Monday Links

The main effect of affirmative action: discrimination against Asians.

Trump announces in deals with nine companies to cut prices on drugs that treat Type 2 diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, hepatitis B and C, HIV and certain cancers.

Study: Most psychiatric disorders are not genetically separate diseases. Instead, they share a large amount of the same genetic risk, which clusters into a small number of underlying genetic “families.” 

Why health care needs AI: Since the turn of the century, hospital prices are up 271%; computer software is down 73.3%.

Why estimates of a declining fertility rate might be wrong.

A decade ago, about 40 artificial intelligence systems were approved for clinical use. Today, more than 1,200 are FDA-approved.