy’s trial have thrust maternal mental health into the spotlight. Read more in this week’s WSJ Wellness newsletter. Hayden Panettiere and Lindsay Clancy are drawing heightened attention to maternal mental illnesses. https://www.wsj.com/articles/hayden-panettiere-lindsay-clancy-postpartum-mental-health-397b6da1?mod=rss_socialhealth Fri, 21 Aug 2026 16:55:00 GMT Sara Ashley O’Brien Angela Weiss/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images WP-WSJ-0003829956 Surging healthcare costs are walloping U.S. workers, and they will only worsen next year. For 2027, employers may be facing the biggest health insurance increase in at least two decades. For 2027, employers are facing their biggest health-insurance increases in at least two decades. https://www.wsj.com/health/healthcare/u-s-workers-are-paying-more-for-healthcare-and-next-year-will-be-worse-0924d0dd?mod=rss_socialhealth Thu, 20 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT Anna Wilde Mathews Peter Loftus Michelle Gustafson WP-WSJ-0003824195 Costco sells its dedicated members everything from travel packages to gasoline. Now it’s entering a big new market with its own Medicare plans. In some markets, the retailer’s insurance products will integrate pharmacy, vision and hearing benefits. https://www.wsj.com/health/healthcare/costco-sells-vacations-gas-and-soon-medicare-plans-c0e1470e?mod=rss_socialhealth Tue, 18 Aug 2026 09:30:00 GMT Anna Wilde Mathews David Paul Morris/Bloomberg News WP-WSJ-0003805962 A young woman’s fatal overdose is a tragic part of a growing national debate over kratom, a multibillion-dollar, largely unregulated industry operating in the shadow of the opioid crisis Kratom has been linked to overdoses and sparked some states to crack down on the unregulated substance. https://www.wsj.com/health/healthcare/a-herbal-product-sold-at-gas-stations-is-being-blamed-for-an-addiction-crisis-1572abdf?mod=rss_socialhealth Tue, 11 Aug 2026 14:30:00 GMT Sumathi Reddy Sarah Blesener/KRATOM WP-WSJ-0003806960 President Trump signed a new executive order calling for most children to receive fewer vaccines and made extensive comments linking childhood shots and autism—something scientists say is unfounded It is unusual, if not unprecedented, for detailed vaccine policy to emerge from the White House. https://www.wsj.com/health/healthcare/trump-signs-order-to-reduce-childhood-vaccines-repeats-unfounded-autism-link-e9c9651d?mod=rss_socialhealth Mon, 10 Aug 2026 21:08:00 GMT Liz Essley Whyte Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images WP-WSJ-0003806052 Companies will have to notify regulators of new ingredients, but tougher enforcement will require Congress Companies will have to notify regulators of new ingredients, but tougher enforcement will require Congress. https://www.wsj.com/health/healthcare/rfk-jr-new-food-guidelines-233b6c7d?mod=rss_socialhealth Mon, 10 Aug 2026 16:44:00 GMT Liz Essley Whyte Michael Swensen/Getty Images WP-WSJ-0003825957 Big Pharma chiefs constantly hunt for promising biotech drugs to replace expiring blockbusters. But shopping while hungry can lead to expensive, panic-driven mistakes. Pharmaceutical chiefs are always hunting for drugs to replace expiring blockbusters. But shopping hungry can lead to expensive mistakes. https://www.wsj.com/health/pharma/the-key-to-pharma-m-a-never-shopping-hungry-34f55ff3?mod=rss_socialhealth Wed, 19 Aug 2026 21:05:00 GMT David Wainer Michael Nagle/Bloomberg News WP-WSJ-0003827065 An experimental mRNA-based cancer vaccine succeeded in preventing melanoma from coming back or spreading in a large study, partners Merck and Moderna said The results from a Merck-Moderna partnership validate years of research into a new approach to cancer treatment. https://www.wsj.com/health/pharma/moderna-merck-vaccine-succeeds-in-preventing-melanoma-from-returning-540e9e18?mod=rss_socialhealth Wed, 19 Aug 2026 19:49:00 GMT Alex Janin Xavier Martinez