STAT Plus: Indivior CEO pleads guilty in connection with a scheme to promote Suboxone
The chief executive of Indivior pleaded guilty to misbranding Suboxone Film, a medicine used to…
Month: June 2020
Study reveals magnetic process that can lead to more energy-efficient memory in computers
Researchers have made an important advance that could lead to more energy efficient magnetic memory…
Microscope allows gentle, continuous imaging of light-sensitive corals
Many corals are sensitive to bright light, so capturing their dynamics with traditional microscopes is…
Removing toxic chemicals from water: New environmentally-friendly method
Researchers have developed a new environmentally friendly method for removing toxic chemicals from water. A…
Chemist adds details of ‘cold collisions of hot molecules’ to theories of molecular interactions
When two cars collide at an intersection — from opposite directions — the impact is…
New Zealand’s ancient monster penguins had northern hemisphere doppelgangers
New Zealand’s monster penguins that lived 62 million years ago had doppelgangers in Japan, the…
Next-generation sequencing to provide precision medicine for rare metabolic disorders
Advances in next-generation-sequencing technology that allow researchers to look at billions of pieces of genetic…
Abortion: US Supreme Court strikes down Louisiana’s restrictive law
Widespread efforts by Republican leaning US states to limit abortion by requiring providers to meet…
STAT Plus: Canadian court upholds most of a controversial new rule for controlling excessive drug prices
In a setback to the pharmaceutical industry, a federal court judge in Canada has dismissed…
NASA’s TESS delivers new insights into an ultrahot world
KELT-9 b is one of the hottest planets known. New measurements from NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet…
To find giant black holes, start with Jupiter
On a quest to find the Universe’s largest black holes, researchers identify the center of…
Light drinking may protect brain function
Light to moderate drinking may preserve brain function in older age, according to a new…
New genomic atlas of the developing human brain
Researchers have created a comprehensive region-specific atlas of the regulatory regions of the genome linked…
Life-hack: Rituals spell anxiety relief
Researchers are examining the important roles rituals play in reducing our anxiety levels. Read Original…
U.S. could see 100,000 new Covid-19 cases per day, Fauci says
The United States may soon record as many as 100,000 new cases of Covid-19 a…
Non-memory led dementias: care in the time of covid-19
Carter raises concerns about the vulnerability of people living in care homes, including those with…
Opinion: Regeneron wasn’t making ‘kickbacks.’ It was helping people pay egregious Medicare copays
Last Wednesday, the Department of Justice filed suit against Regeneron for paying ” tens of…
STAT Plus: After years of feuds, Vertex and the U.K. government reach a deal over cystic fibrosis medicines
U.K. officials and Vertex Pharmaceuticals (VRTX) have finally put to rest a years-long battle over…
Nearly half of physicians expect to be working under capacity for at least a year, RCP survey finds
Almost half of physician specialists expect to be working at less than pre-covid-19 levels for…
Lab-grown ‘mini-brains’ suggest COVID-19 virus can infect human brain cells
Researchers have found that organoids known as ‘mini-brains’ can be infected by the SARS-CoV-2 virus…
STAT+ Conversations: The state of the pharmaceutical industry, featuring Pharmalot’s Ed Silverman
Editor’s note: A livestream of this conversation will be embedded below at 1 p.m. ET. …
Covid-19: Leicester placed under lockdown after spike in cases and hospital admissions
Leicester, a city in England’s East Midlands, has been placed under local lockdown measures because…
Twin epidemics of covid-19 and non-communicable disease
The exclusive focus of political, regulatory, health service, and public health agencies on covid-19 has…
How should surgeons obtain consent during the covid-19 pandemic?
The 70 year old patient has been waiting months for his elective surgery. A few…
Drug misuse rose 30% in past decade and covid-19 could worsen situation, UN report warns
The number of people using illegal drugs globally has risen by 30% over the past…
Study Of Tweets Shows Clear Political Divide On The Perception Of COVID-19
A new study finds that political consensus was lacking among Congressmen during the onset of…
Promising therapy for cardiac regeneration
New research gives information in order to understand safety, efficacy and mechanisms of action of…
Plastic recycling from Europe is being dumped in Asian waters
New research has for the first time quantified the volume of plastic from European countries…
A vaccine targeting aged cells mitigates metabolic disorders in obese mice
Researchers developed a novel vaccine that removes senescent T cells from adipose tissues. They showed…
Covid-19 and the future of mental health in primary care
The spread of covid-19 has had a profound effect on the global economy, and the…
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bmj;369/jun30_8/m2597/FAF1faAfter house jobs, Jennifer Mary Olliff worked at the Bristol Eye Hospital. She might have…
Shree Vishna Rasiah
bmj;369/jun30_7/m2598/FAF1faShree Vishna Rasiah (known as Vish to friends, family, and colleagues) was a well respected…
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bmj;369/jun30_6/m2592/FAF1faHirji S Adenwalla was the world’s longest serving cleft lip and palate surgeon. He worked…
Inovio claims positive results on Covid-19 vaccine but critical data are missing
Inovio Pharmaceuticals on Tuesday said that its investigational Covid-19 vaccine had “positive” results in a…
STAT Plus: Pharmalittle: FDA to issue guidance on Covid-19 vaccines; what remesdivir pricing may really mean
Top of the morning to you, and a fine one it is. A shiny sun…
A cosmic mystery: ESO telescope captures the disappearance of a massive star
Astronomers have discovered the absence of an unstable massive star in a dwarf galaxy. Scientists…
Could your computer please be more polite? Thank you
In a tense time when a pandemic rages, politicians wrangle for votes and protesters demand…
Major new paleoclimatology study shows global warming has upended 6,500 years of cooling
Over the past 150 years, global warming has more than undone the global cooling that…
Helen Salisbury: Normal service will be resumed—but not yet
The health service is slowly returning to normal, after adapting rapidly and radically to meet…
Partha Kar: To tackle racism, the NHS needs policies with teeth
I had to read through the email a few times to digest what a consultant…
Covid-19: Admit ethnic minority pregnant women to hospital earlier, says NHS England
Pregnant women from ethnic minority backgrounds who display covid-19 symptoms should have a lower threshold…
Respiratory failure and non-invasive respiratory support during the covid-19 pandemic: an update for re-deployed hospital doctors and primary care physicians
What you need to knowMost patients who become seriously unwell with covid-19 do so primarily…
Covid-19: Delays in attending emergency departments may have contributed to deaths of nine children
Delays in going to the emergency department because of the coronavirus pandemic lockdown may have…
Opinion: To make progress against Covid-19, processes must serve people, not a ‘labyrinth of bureaucratic rules’
By sheer necessity, the Covid-19 pandemic has united health care systems around the common purpose…
Opinion: Learning from Taiwan about responding to Covid-19 — and using electronic health records
Covid-19 is not an evenly distributed pandemic. The United States is an outlier — and…
A new FDA tool aims to inform cancer care, but experts say it has a glaring gap
A new Food and Drug Administration platform gives cancer patients and physicians a way to…
STAT Plus: The biotech scorecard for the third quarter: 14 stock-moving events to watch
Here is STAT’s Biotech Scorecard, our regular ledger of stock-moving biotech events, for the third…
Lungs Of Asymptomatic People Also Damaged By Coronavirus
The coronavirus has been found to damage the lungs of asymptomatic patients. Read Original Article:…
16-Year-Old COVID-19 Patient On Ventilator At Huntsville Hospital
No one is spared by the coronavirus, not even teens and kids. This is what…