COVID-19 Cases On Campus Could Surge After Spring Break Unless Students Take Certain Precautions
What college students do during and after spring break can affect the number of COVID-19…
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Welcome to STAT Madness 2022
This is our sixth-annual STAT Madness, a bracket-style tournament to find the best innovations in…
COVID-19 Omicron Subvariant Presents 2 New Symptoms: Report
Health officials have warned of two additional symptoms when dealing with the subvariant of omicron….
AYUSH and Alternative Medicine Market Report Covers Future Trends With Research 2022 to 2029 – Baidyanath, Himalya Herbals – corporate ethos – corporate ethos
AYUSH and Alternative Medicine Market Report Covers Future Trends With Research 2022 to 2029 –…
Stroke Rehabilitation: Treatments, Prognosis, and More – Verywell Health
Stroke Rehabilitation: Treatments, Prognosis, and More Verywell Health Read Original Article: Stroke Rehabilitation: Treatments, Prognosis, and…
Conspirituality Is Finally Getting Called Out For What It Is – Anti-Science Cranks And Alternative Medicine Hucksters – Science 2.0
Conspirituality Is Finally Getting Called Out For What It Is – Anti-Science Cranks And Alternative…
STAT+: FDA approves second CAR-T cancer therapy to treat multiple myeloma, opening the door for greater access
The Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved a new CAR-T therapy for multiple myeloma, a…
STAT+: UC Berkeley loses CRISPR patent case, invalidating licenses it granted gene-editing companies
Ending the latest chapter in a years-long legal battle over who invented CRISPR, the U.S….
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How often is breast cancer overdiagnosed? New research suggests false alarms are less common than once thought
Catching cancer early in a mammogram can be life-saving — smaller tumors are easier to…
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STAT+: Intellia Therapeutics shows improved, sustained effect from in vivo CRISPR treatment
Intellia Therapeutics said Monday that its CRISPR-based therapy for a genetic nerve disorder reduced the…
STAT+: Oregon withdraws a waiver request to run a closed Medicaid formulary
In response to a raft of concerns, Oregon has withdrawn a request made to federal…
Pfizer Covid vaccine is less effective in kids 5 to 11, study finds
Newly emerging data suggest the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid vaccine works substantially less well at preventing infection…
STAT+: Ants, spiders, and mold: Why a big compounding pharmacy recently recalled all its products
Last December, a little known compounding pharmacy recalled all of its products due to “process…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: FTC’s top economist quits amid PBM-study spat; FDA clinical holds have become more common
Good morning, everyone, and welcome to another working week. We hope the weekend respite was…
Opinion: STAT+: What biotech can learn from past stock market downturns
“Dumpster fire.” “Biotech bear market.” “A market rout.” Going by recent descriptions of the performance of…
Opinion: If academic medicine is serious about diversity, its institutions need to pay up
As I began interviewing for my first post-fellowship position as a neuro-oncologist, I immediately realized…
STAT and MIT rooted out the weaknesses in health care algorithms. Here’s how we did it
In July 2021, STAT and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology set out to answer a…
STAT+: AI gone astray: How subtle shifts in patient data send popular algorithms reeling, undermining patient safety
A novel investigation by STAT and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology found that subtle shifts…
Do Outdated COVID Restrictions Contribute to The Mental Health Crisis?
We need to make room for this national discussion, to bring it out from the…
Why One In Three Young People Say They Were Happier During COVID Lockdown
The lockdown that followed the spread of COVID-19 is almost a metaphor for the worst…
Are Americans Ready To Go Maskless?
The CDC’s new approach to COVID-19 could allow most Americans to ditch masks even in…
Does COVID-19 Infection Lead To Hearing Loss?
Doctors reported another side effect of SARS-CoV-2 to the human senses, aside from the sense…
Opinion: Treating kids with sleep disorders stirs thoughts of a lifetime of restless nights
When I was about 7 years old, I lost the ability to place my head…
Unhealthy Air Quality: What Should You Do When the AQI is Too High?
