Opinion: Is the Sputnik V vaccine too good to be true? Without the data, it’s hard to know
Sputnik V, the Covid-19 developed by the Moscow-based Gamaleya Research Institute, was the early rising…
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Opinion: Listen: Danielle Ofri on Covid surges and her postmortem folder
This week on the “First Opinion Podcast” I’m joined by Danielle Ofri, a physician, writer-editor,…
A new tool tracks health disparities in the U.S. — and highlights major data gaps
Over and over, the pandemic has reinforced the reality of racial disparities in the U.S….
Opinion: In ‘vaccine apartheid,’ Nepal is ground zero. It needs U.S. help
The world has reached the era of Covid-19 “vaccine apartheid.” That was the warning this…
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Opinion: The U.S. mental health care system failed my brother — and millions like him
On February 25, I got the phone call I had been dreading for years: My…
Opinion: The U.S. mental health care system failed my brother — and millions like him
On February 25, I got the phone call I had been dreading for years: My…
Opinion: The U.S. mental health care system failed my brother — and millions like him
On February 25, I got the phone call I had been dreading for years: My…
Shuttered hospitals, soaring Covid-19 deaths: Rural Black communities lose a lifeline in the century’s worst health crisis
DAWSON, Ga. — In every corner of Latasha Taylor’s home are plants she knows nothing…
STAT+: What deadline? Most clinical trials are still not reported on time to federal database
Amid ongoing calls for greater clinical trial transparency, a new analysis finds just 40% of…
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STAT+: STAT+ Conversations: A discussion on health disparities in colorectal cancer with Dr. Fola May
Editor’s note: A livestream of the conversation will be embedded below at 1p.m. ET. Every…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: Moderna Covid-19 vaccine is effective in adolescents; U.S. lawmakers pitch a bill to create ‘biobonds’
Good morning, everyone, and how are you today? We are doing just fine, thank you,…
Moderna says its Covid-19 shot works in kids as young as 12
Moderna said Tuesday its COVID-19 vaccine strongly protects kids as young as 12, a step…
Opinion: Congress needs to pass the Dr. Lorna Breen act to support U.S. health care workers
Some people are vaguely aware of the story of Dr. Lorna Breen. Among physicians and…
STAT+: ‘Underfunded and undervalued’: Ro’s acquisition of Modern Fertility puts a spotlight on health tech’s gender gap
After raising $500 million earlier this year — bringing its total funding up to $897…
Opinion: Medicare: Cover amyloid PET scans and stop keeping people with dementia in the dark
One morning in 2012, my wife Geri looked in the mirror and failed to recognize…
STAT+: ‘It’s not a cure’: A gene therapy is opening a new chapter for children, but challenges endure
WEST BOYLSTON, Mass. — When Rachael and Pat Brown rattle off all that their daughter…
STAT+: Lawmakers pitch a bill to create $30 billion in ‘biobonds’ to jumpstart drug development
In a bid to jumpstart drug development, a bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced a bill…
STAT+: European regulatory body plans ‘joint action’ to bolster clinical trial reporting
The Heads of Medicines Agencies, an umbrella group for regulators in 30 European Union countries,…
With engineered proteins, scientists use optogenetics for the first time to help a blind patient see again
Somewhere in Paris, in a white room, seated at a white table, a man wearing…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: BARDA lacks cash to invest in new Covid-19 drug development; AstraZeneca CEO hits back at European Commission
Good morning, everyone, and welcome to another working week. We hope the weekend respite was…
Opinion: Use single-cell biology to shed light on pediatric diseases currently in the dark
There are few things harder for a physician to say to a patient than “I…
STAT+: Health care providers hope to cash in through Congress’ new earmark process
WASHINGTON — Earmarks are back, and so is the health care industry’s insatiable appetite to…
He’s a Stanford professor and a Nobel laureate. Critics say he was dangerously misleading on Covid
One day last August, as they struggled to figure out whether to lift Covid-19 restrictions,…
STAT+: Mass. governor’s role in Covid-19 tragedy at the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home
This story first appeared in STAT’s sister publication, the Boston Globe. It was reported by…
STAT+: Freenome, high-profile liquid biopsy company, quietly replaces its CEO
Freenome, a high-profile startup that aims to develop a blood test to detect colon cancer,…
