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STAT+: Medicare may eventually negotiate some drug prices, but Colorado still wants to import medicines from Canada
The Biden administration may have signed a law designed to lower prescription drug prices, but…
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Listen: Private equity in autism care, a watershed FDA approval, and the future of ALS treatment
How did autism care become a big business? Can gene therapy be profitable? And whatever…
White House, facing pressure from activists, to accelerate rollout of monkeypox treatments and vaccines
Biden Administration health officials said Wednesday they would accelerate access to vaccines and treatments for…
Akili’s deal to go public via SPAC could close soon
You’re reading the web edition of STAT Health Tech, our guide to how tech is…
Opinion: Genetic research provides new clarity about the “whys” of autism
It was an appropriately hazy afternoon on the day my son Dylan, age two years,…
STAT+: ‘We’re finally here’: Harvard graduate spearheads custom gene therapy for younger brother
Richard Horgan has waited for this moment for more than three years. Last month, the…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: FDA approves a gene therapy for a rare blood disorder; pharmacy chains ordered to pay $650 million over opioid crisis
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Use Of Sleep Medications Among Americans Declining In Recent Years
According to the researchers, this could possibly be an effect of the efforts taken to…
What Is West Nile Virus? 2 Cases Reported In New York City
The agency has found 1,068 mosquito pools that have tested positive for West Nile in…
Corneas Made From Pig Skin Restore Vision During Trial, Reignite Hope For Visually Impaired
Estimates peg that around 12.7 million people suffer vision loss due to corneal issues, and…
Opinion: Organ transplantation is at a crossroads. Major reform is needed
In early August, the Senate Finance Committee held a bipartisan hearing co-chaired by Senators Ron…
STAT+: Pharma’s likely to sue over Medicare negotiation. Here are the arguments they might use
WASHINGTON — Democrats finally achieved a win over the pharmaceutical industry this month when they…
Opinion: History doesn’t have to repeat itself with stigma and monkeypox
Ricky (not his real name), is a patient of mine: a young, gay man with…
Biden administration has simple way to cut overdose deaths, experts say: expand methadone access
WASHINGTON — When it comes to fighting opioid addiction, there’s no tool more effective than…
Many Omicron Patients Unintentionally Spread This COVID-19 Variant: Study
More than half of people infected with the omicron variant do not know they have…
Risk of ‘brain fog’ and other conditions persists up to two years after Covid infection
Among the many worrying consequences of Covid-19, neuropsychiatric conditions rank high. A year ago researchers…
Judge rules CVS, Walgreens, and Walmart owe $650M in opioids suit
CLEVELAND — A federal judge in Cleveland awarded $650 million in damages Wednesday to two…
STAT+: Bluebird wins U.S. approval for a gene therapy to treat patients with a rare blood disorder
The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved a new treatment that delivers a potentially…
In an effort to address its missteps during Covid, CDC plans an ‘ambitious’ agency overhaul
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, an agency that has had its reputation battered…
STAT+: ‘A blind eye’: NIH fails to ensure clinical trial results are reported and funds researchers who don’t file results
The U.S. National Institutes of Health failed to ensure that results of roughly half of…
Virtual Event: Biomarkers: The Foundation of Personalized Oncology
Cancer biomarkers can help predict whether therapies will work in certain individuals. In this virtual…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: Endo files for bankruptcy protection due to opioid suits; first Zantac lawsuit dropped, giving GSK a boost
Good morning, everyone, and welcome to the middle of the week. Congratulations on making it…
STAT+: Blueprint Medicines drug reduces mastocytosis symptoms in a new study, meeting investor expectations
A drug made by Blueprint Medicines markedly improved symptoms of a rare immune system disorder…
STAT+: Ex-Google CEO’s VC firm brings in hype-busting researcher to expand its biotech investments
Innovation Endeavors, the venture capital firm co-founded by former Google chairman and CEO Eric Schmidt,…
New Study Ranks The Healthiest US States; Washington Claims Top Spot
The states were given a health score out of 10 based on the combination of…
Researchers Uncover Renaissance Beauty Secrets
Two examples of these types of products are rosewater and sulfur. While rosewater is used…
STAT+: Hospital mergers that dodge antitrust scrutiny lead to dramatically higher prices, study finds
Hospitals that merge under state regulations that shield them from federal scrutiny tend to eventually…
Opinion: Medical error: An epidemic compounded by a culture of silence
Covid-19 turned hospitals into battlefields. Wards burst at the seams, caregivers died in the thousands,…
STAT+: Frustrated with nature’s biomarkers for cancer, biologists try making their own
On Target is a recurring feature from STAT that dives deep into the most promising…
As the Smithsonian wraps a landmark genome exhibit, leaders in the field reflect on what’s changed
When the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History opened its genomics exhibit in 2013, the…
Texas Child Below 2 Presumably Tested Positive For Monkeypox: Report
A child below 2 years old has reportedly contracted the monkeypox virus. Read Original Article:…
What Are The Omicron Symptoms Found In Fully Vaccinated Individuals?
