Rx/Medicines

The U.S. FDA has approved Palforzia, a drug that treats peanut allergies by exposing patients to slowing increasing amounts of peanuts.

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A former sales rep recounts the tactics Big Pharma used to convince doctors to prescribe opioids in greater and greater numbers.

The first large-scale study of a polypill showed the cheap, once-daily medication was able to prevent cardiovascular disease.

Scientists found a less intensive, more effective cure against the most dangerous strain of tuberculosis, which infects 10 million every year.

The first trial of a chlamydia vaccine in humans delivered promising results, with researchers already looking forward to the next steps.