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In new guidance, FDA says AI tools to warn of sepsis should be regulated as devices

The FDA has published a list of AI tools that should be regulated as medical devices, including those that alert about sepsis.

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Health Helen Branswell

New study sees possible link between aluminum in childhood vaccines and risk of asthma, but caveats abound

Health Andrew Joseph

‘It is sinking us even further’: STI clinics, already stretched thin, strain under weight of monkeypox response

Health Tech Mario Aguilar

Google and Fitbit launch new cloud tools to help hospitals use wearables

Health Angus Chen

Surgeons often take a fifth of the lungs to remove a small tumor. There may be a better way

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Health Usha Lee McFarling

Where caregiving is a family affair, Alzheimer’s places a heavy burden on children and spouses

Health Usha Lee McFarling

On the Texas-Mexico border, a bold plan to diversify Alzheimer’s research takes shape

Health Isabella Cueto

‘Disaster to disaster’: Underinvestment in public health systems obstructs response to Covid, monkeypox, Walensky says

Health Andrew Joseph

‘This program’s really saved us’: As Canada offers safer opioids to curb overdoses, will U.S. follow?

Health Usha Lee McFarling

STATUS List Spotlight: Leading JAMA Through Turmoil ft. Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo

Health Helen Branswell

Poxviruses, outbreaks, and Ebola: A Q&A with a retiring CDC expert on bad bugs

Health Brittany Trang

A new study asks: Are we harming blood donors by taking blood from them?

Health Helen Branswell

Is the Covid-19 pandemic over? The answer is more art than science

Health Elizabeth Cooney

‘I’m deeply concerned’: Francis Collins on trust in science, how Covid communications failed, and his current obsession

Health Jason Mast

Advances in treating the sickest Covid patients have stalled. Why?

Health Isabella Cueto

Medicare is using one of its biggest hammers to try to fix the dialysis system: how providers are paid

Health Matthew Herper

At a fashion show for people with spinal muscular atrophy, models take back their own stories

Health Lev Facher

The meth crisis is worse than ever, but new treatments might be around the corner

Health Isabella Cueto

Borrowing CAR-T tool from cancer therapy, lupus patients go into remission

Health Theresa Gaffney

‘How do we support each other?’: A physician and ethicist on the difficult decisions doctors now face in abortion care

Health Andrew Joseph

Medicare provides insufficient access to opioid addiction treatment, report finds

Health Jonathan Wosen

Daily multivitamins improved the brain function of seniors in a trial — but plenty of questions remain

Health Helen Branswell

Complexity of Covid vaccine program leads to concerns about potential for error

First Opinion Awi Federgruen

Vaccine guarantees can help prevent the resurgence of polio

A STAT Investigation Nicholas Florko

With a promising new plan to pay for pricey cures, two states set out to eliminate hepatitis C. But cost hasn’t been the biggest problem

Health Andrew Joseph and Helen Branswell

With increased virus activity, providers urged to be alert for signs of rare polio-like syndrome in kids

Health Helen Branswell

Push to double up on Covid booster and flu shot may have a downside, experts caution

Health Eric Boodman

With homicide the leading cause of maternal mortality, new research shows a link to firearms and intimate partner violence

Health Rebecca Ostriker, Deirdre Fernandes, Liz Kowalczyk, Jonathan Saltzman, and Patricia Wen — Boston Globe

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In new guidance, FDA says AI tools to warn of sepsis should be regulated as devices

New study sees possible link between aluminum in childhood vaccines and risk of asthma, but caveats abound

‘It is sinking us even further’: STI clinics, already stretched thin, strain under weight of monkeypox response

Google and Fitbit launch new cloud tools to help hospitals use wearables

Surgeons often take a fifth of the lungs to remove a small tumor. There may be a better way

All Coverage

Where caregiving is a family affair, Alzheimer’s places a heavy burden on children and spouses

On the Texas-Mexico border, a bold plan to diversify Alzheimer’s research takes shape

‘Disaster to disaster’: Underinvestment in public health systems obstructs response to Covid, monkeypox, Walensky says

‘This program’s really saved us’: As Canada offers safer opioids to curb overdoses, will U.S. follow?

STATUS List Spotlight: Leading JAMA Through Turmoil ft. Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo

Poxviruses, outbreaks, and Ebola: A Q&A with a retiring CDC expert on bad bugs

A new study asks: Are we harming blood donors by taking blood from them?

Is the Covid-19 pandemic over? The answer is more art than science

‘I’m deeply concerned’: Francis Collins on trust in science, how Covid communications failed, and his current obsession

Advances in treating the sickest Covid patients have stalled. Why?

Medicare is using one of its biggest hammers to try to fix the dialysis system: how providers are paid

At a fashion show for people with spinal muscular atrophy, models take back their own stories

The meth crisis is worse than ever, but new treatments might be around the corner

Borrowing CAR-T tool from cancer therapy, lupus patients go into remission

‘How do we support each other?’: A physician and ethicist on the difficult decisions doctors now face in abortion care

Medicare provides insufficient access to opioid addiction treatment, report finds

Daily multivitamins improved the brain function of seniors in a trial — but plenty of questions remain

Complexity of Covid vaccine program leads to concerns about potential for error

Vaccine guarantees can help prevent the resurgence of polio

With a promising new plan to pay for pricey cures, two states set out to eliminate hepatitis C. But cost hasn’t been the biggest problem

With increased virus activity, providers urged to be alert for signs of rare polio-like syndrome in kids

Push to double up on Covid booster and flu shot may have a downside, experts caution

With homicide the leading cause of maternal mortality, new research shows a link to firearms and intimate partner violence

A celebrated surgeon, a trail of secrets, and death

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