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  1. Health & Medicine

    A next-gen pain drug shows promise, but chronic sufferers need more options

    A new painkiller nearing approval called suzetrigine may prove to be an opioid alternative. But for many with chronic pain, treatment must go beyond pills.

    By Cassandra Willyard
  2. Health & Medicine

    A newly approved ‘living drug’ could save more cancer patients’ lives

    Tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte, or TIL, therapy is the first T cell treatment for solid tumors. It fights melanoma and maybe other cancers too.

    By Meghan Rosen
  3. Animals

    A frog’s story of surviving a fungal pandemic offers hope for other species

    Evolving immunity to the Bd fungus and a reintroduction project saved a California frog.