Caught COVID? Here’s What You Should And Shouldn’t Do When Self-Isolation Isn’t Mandatory
Here are five things that COVID has shown that we need to do, especially as…
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COVID-19: This Treatment Probably Won’t Be Effective Against Omicron Subvariant, FDA Says
This COVID-19 antibody-drug is unlikely to be effective against the notorious Omicron subvariant known as…
CMMI’s Fowler on health policy’s ‘stubborn challenges,’ her personal ties to medicine
WASHINGTON — Liz Fowler’s career just came full circle: last March, she took charge of the…
Opinion: How to fix the two-tier U.S. health payment system
How the U.S. pays for health care is neither efficient nor fair. Despite spending an…
Afghan refugees, grappling with grief and trauma, face barriers to mental health care
WASHINGTON — For 17-year-old Salek Haseer, video games are an escape. They’re a way, however fleeting,…
STAT+: Lawmakers and a Pelosi aide turn lobbyist to push for new health agency’s independence
WASHINGTON — Health secretary Xavier Becerra is suddenly the target of a frenzied lobbying campaign…
‘A slow-moving glacier’: NIH’s sluggish and often opaque efforts to study long Covid draw patient, expert ire
WASHINGTON — The National Institutes of Health is fumbling its first efforts to study long…
STAT+: FDA review is critical of data on Amylyx ALS drug, but cites ‘regulatory flexibility’
Results from a single clinical trial of an experimental drug for ALS developed by Amylyx…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: Pharma showers cash on a rising U.S. Senate star; FDA restricts use of a Glaxo Covid treatment
Good morning, everyone, and welcome to another working week. We hope the weekend respite was…
Omicron Forces Shanghai To Impose Two-Part Lockdown
The Chinese city will divide into two, and both sides will impose lockdowns for different…
COVID-19 Update: Omicron Subvariant More Severe For This Group Of People
Research regarding Omicron’s notorious relative discovered that it was harsher for this group of people….
COVID-19 Update: Regulators Likely To Approve Second Booster Shot Soon
The FDA will likely approve a second COVID-19 booster shot for adults next week. Read…
Opinion: HHS’s failure to address the health harms of climate crisis constitutes environmental and institutional racism
The 1964 Civil Rights Act prohibits discrimination against recipients of federal funding, including those covered…
Opinion: Unexpectedly united: The parallel plights of two communities 2,000 miles apart wracked by the pandemic
I constantly straddle two disparate worlds. One is in Boston, where I work for one…
STAT+: She was told ‘girls don’t do that.’ Now Margaret-Mary Wilson is a top executive at UnitedHealth Group
Long before she became a top executive at UnitedHealth Group, back in her native Nigeria,…
Denizens of ‘The Cave’ became changemakers and leaders. Here are some of its notable alumni
“All blind roads lead to Berkeley,” says Joshua Miele, a longtime resident of the Bay…
‘Where the bats hung out’: How a basement hideaway at UC Berkeley nurtured a generation of blind innovators
BERKELEY, Calif. — If, in the fall of 1987, you found yourself at the University…
Who Does Not Need To Quarantine After COVID-19 Exposure?
The CDC has determined the groups of people who no longer need to quarantine after…
Is The BA.2 Variant More Severe For Children?
A Hong Kong study found that the BA.2 strain of the novel coronavirus caused more…
Janssen COVID-19 Vaccine Records More Deaths Than Other Vaccines
The latest data showed omicron-related deaths of Janssen recipients were double the rate of other…
Officials limit an antibody therapy, saying it’s ineffective against BA.2 variant of Omicron
U.S. health officials on Friday stopped the further deployment of the Covid-19 treatment sotrovimab to…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: Pharma hunts for a cure for long Covid; Texas AG deepens puberty-blocker probe into AbbVie and Endo
And so, another working week will soon draw to a close. Not a moment too…
Research Dispels Myth That COVID-19 Vaccines Cause Infertility, But Misinformation Persists
Misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines and fertility has propagated online despite the vaccines’ clear safety profile….
