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Rise of anti-science rhetoric has fundamentally changed the relationship between doctors and patients

When clinicians are hesitant to even raise the topic of vaccination, we inch toward a public-health landscape shaped not by science, but by noise.

By Krutika Kuppalli

Finally, some good news in health care

Nurses are fed up with too many shifts and too few staff. They're joining unions to improve their working conditions and patient care.

By Theresa Brown

When a doctor can’t heal his friends

When a doctor lost two close friends to diseases that couldn’t be treated, he learned to see suffering, compassion, and empathy in new ways.

By Venktesh Ramnath

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STAT+ | FDA drug center’s new acting director fits a pattern of risky, internal contradictions among agency leadership

The FDA is tightening evidence demands for some products while loosening them for others. Expert says growing contradictions reflect ideology, not science.

By Paul Knoepfler

We wrote the HHS review on treatment for minors with gender dysphoria. We hope our critics actually read our report

Authors of a new HHS report on medical treatment for kids and teens with gender dysphoria argue that their work aligns with growing international consensus.

By Evgenia Abbruzzese, Alex Byrne, Farr Curlin, Moti Gorin, Kristopher Kaliebe, Michael K. Laidlaw, Kathleen McDeavitt, Leor Sapir, and Yuan Zhang

Now is the time to launch mpox vaccine booster trials

It's unclear how long the two-dose Jynneos vaccine for mpox offers protection. With cases of mpox clade I in the U.S., we need answers.

By Joseph Osmundson and Miguel I. Paredes

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The revolution in dementia care is just beginning

Jason Karlawish on how diagnostics and treatment for Alzheimer’s and other causes of dementia are changing completely.

By Torie Bosch

It’s past time to update the rules intended to slow the FDA’s revolving door

Current post-employment rules fail to prevent the appearance (and too often the reality) of regulatory capture, especially with the FDA.

By Lee Rosebush and Marc Wagner

Why comparing the U.S. vaccine schedule to European countries’ is a red herring

CDC vaccine advisory committee, Trump want to ‘align’ U.S. childhood vaccine schedule with other countries. That’s misguided, writes expert.

By Richard Hughes IV

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My continuous glucose monitor graphs my life — but misses the big picture

A continuous glucose monitor should be able to capture the reason behind an unusual reading.

By Mark E. Paull

I’m a CVS pharmacist. My retail pharmacy colleagues and I face a crisis

What happens when pharmacists are expected to perform at the same level while the workplace condition deteriorates?

By Chris Eggeman