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01 / EXPLORE THROUGH TIME

Timeline

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2026430 stories
FDA approves first in class targeted therapy for metastatic pancreatic cancer↗ fda.gov · HN · 74 comments · 286 points · Aug 26, 2026
Should DayQuil Be Legal?↗ theargumentmag.com · HN · 303 comments · 241 points · Jul 06, 2026
Hospitals and universities repurposing drugs at lower cost↗ kcl.ac.uk · HN · 184 comments · 341 points · Jun 18, 2026
New pancreatic cancer drug might open the door to much longer survival times↗ economist.com · HN · 163 comments · 443 points · Jun 13, 2026
Ozempic is changing the foods Americans buy↗ news.cornell.edu · HN · 950 comments · 472 points · Jan 12, 2026
2025681 stories
Thousands of U.S. farmers have Parkinson's. They blame a deadly pesticide↗ mlive.com · HN · 351 comments · 456 points · Dec 15, 2025
Novo Nordisk's Canadian Mistake↗ science.org · HN · 232 comments · 423 points · Oct 19, 2025
GLP-1s are breaking life insurance↗ glp1digest.com · HN · 620 comments · 441 points · Jul 13, 2025
We’re secretly winning the war on cancer↗ vox.com · HN · 218 comments · 459 points · Jun 08, 2025
Natural occurring molecule rivals Ozempic in weight loss, sidesteps side effects↗ medicalxpress.com · HN · 381 comments · 423 points · Mar 07, 2025
2024768 stories
How long til we're all on Ozempic?↗ asteriskmag.com · HN · 1584 comments · 461 points · Oct 11, 2024
FDA Authorizes First Over-the-Counter Hearing Aid Software↗ fda.gov · HN · 240 comments · 438 points · Sep 12, 2024
Taking my diabetes treatment into my own hands↗ martin.janiczek.cz · HN · 356 comments · 485 points · Jul 24, 2024
U.S. opens UnitedHealth antitrust probe↗ wsj.com · HN · 243 comments · 525 points · Feb 27, 2024
Big Pharma spends billions more on executives and stockholders than on R&D↗ arstechnica.com · HN · 268 comments · 503 points · Feb 17, 2024
2023676 stories
The Year of Ozempic↗ newyorker.com · HN · 130 comments · 60 points · Dec 29, 2023
Every major pharmacy chain giving government warrantless medical record access↗ techdirt.com · HN · 230 comments · 345 points · Dec 29, 2023
Amazon receives FDA warning letter for supplements with undeclared ingredients↗ fda.gov · HN · 411 comments · 495 points · Dec 28, 2023
Two pharmacists figured out that oral phenylephrine doesn't work↗ scientificamerican.com · HN · 326 comments · 297 points · Dec 21, 2023
FDA Approves First Nonprescription Daily Oral Contraceptive↗ fda.gov · HN · 24 comments · 61 points · Jul 13, 2023
2022516 stories
Documents reveal McKinsey's role increasing opioid sales until 2019↗ axios.com · HN · 168 comments · 354 points · Jul 03, 2022
EU Commission says it cannot find messages with Pfizer CEO↗ euobserver.com · HN · 193 comments · 282 points · Jun 29, 2022
FDA to order Juul e-cigarettes off U.S. market↗ wsj.com · HN · 717 comments · 418 points · Jun 22, 2022
Former employee blows whistle on baby formula production plant tied to outbreak↗ foodsafetynews.com · HN · 188 comments · 283 points · May 14, 2022
Last-resort cancer therapy holds back disease for more than a decade↗ nature.com · HN · 101 comments · 319 points · Feb 03, 2022
2021917 stories
The FDA wants you to be able to buy a hearing aid without a prescription↗ npr.org · HN · 448 comments · 744 points · Oct 19, 2021
McKinsey never told the FDA it was working for both the FDA and opioid makers↗ propublica.org · HN · 125 comments · 409 points · Oct 04, 2021
Biohackers take aim at big pharma’s stranglehold on insulin↗ freethink.com · HN · 372 comments · 454 points · Jun 28, 2021
US agencies call for pause in Johnson & Johnson vaccine↗ bbc.co.uk · HN · 1059 comments · 456 points · Apr 13, 2021
The Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company↗ costplusdrugs.com · HN · 807 comments · 1434 points · Jan 27, 2021
2020662 stories
Anti-diarrhoea drug drives cancer cells to cell death↗ aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de · HN · 99 comments · 355 points · Dec 23, 2020
$1 hearing aid could treat millions with hearing loss↗ sciencemag.org · HN · 191 comments · 633 points · Sep 24, 2020
We Made One Gram Of Remdesivir↗ acsh.org · HN · 229 comments · 709 points · Apr 05, 2020
Lyme disease bacteria eradicated by new drug in early tests↗ scopeblog.stanford.edu · HN · 178 comments · 816 points · Apr 02, 2020
Health-records software pushed opioids to doctors in secret deal with drugmaker↗ bloomberg.com · HN · 251 comments · 384 points · Jan 30, 2020
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02 / CATCH UP

The conversation now

Popular stories, with attention fading over roughly two weeks.

Frontier Labs Are Selling Garbage to Fools in Washington↗ deadneurons.substack.com · HN · 87 comments · 186 points · Sep 20, 2026
FDA approves first in class targeted therapy for metastatic pancreatic cancer↗ fda.gov · HN · 74 comments · 286 points · Aug 26, 2026
Launch HN: RonanRX (YC S26) – Personalized Peptides and GLP-1s↗ news.ycombinator.com · HN · 82 comments · 119 points · Sep 02, 2026
Americans Are About to Lose Access to Prescriptions from Canada↗ wsj.com · HN · 1 comments · 27 points · Sep 23, 2026
My Health Insurance Denied My Cancer Treatment. I Emailed the CEO↗ vanityfair.com · HN · 25 comments · 48 points · Sep 14, 2026

03 / GO DEEPER

Follow your curiosity

Find a particular story, revisit a year, or see what resonated.

Highest rated · the last 30 days

Frontier Labs Are Selling Garbage to Fools in Washington↗ deadneurons.substack.com · HN · 87 comments · 186 points · Sep 20, 2026
Launch HN: RonanRX (YC S26) – Personalized Peptides and GLP-1s↗ news.ycombinator.com · HN · 82 comments · 119 points · Sep 02, 2026
My Health Insurance Denied My Cancer Treatment. I Emailed the CEO↗ vanityfair.com · HN · 25 comments · 48 points · Sep 14, 2026
Tell HN: An inside view of Montana's new biotech law↗ news.ycombinator.com · HN · 26 comments · 34 points · Sep 16, 2026
Americans Are About to Lose Access to Prescriptions from Canada↗ wsj.com · HN · 1 comments · 27 points · Sep 23, 2026
An 'Exercise Pill' Just Cleared Its First Human Test↗ gizmodo.com · HN · 5 comments · 8 points · Sep 04, 2026
Federal watchdog accuses Humana, UnitedHealthcare of upcoding↗ healthcaredive.com · HN · 0 comments · 7 points · Sep 19, 2026
Vial contains a new drug called PAC-3310↗ twitter.com · HN · 1 comments · 7 points · Sep 09, 2026
AI uncovers hidden Ozempic side effects across 400k Reddit posts↗ sciencedaily.com · HN · 1 comments · 6 points · Sep 18, 2026
Novo Nordisk's Wegovy helps free 40% of kids from obesity in phase 3 trial↗ fiercepharma.com · HN · 2 comments · 6 points · Sep 09, 2026

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