Bird flu snapshot: A pathologist sees familiar echoes in U.S. response to the outbreak
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Opinion: Psychiatrists aren’t fulfilling the social contract that subsidized their training
There has been much handwringing about how difficult it is for Americans with mental health…
STAT+: Ascension is racing to unload hospitals as execs work to stem losses
For 15 years, a formidable CEO-CFO duo often called “the two Tonys” ushered their St….
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Opinion: Medicare should wait on approving coverage for new obesity drugs
My dad, Randy, a 72-year-old retired sales manager, started to gain weight after grad school,…
STAT+: Medicare’s big experiment to fix kidney failure care hasn’t worked so far, studies say
A few years ago, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services launched a big experiment….
Opinion: Congress called for an ALS moonshot. The plan for it doesn’t leave Earth
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine recently released a congressionally mandated report on…
STAT+: Supreme Court’s gutting of Chevron doctrine could mean headaches for drug industry
The Food and Drug Administration’s power to make important regulatory decisions is in question after…
Opinion: What readers have to say about long Covid, FDA and diversity, and more
First Opinion is STAT’s platform for interesting, illuminating, and maybe even provocative articles about the…
STAT+: Cassava Sciences collaborator charged with defrauding NIH in grants supporting its Alzheimer’s drug
A Cassava Sciences collaborator and paid consultant has been indicted by a federal grand jury…
STAT+: Drug wholesaler owners indicted for alleged role in diverting Gilead and J&J HIV medicines
The owners of a drug wholesaler have been indicted for their alleged role in a…
STAT+: Vape makers see Supreme Court ruling as a weapon in fighting FDA
WASHINGTON — Vape manufacturers are taking a victory lap over a Supreme Court decision that…
STAT+: Optum walks away from its agreement to buy Steward’s doctors network
Health care provider Optum has backed away from its plan to purchase Steward Health Care’s…
How U.S. responses to public health emergencies could be hamstrung by the Supreme Court
WASHINGTON — The U.S. response to the pandemic got politically messy. A Friday Supreme Court…
Supreme Court undercuts regulators’ authority across government
Federal agencies’ longtime authority to regulate industries was significantly weakened by a Supreme Court decision…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about the Purdue bankruptcy ruling, a Merck rejection, and more
And so, another working week will soon draw to a close. Not a moment too…
Will Medicare finally begin covering weight loss drugs like Zepbound and Wegovy?
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STAT+: FDA rejects Rocket Pharmaceuticals’ gene therapy for ultra-rare condition, another setback for field
Rocket Pharmaceuticals said Friday that the Food and Drug Administration rejected its gene therapy for…
Blind employee takes VA to court saying new EHR from Oracle is inaccessible
A blind employee of the Department of Veterans Affairs is suing the federal agency on…
STAT+: Don’t write off MDMA yet: How the FDA got on board with psychedelics
Days after an advisory committee resoundingly voted for the Food and Drug Administration to reject…
Opinion: To secure the U.S.’s biotech supply chain, pay attention to domestic companies
Scientific breakthroughs will enable a future of personalized drug discovery, where precision medicine makes it…
Upending Purdue Pharma’s settlement does little to help today’s opioid crisis, advocates say
The drug policy world has been left torn by the Supreme Court’s ruling on Thursday…
Opinion: Medicare’s Part D policy is blocking progress needed to achieve Black health equity
A new and effective class of anti-obesity medicines, along with lifestyle interventions and sometimes bariatric…
Biden and Trump spar over Medicare and abortion in a presidential debate filled with mistakes and falsehoods
WASHINGTON — For the most part, substantive debates on health policy between President Biden and…
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Pressed on addiction, Trump and Biden talk border security but don’t mention treatment
President Biden and former President Trump were each given the chance on Thursday to speak…
House panel passes bills to expand Medicare obesity drug coverage, cancer screening
WASHINGTON — A House committee overwhelmingly passed four bills on Thursday that would expand Medicare…
Biden’s Supreme Court abortion wins could be short lived
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court this month handed President Biden a pair of wins on…
Listen: Medicare coverage for GLP-1 drugs, AI, and health care at the presidential debate
Will Medicare finally begin covering weight loss drugs like Zepbound and Wegovy? And what health…
STAT+: Trying to outrun her prion disease, researcher creates powerful epigenetic editor in mice
Sonia Vallabh always thought genome editing wouldn’t be an option. It was such an obvious…
STAT+: Walgreens could shutter hundreds of underperforming stores
Walgreens is finalizing a plan to fix its U.S. business that could result in closing…
Key health care topics to watch out for at the Biden-Trump debate
You’re reading the web edition of D.C. Diagnosis, STAT’s twice-weekly newsletter about the politics and…
Hospital at home program is waiting on Congress, but this New Jersey hospital isn’t
You’re reading the web edition of STAT’s Health Tech newsletter, our guide to how technology…
Supreme Court kicks Idaho emergency abortion ban back to lower court
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday released an opinion allowing emergency abortions in Idaho but…
STAT+: Supreme Court rejects Purdue bankruptcy plan
The U.S. Supreme Court rejected a controversial bankruptcy deal in which the owners of Purdue…
Exclusive: European VC Forbion hires Dyne CEO, expands into US
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STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about EMA plans for GLP-1 shortages, Walgreens store closings, and more
Good morning, everyone, and how are you today? The heat continues to rise here on…
STAT+: Are expensive whole-body MRI scans medically useful? A new clinical trial aims to find out
A startup selling elective whole-body scans for upward of $1,000 is launching a 10-year, 100,000…
Opinion: To get basic standard addiction treatment, Americans should move to Canada
As a Canadian-born physician who has treated people with opioid use disorder on both sides…
Q&A: Lessons from the HHS secretary who ran Bush’s bird flu response
WASHINGTON — Mike Leavitt is in the small club of government officials who’ve led an…
STAT+: Q&A: Defining responsible AI in health care, with CHAI CEO Brian Anderson
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Artificial intelligence is increasingly infused into many aspects of health care,…
By the numbers: America’s alcohol-related health problems are rising fast
In the pit of the pandemic, with no one to see and nowhere to go,…
Opinion: Eating rocks: The case for early integration of medical ethics into AI product development
Google’s recent integration of Gemini, its state-of-the-art large language model, into its search engine marks…
STAT+: Journal retracts study tied to Micronoma’s effort to create blood cancer test
Nature retracted a high-profile paper that served as part of the scientific groundwork for Micronoma,…
CDC advisory panel opts for a go-slow approach on expanding usage of RSV vaccines
Makers of RSV vaccines for older adults saw their plans to try to expand usage…
FDA issues long-awaited draft guidance for enrolling more people of color in clinical trials
The Food and Drug Administration has drafted guidance aimed at getting drug companies and medical…
National Academies proposes reimagining health care to fix ‘fundamental flaws’ that underlie inequity
The nation’s longstanding racial and ethnic health inequities will not improve unless Congress steps in…
The Supreme Court appears set to reject Idaho’s near-total abortion ban
The Supreme Court appears ready to allow emergency abortions in Idaho, according to a document…
House panel proposes new strategy for Medicare to cover weight loss drugs Wegovy, Zepbound
WASHINGTON — As weight loss medications have exploded in popularity, a bill to allow Medicare…
Supreme Court rejects challenge to Biden’s use of bully pulpit to fight Covid misinformation
The Supreme Court on June 26 rebuffed states and anti-lockdown advocates who said the government…
Intellia says its CRISPR-based therapy can be redosed
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STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about rejection of an AbbVie Parkinson’s drug, PBM markups on mail order, and more
Hello, everyone, and how are you today? We are doing just fine, thank you, especially…