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In space, NASA heard astronaut’s immune system scream

By Associated Press

electronic med records
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‘Dancing in the streets’: Health tech leaders emboldened by U.S. plan to free up patient data

By Casey Ross

2018-19 flu vaccine
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Flu shots this winter providing moderate levels of protection, CDC data show

By Helen Branswell

MEASLES
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Watch: The tricks that make measles so infectious

By Helen Branswell

Scripps Research Institute
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He went hunting for gold-standard research on artificial intelligence in medicine — and didn’t find much

By Rebecca Robbins, Adam Feuerstein, and Damian Garde

Adam Boehler
Health

U.S. launching program to spur investment in AI for health care

By Casey Ross

Bird flu the coop
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What happened to bird flu? How a major threat to human health faded from view

By Helen Branswell

JOHNSON & JOHNSON HEADQUARTERS
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Ketamine-like depression drug wins endorsement of key advisory panel

By Megan Thielking

David A. Sinclair
Biotech

Longevity scientists launch academy to raise profile of life-extending research

By Robert Weisman — Boston Globe

Facebook Suicide Prevention
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‘We don’t have any data’: Experts raise questions about Facebook’s suicide prevention tools

By Megan Thielking

Macrophage - glioblastoma
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An early study ‘infuses hope’ back into attempts to use immunotherapy to treat brain cancer

By Andrew Joseph

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Biotech

Regeneron and Sanofi cut Praluent price 60 percent, as low-selling cholesterol drugs become a drug pricing laboratory

By Matthew Herper

Circuit board
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Once an insider’s domain, health IT conference embraces consumer tech giants

By Casey Ross

Alexa in the hospitala
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New voices at patients’ bedsides: Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and Apple

By Casey Ross

HIV American South
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Can the U.S. end the HIV epidemic in a decade, as Trump pledged?

By Helen Branswell

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With time ticking away, clinicians scramble to save newborn twins from the disease that took their brother

By Rebecca Robbins

Painkillers
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Study shows Purdue’s switch to ‘abuse-deterrent’ OxyContin helped drive a spike in hepatitis C infections

By Lev Facher

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Health

After Trump’s election, long-acting contraceptive use jumped among women with private insurance

By Megan Thielking

Josh Hillman
Health

‘We’re still waiting’: As cystic fibrosis drugs deliver new hope, not everyone is being swept up by scientific progress

By Andrew Joseph

Fake cures - cancer
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The modern tragedy of fake cancer cures

By Matthew Herper

Congo Ebola - Bunia
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Top WHO official sees progress in grueling fight against Ebola outbreak

By Helen Branswell

Brain is a puzzle
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To improve mental health treatments, scientists try to dissect the pieces that make them work

By Megan Thielking

Purdue Pharma courthouse protest
Health

Massachusetts releases its full lawsuit against Purdue, the maker of OxyContin

By Andrew Joseph

Jack Stoddard
Business

No products yet, but ambitious Atul Gawande health venture to begin ‘deploying tests’ this year

By Kate Sheridan

Health

So good it hurts: Why drug makers looking to replace opioids want to keep some pain in the picture

By Damian Garde

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Document: Facing blame for seeding the opioid crisis, Purdue explored its next profit opportunity — treating addiction

By David Armstrong — ProPublica

Business

The promise of ‘ingestibles’: In health care, the race is on to put sensors in your gut

By Casey Ross

Pharma Court Protest - Boston
Health

Judge orders full release of redacted lawsuit against Purdue Pharma, maker of OxyContin

By Andrew Joseph

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Singapore says American leaked 14,200 HIV records

By Associated Press

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