New agreement promotes drug-free sport, supports public health
The UN health agency, WHO, and the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) have boosted their support…
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World News in Brief: ‘Competing’ efforts to rebuild Derna, Myanmar mines threat, schools shut in Burkina Faso
The head of the UN mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has hit out against ‘unilateral and competing…
WHO approves second malaria vaccine for children
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday recommended a new anti-malaria vaccine for children, a…
Plant chloroplasts promise potential therapy for Huntington’s disease
A chloroplast enzyme safeguards plants against pathological protein aggregation that causes Huntington’s and other neurodegenerative…
STAT+: Congress extends some pandemic preparedness programs, but not all
WASHINGTON — Congress temporarily extended a few pandemic-preparedness programs when it forestalled a government shutdown…
WHO recommends second malaria vaccine, hoping to address supply issues
Just two years after the World Health Organization’s historic recommendation of the first malaria vaccine,…
Sustainable protection of rapidly subsiding coastlines with mangroves
Along the Asian coast lines there are many areas where rural communities experience alarming rates…
Distributed workload in the fly brain
To distinguish motion patterns, a neuronal computation is performed three times in a row. Read…
STAT+: Verily lands $38 million deal with CDC for wastewater surveillance
Alphabet’s life sciences company Verily has scored its first Centers for Disease Control contract, a…
The stability of $0 premiums in Medicare Advantage
You’re reading the web edition of Health Care Inc., STAT’s weekly newsletter following the flow…
Climate and human land use both play roles in Pacific island wildfires past and present
It’s long been understood that human settlement contributes to conditions that make Pacific Islands more…
A more effective experimental design for engineering a cell into a new state
A new machine-learning approach helps scientists more efficiently identify the optimal intervention to achieve a…
Researchers studied thousands of fertility attempts hoping to improve IVF
By genetically testing nearly one thousand embryos, scientists have provided the most detailed analysis of…
Researchers propose a unified, scalable framework to measure agricultural greenhouse gas emissions
Increased government investment in climate change mitigation is prompting agricultural sectors to find reliable methods…
Dense measurement network links air pollution and common agricultural practice
The annual burning of crop residue in India causes widespread air pollution, particularly in the…
Metaphors for human fertilization are evolving, study shows
In a common metaphor used to describe human fertilization, sperm cells are competitors racing to…
STAT+: Court strikes down Trump-era rule that allowed health insurers to broadly use copay accumulators
A U.S. judge has struck down a Trump administration rule that allowed health insurers not…
We’re better off thanks to migrants, says new IOM chief
With people on the move globally at “unprecedented” levels, the UN’s new migration agency chief…
Arbitrary detention still widespread in Mexico, rights expert warns
Mexico has made significant progress in combatting arbitrary detention in recent years, but the battle…
Covid-19: Vaccine hesitancy and access affect uptake of new boosters
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has encouraged all Americans aged 6…
STAT+: Former FDA official lays out how to keep patients safe from risky medical devices
Madris Kinard’s unlikely journey to becoming a champion for patient safety started in a fire…
Here’s what’s moving the needle in biotech stock, in the final quarter of a dismal year
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STAT+: Pharmalittle: Court allows Medicare drug price negotiation to proceed; J&J will not enforce patents on key TB drug
Good morning, everyone, and welcome to another working week. We hope the weekend respite was…
CDC proposes new antibiotics policy aimed at reducing STIs
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is proposing a new policy aimed at dramatically…
Clinicians raise concerns over pilot of blood test for multiple cancers
Cancer alliances across England are preparing to pilot the multi-cancer early detection (MCED) test Galleri—a…
STAT+: Syndax’s leukemia drug succeeds in pivotal study
Syndax Pharmaceuticals’ treatment for a genetically defined form of advanced leukemia met its goal in…
STAT+: Mirum’s Chenodal succeeds in late-stage trial for rare metabolic disorder
Mirum Pharmaceuticals reported on Monday that a drug it recently acquired to treat cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis,…
Environmental sustainability in healthcare systems: role of frugal innovation
The health sector has an important role in protecting human and planetary health by reducing…
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Martha’s rule and patients’ rights to a second opinion
The death of 13 year old Martha Mills in 2021 from sepsis complicating pancreatic trauma…
How to make “single use” surgical items more sustainable
Surgery is a major medical contributor to the United Kingdom’s carbon emissions. Progress is being…
2023 Nobel Prize in Medicine: Karikó, Weissman awarded prize for mRNA research
Two pioneers of mRNA research — the technology that helped the world tame the virus…
STAT+: The biotech scorecard for the fourth quarter: 16 stock-moving events to watch
Here is STAT’s biotech scorecard, our regular ledger of stock-moving biotech events, for the fourth…
Opinion: The new fertility technology IVG is supposed to change everything. Don’t count on it yet
There are times when a new medical technology is thrust into the public spotlight because…
STAT+: What we owe ALS patients — and why one company fell short
What do you say to a patient when the FDA rejects “their” experimental drug —…
STAT+: Obama-era Medicare innovation initiative doesn’t save money after all
WASHINGTON — A key Obama-era initiative was supposed to save Medicare money by testing new…
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STAT+: More hospital and outpatient visits expected to persist through fall and winter
Health care providers and health insurance companies are closing the books on their third quarters,…
Can the world still invent an HIV vaccine? Progress in one area creates new problem
Louis Picker is nervous. Last month, the first volunteer was injected with an HIV vaccine…
Bracing for rough respiratory virus season, European officials urge vaccination
LONDON — Health officials in the U.K. and Europe are ramping up their campaigns urging…
STAT+: New lawsuit highlights another wrinkle for settling disputes over surprise medical bills
After Congress officially outlawed surprise medical bills last year, there’s been endless, litigious debate as…
Edges cause cilia to quickly synchronize their beating pattern
Border regions can cause cilia to coordinate their motion creating a unidirectional wave that is…
Groundbreaking mathematical proof: New insights into typhoon dynamics unveiled
A research team has provided irrefutable proof that certain spherical vortices exist in a stable…
To prepare for next pandemic, researchers tackle bird flu
Researchers have developed an improved way to test potential vaccines against bird flu. Read Original…
Skin behind the ears and between the toes can host a collection of unhealthy microbes
Scrubbing behind the ears and between the toes may help keep the skin in those…
Oldest hunter-gatherer basketry in southern Europe, 9,500 years old
A team of scientists has discovered and analyzed the first direct evidence of basketry among…
Wearable device data reveals that reduced sleep and activity in pregnancy is linked to premature birth risk
Data from wearables show that deviations from normal sleep and activity in pregnancy are connected…
A turtle time capsule: DNA found in ancient shell
Paleontologists discover possible DNA remains in fossil turtle that lived 6 million years ago in…
For the lonely, a blurred line between real and fictional people
In lonely people, the boundary between real friends and favorite fictional characters gets blurred in…
Watch how hammerhead sharks get their hammer
The first-ever look at hammerhead shark development shows how they develop their hammer in stunning…
What makes a carrot orange?
Three recessive genes are required to give carrots their orange color — and the beneficial…
Grandparent childcare may not help the wellbeing of mums or reduce mother-child conflict, study suggests
Grandparent childcare for toddlers doesn’t have an impact on the wellbeing of their mothers, a…