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Parents and clinicians say private equity’s profit fixation is short-changing kids with autism

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AI gone astray: How subtle shifts in patient data send popular algorithms reeling, undermining patient safety

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A STAT Investigation Casey Ross

Epic’s AI algorithms, shielded from scrutiny by a corporate firewall, are delivering inaccurate information on seriously ill patients

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Could AI tools for breast cancer worsen disparities? Patchy public data in FDA filings fuel concern

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HHS relaxed oversight of problematic Covid-19 tests despite being told of accuracy concerns

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The private equity firms, like Blackstone and KKR, behind 8 of the biggest names in autism therapy

Parents and clinicians say private equity’s profit fixation is short-changing kids with autism

At pioneering center for gene therapy, Jim Wilson presided over toxic, abusive workplace, staffers say

Nursing home chain’s tangled corporate structure and bankruptcy threats stymied litigation

Encouraged by right-wing doctor groups, desperate patients turn to ivermectin for long Covid

A psychedelic therapist allegedly took millions from a Holocaust survivor, highlighting worries about elders taking hallucinogens

AI gone astray: How subtle shifts in patient data send popular algorithms reeling, undermining patient safety

Watch: A rebel with a cause: As a mentor and a leader, this Black orthopedic surgeon fights to diversify his field

The whitest specialty: As medicine strives to close its diversity gaps, one field remains a stubborn outlier

How America’s largest Catholic hospital system is moonlighting as a private equity firm

Selling certainty: In a sea of skeptics, this physician was one of fibromyalgia patients' few true allies. Or was he?

Inside the downfall of longevity crusader Aubrey de Grey — and the cult of personality that concealed a pattern of harassment

Epic’s sepsis algorithm is going off the rails in the real world. The use of these variables may explain why

Epic’s AI algorithms, shielded from scrutiny by a corporate firewall, are delivering inaccurate information on seriously ill patients

‘In their own bubble’: How a cancer center promoted an exclusive experimental drug to attract patients

Cement Head’s last fight: He was denied parole six times — until he was about to become a Covid-19 statistic

Inside the fall of Watson Health: How IBM’s audacious plan to ‘change the face of health care’ with AI fell apart

Could AI tools for breast cancer worsen disparities? Patchy public data in FDA filings fuel concern

As the FDA clears a flood of AI tools, missing data raise troubling questions on safety and fairness

‘What was left for Haven?’: How Amazon’s health ambitions devoured Haven’s plans

HHS relaxed oversight of problematic Covid-19 tests despite being told of accuracy concerns

From a small town in North Carolina to big-city hospitals, how software infuses racism into U.S. health care

FDA revokes emergency use ruling for hydroxychloroquine, the drug touted by Trump as a Covid-19 therapy

Hospitals turn to big tech companies to store and analyze their data — leaving patients in the dark on privacy protections

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