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The telehealth boom has made one thing clear: The era of health care provided exclusively within the confines of a clinic or hospital is over. In the hopes of making …
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For many people with hearing loss, a normal conversation at a busy restaurant is the holy grail. “[Background noise] is the number one problem that needs to be solved,” said …
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Two years ago, Danielle Castillo decided to end her 13-year relationship with the pill. She had been using hormonal birth control since she was 17, and it often made her …
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Who is better at making and distributing Covid vaccines, the U.S. or the U.K.? What went wrong with IBM’s AI health care business? And what the heck is synthetic biology? …
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The Food and Drug Administration on Friday issued an emergency authorization for a new test to detect Covid-19 infections — one that stands apart from the hundreds already authorized. Unlike …
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On Wednesday, federal officials quietly opened up access to VaccineFinder, a site that allows the U.S. public to search nationwide for approved Covid-19 vaccine providers. On vaccinefinder.org, users can enter …
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In early May, a wing of Ohio State University’s Wexner Medical Center was eerily empty. The space had been cleared of patients as the pandemic raged. But it wasn’t going …
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Last January, Samuel Scarpino wasn’t sure what to make of Covid-19. The director of Northeastern University’s Emergent Epidemics Lab, he, along with every other epidemiologist in the world, was trying …
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Everyone working from home this year has figured out their own ways to stay focused. For Chris Lunt, it’s a squat red sphere he keeps on his desk, painted to …
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