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Opinion: A national patient ID is essential for patient safety
Misidentifying patients can have tragic consequences. Numerous catastrophic cases and near misses have been collected…
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To protect people with addiction from discrimination, the Justice Dept. turns to a long-overlooked tool: the ADA
It was at Massachusetts General Hospital that Bryan found the care he needed for his…
Women More Likely To Develop Long COVID, Study Claims
Research has found that women are more likely to develop long COVID symptoms than men….
The pitfalls of pandemic apps, Epic’s data network, & Medicare’s race data problem
You’re reading the web edition of STAT Health Tech, our guide to how tech is…
STAT+: Startup will target cystic fibrosis with a new twist on gene therapy
Gene therapy developers rely on hollowed-out viruses to shuttle DNA into the body, where it…
Biden picks former DARPA director Prabhakar as next science adviser
WASHINGTON — President Biden will soon nominate Arati Prabhakar, a physicist and former DARPA director,…
STAT+: Senate lawmakers introduce a bill to help the FDA and the U.S. Patent Office coordinate
Amid concerns that patent reviewers disregard competitive effects on prescription drugs, a bipartisan group of…
STAT+: Supreme Court rules in favor of insurance plan that pushed kidney failure patient to Medicare
Patients with kidney failure face a murky future if they have insurance coverage through a…
STAT+: PTC’s Duchenne muscular dystrophy drug achieves study goal, potentially confirming European approval
PTC Therapeutics said Tuesday that its treatment for Duchenne muscular dystrophy slowed the loss of…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: Medicare could have saved billions if it paid what Cuban charges; India’s drug controller accused of taking bribe
Top of the morning to you, and a fine one it is. The sun is…
Mystery Disease Spreads In North Korea; 800 Families Suffer From New ‘Epidemic’
The outbreak may be cholera or typhoid, according to South Korean officials. Read Original Article:…
Opinion: The U.S. needs to revitalize research on the health effects of low-dose radiation
People are exposed to low-dose radiation in many ways: having a CT scan, working as…
STAT+: European researchers seek greater stake in drug development in bid to improve access
As the price of new medicines weighs on health payers in Europe, universities are seeking…
What will it take to level the playing field for Black residents?
This is part two of a STAT investigation on the dismissal of Black doctors from…
These researchers study abortion in states likely to ban it. That will make their jobs even harder
Last September, Texas lawmakers passed the most restrictive abortion policy in the country. The state’s…
On Covid messaging, Biden is caught between politics and public health
WASHINGTON — When it comes to Covid-19, President Biden is walking a tightrope. The midterm…
New COVID Variants Capable Of Partially Dodging Immunity: Report
Scientists are reportedly dreading the pair of new subvariants amid the latest surge. Read Original…
STAT+: Medicare could have saved billions on drugs if it paid what Mark Cuban charges at his new pharmacy
Amid growing anger over the cost of medicines, a new analysis finds that Medicare could…
STAT+: European Commission investigates Vifor for ‘disparaging’ its only rival in iron deficiency market
The European Commission has opened an investigation into allegations that Vifor Pharma spread misleading information…
STAT+: Smartphone apps promised to help combat the pandemic. How well did they work?
