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For Wild Animals, the Bird Flu Disaster Is Already Here
Scientists are concerned that the H5N1 virus could set off another human pandemic. But it is already putting species under pressure in the wild.
Read MoreSix Childhood Scourges We’ve Forgotten About, Thanks to Vaccines
Most Americans, including doctors, have no memory of the devastating diseases that routinely threatened children until the 1960s.
Read MoreRemoving a Splinter? Treating a Wart? If a Doctor Does It, It Can Be Billed as Surgery
Minor interventions are increasingly being rebranded and billed as surgery, for profit.
Read MoreMore Californians Are Freezing to Death. Experts Point to More Older Homeless People.
Hypothermia deaths have risen in California and across the nation. Experts point to the growing number of older, unsheltered homeless people as a key factor in the trend.
Read MoreSTAT+: For a leukemia that keeps returning, AbbVie drug may offer chance for a deep remission
Most patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia eventually relapse. A bispecific antibody drug may give them "another can to kick.
Read MoreSTAT+: Ionis blazed trails in genetic medicine. On the cusp of a major approval, can it also be a commercial success?
Ionis is expecting a FDA decision by Dec.
Read MoreHHMI’s move to diversify funding sparks debate about ‘biomedical elite’
HHMI will bar institutions that already have two or more beneficiaries of its Investigator Program from applying for funds to be awarded in 2027.
Read MoreOpinion: I have a rare form of ALS. I have to fight my insurance company every six months for a game-changing drug
Shelby Kinsey lives with a rare, fast-progressing form of ALS — but she has to spend her precious time fighting for insurance coverage of a drug that helps.
Read MoreOpinion: Inclusive immigration policies protect America’s health care
As a Syrian doctor practicing in the U.S., I worry a reinstated travel ban might threaten both my potential colleagues and American health.
Read MoreICICI Prudential launches ICICI Pru Wish to address women-specific health needs
New product provides critical illness coverage with fixed payouts, premium guarantees, and maternity-related options The post ICICI Prudential launches ICICI Pru Wish to address women-specific health
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