STAT+: Serving as a ‘clinical colleague,’ AI shows potential to reduce sepsis deaths in real-world studies
Three studies published Thursday found that an AI platform developed by Bayesian Health and Johns…
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Listen: Well-paid CEOs, behind the scenes at Moderna, & Biogen’s CEO search
Does any CEO deserve $500 million a year? How did Moderna hit it big? And…
N.Y. state detects polio case, first in the U.S. since 2013
New York State reported Thursday that it has detected a case of vaccine-derived polio in…
Biden picks renowned cancer surgeon Monica Bertagnolli as NCI chief
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration has selected Monica Bertagnolli, a renowned surgical oncologist, as the…
President Biden tests positive for Covid-19, but has ‘very mild symptoms’
President Biden tested positive for Covid-19 Thursday — a coronavirus case that reflects both the…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: Roche CEO to step down next year; Gates Foundation withdraws financial support for malaria vaccine
Top of the morning to you. And a steamy one, it is. In fact, there…
STAT+: Amazon to acquire One Medical for $3.9 billion in a bold bet on primary care
Retail giant Amazon announced plans Thurday to acquire primary care company One Medical in a…
Opinion: 6 ways to bolster FDA’s guidance for diversifying participation in clinical trials
It has been nearly 25 years since the Food and Drug Administration first issued guidance…
Opinion: The health care industry’s lax approach to nurses’ mental health needs to change
Since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, the dire state of nursing has been grist…
STAT+: Researchers tried to calculate the impact of health tech companies. It sent startups into a tizzy
As Johns Hopkins gastroenterologist Simon Mathews has watched scores of digital health upstarts collect hundreds…
There aren’t nearly enough Native American physicians. A crash course in medicine seeks to change that
BOSTON — She’d just used a defibrillator to resuscitate a man whose heart had stopped,…
STAT+: As health care faces nursing shortages, burned-out nurses are flocking to remote jobs
Burned out and fed up with their work conditions, nurses are leaving the bedside in…
Powerful Senate Democrat outlines ‘plenty’ more drug pricing reforms to follow Medicare negotiation
WASHINGTON — Democrats may be closer than ever to passing sweeping drug pricing reforms, but…
STAT+: Biogen agrees to pay $900 million to settle whistleblower case alleging kickbacks and sham speaking events
After a decade of legal squabbling, Biogen has agreed in principle to pay $900 million…
Eggs can survive decades without signs of aging. Now, scientists may know why
In a high-stakes evolutionary gambit, female mammals are born with a finite supply of immature…
How does the brain decide what memories are good and bad? A new mouse study offers clues
SAN DIEGO — Your first kiss. The blissful cool of ice cream. That time you…
Virtual Event: Democrats’ Last Chance for Drug Pricing Reform?
Editor’s note: A livestream of the event will be embedded below at 1 p.m. ET….
STAT+: Pharmalittle: Pharma and advocacy groups differ on vaccine equity; EC says Illumina-Grail deal breached merger rules
Good morning, everyone, and welcome to the middle of the week. Congratulations on making it…
Opinion: Safe surrender of newborns is just the beginning of post-Roe journeys
With abortion now restricted or even penalized in nearly half of U.S. states, there’s likely…
Opinion: STAT+: 10 tips for vendors seeking to create or expand digital health and virtual health solutions
Virtual and digital care expanded dramatically during the pandemic as patients, providers, employers, and regulators…
As diabetes during pregnancy grows more common, experts point to a need for preventive care
Gestational diabetes is on the rise, climbing 30% between 2016 and 2020, according to a…
STAT+: Medicare offers financial perks for rural hospitals that convert to its new provider type. Will they bite?
