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In the Lab Sharon Begley

‘Microdosing’ is touted by ’shroomers and Reddit users. Science is starting to test their claims — and finding some truth

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In the Lab Usha Lee McFarling

In the whitewashed world of Alzheimer’s research, one scientist is on a quest to understand the diversity of brains

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Special Report Lev Facher

STAT Plus: How the drug industry uses fear of fentanyl to extract more profit from naloxone

Health Angus Chen

Genetic differences in breast tumors may contribute to racial disparities

Special Report Damian Garde — STAT and Jonathan Saltzman — Boston Globe

The story of mRNA: How a once-dismissed idea became a leading technology in the Covid vaccine race

Biotech Adam Feuerstein, Damian Garde and Allison DeAngelis

STAT Plus: SVB, biotech’s bank of choice, just failed. It could have ripple effects

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Pharma John Wilkerson

STAT Plus: Drug middlemen switch tactics, but the outcome is the same: high prices

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Health Allison Bond

Why fentanyl is deadlier than heroin, in a single photo

First Opinion Suneel D. Kamath

Cancer is ‘natural.’ The best treatments for it aren’t

First Opinion Christian Rose, Adaira I. Landry and Kaitlin M. Bowers

Will there be any emergency doctors to see you in the future?

Health Care Theresa Gaffney

As states ban gender-affirming care, Minnesota aims to be a refuge for trans youth

A STAT Investigation Casey Ross and Bob Herman

STAT Plus: Denied by AI: How Medicare Advantage plans use algorithms to cut off care for seniors in need

Health Casey Ross

Are people really falling ill from touching fentanyl? In most cases, scientists say no

Health Christina Jewett — Kaiser Health News

Drug used to halt puberty in children may cause lasting health problems

Health Helen Branswell

Focus Covid booster campaigns on high-risk people, WHO’s vaccine experts recommend

Health Bob Tedeschi

A physician homebuilder tries to upend the nursing home industry — and give seniors back their independence

Pharmalot Ed Silverman and Damian Garde

STAT Plus: Shortage of monkeys for early-stage research jeopardizes timelines for developing some drugs

Health Benedict Carey

STAT Plus: A half century after Prozac, a new generation of depression drugs is bringing hope to a long-stagnant field