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Ebola outbreak spreads to third province in eastern Congo

By Associated Press

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Health

Top U.S. medical centers roll out DNA sequencing clinics for healthy (and often wealthy) clients

By Rebecca Robbins

Cigarettes Graphic Warnings
Health

FDA makes new push for graphic warning labels on cigarettes

By Associated Press

FDA Better TB Drug
Health

FDA approves TB pill that cures more hard-to-treat patients

By Associated Press

E-cigarettes vaping
Health

Vaping companies sue to delay U.S. e-cigarette review

By Associated Press

Ebola gloves and boots
Health

Modern science has delivered the world powerful tools to defeat Ebola. It is not enough

By Helen Branswell

Methadone clinic
Health

For the first time, U.S. panel recommends screening adults for illicit drug use

By Brittany Flaherty

Swallowed Dentures
Health

Missing dentures found stuck in throat 8 days after surgery

By Associated Press

Ebola health workers July 2019
Health

For the first time, clinical trial results show Ebola drugs improve survival rates

By Helen Branswell

Health Tech

With Alzheimer’s research at a crossroads, AI might point the way forward

By Casey Ross

Red Cross workers - Beni
Health

Ebola veteran warns virus could become entrenched in DRC if outbreak response does not improve

By Helen Branswell

Estelle Lemieux
Biotech

The world’s most expensive medicine could save toddlers’ lives. But getting it is complicated

By Jonathan Saltzman — Boston Globe

Live Chat

Archived: An online chat discussing how to quell vaccine hesitancy

By Helen Branswell and Eric Boodman

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Health

For every 69 high-dose opioid prescriptions, U.S. pharmacies dispensed only one overdose-reversal drug

By Andrew Joseph

Pharmalot

Pharmalittle: Pay-to-play clinical trials draw scrutiny; Chinese drug ingredients called U.S. threat

By Elizabeth Cooney

EBOLA VACCINATION
Health

Sabin Institute acquires rights to develop vaccines for Ebola and Marburg viruses

By Helen Branswell

Ann Curry - Chasing the Cure
Health

Ann Curry is going to air patients’ medical mysteries on live TV. She gets your concerns

By Megan Thielking

electric fan
Health

Contrary to some public health advice, fans may be safe to use during heat waves

By Lauren Joseph and Ruth Hailu

Mari-Hélène avec Tobie
Special Report

The vaccine whisperers: Counselors gently engage new parents before their doubts harden into certainty

By Eric Boodman

Maura Healey
Health

Purdue Pharma seeks to minimize its role in opioid crisis as it urges dismissal of Massachusetts suit

By Andrew Joseph

ICER - Max LeClaire and grandparents
Health

A watchdog group sets aside emotions to assess drugs’ value. Patients say their lives are more than a number

By Kate Sheridan

Condoms
Health

To mitigate the effects of climate change, one researcher calls for a ‘contraception revolution’

By Shraddha Chakradhar

Digital kidney
Health Tech

DeepMind AI predicts acute loss of kidney function two days in advance, study shows

By Casey Ross

IV for Ketamine
Health

‘Show me the data!’: We asked experts to pick apart a clinic’s claims about ketamine

By Megan Thielking

AI and heart disease
Health Tech

5 ways artificial intelligence is already changing cardiac care

By Casey Ross

Goma Ebola 2019
Health

Congo officials say second Ebola case confirmed in city of Goma

By Associated Press

Marijuana plants drying
Politics

Déjà vu all over again: Another year passes without approval of new suppliers of marijuana for research

By Andrew Joseph

Health

Despite calls to start over, U.S. health system covers 90% of Americans

By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar — Associated Press

Oxycodone pain pills
Health

Study: 2% of women have ‘persistent’ opioid use after childbirth

By Lauren Joseph

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