Opinions & Features

A deadly strain of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, dubbed “nightmare bacteria” by the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), has struck again.

When President Obama unveiled his Precision Medicine Initiative, he declared a two-fold challenge.

Challenging Obamacare is sure to be one of the top priorities of the newly convened 2015 Congress.

Making predictions for the New Year may feel as productive as peering into a crystal ball. But in the life sciences, hard science and long experience back prognostication.

A real healthcare crisis has been in the works for the last half-century and it has nothing to do with the cost of healthcare, although you could argue it has something to do with the[...]

With White Knight Actavis standing in its corner, Allergan was able to outmaneuver Valeant Pharmaceuticals and Bill Ackman’s hedge fund, Pershing Square Capital, breaking a seven-month siege of the company.

The Allergan saga just became the stuff of George R.R. Martin novels.

Over the last 12 months, failures in the VA healthcare system have dominated reporting about the Veterans Administration.

This has been an attention-grabbing week for Ebola in America.

Ebola has evoked our worst nightmares as it continues to outrun containment efforts.