Graham Hughes/Bloomberg News WP-WSJ-0003828272 Novo Nordisk Starts Testing Lower-Doses of Its Wegovy Weight-Loss Pills The study will run into 2028, testing two low doses of Wegovy, and follows the company disclosing recently that uptake of the pill had been particularly strong for its lowest doses across self-paying patients. https://www.wsj.com/health/pharma/novo-nordisk-starts-testing-lower-doses-of-its-wegovy-weight-loss-pills-8896fec2?mod=rss_socialhealth Wed, 19 Aug 2026 12:33:00 GMT Dominic Chopping Hannah Beier/Reuters WP-WSJ-0003822170 AstraZeneca Ends Phase 3 Lung Cancer Drug Trial After Review A committee said the volrustomig combination was unlikely to reach either of the primary endpoints for the trail, but the company said other Phase 3 volrustomig trials would continue as planned. https://www.wsj.com/health/pharma/astrazeneca-ends-phase-three-lung-cancer-drug-trial-after-review-0b63c1d3?mod=rss_socialhealth Mon, 17 Aug 2026 09:25:00 GMT Michael Hennessey Hector Retamal/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images WP-WSJ-0003811538 Eli Lilly Sues Sellers of Black Market Weight-Loss Drugs Eli Lilly has filed six new lawsuits against U.S. entities that it alleges are selling a version of the company’s investigational weight-loss drug on the black market. https://www.wsj.com/health/pharma/eli-lilly-sues-sellers-of-black-market-weight-loss-drugs-33c8f107?mod=rss_socialhealth Wed, 12 Aug 2026 11:49:00 GMT Katherine Hamilton Mike Blake/Reuters WP-WSJ-0003815672 Travelers are raiding European pharmacies on vacation. Plus, the marathon that includes wine and cheese, and a baby registry buyout. Read more in this week’s WSJ Wellness newsletter. Americans are flocking to skin-care-forward drugstores overseas. Plus, a marathon that includes wine and cheese and a baby registry buyout. https://www.wsj.com/health/wellness/why-women-are-raiding-european-pharmacies-3a55f413?mod=rss_socialhealth Fri, 14 Aug 2026 16:55:00 GMT Sara Ashley O’Brien EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/Getty Images WP-WSJ-0003809409 A herbal extract behind a growing addiction crisis, innovations reshaping the Russia-Ukraine War, and re-creating a lost neon color. Read more in this week’s The Future of Everything newsletter: Plus, battlefield innovations reshaping the Russia-Ukraine War, Mark Zuckerberg’s new AI vision, and re-creating a lost neon color. https://www.wsj.com/health/wellness/the-gas-station-herbal-extract-behind-a-growing-addiction-crisis-96f4f93a?mod=rss_socialhealth Fri, 14 Aug 2026 15:55:00 GMT Anne Steele Sarah Blesener/KRATOM WP-WSJ-0003801273 Ariana Grande’s body has ignited a health debate. What do experts have to say? Read more in this week’s WSJ Wellness newsletter: Experts had mixed views on the current discourse and what it might mean for everyday people. https://www.wsj.com/health/wellness/ariana-grandes-body-is-sparking-debate-what-do-experts-have-to-say-f859d2be?mod=rss_socialhealth Fri, 07 Aug 2026 17:01:00 GMT Sara Ashley O’Brien Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images WP-WSJ-0003780854 What’s next for peptides? Read more in this week’s WSJ Wellness newsletter. Plus, fancy water and the benefits of being a grandparent. https://www.wsj.com/health/wellness/no-peptides-arent-legal-now-heres-where-things-stand-20063e38?mod=rss_socialhealth Fri, 31 Jul 2026 16:55:00 GMT Sara Ashley O’Brien Jordan Vonderhaar/Bloomberg News WP-WSJ-0003778420 The future of flying, the quest to make dogs live longer, why your mouth is the key to health and the battle for drones on Mount Everest. Read more in this week’s The Future of Everything newsletter: Plus, the quest to make dogs live longer, why your mouth is key to overall health and the battle for drone supremacy on Mount Everest. https://www.wsj.com/health/wellness/is-this-radical-new-jet-the-future-of-flying-26d42abc?mod=rss_socialhealth Fri, 31 Jul 2026 15:55:00 GMT Anne Steele JetZero