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STAT+: Why Google and Microsoft can’t defuse U.S. health care’s ticking cybersecurity problem
Facing a worsening cybersecurity crisis in health care, the Biden administration has followed a familiar…
Michigan stands out for its aggressive bird flu response. Will other states follow its lead?
For weeks now, as the H5N1 bird flu has been spreading into dairy cattle herds…
Opinion: FDA: Do your job and stop letting companies sell illicit vapes to kids
If it were common knowledge that a company was targeting kids to consume highly addictive…
NIH wanted to make cancer research more diverse. The effort turned out to be a costly failure
Government researchers hoped to attract a more diverse group of patients for clinical research by…
Watch: The role of PBMs, patents, and public health in drug pricing
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Opinion: The J&J lawsuit should be a wakeup call to the PBM industry — and to companies everywhere
The ongoing legal dispute involving Johnson & Johnson has again thrust the topic of pharmacy…
FDA says it’s getting serious about illegal vapes. It’s still likely to get a tongue lashing.
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House Republicans press for new guardrails on ‘gain-of-function’ research by NIH
WASHINGTON — Republican leaders of a prominent committee overseeing federal health agencies are pushing to…
Four Tops singer’s lawsuit says he visited ER for chest pain, ended up in straightjacket
When Alexander Morris, a member of the Motown group The Four Tops, visited a Detroit-area…
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STAT+: Google’s Verily to offer GLP-1 drugs through Lightpath, its retooled chronic care app
For the second time in as many years, Google’s health tech spinout Verily is pivoting….
Bernie Sanders calls vote to subpoena Novo Nordisk U.S. head over Ozempic, Wegovy prices
WASHINGTON — Senate health committee chair Bernie Sanders has called a vote to subpoena the…
Eli Lilly’s Alzheimer’s candidate, Bob Langer’s new startup, and other biotech news you need to know
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STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about Lilly’s Alzheimer’s drug, an EU contract for bird flu vaccine, and more
Greetings from London, with STAT reporter Andrew Joseph here filling in for Ed. We’re dealing…
STAT+: Biotech co-founded by entrepreneur Bob Langer is testing a new approach to developing obesity treatments
A new company founded by a group of biotech veterans, including Bob Langer, came out…
Opinion: Blood tests for cancer detection aren’t yet ready for prime time
Multi-cancer early detection tests (MCEDs), sometimes called liquid biopsy tests, are a new method of…
Opinion: Empathy should guide responses to reported vaccine injuries
As a co-leader of the team at the National Institutes of Health that developed technologies…
Melinda French Gates, going solo, aims to influence reproductive rights in the U.S.
Last week, Melinda French Gates officially left the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation with a…
STAT+: Tweezers? Wrenches? Researchers plot prosthetics’ future with tools, not hands
Nearly half of people with upper-limb prosthetics abandon them. They’re often uncomfortable, dysfunctional or just…
Lab experiment shows exactly how heat waves can put hearts into ‘oxygen debt’
When temperatures soar, so do heart attacks. Now, a lab experiment explains just how temperatures…
STAT+: FDA advisers unanimously recommend approval of Eli Lilly’s Alzheimer’s disease treatment
Advisers to the Food and Drug Administration voted 11-0 on Monday to recommend the approval…
STAT+: Medical device trials still don’t enroll enough women, study finds
Women have always been underrepresented in medical research. A new study reveals that not much…
Millions fewer people may need statins, a new study suggests. But guidelines have yet to agree
It’s a familiar scene for patients during a routine primary care visit. The doctor scans…
STAT+: Humana scores a win in a Medicare Advantage case
You’re reading the web version of Health Care Inc., STAT’s weekly newsletter following the flow…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about a Moderna Covid-flu vaccine, a paused Pfizer study, and more
Good morning, everyone, and welcome to another working week. We hope the weekend respite was…
STAT+: Teladoc names insurance, finance exec as its new CEO
Virtual care company Teladoc has a new chief executive officer following the abrupt departure of…
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STAT+: Moderna says data show its combination Covid-flu vaccine generates a strong immune response
Moderna announced Monday that, in a Phase 3 clinical trial, its combination Covid-19 and influenza…
Opinion: Curing rare childhood diseases will falter unless Congress steps up
When our son Peter was diagnosed with an ultra-rare form of muscular dystrophy at the…
Opinion: How faith leaders like me can help address America’s obesity epidemic
Many factors drive America’s obesity epidemic — environment, genetics, eating habits, and more. Solving the…
STAT+: Watch: How Harvard researchers boosted an ALS patient’s independence with a box and a balloon
John Goodson practiced medicine for almost 50 years at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. As…
STAT+: The inside story of how Lykos’ MDMA research went awry
At a heated advisory committee meeting convened by the Food and Drug Administration last week,…
Opinion: Readers respond to mothers in treatment for opioid use disorder, pandemic models, and more
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FDA expands approval for GSK’s RSV vaccine to cover younger at-risk adults
The Food and Drug Administration on Friday expanded the approval for GSK’s vaccine to protect…
NIH will bring clinical research into primary care offices with $30 million pilot
For many Americans, health care means going to a local primary care office. But the…
Smoke exposure from California’s wildfires linked to 52,000 early deaths, study says
When large swaths of the East Coast were shrouded in wildfire smoke last summer, scientists…
Vanda Pharmaceuticals has another suitor
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STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about Lilly’s Alzheimer’s drug, the GSK-Elsie deal, and more
Good morning, Jason Mast here filling in for Ed. Today, we’re sipping a hot cup…
Opinion: When medical debt relief is not enough: A study showing what doesn’t work may help point to better solutions
Philanthropists and foundations like the one I work for take a lot of calculated risks….
Opinion: Obesity drugs pose a big challenge for health care equity
Weight loss treatments have the potential to revolutionize health care in rich countries. They are…
STAT+: Stephen Quake on the Chan Zuckerberg quest to cure, prevent, or manage all diseases by 2100
SAN DIEGO — Decades ago, as a young physics Ph.D. student, Stephen Quake stumbled into…
Listen: Psychedelics at the FDA, ASCO recap, & MorphoSys update
How did advisers react to the first psychedelic therapy to go before the Food and…
‘Concern is real’ about long Covid’s impact on Americans and disability claims, report says
The Covid pandemic has been called a “mass-disabling event” since early on — the kind…
STAT+: At BIO, signs Congress’ tough stance on China is chilling biotech relationships
SAN DIEGO — U.S. legislation that seeks to restrict American biotechs from working with certain Chinese…
STAT+: Cigna wins case to block former executive from jumping to CVS
CVS Health viewed Amy Bricker as a potential CEO. But she won’t be going to…
STAT+: FDA reviewers ask if approval of Lilly’s Alzheimer’s drug should be restricted to a smaller group
Scientists at the Food and Drug Administration have two big questions about Eli Lilly’s experimental…
Do digital physical therapy solutions work? New report has some insights
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STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about the aftermath of FDA vote on MDMA, rising pharma layoffs, and more
Top of the morning to you, and a fine one it is, despite the gray…
Novovax will be able to supply Covid-19 vaccines this fall
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Federal officials and physician groups express outrage over revelations of recent coercive sterilizations
Federal officials, medical organizations, and reproductive health advocacy groups have expressed outrage in response to…
STAT+: Psychedelics companies see FDA panel’s vote as a growth opportunity, not a roadblock
A day after a panel of advisers to the Food and Drug Administration expressed deep…