STAT+: European regulator suspends generic drugs after finding flawed studies
In the latest dust-up over the safety of medicines, the European Medicines Agency recommended suspending…
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U.S. reports 180 cases of unexplained hepatitis in children, as researchers investigate potential causes
U.S. health officials said Friday they were investigating 180 reported cases of unusual hepatitis in…
STAT+: ‘No real clear path’: Insurance coverage for cutting-edge diagnostics remains a major challenge for personalized medicine
DANA POINT, Calif. — Even the best treatment for a disease is no help if…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: Cancer coalition aims to boost access to meds in poor countries; Moderna’s vaccine patent defense poses shield for others
And so, another working week will soon draw to a close. This is, as you…
Opinion: To improve safety, hospitals should make ‘radical transparency’ real — and accessible
Covid-19 may be receding, but it’s leaving a quiet menace lurking in hospitals in its…
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Opinion: Hopelessness around youth mental health is creating a ‘nihilistic contagion’
I have been a child psychiatrist for more than 20 years. I’ve worked in the…
Vague ‘medical emergency’ exceptions in abortion laws leave pregnant people in danger, doctors say
Kaitlyn was near the beginning of her second trimester last October when she boarded a…
CDC advisory committee recommends Covid boosters for kids ages 5 to 11
A key vaccine advisory panel voted Thursday to recommend that children between the ages of…
Listen: Mysterious infections, dwindling Covid funds, & Shkreli out of prison
What happens when the White House runs out of Covid-19 money? Why are kids suddenly…
Cancer deaths among Black people drop, but still higher than other groups
Cancer death rates have steadily declined among Black people but remain higher than in other…
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17 suspected monkeypox cases seen in Montreal, as European tally increases
Health officials in Montreal on Thursday said they were investigating 17 suspected cases of monkeypox,…
A CDC expert answers questions on monkeypox
Monkeypox, a disease that rarely shows up outside a belt of countries across Central and…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: Pfizer resists requests for study supplies of its Covid pill; WTO talks on Covid vaccine patent waivers are bogged down
Good morning, everyone, and how are you today? The skies over the Pharmalot campus are…
AstraZeneca’s ambitious vaccine dreams are finally, officially dead
You’re reading the web edition of D.C. Diagnosis, STAT’s twice-weekly newsletter about the politics and…
Opinion: NEJM, other journals: provide more transparency about conflicts of interest or don’t publish conflicted articles
Are medical journals reliable sources of objective information, or do they, at times, act as…
Opinion: Take a stand for those who can’t with the Promising Pathway Act
Every five years since 1992, Congress has reauthorized the Food and Drug Administration user fee…
Watch: Why isn’t there a nasal vaccine for Covid-19 yet?
Covid-19 vaccines have rapidly altered our relationship with SARS-CoV-2, turning a dangerous infection into something…
STAT+: AbbVie dramatically boosts its spending on lobbying
WASHINGTON — The pharma giant AbbVie spent nearly $4 million on lobbying in the first three…
Large U.K. study links vaccination after Covid infection to lower odds of long Covid symptoms
Ever since Covid-19 vaccines became available, some people with long Covid have said vaccination eases…
STAT+: Former top Medicare official says Medicare Advantage’s coding industry offers ‘no benefit to society’
Parts of the Medicare Advantage program — essentially, private Medicare plan options — are ripe…
STAT+: Pharma wins a court battle over an HHS rule that would have penalized them for offering copay coupons
In a notable win for the pharmaceutical industry, a federal court judge tossed a rule…
STAT+: ‘Pharma bro’ Martin Shkreli released from prison
Martin Shkreli, the infamous ‘pharma bro’ who was sentenced to prison for securities fraud, was…
Spain, Portugal report monkeypox cases, raising specter of wider outbreak
Two more European countries reported unusual monkeypox cases on Wednesday, a development that suggests an…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: Moderna chair defends executive hiring process; analysis finds monopoly tactics preserve inhaler revenues
Good morning, everyone, and how are you today? We are doing just fine, thank you….
Opinion: Does Paxlovid help people who have been vaccinated against Covid-19? Show us the data!
