Opinion: Medicare has different standards than the FDA. That’s how it should be
Who among us is looking forward to getting older in 2024? Not senators (most of…
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Listen: Vertex’s polarizing data, Aduhelm’s adieu, & an FDA icon
What makes a blockbuster? Can biotech learn from Aduhelm? And how do you replace a…
Updated Covid vaccine has 54% effectiveness, new data suggest
New data released Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggest that the…
Medicare drug price negotiation’s day in court
You’re reading the web edition of D.C. Diagnosis, STAT’s twice-weekly newsletter about the politics and…
Clues from mice could help explain why women face a higher risk of autoimmune disorders
Researchers have long known that women are more likely to develop autoimmune disorders than men,…
STAT+: Raleigh-Durham challenges Boston as biomanufacturing hub of the future
MORRISVILLE, N.C. — Ten minutes from the Raleigh airport, the future of biotech is under…
Methadone treatment gets first major update in over 20 years
The federal government is unveiling new regulations meant to modernize methadone treatment, the first major…
Novavax is on thin ice, and the latest update isn’t exactly encouraging
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STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about Medicare price negotiations, slowing layoffs, and more
Rise and shine, everyone, another busy day is on the way. We can tell because…
STAT+: Biden administration makes opening offers in Medicare drug price negotiations
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is making its opening offers to pharmaceutical companies in its…
Opinion: Where do we go from here on digital therapeutics?
South Korea is the only country to officially recognize digital therapeutics as a category. Nevertheless,…
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STAT+: General Catalyst wants to take over a safety-net health system in Akron. The city has questions
General Catalysts’s grand vision for a venture capital-owned hospital system seamlessly blending AI and tech…
STAT+: Can gene therapies make for a profitable business? Keep your eye on Bluebird Bio
Happy Groundhog Day eve. Some takes and thoughts on Bluebird Bio’s quest for gene therapy…
Opinion: Why I left the editorial board of the prestigious scientific journal NeuroImage — and helped start something new
Last spring, I joined a rebellion. The entire editorial board of the prestigious scientific journal…
Trees struggle to ‘breathe’ as climate warms
Trees are struggling to sequester heat-trapping carbon dioxide (CO2) in warmer, drier climates, meaning that…
Miracle Cures: Conspiracy Theories Are Fueling a New Age of Unproven Treatments – Medpage Today
Miracle Cures: Conspiracy Theories Are Fueling a New Age of Unproven Treatments Medpage Today Read Original…
No, Magic Johnson wasn’t cured of HIV by self-proclaimed healer Dr. Sebi | Fact check – USA TODAY
No, Magic Johnson wasn’t cured of HIV by self-proclaimed healer Dr. Sebi | Fact check USA…
STAT+: Obscure vertigo drug could bring rare hope for patients with devastating neuron disease
About a decade ago, Tatiana Bremova-Ertl’s graduate adviser was studying an obscure, 1950s-era French vertigo…
Discovery of a third RNA virus linage in extreme environments Jan 17, 2024
A research group has discovered a novel RNA viral genome from microbes inhabiting a high-temperature…
STAT+: Medicare Advantage insurers face slight proposed cut to 2025 payments
The federal government is cutting the average benchmark payments for 2025 Medicare Advantage plans by…
Engineering viruses to kill deadly pathogens
Antimicrobial resistance is an urgent and growing global crisis. Researchers are exploring phages, viruses that…
Neanderthals and humans lived side by side in Northern Europe 45,000 years ago
Archaeologists have debated whether Neanderthals or modern humans made stone tools that are found at…
Precursor of cholesterol protects cells from ferroptosis
A precursor of cholesterol, previously categorized as harmful, can protect cancer cells from cell death….
Molecule can quickly, and briefly, boost white blood cell counts
Treatment with a molecule known as A485 can quickly and temporarily increase levels of white…
When and how immune cells decide to form pathogen memories
During infection, reversible switch permits flexible formation of memory T cells, long-lived blood cells that…
STAT+: Judge skeptical of arguments against Medicare drug price negotiation
WILMINGTON, Del. — Today was the first time that a federal judge asked questions in-person…
Congressmen: This Covid hearing ‘could have been an email’
WASHINGTON — House Republicans have repeatedly accused Biden health officials of withholding and censoring documents…
STAT+: WTO appears close to rejecting a proposed waiver on patents for Covid diagnostics and therapies
After more than a year of deliberation, the World Trade Organization appears close to rejecting…
Some dementia patients might have reversible symptoms caused by cirrhosis, study says
The descent into dementia can feel like traversing a minefield, coming across new symptoms without…
We’re naming cancers all wrong, oncology leader says
Naming cancers solely by the organs they originate in is getting a bit old, according…
Cigna to sell Medicare Advantage plans to Blue Cross Blue Shield insurer for $3.3 billion
Cigna is officially exiting the Medicare business, agreeing to sell all of its Medicare insurance…
Pfizer’s reset year starts with a little profit
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STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about Wegovy supplies, Biogen ditching Aduhelm, and more
Rise and shine, everyone. The middle of the week is upon us. Have heart, though….
AI-powered app can detect poison ivy
To find poison ivy before it finds you, scientists have published a new study in…
Black summer bushfires in Australia wiped $2.8 billion from tourism supply chain
First input-output economic analysis of the 2019-20 Australian fires also found 7300 jobs were lost….
Using computers to design proteins allows researchers to make tunable hydrogels that can form both inside and outside of cells
New research demonstrates a new class of hydrogels that can form not just outside cells,…
Researchers craft new way to make high-temperature superconductors — with a twist
An international team has developed a new method to make and manipulate a widely studied…
Study suggests secret for getting teens to listen to unsolicited advice
A new study may hold a secret for getting your teenager to listen to appreciate…
Machine learning informs a new tool to guide treatment for acute decompensated heart failure
A recent study utilized a machine learning-based approach to identify, understand, and predict diuretic responsiveness…
A green alternative for treating Streptococcus iniae bacteria in hybrid striped bass
Scientists have developed a green antibiotic alternative to treat the deadly pathogen Streptococcus iniae in…
As cities grow, how will city trash, wastewater, and emissions rise?
A team of researchers, in an analysis of waste products — municipal solid waste, wastewater,…
A tie between the most common obesity surgeries
The two most common obesity surgeries — gastric bypass and gastric sleeve — have few…
Maternal pulse recording during childbirth prevents encephalopathy in newborn babies
External heart rate monitoring, the most common method of monitoring the fetus, may leave signs…
Superfluids could share characteristic with common fluids
Every fluid — from Earth’s atmosphere to blood pumping through the human body — has…
Geoengineering may slow Greenland ice sheet loss
Modeling shows that stratospheric aerosol injection has the potential to reduce ice sheet loss due…
How fasting may protect against inflammation
Scientists may have discovered a new way in which fasting helps reduce inflammation — a…
Artificial muscles — lighter, safer, more robust
Researchers have developed artificial muscles that are lighter, safer and more robust than their predecessors….
Sweat-resistant wearable robot sensor
A joint research team has developed a stretchable and adhesive microneedle sensor that can be…
STAT+: Years after a polarizing approval, Biogen walks away from Aduhelm
Biogen is giving up its ownership of Aduhelm, the Alzheimer’s disease treatment whose 2021 approval…
STAT+: Experts critique flawed system for monitoring drugs’ side effects in wake of asthma drug report
After a drug enters the market, it’s up to Food and Drug Administration regulators to…