‘Proof’ Review: Ayo Edebiri as a Math Girl, Interrupted

The actress stars as a haunted genius opposite Don Cheadle as her father in David Auburn’s 2001 drama. This revival, though, exposes the play’s lack of rigor.

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Nearly Everyone on ‘The Pitt’ Has Trauma

On top of the daily toll of treating patients, the show’s medical providers bring their own scars to the E.R.

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Trump to Nominate Doctor Who Has Publicly Supported Vaccines as C.D.C. Director

Dr. Erica Schwartz is seen as a highly qualified traditional choice and tapping her is the strongest signal yet that the administration is veering away from vaccine skepticism this election year.

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‘Balls Up’ Review: Offend It Like Beckham

Two condom salesmen, Mark Wahlberg and Paul Walter Hauser, embark on a bawdy, digressive picaresque in Peter Farrelly’s defiantly lowbrow film.

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Review: ‘The Fear of 13,’ With Adrien Brody and Tessa Thompson, Doesn’t Add Up

Adrien Brody and Tessa Thompson make confident Broadway debuts, but the uneven script makes for a narratively slippery prison drama.

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Analysis of Alzheimer’s Drugs Stirs Debate About Their Effectiveness

The review said a certain class of drugs had little clinical benefit, but many Alzheimer’s experts criticized the analysis, saying it unfairly lumped failed drugs with two recently approved treatments.

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Barbara Gordon, Who Wrote Memoir of Pill Addiction, Dies at 90

“I’m Dancing as Fast as I Can,” which became a best seller, detailed her years of prescription drug abuse and offered an indictment of American psychiatry.

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