Bay Area storms get wetter in a warming world
Researchers used supercomputers to run high-resolution climate simulations that show how historically-impactful storm events could…
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From seawater to drinking water, with the push of a button
Researchers created a portable desalination unit that can remove particles and salts simultaneously to generate…
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Neural pathway key to sensation of pleasant touch identified
Researchers have identified a specific neuropeptide and a neural circuit that transmit pleasant touch from…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: Investors reject proposals for Covid vaccine makers to share know-how; CMS head says Alzheimer’s drug decision is rare
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How to tackle inequitable access, vaccine hesitancy, and other barriers to achieve high vaccine uptake
World Immunisation Week is an opportune moment to reflect on the importance of vaccination as…
When I use a word . . . . Medical magic
Magic rootsThis week I went to the Royal College of Physicians in London for an…
Mental Health Issues In Kids Rose During Pandemic; Awareness And Use Of COVID Treatments Is Low
The following is a summary of some recent studies on COVID-19. Read Original Article: Mental…
Here’s How Much Sleep People In Middle, Old Age Should Have
Sleeping less or more than the optimal amount could be detrimental. Read Original Article: Here’s…
Putting economic policy in service of “health for all”
The work of the World Health Organization’s Council on the Economics of Health for All12…
Ukraine’s private clinics step into the breach of a targeted health system
As war spreads to new Ukrainian cities, access to basic medical services has been hampered,…
David Evan Hoffler
bmj;377/apr29_6/o1025/FAF1faDavid Evan Hoffler followed in his father’s footsteps to train at the London Hospital and…
Kenneth Sanders
bmj;377/apr29_5/o1034/FAF1faKenneth’s mother, Florrie Salinsky, completed only the first year of medical training but produced three…
George Dick Forwell
bmj;377/apr29_4/o1023/FAF1faAfter his house physician post, George Dick Forwell completed national service, performing physiological studies on…
Roger Llewellyn Meyrick
bmj;377/apr29_3/o1032/FAF1faRoger Llewellyn Meyrick joined his father, Francis Meyrick, in general practice in Catford shortly after…
Pradip K Datta
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John Noel Gleave Evans
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Opinion: CMS needs to include measures for social drivers of health
Every day, physicians encounter patients in their practices who show the toll of skipping meals…
Opinion: HHS needs to step up so CDC’s new guidelines won’t be ‘a bridge to nowhere’ for most Americans living with chronic pain
To update its controversial 2016 guidelines for how to treat the millions of Americans living…
Researchers test the power of machine learning to unravel long Covid’s mysteries
Long Covid, with its constellation of symptoms, is proving a challenging moving target for researchers…
STAT+: Startups are turning to a century-old technology to fuel a resurgence in neuro drug development
Biotechs are used to turning to genetics as guideposts in developing new medications. Now, a…
STAT+: Would drugmakers lower their insulin prices if Congress asks nicely?
WASHINGTON — After a yearslong, drawn-out debate over how to best lower patients’ prescription drug…
CDC reports first human H5 bird flu infection in U.S.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced late Thursday that a person in Colorado…
Okla. legislature approves bill banning abortions after 6 weeks of pregnancy – The Washington Post
Okla. legislature approves bill banning abortions after 6 weeks of pregnancy The Washington Post Read Original…
UN Catch-Up Dateline Geneva: Guterres’s justice call for Ukrainian horrors, Syria, Ebola and music to end child labour
In a week that’s seen the UN chief push for peace and justice in Ukraine…
News in Brief 28 April 2022
UN chief in Ukraine: war is ‘evil’ and unacceptable, calls for justice Lula trial in…
Tech needs girls, and girls need tech
More and more young women and girls are highlighting the importance of access and safety…
Justice must prevail over alleged Libya war crimes, ICC Prosecutor tells Security Council
Outlining a new four-pronged investigation strategy to the Security Council on Thursday, the prosecutor of…
Alternative Medicine and Human Nature – Ricochet.com
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STAT+: Medicare’s Brooks-LaSure expects restrictions on accelerated approval drugs, like those for Aduhelm, to be ‘very rare’
AUSTIN, Texas – Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, the head of Medicare, said on Thursday that the agency…
West Darfur: Health workers, children, among 200 killed in ‘senseless and brutal attacks’
Recent intercommunal violence in areas of West Darfur, Sudan, that has left scores dead, including…
STAT+: The revolving door swings again as Lupin hires an FDA official who oversaw problems at a key plant
The revolving door between the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the pharmaceutical industry turned…
STAT+: California fines an OptumRx pharmacy for jeopardizing patient health. Is that enough?
The California Board of Pharmacy fined OptumRx, one of the largest pharmacy benefit managers in…
Engineers get under the skin of ionic skin
In the quest to build smart skin that mimics the sensing capabilities of natural skin,…
Sampling the deep graveyard of Earth’s earliest crust
Scientists show that remnants of the roots of Earth’s first crust are still present in…
Lula trial in Brazil violated due process, says UN rights panel
The prosecution of Brazil’s former President, Luiz da Silva, violated his right to a fair…
Listen: How cancer-killing cell therapies work, biotech’s endless downturn, & an FDA conundrum
Can rewired cells cure some patients’ cancer? Do biotech stocks ever go up? And why’s…
Model pinpoints glaciers at risk of collapse due to climate change
Glaciologists focus on what happens at the front of glaciers that terminate in the ocean…
Incoming JAMA editor says the journal’s issues handling race are ‘not unique to JAMA’
In her most pointed public comments since her selection as JAMA editor-in-chief, Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo acknowledged…
Learn from the pandemic to strengthen workplace safety: UN labour agency
The COVID-19 pandemic has shown how effective dialogue between employers, workers and governments, is the…
Teladoc takes a hit with $6.6 billion impairment charge on Livongo
You’re reading the web edition of STAT Health Tech, our guide to how tech is…
FDA issues plan to ban menthol in cigarettes, cigars
WASHINGTON — The U.S. government on Thursday released its long-awaited plan to ban menthol cigarettes…
A prehistoric forest grows in Brunei
A new study of leaf fossils conducted in the nation of Brunei on the island…
UK-Rwanda migration plan fails to safeguard refugees’ medical care, say campaigners
An outcry has greeted the UK’s plan to tackle what it calls “illegal” migration by…
Risk factors for severe COVID-19 in hospitalized adults differ by age
A new study provides previously unknown answers about which hospitalized COVID-19 patients are most likely…
Climate change could spark the next pandemic, new study finds
As Earth’s climate continues to warm, researchers predict wild animals will be forced to relocate…
Moderna seeks to be first with Covid shots for children younger than 6
Moderna on Thursday asked U.S. regulators to authorize low doses of its Covid-19 vaccine for…
Guterres in Ukraine: War is ‘evil’ and unacceptable, calls for justice
UN Secretary-General António Guterres visited sites of suspected war crimes in Ukraine on Thursday, where…
STAT+: With new diabetes drug data, Eli Lilly is taking aim at obesity
Eli Lilly released new data Thursday showing that an injectable diabetes drug it is developing,…
Better measuring and reporting of adverse events are needed in back pain trials of non-drug interventions
Ho and colleagues’ review of psychological intervention for chronic low back pain shows that we…
Asylum seekers’ health suffers from “unsafe” UK accommodation, report claims
Accommodation provided to asylum seekers in the UK does not meet basic standards and is…