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The two big ways AI is changing health care

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For HHS, AI is an inside job

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A look back at abortion policy in 2023 and a look forward to 2024

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Fentanyl’s fatal year in review

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What the USPS is hiding about worker safety

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What Biden's new fair price drug policy means

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Congress’ health reform package: Where does it stand?

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The future of milestone opioid law

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How the coming mining boom could upend local health care

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Why Congress is deadlocked over PEPFAR

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Some drug patents in the Biden administration's crosshairs

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Who’s calling the shots on health care policy now?

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Dr. Google’s legislative test

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Repeal-and-replace redux

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Sickle cell gene-editing treatment poised for FDA approval

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Trump reignites Affordable Care Act battle

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The changing face of primary care

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China’s virus outbreak: Seasonal return or new threat?

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Medicare Advantage plans on the rise, and under scrutiny

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Organ transplant reforms stalled by lack of funding

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Why the forecast is cloudy for year-end health legislation

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A clear and present danger

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More infant RSV shots sent as winter nears

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U.K. approves world’s first gene-editing therapy

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Health policy fixes in flux without year-end omnibus spending bill

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Connecticut’s solution to covering pricey weight-loss drugs

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Will Florida be the exception for abortion-rights supporters?

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GOP seeks 95 percent cut to Trumps AIDS program

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Voters have their say on abortion restrictions

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2023 Milken Future of Health summit takeaways

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Finding a doula in New York just got easier

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CDC panel recommends changing infection-control guidelines

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Notable change in NY's approach to overdose prevention funding

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Transparency concerns at drug pricing patient sessions

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The ACA's open enrollment began this week: Here's what's new

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Coming to terms with AI’s future role in health care

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The future is here: AI in health care

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Abortion on the ballot: What the Ohio vote means

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Congress debates Biden’s nursing home staffing rules

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Bernie Sanders' failed fight to lower drug prices in 2023

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How CDC Director Mandy Cohen is kicking off a new era

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Why some states want more power over Medicare Advantage plans.

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Congress not acting on the opioid epidemic

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Why experts are criticizing FDA's approach to some neurological drugs

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Why and how CMS is 'reining in' Medicare Advantage ads

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How Bidens’ insurer transparency rules hinder shopping around

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House speaker chaos, or not …

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Biden’s NIH pick finally gets her confirmation hearing

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What's behind Rep. McCaul's anti-fentanyl push?

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Impact of Ohio’s vote on abortion rights

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Sorting fact from fiction about Europe’s view of gender-affirming care

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Hospitals targeted in Congress’ search for cost savings

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The tuberculosis spike in NYC

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Inside the Kaiser Permanente strike

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Medicare kicks off its drug price negotiations with patient input

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What you need to know about the stopgap spending bill

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Why a government program meant to save Medicare money actually spent a lot more

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Cancer care at a crossroads

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Why hasn’t the Biden administration acted on a Trump-era health rule?

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The American Medical Association’s growing rift with Republicans

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Unpaid hospitals bills pile up as Medicaid drops coverage

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The seismic shift in primary care

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Trump’s abortion flip-flop roils GOP primary

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Key lawmaker, experts debate health care system payment fairness

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Dr. YouTube

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Rebuilding trust is hard. Just ask Mandy Cohen.

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Biden goes after insurers on mental health parity

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George W. Bush’s personal push to save his PEPFAR legacy

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Three Obamacare co-ops survived. Here’s how it happened.

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Impact of life-threatening heat

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Drug costs, price transparency in focus of new house health care bill

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As Medicaid cuts loom, states brace for junk plan schemes

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Confronting the reality of personal medical debt

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PBM reform at a tipping point as Congress confronts drug pricing

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Abortion disputes threaten renewal of HIV/AIDS program

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Congress is back, and so is the threat of a government shutdown

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Politico scoop: The White House to name drugs for Medicare negotiations next week

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A high-deductible insurance debate in Congress: Who will benefit?

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Regulating drug marketing on social media: Can it be done?

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Malaria cases baffle experts

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A new tool in the tool box?

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Facing the next pandemic

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NYC school health clinics shutting down as care model evolves

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HHS seeks to toss drug pricing suit on IRA anniversary

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After Ohio vote, Dems eye Virginia

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Bipartisan support grows for psychedelic medicine, but hurdles remain

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The undoing of the biggest health care expansion since Obamacare

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Pregnancy accommodation rules spark abortion backlash

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Behind the drop in the reporting of medical device shortages

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Old congressional friends now at odds over Covid

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As Medicaid funds dry up, private insurer ups its political contributions

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Experts warn of potential fall covid surge as hospitalizations increase

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America’s maternity care deserts spread

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Congress faces a time crunch to pass critical health bills

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Medicaid unwinding may hobble the nation's opioid response

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Pending nursing home rules upset both advocates and industry

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CDC finds more tuberculous cases linked to bone grafts

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Mississippi’s cannabis conundrum: Too much weed, not enough need

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Biden cracking down on insurers who skimp on mental health care coverage

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GOP readies for spending fight for wins on abortion, trans care