‘So much more to do’: A hospital system’s campaign to confront racism — and resistance to change — makes early strides
BOSTON — When a routine cancer screening came back showing an elevated PSA reading, George…
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Paxlovid Provides Little Or No Benefit For Younger Adults: Study
A large Israeli study is shedding light on the efficacy of Pfizer’s COVID-19 pill. Read…
Amazon to shut down telehealth venture Amazon Care by end of year
Amazon announced Wednesday it will shut down its medical venture Amazon Care at the end…
Psilocybin shows promise for treating alcohol addiction, new study finds
Taking one recreational drug as treatment for over-dependence on another is hardly intuitive, but a…
What Fauci’s exit tells us about the ongoing fight against Covid
There was a time when Anthony Fauci thought he would retire when the Covid-19 pandemic…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: AstraZeneca may exit the vaccine business; Bavarian Nordic looks at expired monkeypox vax doses to boost supplies
Good morning, everyone, and welcome to the middle of the week. Congratulations on making it…
Type-2 Diabetes Among Youths Saw Sharp Spike During COVID-19 Pandemic: Study
The researchers found a “substantial rise” in youth onset type 2 diabetes, with new cases…
Opinion: The FDA is at a crossroads for reducing tobacco-related disease and death
The U.S. is at a crossroads for tobacco use, the country’s leading cause of preventable…
STAT+: How a long-overlooked protein could remake neuroscience drug discovery — or plunge the FDA into controversy
So, imagine you get punched in the head. Not once, but a bunch of times….
Opinion: To improve children’s health in low-income countries, put pediatric surgery on par with preventing malaria or HIV
The devastation caused by malnutrition, HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria in low income countries is well…
The FDA stands by as the vaping industry flouts its orders
WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration has spent more than four years trying to…
Novavax Side Effects: What You Need To Know About This COVID-19 Vaccine
The CDC has now recommended the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine for adolescents, but here’s what people…
The bidding war for Signify Health, Black engineers battle bias, & AI shakes-up Parkinson’s research
You’re reading the web edition of STAT Health Tech, our guide to how tech is…
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STAT+: Pharmalittle: Biden plan to stretch monkeypox vax supplies hits problems; Pfizer and BioNTech ask FDA to clear Covid shot for variants
Top of the morning to you, and a fine one it is. After a much-needed…
This Is How Much Exercise You Need Weekly To Reduce COVID-19 Risk, Severity
Regular physical activity is shown to have a protective effect against the “infectivity and severity”…
U.S. plan to stretch monkeypox vaccine supply runs into problems
The Biden administration’s plan to stretch supplies of monkeypox vaccine by giving people fractional doses…
Opinion: Nazi-tainted Pernkopf’s Atlas: A case for acknowledgement, not removal
I was slouched in my lab seat during a lecture on osteopathic principles and practices,…
STAT+: Faster drug approval route sparks investment in rare kidney disease treatments
Recent years have seen a surge of research into rarer forms of kidney disease, with…
Scientists are racing to develop home tests that measure protection against Covid-19
As the world continues to learn how to live with Covid-19 in the long run,…
Opinion: STAT+: How machine learning and automation can solve biomanufacturing scale-up challenges
Biomanufacturing has produced important materials, ingredients, therapeutics, and more for decades, yet it is still…
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STAT+: OrbiMed tumbles from the top of STAT’s biotech venture capital performance ranking
Noted biotech investment firm OrbiMed slid from first place to 14th in STAT’s latest annual…
‘A golden age’: Long neglected in medicine, rare kidney diseases see a surge in research
As much as she tried, Judy Akin couldn’t shed the baby weight. So she’d spend…
How Fast Can Omicron BA.5 Variant Cause Reinfection?
The “stealthy” variant can reinfect COVID-19 patients and survivors every month, according to health experts….
