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The latest developments affecting patients and practitioners

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U.S. health officials unveil experiment to overhaul primary care

By Casey Ross

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Health

Can virtual reality boost positive feelings in patients with depression?

By Megan Thielking

Flu Season
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Two-wave U.S. flu season is now the longest in a decade

By Associated Press

KENYA MALARIA VACCINE
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A pivotal test of malaria vaccine is set to begin. Can it live up to its promise?

By Helen Branswell

Tape measure helix
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A new genetic test can offer clues — and only clues — to a person’s risk of obesity

By Rebecca Robbins

Human embryo under microscope
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U.S. researcher says he’s ready to start four pregnancies with ‘three-parent’ embryos

By Emily Mullin

Appalachian Regional Prescription Opioid Strike Force
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In multistate crackdown, doctors charged with exchanging drugs for sex, writing prescriptions for Facebook friends

By Associated Press

High Blood Pressure
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For its next phase, the Framingham Heart Study will explore the biology of aging

By Robert Weisman — Boston Globe

Pharmalot

Pharmalittle: Stronger warnings urged for Amgen’s osteoporosis drug; prices in drug ads can be jarring

By Ed Silverman and Elizabeth Cooney

Gene editing hopes illo
In the Lab

As calls mount to ban embryo editing with CRISPR, families hit by inherited diseases say, not so fast

By Sharon Begley

John Oliver
Health

From rural Kentucky to HBO: The story of the Sackler deposition hits pop culture big-time

By Andrew Joseph

FDA Securities Fraud
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FDA halts sales of pelvic mesh tied to injuries in women

By Associated Press

Mitochondrial painting
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Patient advocates and scientists launch push to lift ban on ‘three-parent IVF’

By Emily Mullin

Ebola vaccine
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The data are clear: Ebola vaccine shows ‘very impressive’ performance in outbreak

By Helen Branswell

Ebola screening point
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WHO stops short of declaring Ebola crisis a global health emergency

By Helen Branswell

Ashton Carter
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Advice on artificial intelligence from the front lines of combat: Humans can’t escape accountability

By Casey Ross

Prostate Cancer Cell
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The study of a cancer test seemed like a triumph. But some data were missing

By Eric Boodman

Scott Kelly, Mark Kelly
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NASA twins study explores body’s response to long space travel

By Associated Press

Ketamine Depression
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Scientists still don’t know what gives ketamine its antidepressant effect. Stressed mice might offer a clue

By Megan Thielking

Patrol Ebola Treatment Centre
Health

WHO asks panel to weigh whether Ebola outbreak is global emergency

By Helen Branswell

Can opener
In the Lab

New study reveals HIV’s vulnerabilities, opening up possibilities for complementary therapies

By Shraddha Chakradhar

Henning Jacobson newspaper clip illo
Health

Can officials require vaccinations against measles? A century-old case may give them a foothold

By Helen Branswell

Medicare Scam
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Feds break up $1.2 billion Medicare orthopedic brace scam

By Associated Press

MMR injection
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New York City orders mandatory vaccines for some amid measles outbreak

By Associated Press

TUFTS - Sackler
Special Report

‘We owe much to the Sackler family’: How gifts to a top medical school advanced the interests of Purdue Pharma

By Andrew Joseph

Boston University
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Zapping brain with precise electrical current boosts working memory in older adults, study finds

By Sharon Begley

Rockland County Measles
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Court halts New York county’s emergency order in response to measles outbreak

By Associated Press

Health

Archived chat: SIDS and its aftermath

By Eric Boodman

Your Health Speaks
Health

In the quest to turn voice data into a depression screening tool, one startup looks to India

By Rebecca Robbins

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