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(By Anna Gorman and Pauline Bartolone for Kaiser Health News) California grabbed the first opportunity to expand Medicaid and ran

Two patient deaths halt trial of Juno’s new approach to treating cancer

(By Damian Garde and Meghana Keshavan for STAT) In a major blow to a new approach to treating cancer, two patients

(By Sheila Kaplan for STAT) WASHINGTON — After arguing for months that certain medical tests led to patients being mistakenly told

(By Ike Swetlitz for STAT) The author of a study1 published Tuesday cautioned against the idea that transfusions of “young”

(By Shefali Luthra for Kaiser Health News published in partnership with STAT) As the abuse of prescription painkillers stubbornly persists

(by Pauline Bartolone for California Healthline) It wasn’t so long ago that health insurance horror stories fueled discussions around the

(By Sheila Kaplan for STAT) WASHINGTON — Has President-elect Donald Trump put a bull’s-eye on the Food and Drug Administration?

(By Ed Silverman for STAT) Side effects from medication are causing more older Americans to visit emergency rooms and leading

On Monday, the House of Representatives asked the Federal Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to temporarily suspend the

(By Ed Silverman for STAT) In a move that angered a key Senate lawmaker, Mylan Pharmaceuticals has declined to testify