The groundbreaking treatment is one of six gene therapies cleared since 2017 that have transformed the outlook for disorders once considered hopeless and also renewed questions about how the health care system can afford such breathtakingly expensive medicines.
The state where a baby is born determines what serious and rare disorders he or she will be screened for shortly after birth. It’s a patchwork of policies across the country that could have dire consequences. Some parents call it death by ZIP code.
The state where a baby is born determines what serious and rare disorders he or she will be screened for shortly after birth. It’s a patchwork of policies across the country that could have dire consequences. Some parents call it death by ZIP code.
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