According to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), air pollution can be dangerous to…
CDC issues long-awaited new guidance on when to wear masks
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued long-awaited new guidance Friday on when Americans…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: J&J and wholesalers finalize opioid settlement; more than half of U.S. abortions involved a pill
And so, another working week will soon draw to a close. Not a moment too…
Virtual Event: ‘Augmented’: The future of brain-controlled prosthetic limbs
Editor’s note: A livestream of the event will be embedded below at 1 p.m. ET…
STAT+: Johnson & Johnson, three pharma wholesalers finalize $26 billion opioid crisis settlement
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) and three major pharmaceutical wholesalers have finalized nationwide settlements over their…
STAT+: NIH official accused of ‘bias’ against using a controversial law to address high drug prices
The campaign to use so-called march-in rights to widen access to a cancer drug is…
CDC Updates Pfizer, Moderna Vaccination Guidance Over Myocarditis Concerns
The public health agency extended the allowable interval between the first and second doses of…
Opinion: Fair hearings often fail to live up to their name when hospitals try to suspend physicians
Over the past five years, there has been an alarming trend in the United States…
Opinion: Improving diversity in Alzheimer’s research can help update the ‘gold standard’ for all medical research
The health inequities that have long plagued the U.S. were highlighted and worsened by the…
Here are the contenders for STAT Madness 2022. Voting begins March 1
Many of the biggest science breakthroughs of 2021 centered, unsurprisingly, around the story of the…
As mask mandates fade, experts say use of masks likely will not
Late last year, Rochelle Walensky, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,…
Vaping Is Just As Detrimental To Gum Health As Smoking Cigarettes, Study Says
A study found that vaping can contribute to the development of gum disease just as…
Why Is It Harder To Sleep With Age? Blame These ‘Hyperexcitable’ Neurons
In a new study, a team of researchers has shed light on how “hyperexcitable neurons”…
A Guide to Naturopathic Doctors and Their Practice – Healthline
A Guide to Naturopathic Doctors and Their Practice Healthline Read Original Article: A Guide to Naturopathic…
STAT+: With new trial data coming on Monday, Intellia CEO talks up the future of in vivo gene editing
In 1996, 32,655 Americans died from AIDS. A year later, that number was 16,685. The…
Listen: Medical racism, new Covid vaccines, & the resilience of Regeneron
How many Covid-19 vaccines does the world really need? What will it take to address…
STAT+: Political pressure in the U.K. prompted more universities to report clinical trial results
Sometimes, sabre rattling works. Three years ago, a U.K. Parliamentary committee chair warned dozens of…
STAT+: Unraveling of Amicus spinout spells more trouble for gene therapy field
The abrupt dissolution of a blank-check merger on Thursday points to more trouble for the…
Justice Department sues UnitedHealth over nearly $8 billion deal to acquire tech company
Federal regulators are suing to block UnitedHealth Group’s purchase of the technology company Change Healthcare,…
STAT+: Judge bars Shkreli from running another public company, fines him $1.4 million
A U.S. District Court judge has granted a request from the U.S. Securities and Exchange…
Virtual reality in the health care space heats up
You’re reading the web edition of STAT Health Tech, our guide to how tech is…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: Drugmakers push back against Medicare on Alzheimer’s drug; South Africa says Merck Covid pill isn’t cost-effective
Good morning, everyone, and how are you today? Gray skies are hovering over the Pharmalot…
Virtual Event: CRISPR Quest
Editor’s note: A livestream of the event will be embedded below at 1 p.m. ET…
Opinion: A ‘more, more, more’ approach to cancer screening is misleading and harmful
Enormous progress has been made against cancer in the last 50 years — at least…
Opinion: To restore public trust, the CDC must stop legitimizing the expulsion of asylum seekers
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has come under fire in past weeks over…
The nation hasn’t made much progress on health equity. These leaders forged ahead anyway
This special report is the second of two parts. Read part one here. When Quinn…
COVID: How Will People Behave When Self-Isolation Isn’t Mandatory?
Changes to home working and sick pay rules could make voluntarily self-isolating easier and less…