Health systems are using machine learning to predict high-cost care. Will it help patients?
Health systems and payers eager to trim costs think the answer lies in a small…
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2-Dose Vaccines Provide Better Protection Against Hospitalization, Death In COVID-19 Survivors
People who had a prior COVID-19 infection gained better protection from two-dose vaccines. Read Original…
Covid vaccines didn’t work for many cancer patients — but researchers are designing a new shot for them
A couple months before the pandemic started, Joseph Ford started experiencing a rash of pinpoint…
STAT+: Pharma pledges faster drug launches in Europe in hopes of avoiding stricter regulations
In a bid to thwart stricter regulation, the European pharmaceutical industry trade group pledged to…
U.S. task force raises doubts on youth suicide screening
An influential U.S. group is raising doubts about routine suicide screening for children and teens…
Ransomware hits rural health centers & a true test of AI
You’re reading the web edition of STAT Health Tech, our guide to how tech is…
STAT+: U.K. readies a Netflix-style subscription payment model for badly needed antibiotics
Amid rising concern over antimicrobial resistance, the U.K. has taken a major step toward becoming…
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Driven by fentanyl, rates of fatal teen overdoses doubled in 2020
After staying flat for a decade, the overdose death rate among U.S. adolescents nearly doubled…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: Will Biogen sue CMS over Alzheimer’s drug coverage? Novartis plans to lay off thousands
Hello, everyone, and how are you this morning? A spot of rain is falling on…
Cancer Treatment And Diagnosis Backlogs During COVID-19 May Affect Cancer Survival
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cancer patients includes delayed diagnosis, deferred tests and…
Kindness May Be A ‘Powerful Brain Booster’ For Families: Study
The researchers conducted their study on 38 pairs of mothers and their 3- to 5-year-old…
‘Exercise Really Is Medicine’: Cycling Benefits People With ‘Accelerated Aging’ Disease
Myotonic dystrophy is “really a form of accelerated aging” and may “put you in a wheelchair,” said senior…
Opinion: Amid the nation’s mental health crisis, we need more psychiatrists now
Every day, people call my office looking for help: A loved one has not left…
Opinion: As a pain specialist, I may have caused more harm by underprescribing opioids
A reporter recently asked me about what harm I may have caused as a pain…
STAT+: Will Biogen sue Medicare over its restrictions on the Alzheimer’s drug, Aduhelm? And other big legal questions about the decision
WASHINGTON — Biogen and other drugmakers have already hinted they might sue Medicare over its…
Overall Risk Of Heart Inflammation After COVID-19 Vaccination Is Very Low: Study
Researchers found no significant difference between the incidence of myopericarditis following COVID-19 vaccination and other…
Human Rights Watch says unaffordable U.S. insulin is a human rights abuse
WASHINGTON — Insulin prices are sky high. High enough, now, that Human Rights Watch is…
STAT+: New bipartisan insulin policy aims to entice drugmakers to lower prices
WASHINGTON — A bipartisan group of four key lawmakers unveiled a long-shot policy that aims…
After accusations of structural racism at JAMA, a Black health-equity advocate is named the journal’s editor
A year after the prestigious medical journal JAMA was embroiled in controversy over a podcast…
STAT+: FDA scolds Bausch Health for misleading claims about a psoriasis cream
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has scolded Bausch Health for a video and webpage…
STAT+: Giving immunotherapy before surgery prevents lung cancer from returning, study says
Giving the immunotherapy Opdivo, made by Bristol-Myers Squibb, to lung cancer patients before surgery can…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: Lilly and Eisai will still seek accelerated approval for Alzheimer’s drugs; CAR-T cells may shrink some solid tumors
Good morning, everyone, and welcome to another working week. We hope the weekend respite was…
STAT+: Private equity giant Carlyle to acquire biotech venture capital firm Abingworth
The Carlyle Group will acquire Abingworth, one of biotech’s oldest venture capital groups, it announced…
How To Really Close The Global Vaccine Gap
A combination of vaccine hesitancy and regulatory, infrastructure, and logistical barriers are to blame for…
Meningococcal Disease Outbreak Affecting Gay, Bisexual Men In Florida: Health Authorities
The disease is preventable via the meningococcal conjugate vaccine. Read Original Article: Meningococcal Disease Outbreak…
Opinion: The power of inclusion: Overturning the ‘white wall’ standard
Have you ever walked down a long hallway in a building and noticed the uniformity…
Opinion: The ‘successful failures’ of Apollo 13 and Covid-19 vaccination
Doomed from the start. That phrase neatly describes the Apollo 13 mission, which launched this…
At small and rural hospitals, ransomware attacks are causing unprecedented crises
At 12:08 p.m. on a Monday, a Sky Lakes Medical Center employee tapped an email…
Can My Child Get COVID-19 From The Vaccines?