In early research, an AI model detects signs of Parkinson’s using breathing patterns
James Parkinson first flagged a link between changes in breathing patterns and the debilitating disease…
Pfizer seeks authorization for updated Covid vaccine, without fresh clinical trial data
Pfizer and BioNTech said Monday that they have asked the Food and Drug Administration to…
STAT+: Major Indian generic drugmaker closes a U.S. facility after years of manufacturing problems
After a decade of manufacturing problems, a U.S. federal court ordered a unit of Wockhardt,…
Anthony Fauci to step down as nation’s top infectious disease official
Anthony Fauci, the top U.S. infectious diseases official for decades and a leading researcher on…
Zapping the brain with electricity shown to boost older people’s short- and long-term memory
Sending weak electrical current into the brain for 20 minutes a day for four days…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: Murky online market for abortion pills is thriving; more ‘cash pay’ pharmacies decline insurance in the U.S.
Good morning, everyone, and welcome to another working week. We hope the weekend respite was…
When spinal fluid from ALS patients was put into mice, the mice got weak. An unlikely protein could be the culprit
It was a shot in the dark — or at best, a dimly lit room:…
5.5 Million American Adults Use Hallucinogens; LSD Usage Increased: Study
Researchers discovered that hallucinogen use among Americans aged 12 and up increased from 1.65% to…
Opinion: The Biden-Harris administration needs to end fake abortion clinics
In the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, President Biden…
‘People count on it’: In Boston, a mobile clinic meets health needs in the neighborhood
BOSTON — By 9 a.m. on a recent Friday morning, the bright blue, colorfully branded…
STAT+: How North Carolina hospitals justify thwarting Medicaid expansion
North Carolina hospitals just helped kill a major expansion of the state’s Medicaid program. Both…
STAT+: Hospitals wrangle billions in FEMA funding to offset Covid costs
More hospitals are tapping into billions of dollars from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to…
COVID-19 Vaccine Shot vs. Nasal Spray: Which Is Better?
Scientists want a renewed focus on nasal vaccines amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Read Original…
LA Offers Free COVID-19 Testing For Pets Exposed To Virus
The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health said the initiative is for pets who…
E. Coli Outbreak: CDC Prompts Wendy’s To Remove Lettuce From Sandwiches
Federal authorities started investigating the outbreak after it sickened nearly 30 people. Read Original Article:…
STAT+: Biden administration largely stands firm on its method for resolving surprise billing disputes
The Biden administration largely stood firm on its plan for resolving disputes over surprise medical…
STAT+: FDA scolds Sun Pharma for allegedly backdating documents and fudging records for collecting drug samples
Sun Pharmaceutical, which is one of the largest purveyors of generic drugs, allegedly falsified various…
Opinion: The Inflation Reduction Act: One step closer to pharmacoequity?
President Biden’s signing of the Inflation Reduction Act on Tuesday marked a health care law…
STAT+: FDA approves Axsome’s fast-acting treatment for major depression
After a lengthy review, the Food and Drug Administration approved a fast-acting depression treatment from…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: Biden plan to shift cost of Covid-19 products to consumers; U.S. company to help with monkeypox shot production
And so, another working week will soon draw to a close. Not a moment too…
Think You Avoided Omicron? Think Again. Here’s Why You May Have Been Infected
Because the Omicron variant has less severe symptoms such as fatigue, cough, headache, sore throat,…
Opinion: Investing in health workers can help close the vaccination gap — and improve global health
The sharp decline in routine childhood immunization rates the World Health Organization recently reported is…
Opinion: Biden’s long Covid plan is a good start. But it needs to go further
Two-and-a-half years into the Covid-19 pandemic, the Biden administration released its national action plan to…
‘A poster child’ for diversity in science: Black engineers work to fix long-ignored bias in oxygen readings
Like many people who are Black, Kimani Toussaint was concerned when he learned that the…
Ivermectin For COVID-19? Not Effective, Says Large Study
The controversial drug does not help treat COVID-19, according to a long-awaited study on the…
Monkeypox Vaccine Maker Struggles To Meet Demand Amid Outbreak
The biotechnology company voiced uncertainty on whether it could meet the skyrocketing demand amid the…
STAT+: Despite overall decline, late-stage cervical cancer cases are rising
Cervical cancer is one of the most preventable malignancies. The introduction of HPV tests and…