• Bipartisan lawmakers target addiction crisis by boosting non-opioid pain management. The Hill.
• Pfizer to offer all its drugs not-for-profit to 45 lower-income countries. The Guardian.
• Plastic packaging might be biodegradable after all, say German scientists. DW.
• The living coffin that transforms your body into compost. Positive News.
• Ban has prevented 2 million surprise medical bills so far, insurers say. Axios.
• Four new states will extend postpartum Medicaid coverage to 12 months. The 19th.
• ‘Mind blowing’ ancient settlements uncovered in the Amazon. Nature.

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