C.D.C. Director Challenges Pennsylvania’s Report of Two Measles Deaths

Questioning a state’s investigation is highly unusual for the public health agency, but reflects tensions between the Trump administration and many states over health issues.

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Mel Gibson Apologizes After Mocking Sign Language Interpreter Onstage

The actor waved his hands in what seemed to be a derisive gesture while appearing at a fan event in Toronto over the weekend.

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How Bad Will This Year’s Flu Season Be?

Doctors are hopeful for a quieter fall and winter than in 2025.

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Wagner Moura’s 5 Favorite Places in Salvador, Brazil

The Oscar-nominated star of “The Secret Agent,” “Narcos” and the new Netflix thriller “The Last House” shares the places he loves in his vibrant hometown.

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A $480,000-a-Year Pill Reflects a New Normal for Cancer Drugs

Rasonque, the new pancreatic cancer treatment from Revolution Medicines, illustrates the huge inflation in cancer drug prices over the past two decades.

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For the Venice Film Festival, an Island Setting for Almost a Century

Once a year, the tiny island of Lido is transformed into a rich field of artistic expression for the festival.

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Venice Film Festival: Ellen Burstyn to Recieve a Lifetime Achievement Award

The actress will receive a Golden Lion for her decades on stages and screens large and small at the Venice Film Festival.

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Baby Goats From a Traveling Petting Zoo Test Positive for Rabies

Farm Adventures of Harmony, N.C., owned the goats, state health officials said. It was unclear how many people might have been exposed to them since late July.

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At the Venice Film Festival, 6 Must-See Documentaries

A new section includes highly anticipated titles like Alex Gibney’s four-hour Elon Musk documentary and an Oasis concert film.

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Walmart to Pay $50 Million to Settle Opioid Lawsuit, US Says

The resolution is part of an effort to hold retailers and pharmacists accountable for what the government says were their roles in the opioid epidemic.

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The ‘Odyssey’ Scholar Emily Wilson, a Critic of the Movie, Is Redoing Her Translation

Wilson, who was the first woman to translate the Homeric tale into English, caused a firestorm when she criticized Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster film.

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A New Documentary Gives Butthole Surfers Their Due

A new movie explores Butthole Surfers’ musical legacy, with layers of loss and regret. “It’s kind of vindicating,” the singer Gibby Haynes said.

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Peter Cullen, Who Voiced Optimus Prime in ‘Transformers,’ Dies at 85

He voiced the main protagonist of the “Transformers” franchise on television and in blockbuster films for more than four decades. He also had success as Eeyore in “Winnie the Pooh” cartoons.

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A Study of Brain Proteins Offers New Targets to Treat Autism

Researchers hope their findings could help inform future therapies for people with severe autism.

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Malaria, Likely Spread by Mosquito on Plane, Kills 2 Airport Workers in Germany

Six employees at Frankfurt Airport were infected this summer, according to German health officials and the airport’s operator. Four recovered.

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Tim Curry: A Life in Pictures

Curry thrived onstage and onscreen in meaty roles that brought him widespread recognition and generations of dedicated fans.

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Blake Lively, Who Sought $8 Million for Legal Costs, Is Awarded $400,000

The ruling all but ends the legal dispute between her and Justin Baldoni over the filming of the movie “It Ends With Us” and its aftermath.

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Americans Encounter Risks at Psychedelic Clinics Abroad

Participants, often in vulnerable states, have little recourse if mistreated or injured.

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‘Paranormal Activity’ Review: The Thing That Goes Bump in the Night

It’s now haunting Broadway in this adaptation of the horror film franchise about a couple seeking a new start. Instead, they become prime targets.

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Dolly Parton, Country Music Superstar Whose Songs Spoke to Millions, Dies at 80

Known for her outsize persona, appearance and talent, she rose from rural poverty to become a top-selling singer, songwriter and entrepreneur.

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‘Mile End Kicks,’ ‘Good One’ and More Streaming Gems

In this month’s picks, a new coming-of-age charmer about a rock critic, a fascinating documentary about the early days of hip-hop and a sweet indie about a Brooklyn father-daughter band.

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Some States Banned the Use of Food Stamps to Buy Soda. Did It Work?

A study shows a modest decline in soda purchases, but it’s not clear that the results will hold up in the long run.

