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Purdue Pharmaceuticals
Health

Tufts to review ties to Purdue Pharma after ‘deeply troubling’ disclosures

By Andrew Joseph

Politics

Medicare experiment could put more pressure on insurers to save money on prescription drugs

By Ike Swetlitz

Akili Interactive Labs
Health

How sound in a video game ‘helps the medicine go down’ for kids with ADHD

By Rebecca Robbins, Damian Garde, and Adam Feuerstein

Herd Immunity
Health

The herd to the rescue: How an invisible shield can keep us healthy

By Helen Branswell and Alex Hogan

Oxycodone prescription and bottle
Health

Researchers see possible link between opioids, birth defect

By Associated Press

Digital pill illustration part deux
Health

A ‘digital pill’ for cancer patients is rolled out for the first time, in hopes of improving outcomes

By Rebecca Robbins

MGH
Health

Purdue cemented ties with universities and hospitals to expand opioid sales, documents contend

By Andrew Joseph

Healey
Health

‘A blizzard of prescriptions’: Documents reveal new details about Purdue’s marketing of OxyContin

By Andrew Joseph

Purdue Pharmaceuticals
Health

Purdue appeals order to unseal OxyContin records to Kentucky Supreme Court

By Andrew Joseph

Family life in China
Health

Family duty is a powerful force in China. Is that why so many couples signed up for the ‘CRISPR babies’ experiment?

By Wendy Tang

2018 flu patient
Health

Up to 7 million have had flu this season, CDC says

By Helen Branswell

Samsung Bot Care robot
Health

Digital health is attracting huge investments, but will patients buy it?

By Casey Ross

A Joy for All Companion Pet
Health

With the search for Alzheimer’s drugs foundering, tech firms try to offer solutions

By Casey Ross

Chemotherapy infusion
Health

U.S. cancer death rate hits milestone: 25 years of decline

By Associated Press

Nelson Vergel
Health

‘Left behind’: Drug companies and researchers have overlooked patients who don’t respond to HIV meds

By Apoorva Mandavilli

Many faces concept illustration
Health

With just a photo, this algorithm can do more than spot a possible genetic condition — it can suggest a cause

By Kate Sheridan

Health

At glitzy Vegas tech show, chronic-disease gadgets to take center stage

By Casey Ross

STAT SPOTLIGHT
Health

Startup Spotlight: Vedanta Biosciences eyes large-scale clinical trials for microbiome drugs

By Kate Sheridan

Ebola vaccination team
Health

WHO’s Tedros: Experimental Ebola vaccine in the DRC has saved countless lives

By Helen Branswell

Newborn baby
Health

A deep dive into newborns’ DNA can reveal potential disease risks — but is the testing worth it?

By Andrew Joseph

Health

A shattering breach of trust: What happens to patients when their doctor is not who he claimed to be?

By Kelsey McKinney

Jennifer Beck
Health

Coming out of the shadows: A new treatment may help people who are ‘allergic’ to the sun

By Karen Weintraub

VR breastfeeding
Health

How VR may take the drudgery out of pumping breast milk — and help ease new mothers’ stress

By Elizabeth Preston

Congo Ebola Isolation
Health

American possibly exposed to Ebola in the DRC flown to Nebraska hospital

By Helen Branswell

China Gene Edited Babies
Health

Most Americans support gene-editing embryos to prevent diseases, poll shows

By Lauran Neergaard — Associated Press

Health

NIH hospital’s pipes harbored uncommon bacteria that infected patients

By Ike Swetlitz

3 to Watch: Global Health Challenges
Health

3 global health challenges to watch in 2019

By Helen Branswell

MSF Ebola Treatment Center
Health

Ebola’s other unsung heroes: the planners who keep the response running

By Helen Branswell

Exclusive

IBM Watson’s bet on China, a lucrative market for health business, starts to look shaky

By Casey Ross and Ike Swetlitz

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