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Pediatric neurologist Ai Sakonju explains a new treatment for babies born with spinal muscular atrophy. Christina Hyde talks about improving access and affordability of prescription medications. Maxillofacial prosthodontist Arthur Bigsby discusses cleft lip and palate repair.

Diabetes researchers Paula Trief and Dr. Ruth Weinstock share a study about medication adherence. Surgeon Mashaal Dhir tells about hepatic artery pump infusion therapy. Medical student Amelia Gabor shares her experience with Syracuse University's InclusiveU.

U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) is promoting legislation she hopes will get the cost of prescription drugs under control. At a stop in Syracuse…

The Upstate New York Poison Center didn’t get more calls than usual during 2020. But the pandemic did lead to some changes in the kinds of calls, as well…

Amazon launches an online pharmacy, sending shares of CVS, Walgreens and Rite Aid tumbling. Amazon has pushed to compete with Walmart and major pharmacy chains that have long offered home delivery.

President Trump promised to end America's opioid crisis. On his watch overdose deaths flattened in 2018 then surged again to record levels.

Mail-order prescriptions are another victim of recent changes to post office operations around the country. For some people, getting your mail on time could be a matter of life or death.

Experts say it could be dangerous to rely on overseas production of medicine in a crisis, but the U.S. largely does. Rebuilding domestic capacity would take years and substantial investments.

Insurers have begun easing restrictions on refills of some prescription drugs, in light of coronavirus. Still, co-pays for stocking up on that bigger supply can be prohibitive, say consumer advocates.

Nearly 1 in 4 Americans has trouble affording prescription drugs, according to a Kaiser Family Foundation poll. Over the past decade, high prices of several medicines have become flashpoints.