How US cardiologists addressed bias in a clinical algorithm - changing the predictive factor from race to location ~health medicine Article 2505 words 9 votes
Blood culture bottle shortage challenges US hospitals, labs ~health healthcare Article 836 words 13 votes
Raw milk easy to obtain despite bird flu warning, US FDA interstate ban ~food Article 1559 words 19 votes
Early tests of H5N1 prevalence in milk suggest US bird flu outbreak in cows is widespread ~health Article 1669 words 63 votes
The war on recovery: how the US is sabotaging its best tools to prevent deaths in the opioid epidemic ~health medicine Article 4140 words, published Mar 5 2024 17 votes
Niacin has long been a public health darling. But an excess could be bad for the heart, study suggests. ~health medicine Article 1023 words 15 votes
Scientists document first-ever transmitted Alzheimer’s cases, tied to no-longer-used medical procedure ~health medicine Article 1396 words 28 votes
How UnitedHealth’s US acquisition of a popular Medicare Advantage algorithm sparked internal dissent over denied care ~health Link 14 votes
Infectious disease applicants plummet, and US hospitals are scrambling ~health healthcare Article 1223 words 2 votes
US Federal law now requires distribution of complete healthcare records to patients in digital formats ~health medicine healthcare Article 1353 words 11 votes
Strong new evidence suggests a virus triggers multiple sclerosis ~science biology medicine Article 1295 words 12 votes
How blackouts, fires, and a pandemic are driving shortages of pipette tips — and hobbling science ~science Article 1722 words 5 votes
Eli Lilly says its monoclonal antibody cocktail is effective in treating Covid-19 ~health medicine Article 484 words 7 votes
Lab mice have a chill, and that may be messing up study results ~science biology medicine Article 608 words, published Apr 19 2016 2 votes
WHO warns millions of children at risk as Covid-19 pandemic disrupts routine vaccinations ~health Article 492 words 7 votes
New analysis recommends less reliance on ventilators to treat coronavirus patients ~health healthcare Article 1087 words, published Apr 21 2020 5 votes
Accidentally released data from clinical trial of Gilead’s remdesivir in China showed no significant benefit for coronavirus patients ~health medicine Article 970 words 5 votes
After 9/11, Americans gave up privacy for security. Will we make the same trade-off after COVID-19? ~tech privacy security Article 2040 words 21 votes
A plea from doctors in Italy: To avoid Covid-19 disaster, treat more patients at home ~health healthcare Article 922 words 6 votes
A spate of new class-action lawsuits threaten the CBD industry. Will they force Washington to act? ~health Link 4 votes
How an Alzheimer’s ‘cabal’ thwarted progress toward a cure ~science medicine Article 4295 words, published Jun 25 2019 9 votes
The debate over America’s drug-pricing system is built on myths ~health healthcare Article 1855 words 7 votes
Potential DNA damage from CRISPR has been ‘seriously underestimated,’ study finds ~science medicine Article 1066 words 7 votes