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Kelly Ripa Posts Extremely Rare Pregnancy Throwback—and We Can’t Stop Staring at Mark Consuelos’s Hair – PureWow
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Israel must allow ‘quantum leap’ in aid delivery UN chief urges, calling for change in…
Heat stress from ocean warming harms octopus vision
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World News in Brief: Security Council condemns DR Congo attacks, cholera testing breakthrough, ‘my health, my right’ campaign
The UN Security Council on Friday strongly condemned the latest rise in attacks by the…
CDC to doctors: Look out for bird flu infections among dairy farm workers
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention urged medical practitioners on Friday to be on…
Ageing workforce is putting future of medical education and research at risk, warns Medical Schools Council
The UK’s capacity to contribute to scientific research and educate medical students is at risk…
Sudan: Aid lifeline reaches Darfur region in bid to avert ‘hunger catastrophe’
Two aid convoys carrying lifesaving supplies have reached Sudan’s Darfurs for the first time in…
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Is there too much care in advanced cancer?
Geijteman and colleagues tackle a very pertinent issue in cancer care.1 They rightly ask whether…
Junior doctors’ strike in South Korea: systemic barriers undermine medical practice
Dyer reports on the junior doctors striking in South Korea in response to plans to…
STAT+: Teladoc CEO Jason Gorevic to leave the company
In a decision that surprised Wall Street analysts, Teladoc Health announced that long-time CEO Jason…
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Sanofi resolves most Zantac litigation
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Consultants in England accept improved pay offer
Consultants in England have voted to accept the government’s improved pay offer, with 83% voting…
STAT+: Johnson & Johnson to buy Shockwave Medical for $13.1 billion
Johnson & Johnson on Friday announced it would acquire heart device firm Shockwave Medical for…
Non-acute heart failure management in primary care
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Your dog is probably on Prozac. Experts say that says more about the American mental health crisis than pets
Dogs, our sunny, selfless shadows, crave little more than a daily walk, a treat or…
Why a leading bird flu expert isn’t convinced that the risk H5N1 poses to people has declined
News that H5N1 avian influenza has breached another mammalian species — this time dairy cows…
Opinion: Personalized medicine: We’re not there yet
When Francis Collins, then-director of the National Human Genome Research Institute, testified before Congress in…
Opinion: Does addiction make you un-American?
Should Prince Harry be deported from the United States due to his past drug use?…
Baylor wins 2024 STAT Madness with ‘smoke alarm’ for viral disease outbreaks
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Philips Foundation to improve prenatal care – Philips
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YouTuber Aspyn Ovard Posts Clips from her Pregnancy on TikTok amid Divorce from Husband – PEOPLE
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Even Moderate Alcohol Usage During Pregnancy Linked to Birth Abnormalities, UNM Researchers Find – University of New Mexico
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‘Still pregnant!’ Expecting couple updates their neighbor on pregnancy through Ring camera – Yahoo Life
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Couple sweetly documents their pregnancy to neighbour through Ring camera – The Independent
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Tennessee court weighs blocking abortion ban during pregnancy complications – Reuters
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Her abortion experience was ‘bizarre and painful’. Now she’s suing Tennessee – The Guardian US
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Tennessee women fight to block state’s abortion ban after being denied treatment – The Independent
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In Florida clinic, women are confused, afraid after ruling upholds six-week abortion ban – NBC News
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7 Powerful Reasons Why Enrolling Your Child in Piano Lessons Will Be the Best Decision of Their Life
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STAT+: Nuclear Regulatory Commission advisers beset by conflicts of interest, report finds
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Dr. Shumard’s Functional Medicine Is Anything but Alternative – USA TODAY
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Ocean floor a ‘reservoir’ of plastic pollution
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STAT+: Boehringer Ingelheim layoffs are a sign of dysfunctional Humira biosimilar market
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Federal judge rules against Philadelphia supervised drug consumption effort
A federal judge this week dealt a major and likely decisive blow to Safehouse, a…
Listen: Biotech mega-rounds, a cancer vaccine setback & CEOs keep their promise
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Why very few people who are eligible for a cochlear implant actually get one
Cochlear implants have successfully improved hearing loss for decades, but few people who qualify for…
Opinion: How climate change is driving a global epidemic of immune health problems, and how to stop it
Many of the effects of climate change play out at a very large scale: Heatwaves…
Haiti: Gangs have ‘more firepower than the police’
Some of Haiti’s gangs have bigger arsenals than the police as criminal groups are becoming…
STAT+: Weed for weight loss, and more from Biotech Land
This is the online edition of Adam’s Biotech Scorecard, a new subscriber-only newsletter. STAT+ subscribers…
Health tech investor Glen Tullman launches 62 Ventures, a new $100 million fund
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Commercially driven efforts to frame alcohol harms have no place in UK health policy development
There is considerable evidence of the role of commercial actors, particularly harmful commodity producers, and…
How resurrecting extinct species might impact medicine
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