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What's really needed to reduce racial disparities in cancer treatment

August 23, 2024
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Opinion: Doing more cancer screening won't reduce Black-white health disparities

While the desire to decrease health disparities is laudable, more cancer screening cannot accomplish that goal.

By Adewole Adamson, Vishal Patel, and H. Gilbert Welch


Takeaways from the DNC on the health care fights ahead

The convention showed the health issues Harris and Walz care most about. The Republican counterattacks are already starting.

By Sarah Owermohle


STAT+ | Gene therapy pioneer Jim Wilson believes he can commercialize rare-disease drugs in a tough climate

As other firms are 'walking away, we can lean into this,' Wilson tells STAT, discussing launch of Gemma Biotherapeutics and Franklin Biolabs

By Jonathan Wosen



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Columbia medical school gets $400 million gift to fund long-shot basic research

Former Merck chair and CEO Roy Vagelos and his wife, Diana, have donated total of $900 million to Columbia

By Usha Lee McFarling


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