Parents are hesitant to have their children vaccinated due to the unanswered questions they may…
COVID-19 Booster Side Effects: What To Expect
The side effects of booster shots may be very similar to those of the primary…
An mRNA vaccine boost may help CAR T-therapy treat solid cancers
NEW ORLEANS — While CAR T-therapy has cured some people with blood cancers, this form…
STAT+: Natural killer cells, primed with an antibody, induce remissions in patients with advanced lymphoma
An experimental immunotherapy involving so-called natural killer cells elicited complete remissions in a majority of…
STAT+: Lighting up cancer cells with pH-activated nanoparticles
On a screen at the American Association of Cancer Research (AACR) conference on Saturday, one…
Opinion: The ‘bot holiday’ and why clinicians can’t tackle disinformation alone
The war in Ukraine has had an unexpected side effect noted by many health care…
STAT+: ‘Precedents are important’: Aduhelm coverage restrictions could shape the future of accelerated approval
Whither accelerated approval? Amid the hubbub over new Medicare coverage restrictions for Alzheimer’s treatments, a…
Opinion: CMS made the wrong decision on Aduhelm. But there might be a silver lining
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued on Thursday its hotly debated final…
STAT+: Warren, Grassley threaten to slap FDA with a 30-day deadline for OTC hearing aid rules
WASHINGTON – A bipartisan duo of senators is done waiting for the Food and Drug…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: Medicare finalizes plan for controversial Alzheimer’s drug; advocacy group faces controversy over CMS proposal
And so, another working week will soon draw to a close. Not a moment too…
COVID-19: Mental Health Telemedicine Was Off To A Slow Start – Then The Pandemic Happened
The country needed a robust – and fast – transition to mental health telemedicine. And…
People Who’ve Had COVID Appear More Likely To Develop Diabetes – Here’s Why That Might Be
Just because it appears people who have had COVID are more likely to develop diabetes,…
COVID-19 Vaccine: How Long Does The FDA Have To Determine If More Doses Are Needed?
In a meeting Wednesday, the FDA said that regulators need to determine if additional COVID…
Strawberries, Spinach, Among The Produce With The Most Pesticides, Report Says
A nonprofit group released its yearly report on what fruits and vegetables were found to…
Regular Use Of Erectile Dysfunction Drugs Linked To Vision Problems, Study Finds
According to the study, the risk of developing serious eye conditions among regular users of…
Opinion: Averting the looming purge of people from Medicaid
Up to 16 million Americans on Medicaid, the federal-state program that provides health care to…
STAT+: For patients, seeing the benefits of the new, fully sequenced genome could take years
Genomics has made significant inroads into mainstream medicine — DNA data are now routinely used…
STAT+: Biden’s new high-stakes research agency needs a home. For cities and states, the race for ARPA-H is on
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration’s new high-stakes research office has a name, an official place…
Medicare finalizes its restrictions on new Alzheimer’s drug, despite pressure from drugmakers
WASHINGTON — Medicare on Thursday finalized its plan to restrict coverage for the controversial, pricey…
STAT+: Advocacy group’s advisory board members defect over Biogen Alzheimer’s drug
The furious debate over Biogen’s Alzheimer’s treatment has now sparked controversy over the Alliance for…
Listen: What’s next for Roche, a debate over second boosters, & Vertex’s recent success
What’s on tap for Roche and its closely followed cancer immunotherapy? Are we all headed…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: Low-income Part D beneficiaries without subsidies often don’t fill scripts; Pfizer strikes a deal for RSV drugs
Hello, everyone, and how are you today? Gray skies are hovering over the chilly Pharmalot…