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The Cancer Moonshot could give us miraculous new cures–but what good is it if patients can’t pay the bus fare to get treatment?

In February, President Biden reignited his Cancer Moonshot with two visionary goals: To cut the death rate from cancer by at least 50% over the next 25 years,...

Facing bigotry, Black mothers are more likely to reject doctors’ advice and seek health care information elsewhere

The long history of racism and sexism in health care has given mothers of color good reason to be wary of medical institutions and practitioners. These women continue...

Why the underestimated economic burden of rare diseases could be costing the U.S. trillions of dollars

Rare diseases have gained more attention in recent years, perhaps in part due to the high price tags often associated with approved therapies. But the cost of rare...

Opinion | The Agency Keeping Alzheimer’s Drugs From Patients

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services refuses to approve breakthrough drugs. Source link

Opinion | Immortality Isn’t All It’s Cracked Up to Be

Nanobots may let us live forever, but it’ll feel like forever too. Source link

Opinion | Team Biden Looks for an Excuse to Impose Price Controls

A new working group has been tasked with redefining the Bayh-Dole Act’s march-in rights. Source link

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Bankrupt crypto lender Genesis gets OK to return billions in tokens and cash to creditors, meaning parent firm DCG ‘is out of the money’

Bankrupt crypto lender Genesis Global Capital won court approval of its plan to distribute billions of dollars in digital assets and cash to...

Aging while exercising? Great. Just be sure to reevaluate your routine.

Jane Fonda, at 86, is not quite doing her eponymous ’80s workout anymore. But it doesn’t mean she’s stopped exercising. “Slow—you’ll find out...

An oil tanker going from Russia to China is hit by a Houthi missile in the Red Sea, U.S. military says

A China-bound oil tanker in the Red Sea was struck and temporarily disabled by a ballistic anti-ship missile fired by Houthi militants, the...

Some NYU students being disciplined for protests must reflect on a ‘Simpsons’ episode: ‘What, if anything, could Lisa have done or thought about to...

Would Lisa Simpson set up a tent at New York University to protest the war in Gaza? How would Principal Skinner respond if...

Rudy Giuliani was served an indictment in Arizona’s fake elector case as he was walking to the car after his 80th birthday celebration

Arizona’s attorney general says former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani has been served an indictment in the state’s fake elector case alongside 17 other defendants for his...