Medicine

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An overly cautious FDA costs lives by not hastening vaccine authorization

Sally Pipes · December 4, 2020 8:13 pm

In this image provided by Duke University, lab research analyst Marshall Nichols does research relating to a new blood test on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2013, in Durham, N.C. Duke University researchers are developing a blood test to more easily tell when a respiratory illness is due to a virus and not a bacterial infection, hoping to cut the dangerous overuse of antibiotics and speed the right diagnosis. (AP Photo/Duke Medicine, Shawn Rocco)

First blood test that may help diagnose Alzheimer’s disease on sale in US and Europe

Anthony Leonardi · November 30, 2020 6:18 pm

Trump’s testing czar warns of ‘dangerous point’ in coronavirus pandemic

Mica Soellner · November 18, 2020 7:00 pm

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Springing for cancer

Rob Long · November 13, 2020 4:00 am

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Medals and memories

Trent Reedy · September 18, 2020 3:00 am

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, speaks about the coronavirus in the Rose Garden of the White House, Monday, March 30, 2020, in Washington.

Fauci undergoes surgery to remove polyp from vocal cord

Mike Brest · August 20, 2020 3:28 pm

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Hydroxychloroquine works in high-risk patients, and saying otherwise is dangerous

Harvey Risch · August 12, 2020 2:29 pm

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Why we’re still arguing about hydroxychloroquine

Jeremy Beaman · August 7, 2020 7:44 pm

Dr. Robin Armstrong holds a bottle of hydroxychloroquine while posing outside The Resort at Texas City nursing home, where he is the medical director. A new survey shows that the drug has become politicized.

Disconnect between FDA and doctors prescribing hydroxychloroquine

David Hogberg · August 3, 2020 7:27 pm

People queue up to buy face masks at a cosmetics shop in Hong Kong, Friday, Jan. 31, 2020.

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We must coexist with the virus, and Lockdown 2.0 does not constitute ‘existing’

Jeremy Beaman · July 27, 2020 6:58 pm

In this Dec.10, 2019 photo, Saudi King Salman chairs the 40th Gulf Cooperation Council Summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. King Salman has been admitted to a hospital in the capital, Riyadh, for medical tests due to inflammation of the gallbladder, the kingdomâs Royal Court said Monday in a statement carried by the official Saudi Press Agency.

Saudi Arabia says King Salman, 84, recovering from surgery after being hospitalized

Zach Halaschak · July 23, 2020 5:44 pm

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New study on higher virus presence actually offers good news

Jeremy Beaman · July 23, 2020 4:53 am