When the pandemic hit, tech giants like Apple and Google as well as upstart technology…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: Merck is eyeing Seagen to beef up its cancer drug portfolio; Lawmakers want GAO to probe PBMs
Good morning, everyone, and welcome to another working week, although today is actually a holiday…
U.S. EPA Ordered To Reassess Glyphosate’s Impact On Health, Environment
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency was ordered by a federal appeals court on Friday to…
Opinion: U.S. health care needs to be fixed. Look to the LGBTQ+ community to do it
The brewing monkeypox outbreak that’s raising health alarms in the LGBTQ+ community comes on the…
Opinion: Hold science to higher standards on racism
Shortly before an 18-year-old white supremacist entered a supermarket in a Black neighborhood of Buffalo,…
Comparing the Pfizer and Moderna Covid vaccines for young children
You have a child under age 5. You’ve been waiting anxiously to get said child…
‘It was stolen from me’: Black doctors are forced out of training programs at far higher rates than white residents
Rosandra Daywalker had always excelled. The daughter of Haitian and Jamaican parents in Miami —…
CDC Endorses COVID-19 Vaccines For Children 5 And Below
The public health agency has officially endorsed the administration of the COVID-19 vaccines in all…
CDC Clears COVID-19 Vaccines For Children 5 And Below
The public health agency has officially endorsed the administration of the COVID-19 vaccines in all…
Opinion: Never forget that early vaccines came from testing on enslaved people
In response to the growing spread of monkeypox, public health leaders are for the first…
Opinion: Why I ask my patients about their faith or religion
As a surgeon specializing in cancer, I often meet people at a time of crisis…
CDC advisers endorse Pfizer, Moderna Covid vaccines for children under 5
A expert panel advising the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention voted unanimously Saturday to…
STAT+: Lawmakers ask GAO to probe pharmacy benefit managers over their role in drug pricing
Amid intensifying scrutiny of pharmacy benefit managers, a group of House Republicans is urging the…
STAT+: HCA, Steward abandon hospital deal in another win for FTC
For-profit hospital chains HCA Healthcare and Steward Health Care have terminated their proposed hospital sales,…
STAT+: A longtime investor talks interest rates, biotech, and why luxury cars are a warning sign
This week the central bank hiked interest rates by three quarters of a percentage point,…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: FTC warns pharma and PBMs about rebate schemes; WTO reaches Covid vaccine patent waiver deal
And so, another working week will soon draw to a close. Not a moment too…
STAT+: WTO reaches a deal on Covid vaccine patent waivers, but industry and advocates remain unhappy
After nearly two years of talks, the World Trade Organization reached an agreement to temporarily…
FDA authorizes Pfizer and Moderna Covid vaccines for infants, toddlers, and preschoolers
The Food and Drug Administration on Friday authorized the Pfizer and Moderna Covid vaccines for…
A CDC study seeks to provide clues to seeming surge of hepatitis cases in kids
When previously healthy little kids started showing up in hospitals with failing livers last fall…
Omicron Less Likely To Cause Long COVID: UK Study
The Omicron variant of coronavirus is less likely to cause long COVID than previous variants,…
Opinion: Reformulating drugs helps profits more than patients
Prescription drug prices remain stubbornly high in the U.S. even though making drugs more affordable…
Opinion: Medical schools need to be part of the solution to preventing gun violence
Like so many Americans, we watched in horror the news reports about the mass shootings…
Three burning questions about the first brain reference charts
Scientists have created the first reference charts for the human brain, mapping its growth from…
U.S. Covid test makers anticipate layoffs after government reallocates funds
Domestic Covid test manufacturers are wrestling with the federal government’s decision to shuttle an already…
CDC Issues Safer Sex Guidelines Amid Monkeypox Outbreak
The public health agency urged sexual partners to engage in intimate acts with their clothes…
Life expectancy for Native Americans has stagnated — even long before Covid
Native American and Alaska Native populations were the only Americans to see no increase whatsoever…
STAT+: FTC puts drugmakers and PBMs on notice that it will crack down on illegal rebate schemes
In a notable move, the Federal Trade Commission put drugmakers and pharmacy benefit managers on…
Listen: Paul Offit on Covid vaccines for kids, plus: how the Fed affects biotech, & another Alzheimer’s setback
Will biotech stocks ever recover? How well do Covid-19 vaccines work for kids? And can…
Hospital data is funneled to Facebook, Verily’s business model, and virtual reality surgery
You’re reading the web edition of STAT Health Tech, our guide to how tech is…
Romney accuses White House of ‘patently false’ information about Covid-19 funds
WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney, a prominent Republican senator who spearheaded failed Covid-19 response funding negotiations, on…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: CVS whistleblower suit details plans to boost consumer drug costs; Roche reports negative Alzheimer’s trial results
Hello, everyone, and how are you today? Another dank cloudy cover greeted us this morning,…