Experts say nine omicron symptoms affect the fully vaccinated amid the ongoing pandemic. Read Original…
STAT+: Cepheid faces fresh criticism over the pricing of its TB diagnostics
A controversy has broken out over a diagnostic for tuberculosis that, until recently, had been…
Brewing data battles, One Medical’s dueling offers, and monkeypox bottleneck
You’re reading the web edition of STAT Health Tech, our guide to how tech is…
Over-the-counter hearing aids expected this fall in U.S.
Millions of Americans will be able to buy hearing aids without a prescription later this…
Inno Supps Review: The natural way to cleanse and rejuvenate your body
Detox and cleanse have become popular buzzwords in the health and wellness industry, associated with…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: Activist investor targets Cardinal Health; 340B drug sales rose to $44 billion last year
Top of the morning to you, and a fine one it is. Crystal clear blue…
STAT+: Merck, a loser in the Covid vaccine race, reinvests in mRNA through a Cambridge startup
Among the most notable aspects of the Covid-19 vaccine race was who won it: Pfizer…
Early Sexual Experiences Lead To Better Sexual Health In Adulthood, Study Shows
The scientists defined sexual debut as a broader term to include other important sexual firsts…
Opinion: STAT+: Clinical validation will save digital health’s reputation
The meteoric rise of telehealth and other types of virtual care during the Covid-19 pandemic…
STAT+: Unpacking the drug pricing policies that Congress just approved
WASHINGTON — Medicare coverage for prescription drugs will look very different when President Biden signs…
Opinion: As a pediatric cancer researcher, I admired the FDA. Then I got ALS
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), as I have unfortunately come to learn, is a terrible disease…
A complicated fall vaccine campaign: Updated Covid boosters, flu shots, and how to time the jabs
For the health officials who steer vaccination campaigns, it’s going to be a complicated fall….
Pregnancy tests are routine before many surgical procedures. But Dobbs has raised the stakes of a positive result
Monica da Silva, a critical care and cardiac anesthesiologist at the University of Alabama at…
COVID-19 Headaches: When To See The Doctor?
Headaches experienced by long COVID patients vary. Read Original Article: COVID-19 Headaches: When To See…
STAT+: Sales from controversial drug discount program rose to $44 billion last year
Prescription medicines purchased in the U.S. under a controversial government discount program amounted to $44…
STAT+: Bright Health Group heads toward insolvency as it rushes to raise more cash
A little more than a year after going public, Bright Health Group is in danger…
‘What aren’t we facing?’: Immunization leader lays bare challenges facing the monkeypox response
In the United States, the circumstances around monkeypox vaccine are a good news, bad news…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: U.S. House passes drug-pricing legislation; U.K. is first country to approve a bivalent Covid shot
Good morning, everyone, and welcome to another working week. We hope the weekend respite was…
Private equity’s latest fixation & the ACA subsidy spigot
You’re reading the web edition of Health Care Inc., STAT’s weekly newsletter following the flow…