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For an archived version of live coverage of the hearing of the FDA’s advisory panel, click here. An advisory panel to the Food and Drug Administration on Friday recommended against …
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In a misguided attempt to control drug costs, some Congressional leaders are urging the Biden administration to misapply a 40-year-old law that supports 6 million jobs, helped launch 15,000 start-up …
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The judgment finalizing the Purdue Pharma bankruptcy case is a likely bitter end to litigation stemming from the company’s role in fomenting the opioid epidemic, which has claimed half a …
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Health agencies, providers, and other groups tasked with the herculean effort to vaccinate the public against Covid-19 are readying for the next phase of the endeavor: boosters. But they’re also …
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Do most Americans already need Covid-19 booster shots, or at least will they soon? Those questions have been hotly debated in the public square over the past few weeks. But …
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Can prosthetic limbs feel real? Is the FDA softening under pressure? And are Rice Krispies Treats admissible in court? We cover all that and more this week on “The Readout …
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Could this be the return of the “Mozart effect”? In 1993, researchers reported that after college students listened to a particular Mozart piano sonata for 10 minutes, they showed better …
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America is suffering from a serious case of vaccinopia: an inability to look beyond shots in arms when considering how to manage the pandemic. This was made clear by President …
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