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How the Covid pandemic ends: Scientists look to the past to see the future

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Third member of FDA expert committee resigns over controversial Alzheimer’s therapy decision

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As more kids go down the ‘deep, dark tunnel’ of long Covid, doctors still can’t predict who is at risk

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FDA grants historic approval to Alzheimer’s drug designed to slow cognitive decline

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FDA’s approval of aducanumab paves the way for ‘more momentous’ Alzheimer’s breakthroughs

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U.S. health officials report higher-than-expected heart inflammation cases following Covid-19 vaccination

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A CRISPR treatment for blood diseases shows curative promise in small study

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The maddening saga of how an Alzheimer’s ‘cabal’ thwarted progress toward a cure for decades

By Sharon Begley

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First Opinion

Federal law prohibits employers and others from requiring vaccination with a Covid-19 vaccine distributed under an EUA

By Aaron Siri

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Lavishly funded Moderna hits safety problems in bold bid to revolutionize medicine

By Damian Garde

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Researchers claim they have sequenced the entirety of the human genome — including the missing parts

By Matthew Herper

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Machine learning is booming in medicine. It’s also facing a credibility crisis

By Casey Ross

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23andMe had devastating news about my health. I wish a person had delivered it

By Dorothy Pomerantz

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First Opinion

If vaccine apartheid exists, vaccine billionaires shouldn’t

By Rohit Malpani

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‘Simply unacceptable’: Alzheimer’s Association blasts Biogen over the price of its new medicine

By Ed Silverman