COVID: Why The Current Surge In Cases Is A Problem For Some Countries But Not Others
The difference is down to the vaccination campaigns. Read Original Article: COVID: Why The Current…
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Study: How COVID-19 Infects Cells That Lead To Inflammation And Severe Disease
A study details how the virus that causes COVID-19 infects crucial immune cells and causes…
Opinion: 3 steps ARPA-H needs to take to accomplish its mission
Since its formation in the 1950s, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, better known as…
Opinion: The organ procurement system is failing people of color like me. It’s time for reform
I am a Black woman who has been waiting for seven years for a kidney…
‘We are not casting a wide enough net’: Rob Perez on how biopharma companies can help out their neighbors
If it wasn’t for a well-placed ad in the paper, Rob Perez might not have…
STAT+: A new crop of companies is reshaping the health data economy
It is one of health care’s most vexing quandaries: Patient data must be shared to…
STAT+: Many Medicare Part D beneficiaries don’t fill prescriptions for high-priced medicines
Medicare Part D beneficiaries who have low incomes and receive government subsidies were nearly twice…
Opinion: Report: U.S. nursing home care is ineffective, inefficient, inequitable, fragmented, and unsustainable
Nursing homes have been at the epicenter of the pandemic, though they have fallen off…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: Most Americans would get a second booster shot; FDA pulls Glaxo Covid treatment
Good morning, everyone, and welcome to the middle of the week. Congratulations on making it…
Tracking an FDA advisory panel meeting on Covid-19 vaccines and boosters
When the Food and Drug Administration last month announced it would be holding another meeting…
Why Are Women In The US More Likely To Die From Preventable Causes Than Other Countries?
Women in the United States were found to die from preventable causes at higher rates…
What Caused India’s Black Fungus Epidemic? Researchers Say This Practice May Be Behind It
India saw an uptick in COVID-19-associated Black Fungus cases in 2021. Read Original Article: What…
Opinion: STAT+: Reimagining R&D can cut drug development costs from billions to millions
In the course of our work advising biopharma companies, we are often asked how they…
Opinion: Listen: Should gender dysphoria be a required stop en route to gender euphoria?
For trans people who want to receive gender-affirming medical care such as hormone treatments or…
‘We need to be much more diverse’: More than half of data used in health care AI comes from the U.S. and China
As medicine continues to test automated machine learning tools, many hope that low-cost support tools…
STAT+: Virtual reality in medicine is garnering more investment. Will the health care system buy in?
As tech companies raise billions of venture capital dollars and completely rebrand to build out…
STAT+: STAT-Harris Poll: Most Americans would get a Covid-19 booster shot if recommended
As a Food and Drug Administration panel meets Wednesday to sort out the ongoing use…
Post-COVID-19 Cognitive Problems: Scientists May Have Found The Answer
New research presented a possible explanation for the lingering cognitive problems COVID-19 survivors experience. Read…
Was The Omicron Variant Created In A Lab?
Scientists believe the fast-spreading variant might have been created in a lab due to its…
Biden administration ramps up long Covid research efforts following criticism
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Tuesday announced plans to ramp up research into long…
‘All the shrapnel that’s in my back’: Defiant Robert Redfield blasts former CDC directors for criticism during Covid-19
A defiant Robert Redfield teed off on other former directors of the Centers for Disease…
Health tech funding and stock prices slipped in the first quarter
You’re reading the web edition of STAT Health Tech, our guide to how tech is…
STAT+: Colombian government faces calls to issue compulsory license for Pfizer’s Covid-19 pill
In the latest bid to expand access to the Pfizer Covid-19 pill, several advocacy groups…
Faced with high drug prices, seniors are abandoning cancer drugs at the pharmacy
The pressure on Medicare just keeps ramping up Medicare is set to decide this month…
STAT+: Troubles mount for Cassava Sciences, as patient enrollment lags for Alzheimer’s drug studies
Cassava Sciences conceded Tuesday that only a relative handful of patients with Alzheimer’s have been…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: Bluebird axes nearly one-third of its employees; Senate committee probes Merck’s tax practices
Hello, everyone, and how are you today? A cloudy cover greeted us this morning, but…
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STAT+: Bluebird, troubled gene therapy maker, to lay off employees and reduce costs
Bluebird Bio is reducing expenses and laying off nearly a third of its employees to…
STAT+: Douglas Melton, noted stem cell researcher, leaves Harvard for Vertex to create diabetes treatments
Douglas Melton, one of the leading stem cell researchers in the world, is leaving Harvard…
Opinion: In the future, we should spend more on prescription drugs, not less
The conventional wisdom that we need to reduce spending on prescription drugs is all wrong….
