STAT+: ‘It looks like a spaghetti bowl’: Scientists reveal a precise structure in a fabled worm’s tangled brain
Using Facebook-like algorithms, a bespoke microscope, and hefty doses of patience, a team of scientists…
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STAT+: Pharmalittle: FDA scientists say J&J Covid-19 shot is effective; vaccine makers predict big jump in deliveries this month
Good morning, everyone, and how are you today? We are doing just fine, thanks to…
New data shed light on efficacy of J&J’s single-dose vaccine against Covid-19
Scientists at the Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday that the single-shot Covid-19 vaccine developed…
STAT+: With genome-editing companies’ stock booming, Beam Therapeutics seizes its moment
Beam Therapeutics, a company focused on genome editing, is in a strange situation. The firm’s…
Opinion: Three steps can help companies speed FDA approval of new drugs
Drug developers see Food and Drug Administration approval as a difficult uphill climb, requiring large…
Opinion: Vaccine equity: If we build it, will they come?
In partnership with the federal government, California launched two massive Covid-19 vaccination sites this week….
How Covid-19 could usher in a new role for continuous glucose monitoring in hospitals
In early May, a wing of Ohio State University’s Wexner Medical Center was eerily empty….
Backed by Google, epidemiologists launch a sweeping Covid-19 data platform
Last January, Samuel Scarpino wasn’t sure what to make of Covid-19. The director of Northeastern…
STAT+: OpenBiome to wind down stool bank operations
OpenBiome, the nation’s first public stool bank, will soon end its program for collecting, screening,…
STAT+: Republicans’ surprising Becerra attack: He’s not sympathetic enough to pharma
WASHINGTON — Republican senators on Tuesday blasted President Biden’s health secretary nominee using an unexpected…
STAT+: Access to heart drugs improves in middle-income countries, but still lags compared to wealthy nations
Middle-income countries have gained greater access to a variety of needed cardiovascular medicines, but remain…
STAT+: STAT+ Conversations: A conversation with a leading biotech venture capitalist
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STAT+: Pharmalittle: Pfizer accused of ‘bullying’ some countries during vaccine talks; FDA to quickly analyze Covid-19 booster shots
Rise and shine, everyone, another busy day is on the way. This morning is getting…
STAT+: Google reveals new progress on controversial project using patient data
More than a year after facing widespread criticism over its patient data-sharing arrangement with hospital…
Dozens of institutional investors push for ‘fair and equitable’ Covid-19 response
Nearly 150 institutional investors that oversee combined assets worth more than $14 trillion have issued…
STAT+: The questions Congress should ask Pfizer, Moderna, and Johnson & Johnson about the Covid-19 vaccines
WASHINGTON — Executives from Pfizer, Moderna, Johnson & Johnson, AstraZeneca, and Novavax will testify Tuesday…
Opinion: Lung transplants after Covid-19 raise difficult issues
When the first wave of the coronavirus pandemic hit the United States in the spring,…
Opinion: Federal law prohibits employers and others from requiring vaccination with a Covid-19 vaccine distributed under an EUA
Ever since the Food and Drug Administration granted emergency use authorization for two new vaccines,…
Schools may see a burst of the common cold when they reopen, research suggests
A curious thing happened when Hong Kong reopened schools after closing them because of the…
STAT+: ‘Following the Amazon playbook’: As digital pharmacy grows more crowded, startups scramble to stand out
Ever since Amazon launched its digital pharmacy late last year, industry rivals have been worried…
‘Held to ransom’: Pfizer plays hardball in Covid-19 vaccine negotiations with Latin American countries
Pfizer has been accused of “bullying” Latin American governments during negotiations to acquire its Covid-19…
With chronic migraines, she avoided light for 18 months — and developed a condition from centuries past
In 2017, Karen Porter mentioned something unusual at a routine neurology appointment: Everything she saw…
New pledges boost a global vaccine access program, but critics say more is needed
After months of uncertainty and frustration, a World Health Organization program designed to ensure access…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: Glaxo and Sanofi start new trial of Covid-19 vaccine; AstraZeneca ends a drug’s use for bladder cancer after failed trial
Good morning, everyone, and welcome to another working week. We hope the weekend respite was…
STAT+: Brainstorm’s cell therapy for ALS lacks convincing clinical data for FDA submission, agency concludes
The Food and Drug Administration told Brainstorm Therapeutics that rejiggered data from a negative clinical…
STAT+: AbbVie smooths over a dispute about alleged theft of trade secrets for a new version of Botox
After two years of bickering, AbbVie (ABBV) and a marketing partner have settled a dispute…
Opinion: The pandemic slingshot: propelling from national crisis to a resilient health care system
A year into the Covid-19 pandemic and the U.S. is still battling this crisis. As…
‘A doozy of a year’: Experts worry screen time during Covid-19 could increase vision problems in kids
Researchers around the world are closely watching for a potential ripple effect of the Covid-19…
STAT+: Federal watchdog raises concerns about increasing telehealth fraud during pandemic
WASHINGTON — A federal government watchdog is sounding the alarm that Americans’ growing enthusiasm for…
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As All of Us moves to diversify medicine, its tech partners push to democratize research
Everyone working from home this year has figured out their own ways to stay focused….
