Single Cup Of On-The-Go Coffee Exposes Person To 1,500 Plastic Bits, Study Finds
The microplastics found in the cups were less than 50 microns in size. Read Original…
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Video Games Could Improve Kids’ Brains: Study
Prior research had focused on detrimental effects, linking gaming with depression and increased aggression. Read…
Opinion: International concussion guidelines must protect all athletes’ brains, not just professionals’
Imagine that you are the parent of an 11-year-old soccer player who dreams of competing…
Got questions about the timing of flu and Covid vaccines? Here’s what experts say
Over the past few weeks, cases of flu have begun to creep up across the…
Opinion: Covid-19 is an inverse equity story, not a racial equity success story
As MacArthur Foundation fellow Jennifer Richeson noted in The Atlantic in 2020, Americans love to…
On the campaign trail, Republicans ramp up anti-science, anti-Covid, often anti-Fauci messaging
WASHINGTON — Even as the pandemic fades from our daily lives, it is at the…
STAT+: Pharma companies are investing in online prescribing. Who’s keeping watch?
Over the course of the pandemic, online prescribing has been embraced as a powerful tool…
Opinion: Better access to PET scans can help reduce racial inequities in Alzheimer’s disease
While many Americans are familiar with the devastating impact of Alzheimer’s disease, few understand the…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: Merck suddenly finds Ebola vaccine doses in its freezers; drugs studied to combat women’s midlife mood swings
Good morning, everyone, and welcome to another working week. We hope the weekend respite was…
6 Monkeypox-Related Deaths Reported ‘Stark Reminder’ Of Ongoing Threat
New York City has logged two deaths and so has Chicago, according to CNN. Maryland and…
Opinion: Keeping families out of ICUs no longer makes sense as the pandemic eases
On, December 9, 2020, my mom, brother, and I waited in a cold, wintery drizzle…
Women and men are different, cardiovascular edition
It’s quite the task to photograph someone’s heart while they’re exercising. They have to lie…
STAT+: Epic’s overhaul of a flawed algorithm shows why AI oversight is a life-or-death issue
Epic, the nation’s dominant seller of electronic health records, was bracing for a catastrophe. It…
Opinion: Medical professionals: Make your plan to vote now. Then vote!
The U.S. is less than three weeks from the 2022 midterm elections, which will decide…
People Living With Tobacco Users Twice Likely To Develop Early Vision Loss: WHO
The World Health Organization tackled how smoking could lead to early vision loss and cataracts…
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CDC Director Tests Positive For COVID-19 Amid Falling Cases In US
Dr. Rochelle Walensky has reportedly isolated at home after testing positive. Read Original Article: CDC…
Novavax vs. Bivalent Boosters: CDC Allows Monovalent Booster For Adults
People aged 18 and above can now receive the Novavax monovalent booster instead of the…
STAT+: This summer’s Covid surge was bad for hospital profits
This summer’s Covid-19 surge put a sizable dent in hospital finances, with two large investor-owned…
STAT+: Inside Michelle McMurry-Heath’s departure from BIO: Firings, internal clashes, and a pivotal job review
WASHINGTON — Only two years ago, Michelle McMurry-Heath was named chief executive of BIO, the…
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STAT+: Pharmalittle: Pfizer plans to quadruple price of its Covid-19 vaccine; pharma pushed to tie exec compensation to access to meds
And so, another working week will soon draw to a close. Not a moment too…
FDA’s vaccines chief sees possibility of more Covid boosters — sooner than he’d like
Peter Marks, who leads the Food and Drug Administration’s vaccines operation, is still losing sleep…
Baby Bump Or Bust? US Saw ‘Unexpected’ Fertility Rate Increase Amid Pandemic
The average number of children over a woman’s lifetime declined from 2.1 to 1.6 from…
Opinion: Research funding is broken. Using a lottery approach could fix it
Thirty years ago, Katalin Karikó had what was then an outlandish idea: use messenger RNA…
Opinion: Support family caregivers to improve and diversify clinical trials
During the Covid-19 pandemic, America’s 53 million family caregivers gained some long overdue recognition for…
Medicare is going to cap patients’ spending on drugs. But there’s no such limit for hospital or doctor bills
By 2025, people on Medicare who take expensive medications will feel significant financial relief: They…
STAT+: Dozens of institutional investors urge drugmakers to link executive compensation to access to medicines
