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AstraZeneca building

D.C. Diagnosis By Rachel Cohrs

AstraZeneca’s ambitious vaccine dreams are finally, officially dead

conflict of interest

First Opinion By Martin F. Shapiro and Sidney M. Wolfe

NEJM, other journals: provide more transparency about conflicts of interest or don’t publish conflicted articles

Promising Pathway Act

First Opinion By Brian Wallach and Mike Braun

Take a stand for those who can’t with the Promising Pathway Act

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Health By Helen Branswell

Watch: Why isn’t there a nasal vaccine for Covid-19 yet?

Cambridge: AbbVie

Politics By Nicholas Florko and Rachel Cohrs

AbbVie dramatically boosts its spending on lobbying

Health By Elizabeth Cooney

Large U.K. study links vaccination after Covid infection to lower odds of long Covid symptoms

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Insurance By Bob Herman

Former top Medicare official says Medicare Advantage’s coding industry offers ‘no benefit to society’

gavel pill patent

Pharmalot By Ed Silverman

Drugmakers win court battle over an HHS rule that would have penalized them for offering copay coupons

All Coverage

Quick Take By Ike Swetlitz

Americans’ opposition to animal testing at record high, survey finds

Sanitary pads

Quick Take By Usha Lee McFarling

Period-tracking apps get failing grade: They’re not accurate. And they’re way too pink

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Prison

Quick Take By Max Blau

When a man goes to prison, his children’s health suffers, too, study finds

Anxiety

Quick Take By Kate Sheridan

Rich countries are more anxious than poorer countries

Blood test - finger

Quick Take By Megan Thielking

A new test can determine blood type in seconds, scientists say

Balding

Quick Take By Ike Swetlitz

Drugs to combat hair loss could raise risk for erectile dysfunction, study finds

Tobacco

Quick Take By Kate Sheridan

From sleep to smoking, new maps let you spy on the health habits of your neighborhood

Patient Advocacy Funding

Quick Take By Ike Swetlitz

Patient advocacy groups have close ties with industry, but some lack transparency

Tanning Bed

Quick Take By Megan Thielking

Skin cancer from tanning beds costs US $343 million per year

Horseback riding

Quick Take By Megan Thielking

What injury is unusually common in your state?

Gavel - watchdogs

Quick Take By Associated Press

Data on a man’s pacemaker helped lead to his indictment, police say

Quick Take By Megan Thielking

Holy mackerel: FDA warns which fish to avoid when pregnant, breastfeeding

Marijuana

Quick Take By Andrew Joseph

More pregnant women are using marijuana

Regenerative Medicine pacemaker

Quick Take By Megan Thielking

These newly created pacemaker cells can trigger a rat’s heart to beat

6 day old human embryo

Quick Take By Ike Swetlitz

For women with mitochondrial diseases, a step closer to preventing transmission

Gift Guide 2016

Quick Take By Leah Samuel

A holiday gift guide for all the science-lovers on your list

center of a cell

Quick Take By Megan Thielking

Take a journey into the center of a cell

Phone use sleep

Quick Take By Ike Swetlitz

Phone use before bedtime is tied to poorer quality sleep

Poison Ivy plant

Quick Take By Megan Thielking

Why poison ivy is so itchy — and how scientists are working to quell the rash

Women & drinking

Quick Take By Megan Thielking

Women are fast catching up to men in alcohol consumption — and abuse

Human Neural Progenitor Cells To Astrocytes

Quick Take By Meghana Keshavan

Obesity and the brain: New findings could spur future drug development

Phineas Gage

Quick Take By Leah Samuel

5 bizarre accidents that people survived against all odds

Vital signs and pain killers

Quick Take By Leah Samuel

A safer alternative to morphine shows promise as painkiller in mice

woman scientist in laboratory

Quick Take By Lindzi Wessel

Female scientists face gender bias in NIH grant process

Space Walk

Quick Take By Leah Samuel

They’re super healthy, but dying of heart disease. What’s happening to astronauts?