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Catherine Sweeney was one of the reporters in the witness room during the attempted execution of Christa Pike in Tennessee. The journalists knew that a recent execution hadn’t gone according to plan and that Pike’s lawyers had predicted failure because of a health condition. They’d even asked for her to be hanged instead.

What science says so far about which cancers can be beat by vaccines — and which will require more creative approaches.

Tests like full-body scans marketed directly to consumers are pitched as a way to detect diseases early and establish a baseline of health markers. But there are financial, physical, and psychological risks to all medical tests — and in some cases, not getting a test could be better for your health.

A closely watched cardiovascular drug from Novartis failed in a pivotal study, the company said Friday, a major blow to the firm.

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First, Mass General Brigham split with Dana-Farber. Now its Medicare Advantage plan is dropping the cancer hospital.

An organ transplant first, new details on ADA conference controversy, and more health news from Morning Rounds

“Is CDC now applying different standards to state data depending on who governs the state or what political party won an election?” ask former CDC officials.

The biggest barrier for a top schzophrenia treatment, Ionis' first approval for Alexander disease, and more biotech news

After the failure of an experimental drug for Angelman syndrome, experts cautioned that there is still reason to think similar experimental medicines can succeed.

In the months before killing her children, Lindsay Clancy repeatedly sought help for her deteriorating mental health.

RFK Jr.'s vaccine questions in Samoa, former Stanford president rebuts fraud allegations, and more health news from Morning Rounds