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Presidents Day is on Monday, and for many Americans it’s become synonymous with long weekend sales and big-ticket bargains. But the holiday wasn’t created for discounts and promotions. Its origins ...

In February, a pop-up science column, Annals of Inquiry, is appearing in place of Kyle Chayka’s column, Infinite Scroll. Chayka will return in March. Forty years ago, Bill Weiss, a student at Columbia ...

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Ed Silverman, a senior writer and Pharmalot columnist at STAT, has been covering the pharmaceutical industry for nearly three decades. He is also the author of the morning Pharmalittle newsletter and ...

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