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A teddy bear sits in a therapy chair in front of a child suffering from spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). (Sebastian Gollnow/picture alliance via Getty Images)

What a $2 million per dose gene therapy reveals about drug pricing

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Meliandou, Guinea. (Jane Hahn for the Washington Post via Getty Images)

The next deadly pandemic is just a forest clearing away — but we’re not even trying to prevent it

Caroline Chen, Irena Hwang, Al Shaw, Lisa Song, Robin Fields
Enteroviruses, a group of RNA-viruses of the Picornaviridae family including Echo-viruses, Coxsackie-viruses, Rhino-viruses, Polio-virus and other (Getty Images/Dr_Microbe)

“Reactive strategy”: How polio crept back into the U.S.

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Here’s one issue blue and red states agree on: preventing deaths of expectant and new mothers

Nina Martin, Robin Fields
(Lars Klove for ProPublica)

9 ideas to make Tylenol and other acetaminophens safer

Stephen Engelberg, Robin Fields