Opinion: Data analysts: a new kind of whistleblower to ‘catch a rogue’?
Most whistleblower cases, regardless of industry, emerge through the bravery and integrity of an employee…
Category: Biotech
The new coronavirus can likely remain airborne for some time. That doesn’t mean we’re doomed
When a new virus blasts out of the animals that harbored it and into people,…
STAT Plus: Trump official behind health data rules has a message for privacy critics: Try helping patients, instead of your bottom line
For the past year, Don Rucker has been in the middle of one of the…
As the coronavirus spreads, a drug that once raised the world’s hopes is given a second shot
A decade ago, a group of chemists cooked up a compound they simply called 3a…
Elbow bumps, social distancing, and Medicare for All: The coronavirus pandemic dominated every aspect of the Democratic debate
WASHINGTON — This is politics in a pandemic age: A presidential debate conducted in a…
As coronavirus pandemic worsens, health officials fear nationalization of drugs and supplies
An allegation that the Trump administration tried to secure exclusive rights to the production of…
Trump administration says it will launch mobile coronavirus test system this week
WASHINGTON — The federal government will roll out a nationwide coronavirus testing system at mobile…
Rollout of Verily coronavirus triage tool Monday will be more limited than Trump seemed to suggest
Verily, the Google spinout focused on life sciences, on Monday will launch an online screening…
Coronavirus pandemic forces some research labs to shut down, with uncertain futures for scientific projects
Scientists who study coronaviruses or design antiviral therapies are grinding away at their research like…
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Trump expands coronavirus travel ban to U.K. and Ireland, hints at domestic restrictions
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Saturday announced it would prevent non-Americans in the U.K….
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Opinion: Medical students can help combat Covid-19. Don’t send them home
Last week, while seeing a patient in the emergency department of Stanford Hospital, I witnessed…
Thermo Fisher to produce millions of coronavirus diagnostic tests
Thermo Fisher, the largest maker of scientific tools, said Friday it plans to produce up…
Hospital workers across the U.S. present sharply different pictures of their preparedness for the coronavirus
U.S. hospitals are bracing for an onslaught of patients sickened by the new coronavirus, shoring…
Coronavirus testing is starting to get better — but it has a long way to go
Friday morning a ray of light cracked through the ominous cloud of the pandemic caused…
There are several ways to declare a national emergency over the coronavirus. Here are the powers they unlock
WASHINGTON — President Trump is expected to declare the Covid-19 pandemic a national emergency on…
A new paper about a Gilead drug to combat coronavirus has some analysts skittish about success
As anticipation mounts over the prospects for an experimental Gilead Sciences (GILD) drug to combat…
How one company made $208 million on an untested coronavirus vaccine
Inovio Pharmaceuticals (INO), a drug company that has existed for four decades without developing an…
STAT Plus: Pharmalittle: Drug makers scramble to develop Covid-19 vaccines; Qiagen vows to ramp up production of test chemical
And so, another working week will soon draw to a close. Not a moment too…
Opinion: How Instagram gave hope to a mother — and her daughter’s doctor
I am not a fan of Instagram. As a physician who grew up and trained…
Opinion: Mending the broken social contract for pharmaceutical pricing and innovation
The biopharmaceutical industry is under unprecedented assault by the public and politicians. Hostility over launch…
Her son died. Two decades later, she met the medical student who got his heart
The young man handed her a stethoscope, opened his shirt, and pointed to where she…
STAT Plus: Will Trump’s new plan to cap insulin costs in Medicare actually save seniors much money? It’s complicated
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration claims its newest plan to cap insulin copays could solve…
Listen: Voices from the coronavirus pandemic, in Italy, New York, and the high seas
How long will this pandemic persist? Are U.S. hospitals going to be overwhelmed? And what’s…
Why Trump’s coronavirus speech, designed to calm, deepened panic
President Donald Trump’s televised address on Wednesday was clearly aimed at calming the U.S. public,…
STAT Plus: Two dead, four hospitalized after receiving Open Biome stool transplants
Two people died and four were hospitalized after they received stool transplants from OpenBiome, the…
