STAT+: After months of warnings, FTC opens investigation into Teva over ‘improper’ patents
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is formally investigating Teva Pharmaceuticals after the company refused to…
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STAT+: Steward Health Care spent millions on surveillance of its critics — even amid financial crisis
This story was reported by Hanna Krueger, Jessica Bartlett, Mark Arsenault, and Elizabeth Koh. It was written by Krueger…
STAT+: Novel amputation procedure makes walking with a prosthetic leg feel more seamless
A novel surgical technique could dramatically improve walking for people with below-the-knee amputations and help…
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STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about indicted drug wholesalers, a gene therapy rejection, and more
Good morning, everyone, and welcome to another working week. We hope the weekend respite was…
Bird flu snapshot: A pathologist sees familiar echoes in U.S. response to the outbreak
Bird flu snapshot: This is the latest installment in a series of regular updates on…
Opinion: Psychiatrists aren’t fulfilling the social contract that subsidized their training
There has been much handwringing about how difficult it is for Americans with mental health…
STAT+: Ascension is racing to unload hospitals as execs work to stem losses
For 15 years, a formidable CEO-CFO duo often called “the two Tonys” ushered their St….
Opinion: Medicare should wait on approving coverage for new obesity drugs
My dad, Randy, a 72-year-old retired sales manager, started to gain weight after grad school,…
Mimetic Self-Reflexivity and Intersubjectivity in Complementary and Alternative Medicine Practices: The Mirror Neuron … – Frontiers
Mimetic Self-Reflexivity and Intersubjectivity in Complementary and Alternative Medicine Practices: The Mirror Neuron … Frontiers Read…
Natural Stings: Selling Distrust About Vaccines on Brazilian YouTube – Frontiers
Natural Stings: Selling Distrust About Vaccines on Brazilian YouTube Frontiers Read Original Article: Natural Stings: Selling…
This desert moss has the potential to grow on Mars
The desert moss Syntrichia caninervis is a promising candidate for Mars colonization thanks to its…
STAT+: Medicare’s big experiment to fix kidney failure care hasn’t worked so far, studies say
A few years ago, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services launched a big experiment….
Opinion: Congress called for an ALS moonshot. The plan for it doesn’t leave Earth
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine recently released a congressionally mandated report on…
STAT+: Supreme Court’s gutting of Chevron doctrine could mean headaches for drug industry
The Food and Drug Administration’s power to make important regulatory decisions is in question after…
Opinion: What readers have to say about long Covid, FDA and diversity, and more
First Opinion is STAT’s platform for interesting, illuminating, and maybe even provocative articles about the…
STAT+: Cassava Sciences collaborator charged with defrauding NIH in grants supporting its Alzheimer’s drug
A Cassava Sciences collaborator and paid consultant has been indicted by a federal grand jury…
STAT+: Drug wholesaler owners indicted for alleged role in diverting Gilead and J&J HIV medicines
The owners of a drug wholesaler have been indicted for their alleged role in a…
Investigating newly discovered hydrothermal vents at depths of 3,000 meters off Svalbard
Hydrothermal vents can be found around the world at the junctions of drifting tectonic plates….
