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Phoenix police are investigating the presumed rape of a hospitalized woman in a decade-long coma — sparked by her giving birth. (Reuters)
Sweden’s suspected Ebola case turned out to be a false alarm — but it remained unclear what caused the man’s Ebola-like symptoms. (Ars Technica)
Just as Celgene was agreeing to a merger with Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS), the company also quietly hiked the price of its blockbuster drug lenalidomide (Revlimid) by 3.5%. (Bloomberg)
BMS, along with Johns Hopkins University and the Rockefeller Foundation, must also face a $1-billion lawsuit over the notorious 1940s syphilis experiment in which Guatemalans were deliberately infected. (Reuters)
Eli Lilly is seeking to boost its cancer-drug presence, agreeing to pay $8 billion to acquire larotrectinib (Vitrakvi) maker Loxo Oncology. (CNBC)
You could set your calendar by it: not only do flu cases spike around the holidays, so do stories about them. Here is Fortune‘s take on the current flu season.
BGR presents a case study in how to spin “not enough evidence” into “nothing to worry about” — on the topic of screen time and adverse effects on kids.
What’s the absolute worst pain? The answers, from pain specialists surveyed by Gizmodo, may surprise you.
Woman tells CBS News that her diabetic son died because he couldn’t afford insulin.
Officials in Mississippi urged hunters to have their deer kills tested, after a second case of chronic wasting disease was confirmed. (WTVA)
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