‘Breakthrough Result’: First-Of-Its-Kind Study Finds Microplastics In Human Blood
Half of the samples had PET plastic, which is used in beverage bottles. Read Original…
Opinion: Digital health: the latest iteration of medicine’s knowledge problem
When I did my residency in internal medicine and primary care a few years ago,…
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Opinion: How we got herd immunity wrong
Herd immunity was always our greatest asset for protecting vulnerable people, but public health failed…
The internet’s funniest doctor is in on the joke
Will Flanary’s days are spent conducting eye exams and cataract surgeries at a private practice…
STAT+: Humility over hype: An AI leader at Google lays out a vision to transform medical care
From a high perch within Google, Greg Corrado is steering the development of artificial intelligence…
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How The COVID-19 Pandemic Affected TB Cases In The US
Experts believe the ongoing pandemic caused a lot of delayed or missed TB diagnoses. Read…
How physicians are capturing — or overlooking — virtual care’s value
You’re reading the web edition of STAT Health Tech, our guide to how tech is…
Listen: Helen Branswell on the evolving pandemic, plus the next FDA debate and the perks of being a CEO
Are Covid-19 vaccines a sustainable business? Was Aduhelm an aberration? And what comes after Omicron?…
STAT+: Despite competition, U.S. cancer drug prices rose even as they fell in Germany and Switzerland
Even as prices rose substantially in the U.S. over a recent 12-year period, a new…
STAT+: A hospital lobbying juggernaut makes an unlikely pivot into venture capital
The American Hospital Association is a lobbying powerhouse, championing the interests of its thousands of…
STAT+: As Google looks to get struggling health efforts back on track, it turns to a safe bet with search tools
At Google, it doesn’t get much more fundamental than Search. What better place for the…
STAT+: Sun Pharmaceuticals to pay $485 million to settle claims its Ranbaxy unit caused customers to overpay for generics
On the eve of a trial, Sun Pharmaceuticals has agreed to pay $485 million to…
Virtual Event: STAT x The 19th Represents: Gender and Health Outcomes
Editor’s note: A livestream of the event will be embedded below at 1 p.m. ET….
STAT+: Pharmalittle: FDA rejects Lilly drug studied only in China; AstraZeneca suffers a setback with a key cancer drug
Good morning, everyone, and how are you today? We are doing just fine, thank you,…
Did The COVID Lockdowns Work? Here’s What We Know Two Years On
The 2020 lockdowns demonstrated that societies are willing and capable of supporting drastic disease-control measures…
Male Contraceptive Pill Found 99% Effective In Mice
The findings mark a key step toward expanding birth control options — as well as…
How Brain Implant Led Fully Paralyzed Patient To Communicate In ‘Game Changing’ Experiment
Scientists in Germany observed a paralyzed man fully communicate through electrodes implanted in his brain,…
Opinion: Private equity, health care, and profits: It’s time to protect patients
In his State of the Union address, President Biden expressed concern with the growing —…
NIH’s identity crisis: The pandemic and the search for a new leader leave the agency at a crossroads
WASHINGTON — Under the reign of Francis Collins, the National Institutes of Health was untouchable….
STAT+: Scientists test tetanus bacteria as a weapon to target pancreatic tumors
Pancreatic cancer has proved one of the most deadly forms of the disease, and the…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: Moderna asks FDA to OK Covid shot for kids under 6; big generic maker to close U.S. plant
Top of the morning to you. Another busy day is unfolding here on the Pharmalot…
Moderna to ask FDA to authorize Covid-19 vaccine in children 6 months to 6 years
Moderna announced Wednesday that it will ask the Food and Drug Administration to authorize its…
COVID-19 Patients At Greater Risk Of Developing Diabetes, Cardiometabolic Conditions Within A Year
More studies emerge that prove diabetes is a potential long-term result of COVID-19. Read Original…
Opinion: Listen: Pharma companies market their drugs to young adults — so why don’t they include them in clinical trials?
Sneha Dave has been living with a chronic disease for 17 years — almost her…
Opinion: Google’s ongoing stem cell problem points to a larger issue with its search results on unproven therapies
Hey, Google: Remember that stem cell problem you tried to fix in 2019 by banning…
New Covid trial results may point toward better ways to study medicines
The battle against Covid-19 has been marked by false hope, as too many people embraced…
‘I fear the long-term effects’: Before his death, a nurse warned of the pandemic’s toll on health care workers
In early 2020, Michael Odell sensed that Covid-19 would hit hard. A young intensive care…