STAT Plus: Drug maker settles charges of offering ‘bogus’ research grants to boost use of its medicine
In the latest imbroglio involving drug makers and kickbacks, Pacira Biosciences (PCRX) has agreed to…
Category: Medicine
Opinion: The nursing science behind nurses as coronavirus hospital heroes
The coronavirus pandemic has given nurses a rare moment in the media spotlight. They are…
Opinion: Sexist and incomplete data hold back the world’s Covid-19 response
How many women have died of Covid-19? How many women have lost their jobs in…
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STAT Plus: Venture capitalists are still showering biotechs with cash, even as the coronavirus upends markets
Venture capitalists are still spending big on biotech companies, even four months after the coronavirus…
‘A huge experiment’: How the world made so much progress on a Covid-19 vaccine so fast
Never before have prospective vaccines for a pathogen entered final-stage clinical trials as rapidly as…
With Predicted Physician Shortage in 2032, Medical Industry to Upgrade with National Bioskills Labs and CrowdOptic’s New Partnership
The Association of American Medical Colleges predicts that by 2032 the U.S. will have a…
Opinion: A NASA mindset can help end the pandemic
Eight months into the global coronavirus pandemic, the life sciences industry is ramping up drug…
STAT Plus: Seeking to battle high drug prices and the opioid crisis, two states ponder banning gifts to doctors
Over the past month, lawmakers in two states have introduced bills that would ban drug…
School closures in spring linked to drastic decrease in Covid-19 cases and deaths
When state officials were deciding whether to shutter their schools back in March, the evidence…
Webinar: Inside the virtual care boom: What happens when the point of care becomes anywhere?
Virtual care and digital health tools are soaring in popularity amid the Covid-19 pandemic. A…
STAT Plus: MacKenzie Scott, with a massive Amazon fortune, emerges as a public health philanthropist
You may not know the name MacKenzie Scott – the author just started going by…
STAT Plus: Pharmalittle: Global supply chain not ready for Covid-19 vaccines; Moderna may price its vaccine at up to $60
Good morning, everyone, and welcome to the middle of the week. You made it this…
STAT Plus: Cancer drug is the first potential therapy to emerge from 23andMe and GlaxoSmithKline collaboration
The pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline is starting human trials of the first medicine, a cancer drug,…
Opinion: Pandemics wreak devastation — but spark biomedical innovation
There are no “silver linings” in the dark cloud of Covid-19. Yet if history repeats…
Opinion: Telehealth makes me aspire to be a different kind of physician: the kind I used to be
In my nearly quarter-century as a primary care pediatrician, I have always aspired to be…
STAT Plus: Better than the rest or behind the competition? Moderna’s future hinges on how its Covid-19 vaccine fares
Among the pharmaceutical companies closest to developing a Covid-19 vaccine, none has more riding on…
As mobile mental health teams work to de-escalate crises, some warn their models still rely on police partnerships
In the wake of nationwide demonstrations against police brutality, there has also been a surge…
STAT Plus: Harry Reid and Alex Trebek tried Patrick Soon-Shiong’s experimental cancer therapy. Can their results be duplicated in a clinical trial?
Former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s pancreatic cancer went into remission. “Jeopardy!” host Alex Trebek,…
Cartoon Ads Do Promote Vaping to Teens
Despite claims that e-cigarettes are mostly to help adults stop smoking, e-cigarette ads on social…
STAT Plus: Cepheid is accused of overcharging and undersupplying its Covid-19 test to poor countries
As controversy rises over equal access to Covid-19 medical products, a manufacturer of rapid, point-of…
Scientists get closer to blood test for Alzheimer’s disease
An experimental blood test was highly accurate at distinguishing people with Alzheimer’s disease from those…
With Predicted Physician Shortage of in 2032, Medical Industry About to Upgrade with National Bioskills Labs and CrowdOptic’s New Partnership
By 2032, the United States is predicted to see a shortage of nearly 122,000 physicians,…
When Personal Liberties, Public Responsibilities, Clash
More than 20 U.S. states have enforced rules asking people to wear face masks. Read…
STAT Plus: Lawmakers urge federal watchdog to probe government’s role in discovering remdesivir
Amid concerns over access to medicines that were hatched with U.S. taxpayer funds, Democratic lawmakers…
Search for a Cannabis High Could Lead to Nausea, Vomiting
When an otherwise healthy young person goes to the emergency room complaining of nausea, pain,…
Search for a Cannabis High Could Lead to Nausea, Vomiting
When an otherwise healthy young person goes to the emergency room complaining of nausea, pain,…
STAT+ Conversations: Ranking biotech’s top venture capital firms
Editor’s note: A live stream of the conversation will be embedded above at 1 p.m….
