When I use a word . . . Fictional drugs and the benefit to harm balance
Benefits and harmsThe use of any therapeutic intervention should involve a calculation of the benefit…
Month: August 2024
WHO and African CDC declare mpox a public health emergency
The World Health Organization has declared mpox a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC)…
Is pharma still fearful of the Inflation Reduction Act?
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STAT+: Pfizer and BioNTech effort to develop Covid-influenza combination vaccine sees setback
Pfizer and BioNTech said Friday that their combined mRNA vaccine candidate against influenza and Covid-19…
As climate changes, scorching summers bring deadly heat for people with disabilities
Degree by degree, the earth’s temperature ticks up. Heat records fall as reliably as the…
To counter mpox, vaccine maker could ramp up by another 8 million doses next year
When mpox first began to spread internationally in 2022, affected countries scrambled to buy some…
Opinion: Gilead must be held accountable for the harm caused by ‘patent hopping’ an HIV treatment
Gilead Sciences, a pharma company that dominates the market for HIV treatments, agreed in June…
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How Pregnancy is Policed: Your Questions Answered – Bolts
How Pregnancy is Policed: Your Questions Answered Bolts Read Original Article: How Pregnancy is Policed: Your…
Devoleena Bhattacharjee finally confirms pregnancy after weeks of rumours: You can stop asking now – Hindustan Times
Devoleena Bhattacharjee finally confirms pregnancy after weeks of rumours: You can stop asking now Hindustan Times…
Devoleena Bhattacharjee Announces Pregnancy News, Holds Up “You Can Stop Asking Now” Onesie – NDTV Movies
Devoleena Bhattacharjee Announces Pregnancy News, Holds Up “You Can Stop Asking Now” Onesie NDTV Movies Read…
Using CBD And THC During Pregnancy Could Harm Developing Brains – ScienceAlert
Using CBD And THC During Pregnancy Could Harm Developing Brains ScienceAlert Read Original Article: Using CBD…
Haitian illegal immigrant charged with raping pregnant woman at Massachusetts migrant motel – Fox News
Haitian illegal immigrant charged with raping pregnant woman at Massachusetts migrant motel Fox News Read Original…
Ilana Glazer Explains How Pregnancy Helped Them Identify As Nonbinary – HuffPost
Ilana Glazer Explains How Pregnancy Helped Them Identify As Nonbinary HuffPost Read Original Article: Ilana Glazer…
Ultimate Family Guide to Jekyll Island Club Resort Vacations
The post Ultimate Family Guide to Jekyll Island Club Resort Vacations appeared first on and…
UN News Today 15 August 2024
Relentless rain and flooding batter desperate families in Yemen, warn UNFPA, UNICEFBahrain: prisoners’ treatment in…
Why Tucson doctors are urging insurance companies to cover yoga, acupuncture – Arizona Daily Star
Why Tucson doctors are urging insurance companies to cover yoga, acupuncture Arizona Daily Star Read Original…
Blind cavefish have extraordinary taste buds
A biologist studies blind cavefish, a species of fish that dwell in cave ponds in…
Researchers observe ‘locked’ electron pairs in a superconductor cuprate
The finding could help future efforts to design superconductors that work at higher temperatures. Read…
Brain wiring is guided by activity even in very early development
In humans, the process of learning is driven by different groups of cells in the…
Why do researchers often prefer safe over risky projects? Explaining risk aversion in science
A mathematical framework that builds on the economic theory of hidden-action models provides insight into…
Sick days: Assessing the economic costs of long COVID
A new study finds that the effects of long COVID have caused many Americans to…
Researchers help to control cancer-causing poison in corn
Researchers have demonstrated a promising sterilization technique that uses X-ray irradiation to reduce Aspergillus flavus…
Clinical trials exclude disabled Americans because federal agencies failed them, new report finds
People with disabilities are largely excluded from clinical trials that could benefit them because federal…
Identifying ‘stealth’ sources of saturated fat, added sugar in the diet
A newly compiled list of foods and drinks commonly consumed in the United States hints…
WHO backs African efforts to combat mpox spread, as Sweden records new case
