Analysis reveals global post-covid surge in infectious diseases
A large post-covid global surge in common communicable diseases including influenza, measles, tuberculosis, and whooping…
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The high cost of opportunity: how medical school electives deepen the class divide
Who were medical school electives created for? As a student who is estranged from my…
SAS doctors in England accept government’s pay offer
Specialist, associate specialist, and specialty (SAS) doctors in England have accepted a pay offer from…
Helen Salisbury: Shortening the medical degree
NHS England has just announced that it will be piloting four year undergraduate medical courses…
Why will there be fewer female representatives at the BMA annual meeting this year?
On 24 and 25 June BMA members will gather in Belfast for the organisation’s annual…
To treat obesity in children, task force favors behavioral therapy over drugs like Wegovy
A national advisory organization has come down on the side of behavioral interventions, not obesity…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about a Merck pneumococcal shot, Kansas suing Pfizer, and more
Top of the morning to you, and a fine one it is. Clear blue skies…
A biotech’s binary bet ends badly
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STAT+: How a tweet about a gene discovered long ago led to a $190 million startup and, maybe, hope for heart disease
A 10-person startup called Marea said Tuesday that it had raised $190 million to help…
Recognition, diagnosis, and early management of suspected sepsis: summary of updated NICE guidance
What you need to knowCalculate NEWS2 scores to determine an adult’s risk of severe illness…
Vaccine shortages worsen the deadliest cholera outbreaks in years
It’s nearly 18 months since the World Health Organization (WHO) raised cholera to its highest…
Opinion: Why the FDA will have a hard time properly regulating cannabis
The Food and Drug Administration has done a generally exemplary job of executing its mandate…
STAT+: Freespira bets on slow and steady, amid spectacular digital health collapses
Many digital health companies have crashed and burned after promising investors speedy adoption and huge…
With sweeping NIH reform on the table, GOP previews new era of research scrutiny
WASHINGTON — There seems to be broad agreement that change is coming for the National…
Opinion: Long Covid feels like a gun to my head
I have spent my career studying infectious diseases that fall under the heading of neglected…
STAT+: To feed an AI that designs new enzymes, Basecamp hunts rare proteins at the world’s end
Not many AI companies have expeditions to the rainforest on the calendar, or need scientists…
This federal rule didn’t stop coercive sterilization — but it blocked contraceptive access. Can it be fixed?
Sonya Borrero didn’t learn about forced sterilization in medical school. She learned about it from…
Holding back the winds of change in Madagascar…with the sisal plant
The cultivation of sisal plants by some of the most vulnerable communities in southern Madagascar…
Boy Meets World’s Trina McGee Opens Up About Her ‘Miracle’ Pregnancy at 54: It’s ‘Really Happening’ (Exclusive) – PEOPLE
Boy Meets World’s Trina McGee Opens Up About Her ‘Miracle’ Pregnancy at 54: It’s ‘Really…
‘Boy Meets World’ star Trina McGee shocked by pregnancy at 54 – Entertainment Weekly News
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Boy Meets World Star Trina McGee’s Adult Children Learned of Her Pregnancy Online: ‘We’re All Good’ (Exclusive) – PEOPLE
Boy Meets World Star Trina McGee’s Adult Children Learned of Her Pregnancy Online: ‘We’re All…
Bedtime battles: 1 in 4 parents say their child can’t go to sleep because they’re worried or anxious
One in four parents describe getting their young child to bed as difficult — and…
What’s the evidence for the Surgeon General’s proposed social media warning?
United States Surgeon General Vivek Murthy wants to add a warning label on social media….
Direct evidence found for dairy consumption in the Pyrenees in the earliest stages of the Neolithic
A study on the remains of the Chaves and Puyascada caves, both located in the…
A high-fat diet may fuel anxiety
New research shows when animals are fed a diet high in saturated fat for nine…
Wear it, then recycle: Designers make dissolvable textiles from gelatin
Researchers hope their DIY machine will help designers around the world experiment with making their…
Ancient polar sea reptile fossil is oldest ever found in Southern Hemisphere
An international team of scientists has identified the oldest fossil of a sea-going reptile from…
New screening tool could improve the survival rate of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma from 20% to 90%
Early diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) — one of the most fatal malignancies — is…
Pair of merging quasars at cosmic dawn
With the help of the powerful GNIRS instrument on the Gemini North telescope, one half…
Extended maternal care central factor to human other animal, longevity
The relationship between mother and child may offer clues to the mystery of why humans…
Investigating the origins of the crab nebula
A team of scientists used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to parse the composition of…
STAT+: Former medical device CEO who sold fake plastic parts sentenced to 6 years in prison
The former CEO of Stimwave, a company that sold pain-relief devices with dummy pieces of…
New Merck pneumococcal vaccine wins FDA approval
The Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved Merck’s new pneumococcal vaccine for adults 18…
GP staff are running food banks and giving advice on dealing with poverty
GPs, primary care staff, and schoolteachers are all taking on additional roles to help people…
Lateral episiotomy or no episiotomy in vacuum assisted delivery in nulliparous women (EVA): multicentre, open label, randomised controlled trial
AbstractObjectiveTo assess the effect of lateral episiotomy, compared with no episiotomy, on obstetric anal sphincter…
STAT+: Why health care spending keeps climbing
You’re reading the web version of Health Care Inc., STAT’s weekly newsletter following the flow…
Vaping is just as good as Chantix at helping people quit cigarettes, new study finds
WASHINGTON – E-cigarettes were about as effective at helping people quit smoking as the gold-standard…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about an ‘unaffordable’ Novartis drug, a new patent office rule, and more
Good morning, everyone, and welcome to another working week. We hope the weekend respite was…
FDA offers new guidelines for Covid-19 vaccine
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Major US church group votes to oppose IVF
The Southern Baptist Convention voted at its annual meeting on 14 June to oppose the…
US healthcare spending will reach nearly 20% of GDP by 2032, predict experts
US healthcare spending growth will likely exceed the growth in gross domestic product (GDP) during…
Lateral episiotomy during vacuum assisted childbirth
The linked paper by Bergendahl and colleagues (doi:10.1136/bmj-2023-079014) provides much needed evidence supporting the use…
Climate: Jury fails to convict medics charged with JP Morgan protest
A jury was unable reach a majority decision on four doctors and two nurses who…
Why I . . . go adventure sailing
After weeks of preparation, Trevor Thompson was finally out on the open sea in his…
Exploring different objectives in non-inferiority trials
Non-inferiority clinical trials conventionally try to show that a new treatment is not appreciably worse…
Bird flu snapshot: A critic of the U.S. response speaks out, and USDA tries to ‘corner the virus’
Bird flu snapshot: This is the first in a series of regular updates on H5N1…
STAT+: Under pressure to thwart pharma patent abuse, the PTO proposes a new rule. But will it fly?
In a bid to prevent the patent system from being abused, the U.S. Patent and…
STAT+: Oncologists turn to blood test for circulating tumor DNA, but questions remain on how to use the data
The hope for many cancer patients who go through surgery is that they’ll be cured…
STAT+: Why a big California employer ditched Elevance for some of its health plans
The California Public Employees’ Retirement System is making a drastic change to one of its…
Opinion: I’m a hypochondriac. Here’s how the health care system needs to deal with people like me
A late-night Flomax commercial is sometimes all it takes for me to start spinning in…