New to a BP of 130 over 80? Grill Can Still Be On
What you eat can affect your blood pressure. High blood pressure, hypertension, is a silent…
STAT Plus: Pharmalittle: Pharma execs nix meeting with Trump; Kodak wins big U.S. loan to fix medical supply chain
Hello, everyone, and how are you today? We are doing reasonably well, given the circumstances….
Opinion: Quality issues may be the stumbling block in the race for contact tracing apps
The world is in a rush to find ways to fight Covid-19. This urgency makes…
Opinion: Boosting the promise — and reining in the peril — of Covid-19 preprints
There’s a common refrain in engineering: When it comes to the triple goal of “faster,…
The first U.S. Covid-19 case was found in her district. A congresswoman reflects on the last six months
Six months ago, the first Covid-19 case was diagnosed in the U.S. in a man…
Opinion: I failed — at age 34 — the now-politicized Montreal Cognitive Assessment
One sunny day in October 2016, I failed the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA). That’s the…
‘It’s like you injected adrenaline into them’: Facebook’s vaccine misinformation problem faces a new test with Covid-19
As scientists begin to clear a path to a potential coronavirus vaccine, researchers and advocates…
Democratic group warns that the U.S. is unprepared to distribute a Covid-19 vaccine
WASHINGTON — A Democratic group warned Tuesday that the U.S. is fundamentally unprepared to manufacture…
Covid-19 relief package likely to include billions more for vaccines, testing
WASHINGTON — The latest round of Covid-19 relief could include a dramatic increase in new…
Pfizer and BioNTech pick Covid-19 vaccine and begin pivotal study
Pfizer and BioNTech are starting a large study of a vaccine candidate for Covid-19 aimed…
STAT Plus: New York panel seeks extra Medicaid rebates from Biogen for pricey rare disease drug
A New York State panel has recommended that officials seek a supplemental Medicaid rebate for…
Covid-19 infections leave an impact on the heart, raising concerns about lasting damage
Two new studies from Germany paint a sobering picture of the toll that Covid-19 takes…
Back to Work: Walkie-Talkies Go From Toys to Helping Coronavirus Patients Speak With Families
New healthcare program seeks to provide coronavirus patients and their families the means to comfortably…
STAT Plus: Generic group fails again to block California law that bans pay-to-delay deals
A federal appeals court denied a bid by a pharmaceutical industry trade group to block…
STAT Plus: Pharmalittle: Moderna gets $472 million as late-stage Covid-19 vaccine trial begins; EU turns away from WHO vaccine effort
Good morning, everyone, and nice to see you again. We have returned, so to speak,…
Opinion: We need to forecast epidemics like we forecast the weather
Disease-modeling communities around the world have been working tirelessly since January to predict how and…
Opinion: Science alone cannot beat the pandemic. We also need outreach about a Covid-19 vaccine
Americans anxiously await two key benefits that a Covid-19 vaccine will deliver: freedom from fear…
As Covid-19 surges, researchers amass lung scans to build AI systems for patient care
At first, the images of lungs infected by the novel coronavirus were hard to come…
Covid-19 vaccines may cause mild side effects, experts say, stressing need for education, not alarm
While the world awaits the results of large clinical trials of Covid-19 vaccines, experts say…
Trump administration unveils four executive orders aimed at lowering drug prices
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration unveiled four executive orders on Friday aimed at bringing down…
Sleeping Positions Affect Your Sleep
We all know that sleep is essential for our bodies to rest and recover. But…
Bird Watching, Walking, Relaxing Outdoors: How to Help Ourselves When Stressed
A new study hopes to better understand how our well-being can be impacted by nature…
Study Looks at COVID-19 Differences in Treatment and Survival
Researchers analyzed patients at 65 hospitals across the U.S. to document the factors leading to…