Trump Administration to Review Human Fetal Tissue ResearchSeptember 26, 2018 |
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in Washington, D.C., which funds much of the nation’s biomedical research, has launched a “comprehensive review” of human fetal tissue research, to ensure that it’s complying with laws and regulations
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HIV Drugs Cost $75 in Africa, $39,000 in the U.S. Does It Matter?September 19, 2018 |
In the United States, pharmaceutical companies have built a system which supports high costs for HIV drugs. But that may be starting to change
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With Embryo Base Editing, China Gets Another CRISPR FirstAugust 22, 2018 |
Scientists in the US may be out in front developing the next generation of CRISPR-based genetic tools, but it’s China that’s pushing those techniques toward human therapies the fastest
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What Can Cuba Teach Us About Resiliency?July 20, 2018 |
Our Peter Young traveled to Cuba. He reflects on the resilience he witnessed on his trip and parallels with the US healthcare system
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The complexity of the system comes with costs that aren’t obvious but that we all pay
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Envisioning Civic Palliative CareJuly 17, 2018 |
Dying cannot be understood properly, or responded to well, without recourse to the connections between the dying experience and the larger social structures that make up a social and civic community
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Americans Are Having Fewer Babies. They Told Us Why.July 5, 2018 |
Women have more options, for one. But a new poll also shows that financial insecurity is altering a generation’s choices
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China is making a bid to use its Ebola vaccine in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It’s a move that could further complicate efforts to test a crowded field of vaccines and therapies in the context of a waning outbreak
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