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For ‘National Treasure’ Superfans, the Secret Lies in Philadelphia

The creators of the “National Treasure Hunt” podcast bring their passion for the Nicolas Cage heist movie to the birthplace of the Declaration of Independence.

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‘Point Break’: The Totally Tubular Ride With High-Voltage Buddy Chemistry

Keanu Reeves and Patrick Swayze were locked in as star-crossed rivals in Kathryn Bigelow’s 1991 adrenaline-fueled, utterly earnest surf action thriller.

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Why Getting High Has Only Gotten Cheaper

The “war on drugs” sought to reduce substance abuse by driving up prices and lowering demand. Today, street drugs are less expensive and more dangerous than ever.

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Maker of Clear Eyes Recalls Nearly 40,000 Bottles Over Contamination Risk

Federal safety regulators said the maker of Clear Eyes Maximum Itchy Eye Relief voluntarily recalled the drops because of a “lack of assurance of sterility.”

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Nearly 40,000 Eye Drop Bottles Are Recalled Over Potential Contamination

Federal safety regulators said the maker of Clear Eyes Maximum Itchy Eye Relief voluntarily recalled the drops because of a “lack of assurance of sterility.”

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Hayden Panettiere’s Final Battles: Mysterious Pain and Trouble With an Ex

In the year before the actress’s death, she struggled to walk at times and worked to disentangle herself from an ex-boyfriend who had abused her.

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How ‘Rocky Horror’ Dreamed Up a Mad Scientist’s World

The designers kept in mind the slapdash seediness that has been embedded in the musical’s DNA ever since it started in 1973 at the Royal Court Theater in London.

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Alfalfa Sprouts Linked to Illnesses in 15 States, F.D.A. Says

Officials are investigating after multiple strains of E. coli and a type of salmonella sickened dozens of people across the United States. Two people were infected with both salmonella and E. coli.

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Overlooked No More: Patricia Douglas, Who Challenged Hollywood’s Culture of Abuse

Eight decades before the #MeToo groundswell, she took MGM to court after alleging she was attacked at a studio party in 1937.

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‘Nimrods’ vs. ‘Idiots’: Can You Tell These Movies Apart?

Both R-rated comedies star Mason Thames and feature drug-fueled escapades. But the competition wasn’t intentional. Here’s what happened.

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5 Surprising Signs of Aging

Hint: You may need to buy new shoes.

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‘It Ends’ Review: On the Road to Nowhere

A taut, efficient thriller about four recent graduates on a road trip delivers existential dread.

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What to Know About Hayden Panettiere’s Death

The “Nashville” and “Heroes” star had released a memoir months before she died at 36.

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Former Fauci Adviser Pleads Guilty to Trying to Conceal Covid-Related Records

Dr. David Morens, a former N.I.H. official, admitted to attempts to conceal emails that discussed the origins of the pandemic.

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Moderna, Merck Say mRNA Vaccine Prevents Melanoma From Returning

Moderna and Merck say the experimental vaccine prevented the return and spread of the cancer in high-risk melanoma patients.

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In ‘The Invite’ and ‘Camp Miasma,’ Sex Comes With a Mentor

In films like “Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma” and “The Invite,” middle-aged sexual gurus are helping younger characters — and audiences — relearn desire.

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Trump to Nominate Heidi Overton, a Top Domestic Policy Aide, for F.D.A. Commissioner

Dr. Overton is a fierce opponent of abortion rights and a supporter of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Make America Healthy Again agenda.

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Broadway Goes Coachella for a Weekend in the Country

Among the stars and stans at a Hudson River retreat, two reporters beheld the big belters and niche merchandise at a new musical theater festival.

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Hayden Panettiere’s Best Performances: Where to Stream

The actress was a staple of two popular network TV dramas and had memorable early-career roles in film.

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How Louisiana’s New Surgeon General Wants to Transform Public Health

Dr. Evelyn Griffin is pushing for more emphasis on wellness and prevention. She has also aligned with the MAHA movement in fighting government mandates and questioning the safety of some vaccines.

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Zale Parry, Aquatic Hollywood Star and Early Acid Tripper, Dies at 93

A diving feat landed her on the cover of Sports Illustrated and led to a film and TV career. She also took part in one of the first LSD studies.

