STAT+: Inside the collapse of a disrupter: How Haven’s high hopes of redefining health care came to a crashing halt
The dissolution of Haven marks one of the most stunning collapses in modern health care…
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Opinion: Proposed new rules for a J-1 visa will hinder America’s fight against Covid-19
As Covid-19 infections once again surge across the United States, one of the biggest obstacles…
Opinion: Decades of basic research paved the way for today’s ‘warp speed’ Covid-19 vaccines
The emergency use authorizations of mRNA vaccines by Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna and the likely gradual…
STAT+: Triplet Therapeutics and three other startups got venture funding a year ago. Where are they now?
In a typical year, a biotech startup might hope to raise enough money to keep…
STAT+: The biotech scorecard for the first quarter: 17 stock-moving events to watch
Here is STAT’s biotech scorecard, our regular ledger of stock-moving biotech events, for the first…
Biden’s appointment of a health disparities adviser is historic. But her impact will depend on how the White House empowers her
WASHINGTON — President-elect Biden’s slate of high-level health care appointments includes an unprecedented selection: The…
Jumping Rope Using a Free App Download
If you’re looking for a fun way to add physical activity into your new year,…
STAT+: Pharma rings in the new year with 5% price hikes on hundreds of medicines
When it comes to prescription drug prices, what goes up often continues to go up…
Haven, ambitious health venture backed by Amazon, to shut down
After a tumultuous three years marked by halting progress and high rates of employee turnover,…
STAT+: HHS rebukes drug makers for curtailing discounts to hospitals that serve low-income communities
After months of controversy, the Department of Health and Human Services issued a stern rebuke…
Opinion: Instead of debating ‘first-shot’ vs. ‘set-aside’ vaccine approaches, hospitals’ study should compare them
The FDA authorizations of two Covid-19 vaccines so far specify two-shot regimens, spaced three weeks…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: U.S. considers giving half-doses of Moderna vaccine; Americans may not get AstraZeneca shot until April
Good morning, everyone, and nice to see you after an extended holiday break. We hope…
How it started: A Q&A with Helen Branswell, one year after Covid-19 became a full-time job
Before the virus that causes Covid-19 had a name — before Covid-19 itself had a name…
STAT+: The health tech tracker for the first quarter: 13 important events to watch
It will be a quarter unlike any other in recent memory for the health tech…
Opinion: Incentives and information drive health care innovation: lessons from Medicare Advantage
Health care in America often feels like it moves at a glacial pace, if that…
‘Still waiting for my turn’: Primary care doctors are being left behind in the vaccine rollout
In March, Marc Price set up a tent outside his primary care practice in Malta,…
Britain takes a gamble with Covid-19 vaccines, upping the stakes for the rest of us
In an extraordinary time, British health authorities are taking extraordinary measures to beat back Covid-19….
STAT+: The biotech 2021 preview, from M&A to gene therapy and more
Hello, Biotech 2021. In the interest of humility, we’ll note that last year’s preview story…
Five key milestones in the Covid-19 pandemic that we’re anticipating in 2021
On the first day of fall, STAT published its best guesses of 30 moments to…
Pfizer and BioNTech speed up timeline for offering Covid-19 to placebo volunteers
Pfizer and its partner BioNTech plan to start offering their Covid-19 vaccine to clinical trial…
Machine Learning Helps Rewrite Earth’s History
Mass extinctions and radiations have shaped the development of life on our planet, and new…
Opinion: Who’s choosing Americans’ medications — doctors or insurers? The bane of prior authorization
New Year’s Day, the day of new beginnings, is a day health care providers like…
STAT+: Indian regulators are pushed to release Covid-19 vaccine trial protocol
As Indian regulators consider emergency approval of a Covid-19 vaccine from the Serum Institute of…
A quiet, unusual end to a tumultuous year
2020 has been a rough year, and it’s coming to a close amid a flurry…
New Dietary Guidelines Shift Focus, Garner Criticism
What and how should you be eating? There are new guidelines. Read Original Article: New…
Getting Creative to Help Diabetes Patients Save Limbs
Diabetics face many challenges even in a normal year, but pandemic-related delays of care can…
Opinion: As a doctor in the Covid-19 era, I’ve learned that judging patients’ decisions comes easier than it should
Mrs. Gomes, my umpteenth patient of the day, is an older woman — only slightly…
With limited surveillance of Covid-19 variant, it’s déjà vu all over again
As health officials in the United States announced a second and possibly a third person…
We wish we’d written that: STAT staffers share their favorite stories of 2020
It has been a long, tough year unlike any other. As the new coronavirus tore…
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Patient Medical Bills: The Smoke’s About to Clear
Buried within the nearly 6,000-page Combined COVID-19 Relief and Omnibus Spending Bill signed by President…
Loss of Regular Diabetes Care Increases Number of Amputations
Diabetics face many challenges even in a normal year, but pandemic-related delays of care can…
STAT+: 3 pharma trends to watch in 2021
To say this past year has been like no other is an understatement. But for…
Opinion: Stopping the syndemic: Covid-19 plus other debilitating and deadly diseases
With Covid-19 vaccines beginning to be distributed in the United States and other countries, and…
Opinion: 5 most widely read First Opinion articles of 2020
In a year of crisis and tragedy, 2020 lent itself to an abundance of opinions…
STAT+: 3 freshman lawmakers for health wonks to watch
WASHINGTON — Members of Congress have a habit of contorting their resumes to find a…
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As a nurse, she knew the daily traumas of Covid-19. Then her father landed in her ICU
Even on his second trip to the emergency room, Tom McNamara wasn’t especially afraid of…
New Law Takes the Surprise out of Patient’s Bills
Buried within the nearly 6,000-page Combined COVID-19 Relief and Omnibus Spending Bill signed by President…
Public health experts grow frustrated with pace of Covid-19 vaccine rollout
WASHINGTON — Some public health experts are expressing mounting frustration with the pace of the…
Daily DIY sniff checks could catch many cases of COVID-19
Smell loss – called anosmia – is a common symptom of COVID-19. DIY smell tests…
Opinion: David Dinkins, former NYC mayor, a teacher for our times
In the decades before Covid-19, two frightening infectious disease epidemics — HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis —…
Opinion: We stress tested banks in 2009. We need to do the same thing now for U.S. hospital systems
Following the market turmoil after the failure of Lehman Brothers in the fall of 2008,…
Explanations for ‘long Covid’ remain elusive. For now, believing patients and treating symptoms is the best doctors can do
Nearly a year into the coronavirus pandemic, the perplexing problems of Covid-19 long-haulers seem no…
3 global health issues to watch in 2021
In December 2018, when I set out to write about the global health issues the…
STAT+: 3 biotech trends to watch
For biotech companies, 2020 could have been a lot worse than it was, all things…
30,000 Adults Wanted for Covid-19 Vaccine Trial
Novavax is enrolling participants for a phase 3 clinical trial of its Covid-19 vaccine. Read…
For Some Lung Cancer Patients, Good News
It’s always a good day when a new treatment, especially one for lung cancer, becomes…
Many painful returns: Coping with crummy gifts
Painful gift giving can burden friends and loved ones with unwanted stuff they may try…
Opinion: We need long-term solutions for older Americans’ long-term care
“Mom is getting older,” my brother said to me as we chatted on the phone….
STAT+: 3 key questions for the health tech industry in 2021
Fueled by a seemingly endless influx of cash, technology has influenced the practice of medicine…
STAT+: 3 Biden staffers to watch in 2021
WASHINGTON — President-elect Biden is set to take office Jan. 20, and he’s made repeatedly…