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Success of COVID-19 Vaccines Reveals Killer Flaws in Big Pharma’s Vaccine Market

“The pandemic has illustrated both political and market failures in vaccine development,” says Professor Lisa Ouellette, an intellectual property and innovation law expert at Stanford Law School. “Current COVID-19 vaccine prices are rewarding developers with only a fraction of their social value.”
By Deena Mousa

A Cancer Vaccine Is In Development By COVID-19 Vaccine Maker, Using The Same Tech

In principle, mRNA can be applied for many immune system-related illnesses.
By Sissi Cao

Artificial Intelligence Is Predicting Future COVID-19 Strains, Developing Treatments

Researchers across the country are trying to beat the clock and find treatments for new COVID-19 strains before they go global.
By Andy Hirschfeld

Why Prince William and Kate Might Get the COVID-19 Vaccine on Camera

By Morgan Halberg

COVID-19 Vaccine’s Key Week: Pfizer Success and a Massive White House Mistake

By Jordan Zakarin

Breakthrough COVID-19 Discovery Offers Hope For a Lower Death Rate

By Sissi Cao
A surgeon and his team perform surgery

How ‘Right to Try’ Laws Fail Patients Who Need Experimental Medicine

By Peter Pitts
According to the FDA, more than 282 warning letters have been sent to pharmaceutical companies related to manufacturing problems since 2015.

Contaminated Generic Drugs Reveal an Urgent Public Health Crisis

By Peter Pitts
Modern medicine's approach is outdated.

The Future of Medicine Is Here and It’s Personalized

By Kristy Rao
What's this kitty up to?

Harvard Awarded Ig Nobel Prizes to 10 Very Weird Scientific Studies—Like Liquid Cats

By John Bonazzo
With all these ‘test-tube babies’ grown up, how have our reactions to the technology evolved?

Will CRISPR Fears Fade With Familiarity?

By Patricia Stapleton
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) walks to a meeting in the U.S. Capitol July 25, 2017 in Washington, DC.

Why State-Level Single-Payer Health Care Efforts Are Doomed

By Simon Haeder
we all pay a tremendous price: a loss of personal freedom and better health.

Health Care’s Broken: Allow the Free Market to Fix It

By Per Bylund
Individuals like Debbie Purdy may be wheelchair bound as a result of autoimmune diseases like MS

One Doctor May Hold the Cure to Autoimmune Diseases

By Alec M. Beresin
Childhood trauma can have an impact across generations.

How Childhood Trauma Can Affect Mental and Physical Health Into Adulthood

By Shanta R. Dube
A doctor protests during a rally outside of San Francisco General Hospital.

The Economic Impact of Insuring People With Pre-Existing Conditions

By Dan Munro
A research specialist tests body fluids searching for evidence of the Zika virus on June 28, 2016.

Scott Gottlieb for FDA Is a Big Win for Science

By John Crowley
The exam consists of two simple components.

Doctor’s Orders: Here’s What to Expect During a Prostate Exam

By David B. Samadi
Medicine

How to Avoid Antibiotic Abuse—Because Z-Pak Mania Is Real

By Chelsea Vincent
Time can march backwards.

How to Age Backward

By Marc Siegel
Surgeon General of the United States Dr. Vivek Murthy speaks on the epidemic of prescription drug addition in Atlanta, Georgia.

Can Medical Marijuana Help Break America’s Opioid Habit?

By Faisal Ansari
Aubrey Marcus, founder of Austin-based company Onnit

Explore Philosophical Musings with Comedian Duncan Trussel’s Podcast

By Matt Shook

Doctor’s Orders: Have the Balls to Visit a Urologist

By David B. Samadi
Garlic-Marinated Tempeh (Photo by Deb Lindsey for the Washington Post).

Doctor’s Order’s: Know the Risks and Rewards of Soy

By David B. Samadi
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