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  1. Opinion: Academic researchers who seek or receive funds from the cannabis industry should trigger an ethics scandal, as it has done for alcohol research, not a press release.

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  2. Pharma, insurers, and hospitals have been bickering in Washington over how to lower drug prices — but employers have stayed silent. That may be changing.

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  3. If the U.S. begins to see sustained human-to-human transmission, health officials may expand "social distancing" measures. But it comes at a cost.

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  4. Opinion: When does the risk become too much? Is the answer different for adult professionals versus school age children?

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  5. Opinion: There are few things in this world more squishy than Wonder Bread. Exception: Biogen’s answers to the question of when it will submit aducanumab to the FDA.

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  6. The administration unveiled a powerful new tool for states to rein in prescription drug spending. But there’s a catch: States can only wield their newfound power if they accept a cap on the federal funding they get for their program.

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  7. Watch: CEO Daniel O’Day says Gilead is in a ‘sweet spot.’ What’s next?

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  8. People showing no symptoms appear to be able to spread the novel coronavirus that has caused an outbreak in China.

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  9. Opinion: One may have thought China’s leaders had learned from their errors handling SARS. Unfortunately, history teaches us otherwise, and seems to be repeating itself again.

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  10. Opinion: The best scientists I know are driven to explore the unknown. For me, the unknown I am now focusing on is what cannabis can do for human health,

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  11. Artificial intelligence is not going to stop the new . But for the first time in a global outbreak, it is becoming a useful tool in efforts to monitor and respond to the crisis, according to health data specialists.

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  12. Top WHO official says it’s not too late to stop the new outbreak.

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  13. Feb 1

    Why don’t women biologists found biotech companies at the same rate as men?

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  14. Feb 1

    The FDA wants to know how Instagram influencers sway patient views on medicines

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  15. Feb 1

    ‘A Supercenter for health’: Walmart places a big bet on cheaper, less intimidating primary care. Read the story here:

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  16. Feb 1

    It’s the insulin, stupid: How drug pricing’s simplest case study became a top issue for 2020 Democrats. Read the story here:

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    Feb 1

    "There’s enough evidence to suggest that this virus can still be contained.”

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    Top emergency official tells it's not too late to contain -- virus might not be spreading as efficiently as feared, he says, and asymptomatic spread is not a big contributor via

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    .'s — who knows a lot more about infectious diseases than I do — thinks it's not too late to stop . Learned some interesting stuff talking to him today.

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  20. Feb 1

    A top WHO officials told STAT Saturday that "there's enough evidence" to suggest that the new "can still be contained."

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