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‘Slayer Statute’ Blocks Nick Reiner From Trust Fund, Its Steward Says

Mr. Reiner wants access to a $1.6 million trust for his legal defense. Because he is accused of killing his parents, the trustee says he can’t have the money.

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FDA Classifies Egg Recall as Class I for Highest Health Risk

Nearly 20 million eggs were recalled in July over salmonella concerns. The new classification signals a “reasonable probability” of “serious adverse health consequences or death.”

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Mark Rydell, ‘Actor’s Director’ Known for ‘On Golden Pond,’ Dies at 97

Having started out as an actor, he was able to coax sensitive work out of performers like Bette Midler, Katharine Hepburn, Henry Fonda and John Wayne.

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This Pesticide May Be Too Dangerous to Use. Farmers Say They Need It.

California announced that it’s phasing out paraquat, a pesticide widely used in the United States that is linked to Parkinson’s disease.

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How Jane Schoenbrun Has Fun With Horror (and Chicken) at Camp Miasma

The director Jane Schoenbrun breaks down how they played with genre conventions in “Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma.”

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Why You Envy Your Friends

Turn that burning resentment into insight and motivation.

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New Yorkers Who Lost Insurance After Trump Cuts Face Hard Choices

New York State’s generous health plan for working-class people was hit hard by federal funding cuts. More than 400,000 people are now looking for new coverage or living without it.

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‘The End of Oak Street’ Review: Cul-de-Sac Dino Attack

Dinosaurs wreak satisfying havoc in 1980s suburbia while the movie slyly undermines its formula.

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Should the M.M.R. Vaccine Be Split Into Three Separate Shots?

President Trump is calling for immunizations for measles, mumps and rubella to be given in individual jabs in three different appointments instead of the standard combination shot.

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RFK Jr. Stirred Vaccine Fears in Pennsylvania Years Before Measles Outbreak

At a speech in Lancaster County, Robert F. Kennedy mocked the threat of measles. Now local officials are racing to contain one of the largest outbreaks in the country.

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‘The Wrong Girls’ Review: Dazed, Confused and Psychic

Kristen Stewart and Alia Shawkat play telepathic best friends in this stoner comedy where a laboratory-engineered hallucinogen is on the loose.

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Trump Administration Bars Medicaid Funding of Transition Treatment for Transgender Youth

Transgender rights advocates said the new rule would face a legal challenge.

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‘Mysterious Skin’: One of the Great Movies of the Early 2000s

Gregg Araki’s coming-of-age drama, starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, tracks the story of two traumas with one source: a baseball coach.

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Ocasio-Cortez Opened Up About Freezing her Eggs. She Got Women Talking.

Many women say being open about the fertility treatment is a form of empowerment. But critics say all the talk can be misleading.

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Silent Films Are Back, at Least for One Night

At the Modern Silent Shorts festival, moviegoers saw an old cinematic form brought back to life with seven brand-new films.

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A.I. Offers Hope for Men With Infertility, Spotting ‘Hidden’ Sperm

New technology may make it easier for men with extremely low sperm counts to have biological children.

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Trump Signs Executive Order Calling for Fewer Childhood Vaccines

It is not clear whether the order, the president’s third to address the topic in less than a year, has any legal power.

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How ‘Harry Potter’ Fans Protected Dobby’s Grave From the Path of a U.K.-Ireland Power Line

Here lies Dobby, a free elf. There will be no electricity cables in sight.

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Alia Shawkat and Charlotte Day Wilson on the Creative Life

“The Wrong Girls” actress Alia Shawkat and the R&B artist Charlotte Day Wilson discuss their views on creative collaboration, romantic love and spending time alone.

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Taylor Farms Voluntarily Recalls Fresh Jalapeños Over Salmonella Concerns

The company said it was unaware of any reported illnesses linked to its products containing jalapeños, which were distributed to major retailers across 26 states.

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Dr. Maura L. Gillison, Who Linked Throat Cancers to HPV, Dies at 61

She challenged the conventional view that a majority of head and neck cancers resulted from cigarette smoking and excessive alcohol consumption.

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Abbe Lane, Sultry Singer With a Latin Flair, Dies at 94

She was a Broadway dancer before becoming Xavier Cugat’s star vocalist and later building a solo career.