STAT+: Wealthy nations and drug makers offer moves to bridge Covid-19 vaccine divide
The leaders of the world’s wealthiest nations and several drug makers took steps to widen…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: Pfizer and India spar over indemnity for Covid-19 vaccines; J&J to supply Gavi with Covid shots
And so, another working week will soon draw to a close. Not a moment too…
Opinion: To help solve climate change, look to the biosciences
President Biden’s pledge to cut U.S. greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2030 is an…
Opinion: Routine cognitive screening can help detect early signs of dementia
Both of us lost our dads to Alzheimer’s disease, and both of our families carried…
‘Swept under the carpet’: When health records are held ransom, patients are the hardest hit — and last to know
Allison Savage waited years for surgery to remove the elongated bones at the base of…
Listen: Biotech meme stocks, the lessons of Spanish Flu, & becoming a pandemic celebrity
How do pandemics end? Who gets to be a TV media expert? And where does…
‘There’s so much uncertainty’: As Mallinckrodt sells rare disease drug, parents worry about access
As it looks to emerge from bankruptcy, Mallinckrodt (MNK) has sold an experimental medicine that…
In new study, stem cells self-organize into a mini model of a beating heart
Researchers have worked for years to create organoids — miniature cellular structures that recapitulate features…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: Iovance CEO resigns amid a regulatory delay; Republican lawmakers urge Biden to reject Covid-19 IP waiver
Hello, everyone, and how are you today? The sun is shining brightly this morning on…
Opinion: Restore a better balance to public-private funding of biomedical research
The pharmaceutical industry says that if the U.S. reduces the astronomical drug prices paid by…
Opinion: As syphilis comes roaring back, newborn babies are tragic victims
Some diseases fade away. Others seem to do that, but then come roaring back. That’s…
California could become first state to mandate biosecurity screening by mail-order DNA companies
California lawmakers on Thursday will vote on a bill that would require the state’s growing…
STAT+: Allogene’s blood cancer data show durability of off-the-shelf CAR-T cells
There’s little disputing that an off-the-shelf CAR-T cell therapy for cancer would provide flexibility and…
STAT+: With new data, J&J’s CAR-T drug benefits myeloma patients with less advanced disease
When doctors prescribe a personalized cell therapy today, the patient they’re trying to help has…
STAT+: In a step forward for immunotherapy, new Bristol Myers drug slows melanoma in study
An experimental immunotherapy developed by Bristol Myers Squibb prevented metastatic melanoma from worsening when added…
STAT+: Merus drug shows potential as treatment for rare type of pancreatic cancer
A drug from the Dutch biotech Merus designed to disrupt a rare genetic alteration is…
STAT+: What’s in a name? Spark Therapeutics sues Bluebird Bio over the use of the word ‘spark’
A promotional campaign has sparked a legal dispute between Spark Therapeutics and Bluebird Bio (BLUE)…
STAT+: Republican lawmakers tell Biden to reverse ‘disastrous decision’ to support Covid-19 IP waiver
Amid a furious debate over boosting global distribution of Covid-19 vaccines, more than a dozen…
STAT+: Iovance CEO abruptly resigns after FDA setback for its cancer cell therapy
Hours after the biotech company Iovance announced yet another regulatory delay for its investigational cancer…
STAT+: Fewer state Medicaid programs are restricting access to hepatitis C medicines, but hurdles remain
Over the past few years, state Medicaid programs have done a better job of disclosing…
STAT+: Emergent was aware of vaccine manufacturing issues even as it collected $27 million a month from U.S.
Under a contract awarded by the Trump administration, Emergent BioSolutions (EBS) was paid $27 million…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: Emergent to be grilled by some House members who received donations; lawmakers ask FTC to probe AbbVie
Rise and shine, everyone, another busy day, and especially so here on the Pharmalot campus,…
Opinion: Chelsea Clinton talks fracking, public health, and childhood newsletters
A growing body of research is identifying the health hazards of hydraulic fracturing, better known…
STAT+: Health tech companies form a new coalition to advance the role of real-world data
On Wednesday, five health data analytics companies announced they have banded together to form an…
Opinion: Listen: Chelsea Clinton on fracking, oxygen shortages, and other public health crises
Chelsea Clinton joins the “First Opinion Podcast” this week to discuss her work in public…