As a primary care doctor in New York City, I am grateful to drug companies…
Opinion: Listen: The faces of Covid at 1 million deaths and counting
When Covid-19 began tearing across the U.S. in March 2020, Alex Goldstein started posting on…
Cancer experts hail a molecular ‘black box’ that records how cells fly into tumor territory
Biologists Tyler Jacks and Jonathan Weissman’s mice may look like any other lab mice —…
Psychedelic medicine group investigating a board member accused of financial elder abuse
A leading psychedelics organization has launched an investigation of one of its board members after…
CDC expresses concern about possibility of undetected monkeypox spread in U.K.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention expressed concern Tuesday about an unusual outbreak of…
STAT+: Drugmakers use monopoly tactics to thwart lower-cost generic competition for inhalers, analysis finds
For more than three decades, drugmakers have used various tactics to win and extend monopolies…
STAT+: High blood pressure pills are costly — but also hard to find — in some lower-income countries
A clutch of serious challenges — high prices, a lack of effective combination pills, and…
FDA clears Covid booster shot for healthy kids ages 5 to 11
U.S. regulators on Tuesday authorized a Covid-19 booster shot for healthy 5- to 11-year-olds, hoping…
National Academies report cites ‘urgent’ need to recruit more diverse participants for clinical trials
The persistent lack of diversity among participants in clinical trials is a critical issue that…
As Congress takes up FDA oversight of dietary supplements, a lobbying showdown looms
You’re reading the web edition of D.C. Diagnosis, STAT’s weekly newsletter about the politics and…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: FDA declines to approve old antidepressant for Covid; U.S.-China trade fight may derail WTO Covid patent waiver
Rise and shine, another busy day is on the way. However, this is also shaping…
Opinion: Omitting long Covid from pandemic messaging is harmful for public health
Public health messaging about Covid-19 has focused almost exclusively on hospitalizations and deaths. The omission…
Opinion: Russian aggression underscores the U.S.’s need for greater investment in medical countermeasures
The U.S. government has warned that Russia could use chemical weapons against Ukraine. Russia’s president,…
What happens when the government stops buying Covid-19 vaccines?
WASHINGTON — The federal government has distributed Covid-19 vaccines and treatments for free so far,…
STAT+: Life or death decisions and no feedback: New study highlights the value of patient tracking, especially in the ER
Back in the ‘80s, when Shamai Grossman was mulling which medical specialty to choose, the…
STAT+: Two dozen states side with HHS in its raucous dispute with pharma over a drug discount program
Two dozen states have waded into the heated dispute between the U.S. government and a…
STAT+: Google taps FDA’s former digital health chief for global strategy role
Google has hired the former head of digital health at the U.S. Food and Drug…
FDA rejects antidepressant seen as possible Covid-19 treatment
The Food and Drug Administration declined Monday to authorize a 30-year-old generic antidepressant as a…
STAT+: Apollo acquires minority stake in Sofinnova, extending private equity dealmaking in life sciences
Private equity giant Apollo Global Management is spending $1 billion for a piece of one…
STAT+: Greece plans to go to court to seek compensation from Novartis over a bribery scandal
The Greek health ministry plans to seek compensation from Novartis over a long-running bribery scandal…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: FDA OKs new type of diabetes drug from Lilly; Early-stage biotechs are juicy targets for M&A surge
Good morning, everyone, and welcome to another working week. We hope the weekend respite was…
STAT+: Seagen CEO resigns after arrest on domestic assault charges
Clay Siegall, co-founder and CEO of Seagen, has resigned in the wake of his arrest…
Opinion: One million reasons to reimagine end-of-life care
The magnitude of loss from Covid-19 — 1 million-plus deaths, many millions more grieving loved…
A ‘city on fire’: How Miami shaped a disputed diagnosis used to justify deaths in police custody
One night in 2019, Elijah McClain, a 23-year-old Black man in Colorado, was walking home…
Puzzling pediatric hepatitis cases echo an earlier mysterious illness
In early April, when word began to circulate that hospitals in the United Kingdom were…
STAT+: When biotech acquisitions spike, early-stage startups are prime targets, analysis shows
Experts are predicting a coming surge of mergers and acquisitions in biotech. And if history…