Opinion: A new initiative will help governors and local leaders fight the next pandemic
No one knows when the next pandemic will sweep across the United States. It could…
Category: Medicine
Opinion: Close a regulatory loophole in the ACA to provide vaccine access for all Americans
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, (generally known as the ACA), was signed into…
STAT+: FTC loses its bid to block Novant’s hospital merger in North Carolina
A federal judge ordered Wednesday that Novant Health can move forward with its plan to…
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Withdrawal symptoms hit one in six patients stopping antidepressants, review finds
The moment when a person stops taking their antidepressant is fraught. Not only can patients…
STAT+: Appeals court overturns Sutter Health’s victory in $400 million antitrust case
When Sutter Health was on trial for anticompetitive conduct in 2022, the San Francisco jury…
Opinion: 100,000 models show that not much was learned about stopping the Covid-19 pandemic
In the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, scientists and public health institutions made bold claims…
STAT Virtual Event: ASCO Recap, Live!
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STAT+: Eli Lilly’s obesity drug Zepbound improved liver scarring in mid-stage MASH study
Eli Lilly’s blockbuster diabetes and obesity drug improved living scarring in a mid-stage study of…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about MDMA ‘no’ votes, a Gilead settlement, and more
Hello, everyone, and how are you today? We are doing just fine, thank you, especially…
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Testing begins for a new form of PrEP
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STAT+: Student group that ranked med schools over industry conflicts votes to accept pharma funding
An organization devoted to educating future doctors about conflicts of interest will now accept industry…
STAT+: Gilead to pay $40 million to settle claims it delayed newer HIV treatment to boost profits
Gilead Sciences agreed in principle to pay $40 million to more than 2,600 AIDS patients…
Finland to offer bird flu vaccine to select groups of people, a possible global first
LONDON — Finland is preparing to offer vaccines to people at risk of exposure to…
Opinion: Listen: Among pregnant people, active treatment for addiction shouldn’t trigger a call to child protective services
Methadone and buprenorphine, both FDA-approved drugs, are considered the gold standard for treating opioid use…
Opinion: As states legalize recreational marijuana use for adults, they must prioritize protecting kids
Thirty-eight states and the District of Columbia have legalized the use of marijuana products for…
STAT+: As Washington mulls new AI rules, startup leaders want a seat at the table
WASHINGTON — In San Francisco, Y Combinator’s firebrand chief executive Garry Tan is one of…
These are the bird flu questions that influenza and animal scientists desperately want answered
Ten weeks after government scientists discovered that H5N1 bird flu was sickening dairy cattle in…
CDC endorses prophylactic antibiotics to reduce STIs in high-risk groups
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention finalized its guidelines for post-exposure prophylaxis against bacterial…
ASCO Takeaways: Winners, snoozers, the China question and the art of cancer care
You’re reading the web edition of ASCO in 30 Seconds, STAT’s guide to the American…
Senators tussle over abortion policy against the backdrop of a presidential campaign
WASHINGTON — Nearly two years after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, U.S. senators on…
STAT+: U.S. drug shortages have reached a decade high and are lasting longer, too
Amid rising concern over prescription drug shortages, a new report finds that the number of…
STAT+: Medicare Advantage plan’s quality ratings were incorrectly calculated by government, judge rules
The federal government inappropriately lowered the 2024 Medicare Advantage star ratings of SCAN Health Plan,…
Operation Warp Speed but for rare disease
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STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about an FDA meeting on MDMA, a new obesity pill, and more
Top of the morning to you, and a fine one it is. There is nothing…
Opinion: Outdated Medicare rules prevent some dementia patients from getting the medications they need
Memory loss is the most obvious symptom of Alzheimer’s disease. But for the more than…
