Surgeon General’s Report on Alcohol and Cancer Causes Market Shakeup
Ciara Linnane of MarketWatch reports that stocks of alcohol companies fell Friday after the U.S. Surgeon General's advisory linked alcohol to cancer risk. Dr....
The Future of Surgery: Robots That Learn From Watching Videos
Mark Johnson of The Washington Post reports that researchers from Johns Hopkins and Stanford have developed robots trained through videos to perform surgical tasks...
The Mysterious ALS Cluster in the French Alps: Is It Linked to Toxic Mushrooms?
Terence Monmaney of Popular Science reports that in Montchavin, a small French Alps village, a troubling cluster of 14 ALS cases was discovered, raising...
Scientists Accidentally Create “Perfect Bioweapon”
Morgan McFall-Johnsen of Business Insider reports that while creating "mirror life" microorganisms could be one of science's greatest breakthroughs, 38 scientists have raised alarms...
Thoughts to Text: Combining Man and Machine
Ashlee Vance of Bloomberg reports that Science Corp. is selling devices and software that make it easier for researchers to probe the mind, resulting...
Farm in New Mexico Secured Rare License to Grow Illegal Crops
Peter S. Goodman of The New York Times reports that after supply chain disruptions that made critical medicines scarce, a federal effort is underway...
America’s Largest IV Fluid Producer Warns of Shortages
Joseph Walker and Peter Loftus of The Wall Street Journal report that Baxter, America's largest producer of intravenous fluids, has told Mass General Brigham...
CVS: Maybe Soon You Could Pay for Therapy with ExtraBucks
CVS is testing a service that offers mental health counseling in stores around America. The drug store is not alone, as Walgreens and Walmart...
Incumbents Fight Back Against Amazon’s Rx Inroads
Amazon is trying to disrupt the pharmacy business, but the industry's incumbents aren't willing to simply assist Amazon in killing them off. Now a...
Is CVS Pioneering a Revolution in Dialysis?
It's not often a drug store/insurance company begins building its own medical devices. In fact, this may be a first. CVS is testing its...