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STAT+: Pharmalittle: AstraZeneca may have used ‘outdated’ info about its Covid-19 shot; Democrats eye drug-pricing measures
Rise and shine, everyone, another busy day is on the way. We can tell by…
‘I was sort of stunned’: Fauci and U.S. officials say AstraZeneca released ‘outdated information’ from Covid-19 vaccine trial
U.S. health officials raised concerns early Tuesday that positive results that AstraZeneca announced Monday for…
AstraZeneca may have used ‘outdated information’ in announcing results from Covid-19 vaccine trial, U.S. officials say
U.S. health officials raised concerns early Tuesday that positive results that AstraZeneca announced Monday for…
Opinion: Palliative care works, so why is it rarely used? Follow the money
A decade ago, a team of researchers showed clearly that a new treatment for advanced…
What we know and don’t know about long Covid
It doesn’t have a formal name or a definition. No one can predict who will…
‘You work your butt off’: Inside the scramble to bring Covid-19 vaccines to homebound Americans
CROSS LANES, W.Va. — Karen Meadows’ plans on Wednesday did not involve leaving her house,…
Wildfire smoke is particularly harmful to kids’ respiratory health, study finds
Wildfire smoke was associated with a far greater number of pediatric respiratory care visits than…
STAT+: Lawmakers introduce a bill to prevent Sacklers from using bankruptcy ‘loophole’ to evade liability
In a move directed at the owners of Purdue Pharma, a pair of Democratic lawmakers…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: AstraZeneca says studies show its Covid-19 vaccine is 79% effective; rich countries created vaccine inequity
Good morning, everyone, and welcome to another working week. We hope the weekend respite was…
AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine shows better-than-expected efficacy in U.S. trial
AstraZeneca said Monday that the Covid-19 vaccine it developed with the University of Oxford reduced…
STAT+: Digital therapeutics startups are ready for more regulation, not less
Digital therapeutics companies are eager to show their work. Five days before President Biden took…
Undocumented immigrants sought far less health care after Trump launched his campaign, new study shows
WASHINGTON — Undocumented immigrants were less likely to visit primary care physicians after former President…
Opinion: We need to start thinking more critically — and speaking more cautiously — about long Covid
A newspaper columnist reached out to me a while back after noticing a few of…
What ‘Beans’ taught her parents about pediatric cancer, the need for research, and patient advocacy
On what should have been Francesca Kaczynski’s first birthday, her memory was celebrated instead on…
STAT+: Winners, losers, and in-betweeners: How pharma companies stacked up in the Covid-19 vaccine race
In the early stages of the race to develop Covid-19 vaccines, it wasn’t clear how…
José Baselga, renowned cancer researcher and AstraZeneca oncology R&D head, dies at 61
José Baselga, a storied oncology researcher and pharmaceutical executive whose discoveries helped pave the way…
Opinion: Operations research advice for Covid-19 vaccination planners: think big, move fast
The world has marveled at the speed with which science took on and solved the…
Rising Covid-19 cases in some states highlight ‘precarious position’ as variants build up in U.S.
