Abstract: We propose a novel variational approach to automatically soft-segment medical images into a fixed number of classes. Our method combines fuzzy classification and active contours in a single ...

Elaine Chen covers biotech, co-writes The Readout newsletter, and co-hosts STAT’s weekly biotech podcast, The Readout Loud. You can reach Elaine on Signal at elaineywchen.70. SAN FRANCISCO — Richard ...

Bitwise’s Matt Hougan says that post-October liquidation stability, the passage of the CLARITY Act and steady equities must happen before crypto hits new highs. Crypto markets need to pass three ...

This article is the latest in the Health Affairs Forefront featured topic, “Health Policy at a Crossroads,” produced with the support of the Commonwealth Fund and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

After several months of running the direct-to-consumer “Soft Landing” campaign for its Exparel pain medication via TV, web and social media spots, Pacira BioSciences has taken the marketing initiative ...

Drugmakers plan to raise U.S. prices on at least 350 branded medications including vaccines against COVID, RSV and shingles and blockbuster cancer treatment Ibrance, even as the Trump administration ...

The costs of at least 350 drugs in the U.S. are expected to rise in 2026, according to a new analysis, despite many of the drugmakers pledging to offer more favorable prices under new Trump ...

In a major change to federal marijuana policy, President Donald Trump signed an executive order in December to classify marijuana as a less dangerous substance. On Dec. 18, the president ordered the ...

For more than 50 years, marijuana has been classified as a Schedule I drug, alongside drugs considered to have no accepted medical use, thanks to then-President Richard Nixon’s so-called War on Drugs.

Aaron Navarro is a CBS News digital reporter. He covered the 2024 elections and was previously an associate producer for the CBS News political unit in the 2021 and 2022 election cycles. Washington — ...

President Donald Trump announced Friday his administration has reached new agreements with some of the world’s largest drug manufacturers aimed at lowering prescription drug costs for Americans.

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump signed an executive order Dec. 18 to federally classify marijuana as a less dangerous substance, the biggest change for the drug since 1970 and an opportunity for ...