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Health

Why millions are trying FDA-authorized alternatives to Big Pharma’s weight loss drugs

By Arthur Allen/KFF Health News

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Deep Space

How will astronauts handle expired drugs on Mars?

By Andrew Paul

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Technology

Your upcoming Walgreens prescription may be refilled by a machine

By Andrew Paul

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Health

Abortion bans are impeding access to ulcer, arthritis, and cancer medications

By Kate Baggaley

A pill bottle on a blue background spilling aspirin tabs.
Health

Millions of Americans take aspirin to prevent heart disease—but should they?

By Philip Kiefer

A pile of pills of various shapes and colors on an orange background. Some of these may be allergy medications.
Health

The right way to use seasonal allergy medications

By Kate Baggaley

Is it safe to take expired medication?
Science

Is it safe to take expired medication?

By Nicole Wetsman

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Health

E. coli isn’t always bad—it’s actually an unlikely research hero

By Erin Fennessy

A beach rock painted with the phrase vax and relax for the COVID-19 pandemic
Health

What does it take to convince people to get vaccinated?

By Matt Motta/The Conversation

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Health

The case for rethinking how we use cancer drugs

By Gunjan Sinha/Undark

Black and white photo of a patient getting a swine flu vaccine through a jet injector in 1976
Health

It might not always take years to develop vaccines

By Ula Chrobak

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Health

Remdesivir is the first FDA-approved COVID-19 treatment. Here’s what to know about it.

By Rachel Feltman

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Health

These are the best COVID-19 treatments right now

By Claire Maldarelli

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Health

President Trump’s COVID-19 treatment includes an experimental antibody cocktail

By Popular Science Team

A pregnant person in a straw hat and blue shirt
Health

How do we know if medicines are safe during pregnancies?

By Jyoti Madhusoodanan / Undark

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Health

The ‘inactive’ ingredients in your pills could harm you

By Yelena Ionova/The Conversation

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Health

All the pros—and cons—of convalescent plasma therapy for COVID-19

By Claire Maldarelli

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Health

The verdict on hydroxychloroquine is in

By Sara Chodosh and Claire Maldarelli

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Health

COVID-19 testing problems are all too familiar to Lyme disease patients

By Carrie Arnold

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Health

A study claiming hydroxychloroquine increased risk of death used dubious data

By Rachel Feltman