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2018 flu shots
Health

U.S. flu season off to its earliest start in more than 15 years

By Associated Press

Charlie Luckesen Immunity Disorder
Health

Families are reeling after FDA rejects therapy for kids born without a thymus gland

By Eric Boodman

Susan Desmond-Hellmann
Health

Gates Foundation CEO Susan Desmond-Hellmann to step down

By Helen Branswell

TUFTS - Sackler school hats
Health

Tufts will scour Sackler name from its medical campus, in rebuff of family that controls Purdue Pharma

By Andrew Joseph

Ebola vaccine Goma
Health

The Gavi coalition boosts the global stockpile of Ebola vaccines

By Helen Branswell

Birth Control Pills
Health

A monthly birth control pill? Experiment in pigs opens door to more trials

By Associated Press

Newborn bili lights
Health

How police shootings of unarmed black Americans could be harming the health of black infants

By Shraddha Chakradhar

Huntingtons Tammy Stewart
Health

A clinical trial for Huntington’s opens the door to hope for some patients. Only so many can get in

By Andrew Joseph

Truvada
Health

Trump administration will provide HIV prevention drug for free to uninsured in new program

By Helen Branswell

OC Phases
Exclusive

The history of OxyContin, told through unsealed Purdue documents

By Shraddha Chakradhar and Casey Ross

Purdue docs
Exclusive

Purdue’s Richard Sackler proposed plan to play down OxyContin risks, and wanted drug maker feared ‘like a tiger,’ files show

By Casey Ross

WHO logo
Health

Four Ebola-response workers killed in attacks, forcing withdrawal from critical DRC region

By Helen Branswell

Ebola treatment center in Beni
Health

Two Ebola treatments yield ‘substantial decrease’ in mortality, landmark trial shows

By Helen Branswell

EEE virus
Health

Why the huge surge in EEE cases? Federal rules requiring quick sample disposal mean we may never know

By Helen Branswell

vaper
Health

New CDC report offers a possible clue about why vaping illnesses sprang up in 2019

By Megan Thielking

Glass of beer
Health

With the help of ketamine, researchers rewrite memories in a bid to curb harmful drinking

By Megan Thielking

John Arnold
Health

How a billionaire couple greased the skids for Nancy Pelosi’s drug pricing bill

By Lev Facher

Nootropics - Piracetam
Health

Some brain-boosting supplements contain an unapproved drug that could harm users, study warns

By Elizabeth Cooney

Dengue Outbreak In The Philippines
Health

New data on Takeda’s dengue vaccine look promising, but with troubling exception

By Helen Branswell

Play
Health

Watch: What is HIPAA, and what does it cover?

By Megan Thielking

Aedes aegypti illustration
In the Lab

Across several continents, infecting mosquitoes with bacteria results in dramatic drops in dengue illness, trials show

By Helen Branswell

Charles L. Sawyers
Health

Longtime cancer researcher Charles Sawyers named first STAT Biomedical Innovation Award winner

By Shraddha Chakradhar

Newborn & mother
Health

Measles immunity passed from mother to baby may erode quicker than believed, study says

By Helen Branswell

Donald Trump - e-cigarettes ban
Health

Trump’s stalling on flavored vape ban draws blowback — and fears of lasting damage to American health

By Megan Thielking and Nicholas Florko

Oxy with newsprint
Pharma

How Purdue planted its ‘anti-story’ and delayed the reckoning for its role in the opioid epidemic

By David Armstrong — ProPublica

Elizabeth Warren - BG Photo
Health

Elizabeth Warren’s health care evolution has earned her friends on the left, but foes in her home state

By Lev Facher — STAT and Liz Goodwin — Boston Globe

FDA
Health

Calling for federal action, watchdog says there’s no evidence dietary supplements for infertility help women get pregnant

By Sharon Begley

Haider family
Health

A new treatment promises to make little people taller. Is it an insult to ‘dwarf pride’?

By Damian Garde

non-emergency angioplasty
Health

Big study casts doubt on need for many heart procedures

By Associated Press

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