Three dozen institutional investors are urging the boards at several of the world’s largest pharmaceutical…
BU’s Covid tinkering, FDA on trial, & why it’s hard to take drugs off the market
What happens when approved drugs turn out not to work? Is it OK to make…
STAT+: Novartis agrees to license a best-selling cancer drug to dozens of low- and middle-income countries
Amid a push to widen access to medicines to poor countries, Novartis has reached an…
U.S. surgeon general says workplaces are taking a toll on Americans’ mental and physical health
Your job can be hazardous to your health, according to a new report from the…
STAT+: How one pharma insider sees the drug pricing reform law: the impact will ‘vary by product and by company’
After years of stops and starts, a law was finally passed in Congress this summer…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: Pharma tries to blunt Medicare power to negotiate prices; FDA panel supports withdrawal of premature birth drug
Top of the morning to you. Another deliciously shiny day is unfolding over the Pharmalot…
Salmonella: 2 Outbreaks Linked To Bearded Dragons Sickens 23 People
About half of the people who got sick were young children less than one year…
Opinion: How states can act to limit drug price increases, saving employers and workers billions
The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 mandates that Medicare-covered drug sales will be protected from…
Tobacco companies shower Black Democrats with campaign cash
WASHINGTON — Tobacco companies generally don’t donate to many Democratic candidates for political office. But…
STAT+: As AI grows in medical image analysis, concern about building trust with doctors grows too
In 2018, the researcher Pranav Rajpurkar was working on an algorithm that could find blood…
‘Front of the line’: For Alzheimer’s patients in successful trial, a feeling of gratitude
When the news came out last month that an experimental Alzheimer’s therapy succeeded in a…
Opinion: What the Makena vote means about accelerated approval, trust, and the FDA
On Wednesday, the FDA advisory committee that oversees obstetrics, reproductive, and urologic drugs voted 14-1…
STAT+: Large insurer’s decision to cover some prescription digital therapies may be a milestone for app makers
A large commercial insurer’s decision to cover a controversial class of software-based treatments for psychiatric…
Opinion: To learn lessons from pandemics, don’t listen to big pharma
Early in the Covid-19 pandemic, the leaders of wealthy countries pledged to respond with “global…
FDA authorizes booster shot for Novavax’s Covid-19 vaccine
The Food and Drug Administration announced Wednesday that it has authorized a booster shot for…
STAT+: FDA panel votes that a controversial premature birth medication should be withdrawn
After an extraordinary three-day hearing, an expert panel of advisers to the U.S. Food and…
Black Death may have influenced evolution of genes involved in immune responses, study finds
The phrase “Black Death mass burial site” tends to evoke images of haphazard piles of…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: Merck KGaA probed by French court for misleading info; former Genentech scientists given prison terms over trade-secret theft
Good morning, everyone, and welcome to the middle of the week. Congratulations on making it…
What Is Ocular Monkeypox? CDC Reports 5 Cases Of The Eye-related Infection
Ocular monkeypox is defined as the “presence of new ocular disease compatible with Orthopoxvirus (OPXV)…
Listen: What makes food ‘healthy’ and why we don’t prioritize nutrition
After years of deliberation, the FDA recently announced a new set of rules it proposes…
Opinion: STAT+: How digital health innovators can successfully navigate evolving FDA regulations
In the rapidly changing landscape of digital health, innovation has often outpaced regulations, especially for…
Could monkeypox infections have long-term consequences?
Since the world began confronting a global outbreak of monkeypox in the spring, the scientific…
Racial disparities in neonatal mortality even wider with tools like IVF, study finds
When Sarka Lisonkova and her colleagues set out to study disparities in the birth outcomes…
BU lab wasn’t required to clear potentially controversial study with NIH, director says
The director of a Boston University laboratory that conducted potentially controversial research on the viruses…
FDA, DOJ sue 6 vape shops for ignoring warnings about selling illegal products
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is suing six vape shops after the companies ignored Food…