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Health By Theresa Gaffney

For kids with Down syndrome, a new device offers hope for treating difficult sleep problems

Health Tech By Mohana Ravindranath

Health systems are using machine learning to predict high-cost care. Will it help patients?

Health Tech By Marion Renault

At small and rural hospitals, ransomware attacks are causing unprecedented crises

First Opinion By Gerard Vitti

Averting the looming purge of people from Medicaid

Health By Grace Deng and Jenny Jiin Huh

Afghan refugees, grappling with grief and trauma, face barriers to mental health care

Color Code By Nicholas St. Fleur

Listen: Medicine lost the trust of many Black Americans. How can it be restored?

First Opinion By Anthony Yanni

Welcome back, Dr. Califf: Patients will see you now

Health Tech By Mohana Ravindranath

At HIMSS, health software companies get creative to sell data sharing

Business By Bob Herman

Patients are flocking back to hospitals, but volumes are at the mercy of Covid surges, new documents show

Pharmalot By Ed Silverman

Cutting-edge gene therapies could be coming for sickle cell. Will Medicaid patients be able to access them?

Health By Tino Delamerced

Widespread screening catches more cases of depression. But follow-up care still falls far short

Health Tech By Mohana Ravindranath

As providers are accused of interfering with access to patient data, pressure builds on government to act

Health By Angus Chen

New research casts doubt on a cornerstone of thyroid cancer treatment

Health By Angus Chen

How often is breast cancer overdiagnosed? New research finds true cases far outweigh false alarms

Health Tech By Mohana Ravindranath

As states push their own privacy laws, health tech companies fear compliance nightmare

Health Tech By Mohana Ravindranath

As data sharing ramps up, health insurers wade into patient privacy debate

Health By Jared Whitlock

A mother, shaped by tragedy, embarks on a mission to advance custom medicines

Health By Elizabeth Cooney

‘Good, not great’: Some long Covid patients see their symptoms improve, but full recovery is elusive

Health By Angus Chen

Researchers label early CAR-T therapy patient ‘cured’ after living a decade without cancer

Health By Angus Chen

Could Pap smears one day help detect breast and ovarian cancers?

First Opinion By Jennifer Goldsack and Soujanya (Chinni) Pulluru

Break the stranglehold of the doctor-patient visit on health care innovation

First Opinion By Amanda Joy Calhoun

How Black hair racism affects mental health care

First Opinion By Christopher Hartnick

Using force crossed my mind when examining a defiant young patient. A short story made me take a breath

Health By Elizabeth Preston

Negative descriptors are more likely to appear in health records of Black patients, study finds

Health Tech By Casey Ross

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A new crop of companies is reshaping the health data economy

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Home care instead of hospital care: Congress should extend a crucial waiver

When a dire text message interrupted his talk, this doctor’s cancer research became painfully real

Hospital prices are soaring especially fast in Northern California. Here’s why

As research grows on primary care and serious mental illness, a glaring gap remains

Private equity, health care, and profits: It’s time to protect patients

Doctors often turn to Google Translate to talk to patients. They want a better option

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For kids with Down syndrome, a new device offers hope for treating difficult sleep problems

Health systems are using machine learning to predict high-cost care. Will it help patients?

At small and rural hospitals, ransomware attacks are causing unprecedented crises

Averting the looming purge of people from Medicaid

Afghan refugees, grappling with grief and trauma, face barriers to mental health care

Listen: Medicine lost the trust of many Black Americans. How can it be restored?

Welcome back, Dr. Califf: Patients will see you now

At HIMSS, health software companies get creative to sell data sharing

Patients are flocking back to hospitals, but volumes are at the mercy of Covid surges, new documents show

Cutting-edge gene therapies could be coming for sickle cell. Will Medicaid patients be able to access them?

Widespread screening catches more cases of depression. But follow-up care still falls far short

As providers are accused of interfering with access to patient data, pressure builds on government to act

New research casts doubt on a cornerstone of thyroid cancer treatment

How often is breast cancer overdiagnosed? New research finds true cases far outweigh false alarms

As states push their own privacy laws, health tech companies fear compliance nightmare

As data sharing ramps up, health insurers wade into patient privacy debate

A mother, shaped by tragedy, embarks on a mission to advance custom medicines

‘Good, not great’: Some long Covid patients see their symptoms improve, but full recovery is elusive

Researchers label early CAR-T therapy patient ‘cured’ after living a decade without cancer

Could Pap smears one day help detect breast and ovarian cancers?

Break the stranglehold of the doctor-patient visit on health care innovation

How Black hair racism affects mental health care

Using force crossed my mind when examining a defiant young patient. A short story made me take a breath

Negative descriptors are more likely to appear in health records of Black patients, study finds

In a battle over the future of U.S. health care, a question emerges: Is primary care scalable?