STAT+: Arkansas becomes the latest state to sue drugmakers and PBMs over insulin pricing
The Arkansas attorney general has filed a lawsuit accusing several drugmakers and pharmacy benefit managers…
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STAT+: A Caribou CAR-T treatment, backed by Nobel-winning science, shows blood-cancer remissions in first data reveal
Caribou Biosciences said Thursday that its CRISPR-edited T-cell therapy induced complete remissions in four of…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: Seagen chief executive is arrested for domestic assault; abortion pill producer has ample supplies
Top of the morning to you. Gray skies are hovering over the Pharmalot campus right…
Long COVID Symptoms In Kids: What To Know
Since there’s not enough research on long COVID cases in children, experts shared the different…
Mysterious Hepatitis Outbreak Claims 11 Lives; 450 Cases Reported Worldwide
The U.S. reported over 100 cases so far. Cases have also been logged in other…
Breakthrough COVID-19 Deaths In Vaccinated Patients Become More Common, But Boosters Can Help
COVID-19 death rates among the fully vaccinated population are rising. As vaccine effectiveness wears off,…
Opinion: Covid-19 deaths in the United States: Reinforcing the notion of ‘two Americas’
The notion of Covid-19 causing two Americas was on many minds in the summer of…
STAT+: The FDA eased rules for mental health apps during the pandemic. Now companies are bracing for it to tighten the reins
In April 2020, as the horrors of the pandemic were beginning to unspool, the Food…
Dr. Oz peddles medical misinformation — but his political rise could still have a silver lining for sound science
WASHINGTON — In his run for the U.S. Senate, Dr. Oz repeatedly reminds audiences that,…
Seven health insurance CEOs raked in a record $283 million last year
The CEOs of America’s seven largest publicly traded health insurance and services companies cumulatively earned…
COVID-19 Booster Shots Lower Death Risk In Vaccinated People
More COVID-19 deaths are being reported in vaccinated people, but boosters shots are said to…
STAT+: Advocate Aurora-Atrium’s mammoth merger: experts split on whether federal regulators will challenge the deal
The merger of Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health, announced Wednesday, would create one of the…
STAT+: Lawmakers wade into a contentious and long-running battle over orphan drug monopolies
Sparked by an unusual, decade-long fight over a rare disease drug, two U.S. lawmakers have…
STAT+: Police reports detailing Seagen CEO’s arrest raise questions about biotech’s response
Seagen CEO Clay Siegall was arrested and charged with domestic assault after a drunken night…
In radical claim, study suggests inflammation wards off chronic pain instead of causing it
For two decades, Luda Diatchenko investigated the underlying biology of pain like a detective chasing…
Transfusion of brain fluid from young mice is a memory-elevating elixir for old animals
For a human, one of the first signs someone is getting old is the inability…
U.S. overdose deaths hit record 107,000 in 2021, CDC says
NEW YORK — More than 107,000 Americans died of drug overdoses last year, setting another…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: Moderna’s new CFO leaves due to probe by former employer; Roche suffers another setback with a cancer drug
Top of the morning to you. The middle of the week is upon us and,…
STAT+: Roche anti-TIGIT cancer immunotherapy fails second clinical trial
Roche said Wednesday that its experimental cancer immunotherapy directed against a target called TIGIT suffered…
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This Area Is Bigger In Psychopathic Individuals’ Brains, Researchers Find
Researchers said that the striatum of psychopathic individuals was about 10% larger than in those…
Test, Test, Test? Scientists Question Costly Mass COVID Checks
For many people worldwide, having cotton swabs thrust up their nose or down their throat…
Long COVID: How To Tell If You Have It?
