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The US Food and Drug Administration is taking steps to get new devices on the market sooner—and antibiotics may be next.
Amid controversy, the American Psychiatric Association has approved the fifth edition of its guidebook on mental disorders.
The National Institutes of Health reveals a controversial plan to regulate the funding of H5N1 research.
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