Liz Szabo | MDedge

Pandemic poses short- and long-term risks to babies, especially boys

Publish date: December 22, 2021

For fetuses exposed to COVID, the greatest danger is usually not the coronavirus itself, but the mother’s immune system.

Publish date: November 1, 2018

Medical treatments targeting the DNA in tumor cells are celebrated, but insurers often won’t cover the skyrocketing cost.

Publish date: March 1, 2018

Nearly 1 in 3 Medicare patients undergo an operation in their final year of life.

Publish date: October 17, 2017

Although Kymriah’s price tag has “shattered oncology drug-pricing norms,” Dr. Saltz said “the sticker price is just the starting point.”

Publish date: August 23, 2017

Novartis hasn’t announced a price for CTL019, but British health authorities have said a price of $649,000 for a one-time treatment would be...

Publish date: June 2, 2017

Less and less of the research presented at a prominent cancer conference is supported by the National Institutes of Health, a development that...