STAT+: Former top Medicare official says Medicare Advantage’s coding industry offers ‘no benefit to society’
Parts of the Medicare Advantage program — essentially, private Medicare plan options — are ripe…
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STAT+: Pharma wins a court battle over an HHS rule that would have penalized them for offering copay coupons
In a notable win for the pharmaceutical industry, a federal court judge tossed a rule…
STAT+: ‘Pharma bro’ Martin Shkreli released from prison
Martin Shkreli, the infamous ‘pharma bro’ who was sentenced to prison for securities fraud, was…
Spain, Portugal report monkeypox cases, raising specter of wider outbreak
Two more European countries reported unusual monkeypox cases on Wednesday, a development that suggests an…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: Moderna chair defends executive hiring process; analysis finds monopoly tactics preserve inhaler revenues
Good morning, everyone, and how are you today? We are doing just fine, thank you….
Opinion: Does Paxlovid help people who have been vaccinated against Covid-19? Show us the data!
As a primary care doctor in New York City, I am grateful to drug companies…
Opinion: Listen: The faces of Covid at 1 million deaths and counting
When Covid-19 began tearing across the U.S. in March 2020, Alex Goldstein started posting on…
Cancer experts hail a molecular ‘black box’ that records how cells fly into tumor territory
Biologists Tyler Jacks and Jonathan Weissman’s mice may look like any other lab mice —…
Psychedelic medicine group investigating a board member accused of financial elder abuse
A leading psychedelics organization has launched an investigation of one of its board members after…
CDC expresses concern about possibility of undetected monkeypox spread in U.K.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention expressed concern Tuesday about an unusual outbreak of…
STAT+: Drugmakers use monopoly tactics to thwart lower-cost generic competition for inhalers, analysis finds
For more than three decades, drugmakers have used various tactics to win and extend monopolies…
STAT+: High blood pressure pills are costly — but also hard to find — in some lower-income countries
A clutch of serious challenges — high prices, a lack of effective combination pills, and…
FDA clears Covid booster shot for healthy kids ages 5 to 11
U.S. regulators on Tuesday authorized a Covid-19 booster shot for healthy 5- to 11-year-olds, hoping…
National Academies report cites ‘urgent’ need to recruit more diverse participants for clinical trials
The persistent lack of diversity among participants in clinical trials is a critical issue that…
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As Congress takes up FDA oversight of dietary supplements, a lobbying showdown looms
You’re reading the web edition of D.C. Diagnosis, STAT’s weekly newsletter about the politics and…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: FDA declines to approve old antidepressant for Covid; U.S.-China trade fight may derail WTO Covid patent waiver
Rise and shine, another busy day is on the way. However, this is also shaping…
Opinion: Omitting long Covid from pandemic messaging is harmful for public health
Public health messaging about Covid-19 has focused almost exclusively on hospitalizations and deaths. The omission…
Opinion: Russian aggression underscores the U.S.’s need for greater investment in medical countermeasures
The U.S. government has warned that Russia could use chemical weapons against Ukraine. Russia’s president,…
What happens when the government stops buying Covid-19 vaccines?
