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Genome-sequencing pioneer Eric Lander to lead science policy for Biden

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Are more people surviving Covid-19 because doctors are doing less?

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Trump administration will let nearly all doctors prescribe addiction medicine buprenorphine

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The curse of the incidental illness: Seen as side effects to Covid vaccinations, ailments may have little to do with them

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Covid-19 deaths are the highest they’ve ever been — and the more infectious variants could make things much worse

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CDC says people with history of severe allergic reactions can get Covid-19 vaccine

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Aurinia in ‘show-me phase’ as FDA nears approval decision on autoimmune kidney disease drug

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In the Lab

Why Eric Lander morphed from science god to punching bag

By Sharon Begley

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Combination of two drugs can help treat methamphetamine addiction for some, new clinical trial data shows 

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Long after the fire of a Covid-19 infection, mental and neurological effects can still smolder

By Elizabeth Cooney

David Kessler
Politics

Former FDA chief David Kessler will helm Operation Warp Speed for Biden

By Nicholas Florko

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Politics

Biden will mobilize FEMA, the National Guard, and pharmacies to ramp up vaccine distribution

By Nicholas Florko

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He experienced a severe reaction to Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine candidate. He’s still a believer

By Matthew Herper

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Health Tech

Two ways Fitbit could boost Google’s health ambitions

By Erin Brodwin and Mario Aguilar

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Health

A guide to who can safely get the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine

By Helen Branswell