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UT: Ancestry Headquarters
Health

Ancestry launches consumer genetics tests for health, intensifying rivalry with 23andMe

By Matthew Herper

Free flu shot clinic
Health

An updated guide to the changing science of flu shots

By Helen Branswell

Blood sugar monitor - finger stick
First Opinion

Time in range: a new way for people with diabetes to monitor blood sugar

By Lorena Alarcon-Casas Wright

Shattered glass tube
First Opinion

FDA is smashing the status quo for regulatory science

By Peter J. Pitts

IVF lab
First Opinion

Using CRISPR to edit eggs, sperm, or embryos does not save lives

By Tina Rulli

Nancy Pelosi & Lloyd Doggett
Politics

House progressives plot overhaul of Pelosi drug pricing bill

By Lev Facher and Nicholas Florko

Graphing Calculator
First Opinion

Accounting for hope: using ‘mean survival gain’ to price new cancer drugs

By Alice Chen and Dana Goldman

Amazon health/stock market
Biotech

‘Gene therapy headwinds’ are blamed for biotech stock woes

By Adam Feuerstein

Person in vape fog
Health

Vaping-related illness has a new name: EVALI

By Megan Thielking

FDA-Blood Sugar Monitor
Health

FDA approves first blood sugar monitor without finger pricks

By Associated Press

Speaker Nancy Pelosi - May 2019
Pharmalot

Congressional Budget Office says Pelosi drug pricing bill could save $345 billion

By Ed Silverman

Acinetobacter
First Opinion

Wanted: better policies and incentives to revitalize R&D for new antimicrobial drugs

By Manos Perros

Bird's eye view
First Opinion

A bird’s-eye view of clinical trials provides new perspectives on drug research and development

By Spencer Phillips Hey

President Obama Signs Health Care Reform Bill
First Opinion

Name the much-criticized federal program that has saved the U.S. $2.3 trillion. Hint: it starts with Affordable

By Ezekiel J. Emanuel

Purdue Pharma headquarters
Business

Purdue Pharma filed for bankruptcy. What does it mean for lawsuits against the opioid manufacturer?

By Andrew Joseph

Tdap vaccinations
Health

Large numbers of pregnant women not getting key vaccines, CDC says

By Helen Branswell

Roche headquarters
First Opinion

PhRMA’s talking points shouldn’t derail the Pelosi drug pricing bill

By Peter B. Bach

Heroin and Fentanyl doses
Health

Why fentanyl is deadlier than heroin, in a single photo

By Allison Bond

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