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‘Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma’ Makes a Case For Embracing Beloved Problematic Films

Our film critic Alissa Wilkinson reviews “Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma,” dissecting its argument not to discard your favorite films that may not have aged well.

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Elizabeth Smith, Voice Coach and Juilliard Professor, Dies at 91

A founding faculty member of Juilliard Drama, she helped the actors Kevin Kline, Patti LuPone, Wendell Pierce and many other mentees find their voice, quite literally.

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In ‘Cookie Queens,’ the Girl Scouts Are the Stars

The film, directed by Alysa Nahmias, follows the youngsters and their families during weeks of sales, strategy and stress.

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‘The Last House’ Review: End of the World as They Know It

When a mysterious force traps people in their homes, one family tries to ride out the apocalypse.

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A Promising Heart Drug Fails, Challenging a Long-Held Theory of Disease

The drug targeted inflammation, and its shocking failure has experts questioning whether inflammation really does cause heart disease.

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This A.I. Just Created Viruses Not Found in Nature

Scientists trained artificial intelligence on libraries of DNA and then asked the model to create recipes for viral genomes. Sixteen of them were viable, yielding new viruses.

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Fauci Faces Contempt Vote. Here Are the Legal Issues Involved.

Dr. Fauci invoked his Constitutional right under the Fifth Amendment in refusing to answer questions from a Senate committee. Republicans say he is ineligible for that protection.

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Trump Seeks a Boost for Hemp That Would Benefit a Top Aide’s Family

At the White House’s request, senators tucked a change sought by the hemp industry into a crucial spending bill. It would benefit the son-in-law of Susie Wiles, the president’s chief of staff.

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U.S. Cuts Ties With Organ Donor Group After Reports of Abuses

The federal government is ending its contract with a Kentucky nonprofit that it says pressured medical workers to remove organs from patients who were getting better.

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‘One Night Only’ Review: A 12-Hour Sexual Reprieve

This dystopian rom-com follows Allie (Monica Barbaro) and Owen (Callum Turner), on their parallel hunts for passion.

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‘Center Stage’: A Star of Shanghai’s 1930s Heyday Is (Re)Born

This 1991 film is at once a biopic devoted to the Chinese silent-film star, Ruan Lingyu, and a self-reflexive documentary starring Maggie Cheung.

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Justice Dept. Charges Doctor in $95 Million Skin Substitute Fraud Scheme

Dr. Stephen Dubin, a wound care doctor in Nevada, is accused of applying unneeded, expensive wound coverings to seniors. He used the profits to buy yachts, the department said.

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Medicaid Urges States to Increase Autism Therapy Oversight

The program’s spending on the therapy has quintupled since 2021, far outstripping the growth in diagnoses and raising concerns about overprescribing and fraud.

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Spotlight on Fauci Said to Boost Book Sales for Kennedy and His Publisher

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., his son, and Senator Rand Paul have all written books criticizing Dr. Anthony S. Fauci. All were published by a company led by a close Kennedy adviser.

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How Tom Holland and Zendaya Helped Draw Gen Z Crowds to ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’

The couple helped draw young audiences to “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” and “The Odyssey” on a historic Hollywood weekend.

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30 Classic Horror Movies to Stream: ‘Carrie.’ ‘Blair Witch’ and More

From silent monsters to digital-age demons, these scary-movie cornerstones are available to scream — sorry, stream.

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Russian Strike Destroyed Millions of H.I.V. Prevention Supplies in Ukraine

No medications were affected, but if new prevention items are not procured, aid groups fear a surge in new infections next year.

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Morgan Freeman Interview: On “Lioness” and His Iconic Voice

The 89-year-old actor returns for the third season of “Lioness,” and he still can’t understand the fuss over his voice.

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Self-Help Influencer Nicole LePera Faces Litigation

Millions look to Nicole LePera for advice on how to achieve contentment and maintain healthy relationships. But her own story is complicated.

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U.S. Restores Some Vaccine and Health Aid to Unicef, Gavi and World Food Programme

The amount is still far below what the U.S. spent previously on humanitarian and health aid, but resumes the flow of money for key efforts to fight malnutrition and disease.

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Can Spider-Man Evolve Again in ‘Brand New Day’?

Our movie critic Alissa Wilkinson reviews “Spider-Man: Brand New Day,” in which the titular hero must grapple with his new, unwanted powers, along with the weight of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

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