STAT+: Novartis is flashing warning signs about the fate of its newly acquired myelofibrosis drug
CHICAGO — Something is off about the way Novartis is talking about pelabresib, its newly…
A new discovery about carbon dioxide is challenging decades-old ventilation doctrine
Carbon dioxide monitors have been around for decades. But in 2020, they became, almost overnight,…
STAT+: Tracking the FDA advisory panel on MDMA therapy for PTSD
Good morning, and welcome to STAT’s live blog of the Food and Drug Administration’s scientific…
STAT+: How a device maker inundated pain patients with unwanted batteries and surprise bills
Michelle Bean is drowning in batteries she doesn’t need. For two years, the batteries and…
5 takeaways from STAT’s look at unwanted supplies and surprise bills from device maker Zynex Medical
Sending patients heaps of medical supplies to score more money from insurers is common in…
STAT+: Illumina board agrees to spin off Grail, as divestment plans proceed
Illumina said Monday afternoon that its board of directors had approved a spin-off of its…
STAT+: ASCO Daily Recap: A CAR-T advance, money talk, and tossing the cancer treatment ‘sandwich’
You’re reading the web edition of ASCO in 30 Seconds, STAT’s guide to the American…
STAT+: Leading CRO to pay record fine for badly neglecting hundreds of beagles in breeding facility
A leading contract research organization has agreed to pay $35 million — including the largest-ever…
STAT+: At ASCO, AstraZeneca says its CAR-T therapy shrank solid liver tumors in early trial
CHICAGO — A next-generation CAR-T therapy was able to substantially shrink tumors in patients with…
Anthony Fauci, facing GOP accusers, says debate on Covid origins has been ‘seriously distorted’
WASHINGTON — Anthony Fauci, the former top U.S. infectious disease official and a longtime foil…
STAT+: Becton Dickinson to buy Edwards patient monitoring unit for $4.2 billion
Becton Dickinson plans to pay $4.2 billion for Edwards Lifesciences’ critical care business, which sells…
STAT+: A short-lived Medicaid freakout sends insurers’ stocks diving
You’re reading the web version of Health Care Inc., STAT’s weekly newsletter following the flow…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about Zantac lawsuits, worries over MDMA for PTSD, and more
Good morning, everyone, and welcome to another working week. We hope the weekend respite was…
Can AstraZeneca make good on its promise?
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STAT+: Delfi Diagnostics announces key data, study design for its liquid biopsy test
CHICAGO — Delfi Diagnostics, a company seeking to develop liquid biopsy tests to help screen…
STAT+: Structure Therapeutics oral GLP-1 drug led to weight loss in two studies
Structure Therapeutics reported Monday that its oral GLP-1 drug led to weight loss in two…
STAT+: Agios drug reduces blood transfusions in patients with beta-thalassemia, study shows
Agios Pharmaceuticals said Monday that its drug called mitapivat reduced the need for blood transfusions…
STAT+: Elevance PBM’s president out as customers complain of prescription chaos
Paul Marchetti, the head of insurer Elevance Health’s pharmacy benefit manager, has left the company…
Study finds BMI, despite flaws, is useful estimate of body fat in children
The body mass index has long been slammed as a blunt instrument for evaluating health,…
STAT+: Intellia’s CRISPR-based treatment dramatically reduced patients’ swelling attacks in small trial
Intellia Therapeutics said Saturday that the first 10 patients to receive a CRISPR-based treatment for…
STAT+: ASCO Daily Recap: AstraZeneca’s hat trick, a GSK turnaround, and palliative care as telehealth
You’re reading the web edition of ASCO in 30 Seconds, STAT’s guide to the American…
Palliative care for cancer patients is found to be as effective given virtually as in person
CHICAGO — Comfort can be delivered to patients with advanced cancer virtually just as well…
STAT+: AstraZeneca’s Tagrisso greatly slows cancer for some people with stage 3 lung cancer
In patients with stage 3 lung cancer where a particular genetic mutation is present in…
STAT+: With new results at ASCO, Enhertu once again rewrites rules of breast cancer treatment
CHICAGO — The cancer drug Enhertu stalled the growth of tumors by more than a…
STAT+: ASCO 2024: Data put a new shine on GSK blood cancer drug that was pulled from market
LONDON — The resurrection of a GSK blood cancer drug — which the company withdrew…