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• How Patent Extensions Keep Some Drug Costs High The Biden administration has a chance to help curb drug costs by naming a new patent office director, some experts say.
  Undark, June 2021
• A Teachers Union Shaped CDC School Guidance. Is That a Problem? The influence of the union has prompted debate over its role in scientific decision making.
  Undark, June 2021
• The COVID-19 Pseudoscience Suffocating Brazil How a cocktail of unproven drugs became Brazil's main COVID-19 strategy while cases and deaths soared.
  Undark, June 2021
• Revisiting the Pennsylvania 'She Doctor' Panic of 1869 When female students were allowed to attend a clinical lecture at Pennsylvania Hospital, chaos ensued among the men.
  Undark, June 2021
• 'Hidden Tongue-Ties' in Infants Have Scant Scientific Backing Some doctors blame common tongue anatomy for breastfeeding issues while the rate of corrective procedures is rising.
  Undark, May 2021
• Risk Expert Heidi J. Larson on Vaccine Hesitancy An expert in public attitudes toward vaccines discusses the varied reasons why some people remain ambivalent about them.
  Undark, May 2021
• Power Outages Are Increasing. Can Medical Equipment Users Adapt? Millions of Americans rely on electricity to power their medical equipment. What happens when the power goes out?
  Undark, May 2021
• America's Forgotten History of Supervised Opioid Injection Facilities that would allow people to openly use opioids are igniting controversy today, but were once widespread.
  Undark, April 2021
• An Unorthodox Allergy Clinic Seeks to Disrupt Medicine The SoCal Food Allergy Institute claims stunning results, but absent published research, some experts are skeptical.
  Undark, April 2021
• Pooled Testing Gets Smarter During the Pandemic Adding mathematics and AI to batch testing may lead to cheaper, faster tests, though not all experts are convinced.
  Undark, April 2021

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