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STAT+: Lilly CEO concedes Twitter flap over insulin costs shows there's 'more work to do'

By Ed Silverman

Adobe

After a fake tweet claimed Lilly would give insulin away for free, the drugmaker' CEO acknowledged the need to expand access.

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After decades of setbacks, scientists make strides toward the holy grail of male birth control

By Eleanor Cummins

Maria Fabrizio for STAT

Researchers aim to usher in a new vision of what feminist bioethicist Lisa Campo-Engelstein has called "contraceptive justice."

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Fentanyl isn't just causing overdoses. It's making it harder to start addiction treatment

By Lev Facher

Elise Amendola/AP

The synthetic opioid appears more likely to cause severe withdrawal symptoms for patients put on buprenorphine for treatment.

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The scientist behind Pfizer's Covid vaccine says a flu pandemic is only a matter of time

By Olivia Goldhill

Vaccine researcher Kathrin Jansen says a flu pandemic is inevitable: "The question is, does it come tomorrow or 50 years from now?"

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WHO, Uganda plan to test three candidate Ebola vaccines in outbreak

By Helen Branswell

Luke Dray/Getty Images

The first doses of vaccine should arrive in Uganda next week, though the WHO has not yet indicated a start date for the trial.

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Wednesday, November 16, 2022

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