What to read around the web today

• Dissent splits authors of provocative transgenic mosquito study. Science
• Verbal autopsies used in push to better track global deaths. The Associated Press
• Report: DEA did too little to constrain opioid supply even as crisis escalated. STAT
• India pushes for alternatives to animals in biomedical research. Nature
• Novartis partners with Microsoft to use AI in drug development. STAT Plus