Research
Disruptive, disappointing, chaotic: Shutdown upends scientific research | The Washington Post
Some scientists say that the government shutdown could get in the way of important research, including projects conducted by the National Science Foundation.
Pharmaceuticals
How PhRMA finally lost: the inside story of the group's biggest lobbying failure in years | Stat
The drug industry's trade group spent much of the last year trying to fight the requirement to pay more into Medicare.
Public health
In rehab, 'two warring factions': abstinence vs. medication | The New York Times
Some people think using drugs to wean off drugs is bad, while addiction experts say medication-assisted treatment is necessary and scientifically backed.
In other news
NASA provides first image from record-setting flyby of Ultima Thule | CNN
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft just flew by the farthest object ever reached by a human-made spacecraft. The object, Ultima Thule, is in the Kuiper Belt and is a billion miles farther away than Pluto.
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