Opinion: The elder-care crisis is about to get much worse as millions more Americans turn 85

Harry S. Margolis is a MarketWatch contributor. He practices elder law, estate and special needs planning,…

Merck could lose up to $630 million in revenue after CDC changes HPV vaccine recommendation

Published: Jan. 7, 2026 at 12:36 p.m. ET Merck could lose up to $630 million in Gardasil…

‘Women deserve an apology’: For menopause, hormone therapy is now considered safe — just in time for aging millennials

The FDA no longer requires a safety warning on hormone-replacement therapies, at a time when more…

Opinion: America’s new vaccine doctrine for children replaces data with dogma

Outside the Box The Trump administration has dropped recommendations for six vaccines and one preventative therapy…

Life is cheap this Christmas

You can restore a starving infant to health for about $40.

The price of the measles: It costs at least $16,200 every time someone gets them.

Published: Dec. 17, 2025 at 9:52 a.m. ET It will take many millions of dollars to track…

A squash game saved this famous trader’s life. Here’s how he learned he had breast cancer.

Published: Dec. 12, 2025 at 10:15 a.m. ET Steve Eisman is a hedge-fund trader best known on…

Opinion: CDC panel compares the U.S. hepatitis B child vaccine schedule to Denmark’s — but omits crucial context

Outside the Box A CDC panel decided to end the universal birth dose of a hepatitis…

Opinion: America is aging into a caregiving desert. Nobody is ready.

Outside the Box The U.S. desperately needs to evolve its caregiving system, as adults who end…

She survived breast cancer. Now her AI tool could help you skip annual mammograms.

MIT computer-science professor Regina Barzilay lands on the MarketWatch 25 list of people who are reshaping…