The World Health Organization (WHO) is supporting African countries to scale up response to curb…
STAT+: UnitedHealthcare’s latest contract dispute, this time with Trinity Health, leaves thousands out-of-network
A widespread, monthslong contract dispute between UnitedHealthcare and Trinity Health has created a confusing patchwork…
World News in Brief: Zimbabwe rights plea, ‘serious concern’ over Azerbaijan prosecutions, Bahrain prisoner alert
Zimbabwean authorities must immediately release human rights defenders who have been arbitrarily detained for over…
STAT+: What do Biden’s drug price comparisons reveal? Not much
WASHINGTON — The White House is touting just how much its new Medicare negotiation process…
STAT+: Lykos Therapeutics cuts 75% of staff after FDA rejects MDMA-assisted therapy
Lykos Therapeutics, whose MDMA-assisted psychotherapy for post-traumatic stress disorder was rejected late last week by…
Listen: Drug pricing drops & psychedelics under fire
Are pharma companies still fearful of the Inflation Reduction Act? Will Lykos’ FDA rejection and…
As human activities expand in Antarctica, scientists identify crucial conservation sites
Establishing Key Biodiversity Areas in the Southern Ocean will be vital for safeguarding the ecosystem…
Over half of iron deficiency cases in large health system still unresolved at three years
Over half of people with iron deficiency were found to still have low iron levels…
New microscope offers faster, high-resolution brain imaging
Researchers have developed a new two-photon fluorescence microscope that captures high-speed images of neural activity…
Nearly 25% of European landscape could be rewilded, researchers say
Europe’s abandoned farmlands could find new life through rewilding, a movement to restore ravaged landscapes…
Intelligent soft robotic clothing for automatic thermal adaptation in extreme heat
As global warming intensifies, people increasingly suffer from extreme heat. For those working in a…
Why do plants wiggle? New study provides answers
Decades after his voyage on the HMS Beagle, Charles Darwin became fascinated by why plants…
Warming waters and nutrient overload: A dangerous combination threatening our rivers and lakes
New international research found that food webs are becoming less complex in warmer, nutrient-rich waters….
Advancing modular quantum information processing
A team of physicists envisions a modular system for scaling quantum processors with a flexible…
Pioneering study identifies six genetic regions associated with normal pressure hydrocephalus
A new study has identified new genetic variants associated with normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH). The…
Scientists make breakthrough in studying deadly ventilator pneumonia
Scientists have made a breakthrough which could help find new treatments for a deadly infection…
Solutions to Nigeria’s newborn mortality rate might lie in existing innovations, finds review
Newborn deaths in sub-Saharan Africa could be reduced by nationally scaling up in-country technologies, a…
Antiviral used for mpox no better than placebo, NIH says
The National Institutes of Health said Thursday that an antiviral often used to treat mpox…
New Medicare drug prices, antimicrobial-resistant meningitis, unlucky American women
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Mpox outbreaks in Africa—we must avert another failure of global solidarity
On 13 August 2024, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) declared…
STAT+: Boston’s lab market is in as rough shape
When demand for office space cratered during the Covid-19 pandemic, many developers in the Boston…
STAT+: The business of CRISPR’d medicine: Not great
This is the online edition of Adam’s Biotech Scorecard, a subscriber-only newsletter. STAT+ subscribers can…
We have mpox vaccines now. But how will they be distributed?
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STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about Medicare drug savings, Lilly warning doctors, and more
Top of the morning to you, and a fine one it is. The skies are…
Medicare drug price negotiation didn’t benefit Biden — but it may help Harris
WASHINGTON — When Vice President Kamala Harris takes the stage at the Democratic National Convention…
Climate reporting standards insufficient, must be expanded, say experts
A new article concludes that current climate standards are not sufficiently incentivizing the big picture…