The United States is in for a celebratory summer, experts and political leaders have forecasted…
‘The public is being denied the truth’: A legal expert blasts Purdue’s bankruptcy plan to end opioid lawsuits
Earlier this week, Purdue Pharma filed a bankruptcy plan that would have some members of…
STAT+: Microbiome company Finch Therapeutics begins trading publicly, quietly shuffles one of its executives
Microbiome company Finch Therapeutics is, officially, worth about $960 million. Shares in the company began…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: Some European countries to resume use of AstraZeneca Covid-19 shot; Senate confirms Becerra as HHS secretary
And so, another working week will soon draw to a close. Not a moment too…
Vaccine acceptance expert weighs in on AstraZeneca saga
Over the past week, we’ve seen a domino effect in Europe with country after country…
Opinion: Dialysis clinics should be able to vaccine their patients on site
One year after Covid-19 was declared a national emergency in the United States, and with…
Opinion: The long, exhausting reach of dementia care
The Covid-19 pandemic is reinforcing a grim lesson we should have taken to heart but…
STAT+: How the wave of telehealth SPACs during the pandemic could create a ‘perfect storm’ for investors
In little more than a year, telehealth has gone from a backwater of American health…
SEC charges co-founders of shuttered microbiome startup uBiome with $60 million fraud
Federal authorities on Thursday charged two co-founders of uBiome, a microbiome startup that rose to…
Listen: Europe’s vaccine safety scare, Lilly’s Alzheimer’s data, & a plea for transparency
Has Europe lost the plot with Covid-19 vaccines? Can the latest treatment for Alzheimer’s disease…
STAT+: Does a drug’s name affect how patients and doctors perceive it? The FDA wants to know
Drug makers may spend untold sums of money giving medicines zippy names. Now, regulators want…
STAT+: Antibiotic stewardship may be improving at U.S. hospitals, but new targets are still needed
Amid increasing concern over antibiotic resistance, a new analysis found that nearly 56% of the…
STAT+: AmerisourceBergen say-on-pay proposal squeaks by amid outrage over CEO compensation
In a rebuke to AmerisourceBergen (ABC), nearly half of its shareholders voted against a “say-on-pay”…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: Europe isn’t ruling out waiving IP rights for Covid-19 shots; AstraZeneca defends vaccine production process
Top of the morning to you. Gray skies are hovering over the Pharmalot campus right…
STAT+: New monkey model of Alzheimer’s disease may accelerate search for human treatments
Researchers reported Thursday that they have created a new model for studying treatments of Alzheimer’s…
Opinion: Make residency — and health care — more equitable by scrapping The Match
At the stroke of noon on Friday, March 19, more than 30,000 doctors-to-be across the…
Backed by Amazon Care and Intermountain, a new coalition lobbies for policy changes around at-home care
The telehealth boom has made one thing clear: The era of health care provided exclusively…
STAT+: What Amazon Care’s nationwide expansion means for the telehealth industry
Amazon is officially starting its ascent to the national telehealth stage — and its nationwide…
STAT+: Translate Bio suffers a setback with mRNA-based treatment for cystic fibrosis
An inhaled mRNA-based treatment for patients with cystic fibrosis from Translate Bio failed to produce meaningful…
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STAT+: Pharma wins a round in a battle with HHS over a drug discount program for hospitals
In a victory for the pharmaceutical industry, a federal judge temporarily blocked the federal government…
New models could help scientists study the earliest stages of embryonic development
A pair of research teams unveiled two new ways to replicate a key structure from…
Opinion: Listen: Uché Blackstock on diversity in medicine and a ‘life-altering’ decision
In this week’s episode of STAT’s “First Opinion Podcast,” I talk with emergency physician turned…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: Pfizer looks to raise price of Covid-19 shot after pandemic ends; FTC will be tougher on pharma mergers
Good morning, everyone, and how are you today? We are doing just fine, thank you….
STAT+: Washington may become the second state to distribute its own generic drugs
A bill moving through the Washington legislature may make the state only the second in…
Opinion: Prisons are long-term care facilities. So why don’t inmates get priority for Covid-19 vaccination?
In the four-tier priority list for Covid-19 vaccination set out by the Centers for Disease…
STAT+: 4 health startups racing to shake up diabetes care
If you’re a digital health startup looking to make an impact, it makes sense to…
To dampen background noise, hearing aid makers tap AI to amplify the right sounds
For many people with hearing loss, a normal conversation at a busy restaurant is the…
Driven by the pandemic and ‘the Fauci effect,’ applicants flood public health schools
The Covid-19 pandemic has tested the public health and medical workforces like never before. And…
CDC’s Messonnier: We can’t change the Covid-19 vaccine regimen unless we know it works
In an effort to stretch the supply of Covid-19 vaccines, some have advocated for further…
STAT+: Pharma mergers face fresh scrutiny by a new international antitrust group
In response to a spate of pharmaceutical mergers, several antitrust regulators and enforcement agencies from…
STAT+: STAT+ Conversations: An update on the ongoing Covid-19 vaccine rollout
Editor’s Note: A livestream of the event will be embedded below at 1 p.m. ET….
STAT+: VC firm General Catalyst taps expertise of former Ancestry, Livongo, and Gilead executives
General Catalyst’s Hemant Taneja realized he had created a unique playbook for health care startups…