Opinion: New CDC school opening guidelines fail to ‘follow the science’
President Biden vowed to “follow the science” in an effort to get kids back to…
FDA issues alert on ‘limitations’ of pulse oximeters, without explicit mention of racial bias
Two months after Democratic lawmakers expressed concern about potential racial disparities in pulse oximeter readings…
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‘A massive gap in information’: Most vaccine clinical trials fail to report data on participants’ ethnicity or race
An analysis of the demographics of a decade’s worth of vaccine clinical trials has found…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: Single Pfizer shot is 85% effective in preventing symptomatic Covid-19; Biden to commit $4 billion to COVAX
And so, another working week will soon draw to a close. Not a moment too…
Opinion: Eliminating buprenorphine training for doctors won’t solve the overdose epidemic
Before the Covid-19 pandemic struck, the U.S. was making some headway in fighting the drug…
Opinion: The effect of Covid-19 vaccines will — finally — be tested in pregnant people like me
The arrival of Covid-19 vaccines at the hospital where I work felt like a glimmer…
To get ahead of variants, Covid-19 drug makers use evolutionary biology as a guide
Before becoming a Covid-19 drug, each candidate was just a tiny fragment of someone’s immune…
Doctors, researchers push academia’s ivory tower to start rewarding diversity work in promotion decisions
Universities and academic hospitals have vowed to diversify their ranks after a year of reckoning…
Listen: Gene therapy’s safety scare, biotech’s brashest VCs, & the FDA’s uncertain future
How safe is gene therapy? Is there anything “unique” about venture capital? And who’s going…
STAT+: Federal judge nixes hospitals’ attempt to force HHS 340B crackdown
WASHINGTON — A federal judge ruled Thursday that it’s too early for hospitals to challenge…
Pharmalittle: Pfizer vaccine seems less potent against Covid-19 variant in lab test; WTO urges end to vaccine export restrictions
Hello, everyone, and how are you today? We are doing just dandy, despite another blanket…
Virtual Event: Facing the crisis of drug-resistant germs
Editor’s note: A livestream of this event will be posted below at 1 p.m. ET. …
Pharma’s ambitious new antibiotic venture hires a CEO to fix a ‘broken’ pipeline
Several months after a splashy announcement, an ambitious pharmaceutical industry venture to tackle antibiotic resistance…
Opinion: Caregivers are missing from the long Covid conversation
Media reports describe the inarguable, if inconvenient, circumstances that follow us into the second year…
Opinion: Dental therapists: a solution for better access to dental care
Difficulty getting dental care is the norm in much of the United States, especially in…
STAT+: Covid crushed in-person pharma sales. Tech is pitching itself as a solution
The pandemic grounded tens of thousands of pharmaceutical reps who usually roam the country urging…
STAT+: States still can’t import drugs from Canada. Now, many are seeking to import Canadian prices
WASHINGTON — For years, former President Trump threatened to use foreign prices as a cap…
U.S. life expectancy fell by a year in the first half of 2020, CDC report finds
As the Covid-19 pandemic took hold, life expectancy in the United States dropped one full…
In lab experiment, Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine less potent against coronavirus variant
The Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine loses some potency against the coronavirus variant that first appeared in…
Biden to nominate Brooks-LaSure to oversee CMS
WASHINGTON — President Biden plans to nominate Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, a health policy consultant and veteran…