Opinion: Home care instead of hospital care: Congress should extend a crucial waiver
Hospitals can be places of healing and, at times, harm, particularly for older adults with…
‘We don’t have a say’: Siobhan Wescott wants to elevate the voices of Native Americans in public health
As the first endowed professor and director of American Indian health at the University of…
STAT+: When a dire text message interrupted his talk, this doctor’s cancer research became painfully real
SAN DIEGO — If you’d seen him, you wouldn’t have known Scott Lippman was living…
Is There Really A Need For A Second Booster Shot Amid BA.2 Surge?
Here is why some people need to get another vaccine shot in the face of…
Official COVID-19 Symptoms List Expands With 9 New Entries
The NHS finally expanded its list of COVID-19 symptoms two years after the pandemic started….
STAT+: Biden administration funnels one of the largest-ever pay increases to Medicare Advantage insurers
The federal government is boosting the average payment to Medicare Advantage plans by 5% for…
STAT+: Hospital prices are soaring especially fast in Northern California. Here’s why
California’s lawmakers have spent decades crafting well-intentioned rules designed to keep the state’s healthcare prices…
STAT+: Wyden wants details on Merck’s U.S. taxes as part of expanding probe into pharma practices
The head of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee is seeking details from Merck about the…
STAT+: Medicare Part D and its beneficiaries could have saved millions if more biosimilars were accessible
Amid ongoing debate over biosimilar use in the United States, a new government analysis found…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: Novartis reorganizes and hopes to save $1 billion; industry-backed antibiotic fund makes first investments
Good morning, everyone, and welcome to another working week. We hope the weekend respite was…
NIH’s cancer chief, Ned Sharpless, to step down
Ned Sharpless, the director of the National Cancer Institute, is stepping down at the end…
STAT+: Pharma’s ambitious new antibiotic venture fund makes its first investments
One year after its splashy launch, the AMR Action Fund has made its first investments…
New COVID-19 Variant? What the UK Government Has To Say About The XE Strain
A new COVID-19 variant has been discovered in the United Kingdom, as the country’s Health…
Wild Blueberry Extract Can Help Heal Wounds, Study Finds
The topical gel with blueberry phenolic extract led to 12% better wound closure. Read Original…
Eating Prunes May Benefit Bone Health, Prevent Osteoporosis: Study
A team of researchers conducted a study on three groups of postmenopausal women whose bone…
Opinion: Equal treatment for equal risk: Should race be included in allocation algorithms for Covid-19 therapies?
When the Omicron surge threatened to overwhelm hospitals and the number of infections greatly exceeded…
Listen: How one 1910 report curtailed Black medical education for over a century
Medicine in America underwent a radical transformation in 1910. This was the year the Flexner…
Research on mice that ‘sweat out’ fat wins STAT Madness for University of Pennsylvania
Pizza rat, watch out: pizza-faced mice are on their way to stealing your crown. A…
STAT+: The biotech scorecard for the second quarter: 21 stock-moving events to watch
Here is STAT’s biotech scorecard, our regular ledger of stock-moving biotech events, for the second…
3 Signs You Have A Weak Immune System Amid The COVID-19 Pandemic
Your body will tell you if your immune system is incapable of fighting off common…
Emotional Abuse Among Mental Health Triggers In Children Amid COVID-19 Pandemic: CDC
More than half of high school students in the United States experienced emotional abuse inside…