WASHINGTON — The federal government has distributed Covid-19 vaccines and treatments for free so far,…
STAT+: Life or death decisions and no feedback: New study highlights the value of patient tracking, especially in the ER
Back in the ‘80s, when Shamai Grossman was mulling which medical specialty to choose, the…
Just How Accurate Are Rapid Antigen Tests? Two Testing Experts Explain The Latest Data
Once in short supply, rapid antigen tests are now available throughout the U.S. But are…
STAT+: Two dozen states side with HHS in its raucous dispute with pharma over a drug discount program
Two dozen states have waded into the heated dispute between the U.S. government and a…
STAT+: Google taps FDA’s former digital health chief for global strategy role
Google has hired the former head of digital health at the U.S. Food and Drug…
FDA rejects antidepressant seen as possible Covid-19 treatment
The Food and Drug Administration declined Monday to authorize a 30-year-old generic antidepressant as a…
STAT+: Apollo acquires minority stake in Sofinnova, extending private equity dealmaking in life sciences
Private equity giant Apollo Global Management is spending $1 billion for a piece of one…
STAT+: Greece plans to go to court to seek compensation from Novartis over a bribery scandal
The Greek health ministry plans to seek compensation from Novartis over a long-running bribery scandal…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: FDA OKs new type of diabetes drug from Lilly; Early-stage biotechs are juicy targets for M&A surge
Good morning, everyone, and welcome to another working week. We hope the weekend respite was…
STAT+: Seagen CEO resigns after arrest on domestic assault charges
Clay Siegall, co-founder and CEO of Seagen, has resigned in the wake of his arrest…
Opinion: One million reasons to reimagine end-of-life care
The magnitude of loss from Covid-19 — 1 million-plus deaths, many millions more grieving loved…
A ‘city on fire’: How Miami shaped a disputed diagnosis used to justify deaths in police custody
One night in 2019, Elijah McClain, a 23-year-old Black man in Colorado, was walking home…
Puzzling pediatric hepatitis cases echo an earlier mysterious illness
In early April, when word began to circulate that hospitals in the United Kingdom were…
STAT+: When biotech acquisitions spike, early-stage startups are prime targets, analysis shows
Experts are predicting a coming surge of mergers and acquisitions in biotech. And if history…
Four Strange COVID Symptoms You Might Not Have Heard About
Hair loss is perhaps an understated symptom of COVID-19, usually occurring one month or more…
FDA approves Lilly diabetes drug that analysts expect to be a big seller
The Food and Drug Administration said Friday it had approved Mounjaro, a new injection for…
STAT+: Senate FDA legislation will include dietary supplement, cosmetic reforms
WASHINGTON – Senate lawmakers are set to unveil draft legislation as soon as Monday that…
Opinion: The case of RaDonda Vaught highlights a double standard for nurses and physicians
RaDonda Vaught, a former nurse in Tennessee, was sentenced on Friday to three years of…
Opinion: Turn off the spigot for hospitals’ Covid-19 relief funding
Hospitals are calling on Congress for more Covid-19 relief even though they had higher profit…
STAT+: Real estate firms own nearly 1 in 10 health care properties
Not all hospitals and nursing homes own the property they sit on, and new research…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: Aspen may close South Africa Covid vaccine plant due to lack of orders; Roche insists it can overcome latest setback
And so, another working week will soon draw to a close. Not a moment too…
WHO Keeping Watchful Eye On BA.4, BA.5 COVID Subvariants To Determine Risk
Also concerning the WHO is Omicron subvariant BA.2.12.1, which has been detected in 23 countries….
Opinion: A consultant wrote the playbook on drug pricing — then distanced himself from it
When Biogen announced the price for Aduhelm, its controversial Alzheimer’s drug, the explanation the company…
Severe COVID Is Equivalent To 20 Years Of Aging – New Study
Severe COVID results in cognitive impairment similar to that sustained between 50 and 70 years…
STAT+: 3 burning questions about the future of prescribing drugs online
Online companies prescribing and dispensing medications like Adderall are garnering increasing scrutiny from clinicians and…
Listen: A CEO’s arrest, Pfizer’s big deal, & Covid on the rise
Is the next Covid surge upon us? How do you make $350,000 a day in…
Can Google’s Google Pixel Watch compete with Apple on health?
You’re reading the web edition of STAT Health Tech, our guide to how tech is…
Publication of the ‘Google Maps’ of human cells is a milestone. A pioneer of the project explains why
Just under your skin lie whole aqueous worlds, where trillions of cells spark and beat…
STAT+: National Institutes of Health licenses nearly a dozen Covid-19 technologies to a WHO program
In a notable bid to widen global access to Covid-19 medical products, the National Institutes…
It’s Allergy Season, But Do You Really Know Why You’re Sneezing?
If you’re constantly sneezing, coughing, or experiencing a sore throat, the first thing you might…
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Best Mattress for Side Sleepers with Shoulder Pain and How to Sleep on Your Side with Shoulder Pain
Experiencing shoulder pain may not always be serious, but it can greatly affect your daily…
What the current spike in Covid-19 cases could say about the coronavirus’s future
As the Omicron wave subsided in the United States earlier this year, many experts anticipated…