The federal government is hashing out the details on a new type of rural hospital,…
At a 988 call center, volunteers embrace a new number while providing familiar hope
FRAMINGHAM, Mass. — Don smiled when he saw who was calling. He usually works the…
FDA weighs oversight changes after Juul, formula troubles
WASHINGTON — The head of the Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday he has commissioned…
STAT+: Pharma and advocacy groups offer competing visions for achieving vaccine equity during pandemics
Amid criticism over its approach to Covid-19, the pharmaceutical industry has issued a new “declaration”…
Novavax’s Covid-19 vaccine wins backing of CDC advisory panel
An expert panel that advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on vaccine policy…
As overdose deaths exploded during the pandemic, racial disparities widened, CDC report shows
As U.S. overdose deaths soared to devastating new heights in the first year of the…
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PhRMA and BIO descend on D.C. & unpacking the Senate’s FDA funding drama
You’re reading the web edition of D.C. Diagnosis, STAT’s twice-weekly newsletter about the politics and…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: FDA user-fee reauthorization bill hits a snag; USPTO takes a tougher stand toward drugmakers
Rise and shine. Another busy day is on the way. Indeed, the official to-do list…
Opinion: Keep equity in mind when moving to value-based payment
Value-based care champions health and justice by focusing on outcomes rather than on units of…
Opinion: Stop squandering opportunities to end AIDS: be responsive to the needs of HIV prevention users
Ten years ago this month, the Food and Drug Administration approved a daily pill that…
As demand for medication abortion increases, Facebook allows ads for potentially dangerous ‘abortion reversal’ procedure
The Markup has found that Facebook is serving up ads and posts for the “abortion…
It’s not just heat stroke. Extreme temperatures pose special risk to people with chronic illness (and that’s a lot of us)
A sweltering 112 degrees Fahrenheit in North Texas. 97 in Minneapolis. 103 in Nebraska. Nearly…
STAT+: The politics of passing a major FDA funding bill just got complicated
WASHINGTON — For the last six months, Congress seemed to be sailing towards the uncharacteristically…
STAT+: This biotech is betting dietary changes can reshape cancer care. Even if it works, can Faeth make a profit?
For all the advances oncology researchers have made in genomics and precision medicine, one of…
With monkeypox spreading globally, many experts believe the virus can’t be contained
It has been a mere nine weeks since the United Kingdom announced it had detected…
FDA approves first at-home therapy for skin repigmentation in vitiligo patients
Patients with vitiligo will now have access to the first ever at-home therapy for skin…
STAT+: Dozens of lawmakers urge HHS to fine drugmakers for curtailing discounts to a federal program
Dozens of lawmakers are demanding the Biden administration penalize drug companies that have curtailed discounts…
STAT+: Federal patent initiatives could cause ‘headwinds’ for drugmakers and their broad filings
For the second time this month, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office has taken a…
STAT+: Contract research organization to transfer 4,000 beagles from facility cited for inhumane care
A contract research organization reached a final settlement with the U.S. government to transfer about…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: Biotech CEOs pull in some of health care’s biggest paydays; split emerges between groups providing abortion pills
Good morning, everyone, and welcome to another working week. We hope the weekend respite was…
Opinion: How dating apps could help stop the spread of sexually transmissible infections
Sexually transmissible infections are on the rise across the United States. But it’s not just…
A CEO pay bonanza, how much the rank and file are paid, and a wilderness therapy rabbit hole
You’re reading the web edition of Health Care Inc., STAT’s weekly newsletter following the flow…
STAT+: UnitedHealth Group says Medicare Advantage saves money, but the data say otherwise
This past June, UnitedHealth Group’s top two executives, Andrew Witty and John Rex, told a…
Opinion: STAT+: For safety’s sake, it’s time to get medical device identifiers over the finish line
This week, an under-the-radar U.S. government advisory group called the National Committee on Vital and…
STAT+: New data might have led to a different result for Amarin fish oil drug, FDA panelists say
Two members of an expert panel that recommended the Food and Drug Administration approve a…
STAT+: Edwards Lifesciences chief tops list of highest-paid medical device CEOs
Medical device executives generally made less in 2021 than in 2020, as the pandemic again…
STAT+: HCA Healthcare, Cigna chiefs top the lists of best-paid CEOs among providers, insurers
Health insurers and providers often argue over payments at the negotiating table, but in the…
STAT+: The pandemic brought an influx of cash for health tech companies — and huge payouts for their execs
The pandemic brought a windfall for private health tech startups and fueled a rush to…
STAT+: Biotech executives pull in some of health care’s biggest paydays, with Regeneron’s CEO sitting atop the pack
When it comes to executive compensation in the biotech and pharma sectors, it pays to…