Experts have warned that long COVID cases are steadily increasing amid the pandemic. Read Original…
Opinion: The danger of letting primary care be a rescue path for burned-out specialists
One of the best-known effects of the Covid-19 pandemic has been the stress and sense…
Opinion: Listen: Get sick, go to the doctor, incur debt, repeat
Sickness can beget debt, which can then turn around and beget more sickness. That’s the…
STAT+: A new biotech investment firm, headed by a pair of noteworthy VCs, seeks to ‘free the founders’
The way biotech veteran Alexis Borisy and entrepreneur Zach Weinberg see it, the venture capital…
STAT+: Researchers look to deliver ‘unbiased judgment of AI bias’ in medicine
After an explosion of excitement in the potential for machine learning in medicine, cracks in…
Study Finds ‘Substantial’ Antibody Boost From Fourth COVID Vaccine
The fourth dose of an mRNA vaccine could provide better protection against COVID-19, based on…
STAT+: Why a controversial patent rights waiver could be a ‘missed opportunity’ to tackle the next pandemic
After 18 months, the fate of a contentious proposal before the World Trade Organization to…
STAT+: It took years, but the failure of Northwest Bio’s brain cancer vaccine is now in the open
After years of delays and excuses, Northwest Biotherapeutics finally disclosed on Tuesday the final results…
Firearm deaths and disparities both grew in pandemic’s first year
Guns were the weapons wielded in more than three-quarters of homicides in the U.S. during…
A machine learning company pitches its plan to get ahead of the next pandemic
You’re reading the web edition of STAT Health Tech, our guide to how tech is…
Pharma showers John Thune with campaign cash
You’re reading the web edition of D.C. Diagnosis, STAT’s weekly newsletter about the politics and…
Virtual Event: 2022 STATUS List Spotlight Series – Oni and Uché Blackstock
Editor’s note: A livestream of the conversation will be embedded below at 1 p.m. ET….
STAT+: Pharmalittle: Pfizer to pay $11.6 billion for Biohaven; pharmacy chains face a novel trial to determine opioid liability
Good morning, everyone, and how are you today? We are doing just fine, thank you,…
STAT+: Pfizer to buy BioHaven for $11.6 billion, raising hopes for the broader biotech market
Pfizer said Tuesday that it will purchase BioHaven, a maker for migraine drugs, for $11.6…
COVID Vaccine Makers Shift Focus To Boosters
COVID-19 vaccine makers are shifting gears and planning for a smaller, more competitive booster shot…
STAT+: Flagship Pioneering hires lobbyists, a first among biotech venture firms
WASHINGTON — Flagship Pioneering, the venture capital firm behind Moderna, is getting into the Washington…
Telehealth aims to crack open Paxlovid’s prescription bottleneck
After months of shortages, pharmacies across the United States are being stocked with drugs to…
Opinion: The faces of Covid
Across the United States, more than 1 million of our family members, friends, neighbors, co-workers,…
Watch: A STAT reporter’s race to keep up with Covid-19
The ticker tape of the infectious disease world, ProMED, posts a steady stream of reports…
The ‘five pandemics’ driving 1 million U.S. Covid deaths
Officially, the U.S. will almost certainly reach an awful milestone in the next two weeks:…
COVID Resistance Might Be Tied To Genetics: Experts
Scientists are looking into a small group of people who never contracted the novel coronavirus…
Black, Hispanic, and Asian Americans should be screened at lower BMI for diabetes, study says
Widely used physician guidelines that ignore patients’ race and ethnicity could be doing more harm…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: Seagen CEO under investigation after alleged domestic violence; Bausch & Lomb settles for a lesser IPO
Good morning, one and all. Damian Garde here, filling in for Ed Silverman on another…
COVID Vaccine To Stop Transmissions Is Next, Expert Says Amid Excess Death Toll
An expert believes scientists will begin working on a way to stop transmission in the…
Hepatitis Outbreak In Kids: CDC Investigating After 5 Deaths, 109 Cases in 25 States, Territories
After more than 100 cases of severe hepatitis in children and five deaths, the CDC…
Opinion: Strengthening Gavi is a way forward for global vaccine equity
The Biden administration’s upcoming Covid-19 summit will shine a spotlight on the global failure to…
STAT+: The panel was supposed to improve efficiency at the NIH. It hasn’t even met for 7 years
WASHINGTON — An oversight board tasked with making the National Institutes of Health more efficient…
STAT+: From burst bubble to medical marvel: How lipid nanoparticles became the future of gene therapy
Paddy Doherty leaned back in the narrow hospital bed and watched a bag of clear…
Opinion: Building scientific talent in the Global South can help prevent future public health crises
There’s a clamor around the world to return to the pre-pandemic “normal.” In reality, though,…