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DIGITAL HEALTH


Finding
New Cures
in Old Drugs
By TIERNAN RAY

Scientists are using
A.I. to turn combina-
tions of existing drugs
into promising new
therapies. Can they
unclog Big Pharma’s
pipeline?

DIGITAL HEALTH


Death by a
Thousand
Clicks
By ERIK A FRY
and FRED SCHULTE

The U.S. government
claimed that electronic
health records would
lead to safer, cheaper
health care: 10 years
and $36 billion later,
the system is a mess.

About
Face
By MICHAL LEV-RAM

Facebook makes
billions helping adver-
tisers reach its users.
Now that strategy is
under fire. Fortune’s
inside look at an
impossible dilemma.

Racing in
the Streets
By CL AY CHANDLER

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Singapore’s Grab and
Indonesia’s Go-Jek
started out as scrappy
taxi ventures. Now
they’re expanding
services—and jockey-
ing to offer the top
“super-app” in South-
east Asia.
An A.I.-built
map tracks the
progression of CMT,
a neurodegener-
ative disease.
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