Tiny bright objects discovered at dawn of universe baffle scientists
A recent discovery by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) confirmed that luminous, very red…
Soft, stretchy electrode simulates touch sensations using electrical signals
A team of researchers has developed a soft, stretchy electronic device capable of simulating the…
Ecologists reconstruct the history of biodiversity in the Indo-Australian archipelago and its rise as a hotspot
The Coral Triangle, also known as the Indo-Australian Archipelago, is renowned for having the greatest…
Air pollution exposure during childhood linked directly to adult bronchitis symptoms
A research team has shown that exposure to air pollution during childhood is directly associated…
STAT+: Vape makers see Supreme Court ruling as a weapon in fighting FDA
WASHINGTON — Vape manufacturers are taking a victory lap over a Supreme Court decision that…
Drowning in waste: Pollution hotspots in aquatic environments
A new study explores waste management systems and reveals that achieving zero waste leakage by…
Climate change to shift tropical rains northward
Atmospheric scientists predict that unchecked carbon emissions will force tropical rains to shift northward in…
A dog’s puppyhood can cause ‘puppy blues’ reminiscent of baby blues
Bringing a puppy home is usually a happy event, but sometimes the life change that…
Creating supranormal hearing in mice
A new study has produced supranormal hearing in mice, while also supporting a hypothesis on…
Too many missing satellite galaxies found
Bringing us one step closer to solving the ‘missing satellites problem,’ researchers have discovered two…
New class of Mars quakes reveals daily meteorite strikes
An international team of researchers combine orbital imagery with seismological data from NASA’s Mars InSight…
New model could help provide expectant mothers a clearer path to safe fish consumption
Research creates a framework to better balance the nutritional benefit of fish consumption with the…
Adults conceived by donors left behind by fertility industry
Children conceived by using egg or sperm donors have the same well-being outcomes as non-donor…
STAT+: Optum walks away from its agreement to buy Steward’s doctors network
Health care provider Optum has backed away from its plan to purchase Steward Health Care’s…
How U.S. responses to public health emergencies could be hamstrung by the Supreme Court
WASHINGTON — The U.S. response to the pandemic got politically messy. A Friday Supreme Court…
Supreme Court undercuts regulators’ authority across government
Federal agencies’ longtime authority to regulate industries was significantly weakened by a Supreme Court decision…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about the Purdue bankruptcy ruling, a Merck rejection, and more
And so, another working week will soon draw to a close. Not a moment too…
Will Medicare finally begin covering weight loss drugs like Zepbound and Wegovy?
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STAT+: FDA rejects Rocket Pharmaceuticals’ gene therapy for ultra-rare condition, another setback for field
Rocket Pharmaceuticals said Friday that the Food and Drug Administration rejected its gene therapy for…
Blind employee takes VA to court saying new EHR from Oracle is inaccessible
A blind employee of the Department of Veterans Affairs is suing the federal agency on…
STAT+: Don’t write off MDMA yet: How the FDA got on board with psychedelics
Days after an advisory committee resoundingly voted for the Food and Drug Administration to reject…
Opinion: To secure the U.S.’s biotech supply chain, pay attention to domestic companies
Scientific breakthroughs will enable a future of personalized drug discovery, where precision medicine makes it…
Upending Purdue Pharma’s settlement does little to help today’s opioid crisis, advocates say
The drug policy world has been left torn by the Supreme Court’s ruling on Thursday…
Opinion: Medicare’s Part D policy is blocking progress needed to achieve Black health equity
A new and effective class of anti-obesity medicines, along with lifestyle interventions and sometimes bariatric…
Biden and Trump spar over Medicare and abortion in a presidential debate filled with mistakes and falsehoods
WASHINGTON — For the most part, substantive debates on health policy between President Biden and…
Pressed on addiction, Trump and Biden talk border security but don’t mention treatment
President Biden and former President Trump were each given the chance on Thursday to speak…
The Truth Behind Four Natural Cancer “Cures” – On Cancer – Memorial Sloan Kettering
The Truth Behind Four Natural Cancer “Cures” On Cancer – Memorial Sloan Kettering Read Original Article:…
The Hazards of Smoking and Vaping: How They Impact Your Health – WMNF
The Hazards of Smoking and Vaping: How They Impact Your Health WMNF Read Original Article: The…
Analysis suggests 2021 Texas abortion ban resulted in increase in infant deaths in state in year after law went into effect
Researchers use statistical modeling to estimate infant deaths expected if one of the country’s most…
House panel passes bills to expand Medicare obesity drug coverage, cancer screening
WASHINGTON — A House committee overwhelmingly passed four bills on Thursday that would expand Medicare…
Biden’s Supreme Court abortion wins could be short lived
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court this month handed President Biden a pair of wins on…
Listen: Medicare coverage for GLP-1 drugs, AI, and health care at the presidential debate
Will Medicare finally begin covering weight loss drugs like Zepbound and Wegovy? And what health…