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Politics Dylan Scott

STAT Plus: Obama vs. Trump: Early report card on how health and science are changing

Health Joyce Cohen

A quest to explain the whooshing in her head

Health Associated Press

Crowdsourcing effort takes aim at deadliest breast cancers

In the Lab Sharon Begley

Nobel Prize goes to Japanese scientist for work on key cellular recycling process

First Opinion Eric Dishman

Americans are keen to take part in a national precision medicine program

First Opinion Spencer Phillips Hey and Aaron S. Kesselheim

Imprecise research threatens precision medicine

In the Lab Carolyn Abraham

An ugly summer for science: Turmoil rocks Canadian research community

In the Lab Anna Vlasits

This smells promising: Nasal bacteria pump out a new antibiotic that kills MRSA

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Health Usha Lee McFarling

A journey through schizophrenia, from researcher to patient and back

First Opinion David M. Nathan and David G. Nathan

The NIH is abandoning vital clinical research centers. That’s a mistake

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Health Melissa Bailey

These diabetes researchers will soon celebrate 50 years of marriage

Health Leah Samuel

Female scientists report pervasive gender bias, sexual harassment

Politics Dylan Scott

Scientists fight Obama plan to require patient consent to use blood, biopsies in research

Health Melissa Bailey

Harvard Medical School eases rule on faculty ties to industry

Politics Sheila Kaplan

Fetal tissue hearing in Congress dissolves into bickering over evidence

Politics Sheila Kaplan

Precision medicine helped him beat cancer. Now he’s leading Obama’s initiative

Health Sheila Kaplan

Disney, fearing a scandal, tried to press journal to withdraw research paper

In the Lab Charles Ornstein — ProPublica

Amid public feuds, a venerated medical journal finds itself under attack

Politics Ike Swetlitz

This scientist works with tissue from aborted fetuses. Congress has come calling

In the Lab Usha Lee McFarling

A dogged quest to fix broken spinal cords pays off with new hope for the paralyzed

Quick Take Leah Samuel

Asthma patients fare better after hands-on instructions with inhalers

Quick Take Eric Boodman

Mutant mice could shed light on new drug targets for obesity

Politics Dylan Scott

‘The sky is not falling’: Congress looks at science of concussions

Politics Sheila Kaplan

Fight over NIH funding puts Senate medical innovation bills in jeopardy

The Watchdogs Ivan Oransky and Adam Marcus

Female medical researchers hit a paper ceiling