A quarantined Ted Cruz proposes to speed approvals for coronavirus drugs and vaccines
Although Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas.) is quarantined at home after coming into contact with someone…
STAT Plus: Kymera announces $102 million in new funding to develop treatments for diseases such as blood cancers
Four years after it was founded, Kymera Therapeutics said Thursday that it has now raised…
STAT Plus: Pharmalittle: A move to fund U.S. production of pharma ingredients; White House issues ‘principles’ for drug pricing reform
Good morning, everyone, and how are you today? We are coping, thank you, despite the…
Opinion: When surgery becomes ‘women’s work’: the devaluation of gynecologic specialties
For much of the 20th century, the work of medicine in the U.S. was performed…
Opinion: Covid-19 will be the ultimate stress test for electronic health record systems
Just as the levees of New Orleans stood little chance against the wrath of Hurricane…
Q&A: How to care for the elderly without putting them at risk of coronavirus
While the coronavirus outbreak poses health risks for everyone, officials have made clear that the…
7 reasons why it’s hard to control your coronavirus anxiety
The novel coronavirus has a long list of terrifying characteristics, spurring people from Japan to…
STAT Plus: Hospitals turn to big tech companies to store and analyze their data — leaving patients in the dark on privacy protections
The nation’s largest hospital systems are rapidly shifting sensitive health data into cloud storage platforms…
STAT Plus: Engage touts long-awaited positive data for its inhaler for seizures
After scrabbling for early financing, Engage Therapeutics has some positive clinical data to show the…
Trump suspends travel from Europe for 30 days in response to coronavirus outbreak
WASHINGTON — President Trump on Wednesday said the United States would suspend travel from Europe…
Researchers rush to test coronavirus vaccine in people without knowing how well it works in animals
As they race to test an experimental coronavirus vaccine, researchers aren’t waiting to see how…
STAT Plus: Danish regulator eyes sanctions — including prison time — against trial sponsors that fail to post results
In the latest effort toward greater clinical trial transparency, the Danish Medicines Agency is threatening…
Opinion: The spread of Covid-19 and the Boston Marathon: We can run another day
It’s my job to think about the novel coronavirus. As a journalist at STAT, I’ve…
NIH official suggests large gatherings should be canceled due to coronavirus outbreak
WASHINGTON — Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease researcher, escalated his tone regarding the…
WHO declares the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic
The World Health Organization on Wednesday declared the rapidly spreading coronavirus outbreak a pandemic, acknowledging…
Microbial signatures in the blood could offer new avenue for liquid biopsies to detect cancer
The many companies developing liquid biopsies to try to detect cancer early have so far…
CDC developing serologic tests that could reveal full scope of U.S. coronavirus outbreak
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is developing tests that could provide public health…
STAT Plus: Under pressure, Trump administration looks to cap insulin costs with a Medicare program
The Trump administration announced a new voluntary program that would lower the out-of-pocket cost Medicare…
STAT Plus: Coronavirus fears may slow clinical trials and delay regulatory steps
Initially, plans for the huge clinical trial were proceeding apace. After months of groundwork, about…
STAT Plus: Pharmalittle: Shortage of a key chemical slows coronavirus testing; CMS touts pilot program to lower insulin costs
Good morning, everyone, and welcome to the middle of the week. Congratulations on making it…
STAT Plus: Biotech, bracing for widespread coronavirus fallout, hopes for the best and prepares for the worst
Biotech: Disrupted. As the number of Covid-19 cases expand globally, every corner of the biotech…
Opinion: The U.S. needs a nationwide registry for traumatic brain injury
The congressional Brain Injury Task Force, co-chaired by Reps. Bill Pascrell Jr. (D-N.J.) and Don…
Opinion: Tackling drug shortages with data, AI, legislation, and more
Every quarter since 2014, roughly 150 to 300 drugs have been in short supply in…
Why ‘flattening the curve’ may be the world’s best bet to slow the coronavirus
For many countries staring down fast-rising coronavirus case counts, the race is on to “flatten…
Shortage of crucial chemicals creates new obstacle to U.S. coronavirus testing
The push to increase testing in the U.S. for the novel coronavirus that causes Covid-19…