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The latest developments affecting patients and practitioners

Special Report

The addict brokers: Middlemen profit as desperate patients are ‘treated like paychecks’

By David Armstrong — STAT and Evan Allen — Boston Globe

Health

Herbal coffee tainted with erectile dysfunction medication possibly linked to death

By Kate Sheridan

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Health

Former Texas nurse accused of killing dozens of kids in ’80s

By Associated Press

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Health

‘We are not going to enforce our way out of this.’ Experts strategize new ways to fight opioid addiction

Health

Ebola outbreak may be smaller than feared, WHO indicates

By Helen Branswell

Health

Controversial IVF doctor gives hope to older Indian women

By Associated Press

Health

Reporter’s notebook: I never thought I’d be writing about Trump’s mind

By Sharon Begley

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Health

‘The clock is ticking’: WHO’s next chief faces sobering challenges

By Helen Branswell

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Heavyweights

Andy Slavitt can’t stop: How a health care wonk became a rabble-rouser

By Eric Boodman

Health

In a first, scientists show a marijuana component reduces seizures for some with epilepsy

By Andrew Joseph

Health

VA plans mental care for discharged vets, but at what cost?

By Associated Press

Health

Lives of 24 million children threatened by conflict, UNICEF says

By Associated Press

Health

WHO elects Ethiopia’s Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus as its new director general

By Helen Branswell

Politics

After outcry, Trump budget largely preserves ‘drug czar’ funding

By Andrew Joseph

Hospitals

A ‘hard tradeoff’: Pricey teaching hospitals have lowest death rates for older patients

By Andrew Joseph

In the Lab

Scientists work to create a smart sensor to stop sun damage before it happens

By Megan Thielking

State of (Trump's) Mind

Trump wasn’t always so linguistically challenged. What could explain the change?

By Sharon Begley

Health

Trump wants to cut $800 billion from Medicaid. Where does all the program’s money go?

By Megan Thielking

Hospitals

‘I was panicked’: Deaf patients struggle to get interpreters in medical emergencies

By Leila Miller

Health

Behind closed doors, WHO prepares to elect its next leader

By Helen Branswell

Hospitals

Doctors have resisted guidelines to treat sepsis. New study suggests those guidelines save lives

By Bob Tedeschi

Health

Cash-strapped World Health Organization slammed for high travel costs

By Associated Press

Video

Can fidget spinners actually relieve symptoms of ADHD and autism?

By Megan Thielking and Alex Hogan

Health

As hopes for polio eradication rise, the endgame gets complicated, and a vaccine runs short

By Helen Branswell

Health

Can poppyseed oil help infertile couples conceive?

By Kate Sheridan

Politics

Science committee Dems to Trump: Stop with the fake news and get a science adviser

Health

Roger Ailes thought he knew how much longer he had to live. He was right

By Sharon Begley and Ike Swetlitz

Politics

Trump ‘is very accessible to me’: Q&A with VA Secretary David Shulkin

By Bob Tedeschi

Health

Tom Brady reportedly had a concussion. What does that mean? Your guide to the latest science

By Usha Lee McFarling and Ike Swetlitz

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