Biden's new cancer research initiative; No end to the mammography wars

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Susan Walsh/AP Biden announces an advanced cancer research initiative as part of the bipartisan 'moonshot' effort The initiative aims to help doctors more easily distinguish between cancer cells and healthy tissue during surgery and improve outcomes. By Associated Press Opinion: Why new guidelines recommending screening at 40 can't end the mammography wars Mammograms may be performed 40 million times each year in the U.S., but it remains one of the most deeply contested topics in medicine. By Asia Friedman STAT+ | Congress's PBM reforms won't end America's drug pricing woes. Here's what they would do Lawmakers are trying to rein in pharmacy middlemen — but none of their ideas will stop the dynamic that has incentivized higher drug prices. By Rachel Cohrs

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