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T uberculosis may not be a priority for most of the developed world right now, but that could change. “We're seeing dramatic increases in transient

N ewly powerful weight-loss drugs became the biggest story in health in the past year—and Dr. Jens Juul Holst, Dr. Joel Habener, Svetlana Mojsov, and Dr.

T hey met in the late 1990s at the copier between their labs at the University of Pennsylvania, and that chance meeting led to a history-making vaccine and a Nobel Prize for both.

I t's hard for a major pharmaceutical company to launch one successful novel drug on the market, but Dave Ricks, CEO of Eli Lilly, could potentially

D r. Stuart Orkin didn't set out to develop a historic treatment for sickle cell disease 45 years ago when he decided to study how blood cells formed.

T he U.S. health care system is based on a fee-for-service model that drives up costs across the board.

S ometimes all it takes is a cold email to start a revolution. Dr. Alex Oshmyansky, a radiologist who had become incensed by the runaway prices of

I n the pharmaceutical world, where ideas far outnumber marketable products, executives adhere to the motto of “fail often, and fail early,” with

In the wake of the pandemic, a new era emerges-marked by fresh discoveries, novel treatments, and global victories over disease. These are the most influential people in health in 2024

B ird flu, or avian influenza, can be deadly in birds but normally doesn't infect people. While some strains have caused serious disease and even death in humans, most cause relatively mild symptoms.