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Couple sitting on sofa in living room with snacks and soda, watching TV news about medicine, new drugs and treatment (Getty Images/EvgeniyShkolenko)

With TV drug ads, what you see is not necessarily what you get

Elisabeth Rosenthal
In this photo illustration, EpiPen, which dispenses epinephrine through an injection mechanism for people with severe allergies, is seen as the company that makes it Mylan Inc. has come under fire from consumers and lawmakers for the price that it is currently charging on August 16, 2016 in Hollywood, Florida. (Photo Illustration by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

The FTC is attacking drugmakers’ “patent thickets”

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A peek at Big Pharma’s playbook that leaves many Americans unable to afford their drugs

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A woman receives her Covid-19 vaccination booster jab at the Sir Ludwig Guttmann Health & Wellbeing Centre on November 10, 2021 in the Stratford area of London, England. (Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Did the U.S. jump the gun with the new omicron-targeted vaccines?

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Medical Bill (Getty Images/everydayplus)

The end of the COVID emergency could mean a huge loss of health insurance

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The Trump health care policies that deserve to stick around

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Coronavirus vaccine vials in hospital (Getty Images)

With demand far exceeding supply, it matters that people are jumping the vaccine line

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Close up view of a doctor wearing surgical mask and a face shield in a hospital COVID ward. (Getty Images)

It’s time to scare people about COVID

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Farmers being tested for COVID-19 (Coalition of Immokalee Workers)

When a coronavirus test is not a coronavirus test

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