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Health

Ebola vaccine approved in Europe in landmark moment in fight against a deadly disease

By Helen Branswell

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Health

Why fentanyl is deadlier than heroin, in a single photo

By Allison Bond

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Big study casts doubt on need for many heart procedures

By Associated Press

A tale of two medications
Pharmalot

A drug maker courted controversy when it shut out a family-run rival. Now some patients say the medicine isn’t working

By Ed Silverman

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Endnotes

When a patient nears the end, a feared therapy can also comfort

By Bob Tedeschi

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Health Tech

HHS to probe whether Google’s ‘Project Nightingale’ followed federal privacy law

By Rebecca Robbins and Casey Ross

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First Opinion

Not so conscientious objection: When can doctors refuse to treat?

By Sarah C. Hull

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In the Lab

Here’s what an acid trip does to your brain

By Leah Samuel

In the Lab

5 important ways Henrietta Lacks changed medical science

By Leah Samuel

Exercise in space
In the Lab

Exercise helps astronauts cope with side effects of spaceflight. Could it help cancer patients too?

By Shraddha Chakradhar

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Health

‘A game-changer’: How Vertex delivered on cystic fibrosis

By Adam Feuerstein and Matthew Herper

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First Opinion

Mental health patients, with nowhere else to go, are overwhelming emergency departments

By Anne Zink

Prozac
Health

Most antidepressants don’t work on kids and teens, study finds

By Karen Weintraub

Ebola vaccine
Health

The data are clear: Ebola vaccine shows ‘very impressive’ performance in outbreak

By Helen Branswell

Adult vaccination
First Opinion

Adult vaccination saves lives. Why do so few adults get vaccinated?

By Sangini S. Sheth

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Signal Podcast

Listen: Episode 14: The Chinese hamsters that helped birth biotech

By Luke Timmerman and Meg Tirrell

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Health

The psychedelics evangelist: A German financier wants to turn magic mushrooms into modern medicine

By Meghana Keshavan

Chimera pigs
In the Lab

First human-pig chimeras created, sparking hopes for transplantable organs — and debate

By Sharon Begley

Health

Adding friendly bacteria to skin lotion wards off bad germs

By Associated Press

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