Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
How well bees tolerate temperature extremes could determine their ability to persist in a changing…
Month: May 2024
Seeking medical insights in the physics of mucus
Understanding how mucus changes, and what it changes in response to, can help diagnose illnesses…
Study sheds light on cancer cell ‘tug-of-war’
Researchers used a breast cancer cell line panel and primary tumor explants from breast and…
Low-energy process for high-performance solar cells
Finding reliable, eco-friendly power sources is crucial as our world grapples with increasing energy needs…
A new mother’s immune status varies with her feeding strategy
In one of the first studies of its kind, UC Santa Barbara researchers have found…
April top picks: Hope springs eternal
One of my favourite poemsis “Hope” is the Thing with Feathers, by Emily Dickinson. I…
Why I . . . go mountaineering
“It feels infinite,” Adam Booth says of the view when standing at the summit of…
EXPRESSION OF CONCERN: Efficacy of psilocybin for treating symptoms of depression: systematic review and meta-analysis
This notice alerts readers to an error with this paper by Athina-Marina Metaxa and Mike…
STAT’s Casey Ross and Bob Herman named 2024 Pulitzer Prize finalists
Dear Readers, We are enormously proud that STAT reporters Casey Ross and Bob Herman have…
STAT+: Endo Health ordered to pay more than $1.5 billion in opioid criminal case
In the second-largest fine ever levied on a pharmaceutical company, Endo Health Solutions was ordered…
Genetics, not lack of oxygen, causes cerebral palsy in quarter of cases
The world’s largest study of cerebral palsy (CP) genetics has discovered genetic defects are most…
Caterbot? Robatapillar? It crawls with ease through loops and bends
Engineers created a catapillar-shaped robot that splits into segments and reassembles, hauls cargo, and crawls…
STAT+: Life science leaders on how to make drug development less expensive, slow, and risky
Drug development is essentially a long, expensive bet: Ninety percent of drugs fail during clinical…
STAT+: Young boy dies in trial for Pfizer Duchenne gene therapy
A young boy died in a trial for Pfizer’s experimental gene therapy for Duchenne muscular…
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STAT+: House panel eyes PBM reform to pay for telehealth extensions
A new bill set to be considered on Wednesday by the House Ways & Means…
STAT+: Assistants, not replacements: How AI can accelerate research and health care
When patients are dealing with a sexually transmitted infection, they don’t always get advice on…
Rights chief urges Russia to end crackdown as journalist detentions reach all-time high
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights urged Russia to end its crackdown on journalists…
STAT Virtual Event | Navigating a New Era in Alzheimer’s Treatment
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STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about MDMA for PTSD, a CRISPR treatment for blindness, and more
Top of the morning to you, and a fine one it is. There is nothing…
Vertex starts gene therapy Casgevy in five patients
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Opinion: Treating chronic pain requires much more than medications
There’s a lot of buzz surrounding the new non-addictive pain pill that is up for…
WHO’s top scientist learned a hard lesson about H5N1 two decades ago: Stopping it takes more than biology
Jeremy Farrar, now the World Health Organization’s chief scientist, was working in Vietnam 20 years…
Opinion: As livestock move around the country, so does H5N1. The U.S. needs real-time tracking of livestock movements
The presence of H5N1 avian influenza virus, better known as bird flu, among dairy cows…
Opinion: Measles is coming back. My sister Marcie isn’t
At the end of February 1960, my healthy, precocious sister Marcie was halfway through the…
Start the Week Off Right: From bump to baby: Why prenatal education matters to parents – Quad-City Times
Start the Week Off Right: From bump to baby: Why prenatal education matters to parents Quad-City…
UH debuts mobile ultrasound truck in Portage, Lorain counties for access to prenatal care – cleveland.com
UH debuts mobile ultrasound truck in Portage, Lorain counties for access to prenatal care cleveland.com Read…
Bridget Moynahan posts cryptic message after Tom Brady is roasted for dumping her mid-pregnancy – Page Six
Bridget Moynahan posts cryptic message after Tom Brady is roasted for dumping her mid-pregnancy Page Six…
NYS AG sues anti-abortion group, 11 New York pregnancy centers over abortion reversal claims – WGRZ.com
NYS AG sues anti-abortion group, 11 New York pregnancy centers over abortion reversal claims WGRZ.com New…
The Ultimate Guide Of 23 Gifts For Moms This Mother’s Day
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News in Brief 6 May 2024
We won’t abandon Gazans sheltering in Rafah, says UNRWASeven months into the war in Gaza,…
The Promise of Health Chatbots Has Already Failed – Mother Jones – Mother Jones
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Geologists, biologists unearth the atomic fingerprints of cancer
Earth scientists have long turned to minute differences in hydrogen atoms to explore the ancient…
At Milken Institute conference, CDC director Mandy Cohen talks public health preparedness
In the spring of 2020, as Covid-19 took hold around the world, Centers of Disease…
Study of cow tissues provides clues for unusual pattern of bird flu infections in dairy cattle
A new study looking at the distribution of receptors that flu viruses can attach to…
Venus has almost no water: A new study may reveal why
Billions of years ago, Venus may have harbored as much water as Earth. Today, almost…
Improved nutrition, sanitation linked to beneficial changes in child stress and epigenetic programming
A new study provides some of the clearest and most comprehensive evidence to date on…
Astronomers observe elusive stellar light surrounding ancient quasars
Astronomers observed the elusive starlight surrounding some of the earliest quasars in the universe. The…
AI to make crop production more sustainable
Drones monitoring fields for weeds and robots targeting and treating crop diseases may sound like…
Lake tsunamis pose significant threat under warming climate
The names might not be familiar — Cowee Creek, Brabazon Range, Upper Pederson Lagoon —…
Hubble views a galaxy with a voracious black hole
Bright, starry spiral arms surround an active galactic center in a new NASA Hubble Space…
New discoveries about Jupiter’s magnetosphere
New discoveries about Jupiter could lead to a better understanding of Earth’s own space environment…
New study reveals age-related brain changes influence recovery after stroke
A new study has revealed that areas of age-related damage in the brain relate to…
A better way to ride a motorcycle
Motorcycles are designed to accommodate the average-sized rider, leaving taller and shorter riders vulnerable to…
Biomechanical dataset for badminton performance analysis
In the sports industry, player data collection aids in personalized training feedback. Researchers have now…
Opinion: The world is relying on the United States to get value-based drug pricing right
The changing landscape of drug pricing policy in the U.S. has implications for the global…
STAT+: Alzheimer’s risk gene APOE4 may cause a distinct form of the disease, study suggests
For more than 30 years, Alzheimer’s researchers have thought of APOE4 as a major genetic…
STAT+: UnitedHealth CEO downplays his company’s control over physicians
You’re reading the web version of Health Care Inc., STAT’s weekly newsletter following the flow…
STAT+: Steward files for bankruptcy, leaving its eight Massachusetts hospitals in limbo
Steward Health Care, which once trumpeted its community hospital system as a low-cost alternative to…
Merck may have a competition for ever-scarce BCG
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STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about FTC reviewing Novo-Catalent deal, Amneal opioid settlement, and more
Good morning, everyone, and welcome to another working week. We hope the weekend respite was…