Opinion: To begin addressing racial bias in medicine, start with the skin
“Until the color of a man’s skin is of no more significance than the color…
Category: Medicine
What will it cost? And 5 other questions Congress could push Covid-19 vaccine makers to answer
Some drug companies say we’ll have a coronavirus vaccine by the winter. Others say that’s…
Trump said more Covid-19 testing ‘creates more cases.’ We did the math
The counter-narrative began almost instantly. After the U.S. count of Covid-19 cases began an inexorable…
Black children are more likely to die after surgery than white counterparts, new study finds
Even among apparently healthy children, Black patients are almost three and a half times more…
Civil War vaccination kits, discovered in a drawer, yield genetic clues to how smallpox was defeated
As the world anxiously pins its hopes on vaccines to halt the coronavirus pandemic, scientists…
HPV Vaccinations Should Start at Age 9, Says American Cancer Society
The earlier children take the HPV vaccine, the stronger the immune response, says the ACS….
Balancing Back-To-School with Keeping Kids Safe
With many schools gearing up to reopen this fall season, experts provide tips for parents…
Rates of Second Strokes Dropping Among Mexican Americans
A long-term study has found a decline in the rate of recurrent strokes among Mexican…
Using Your Bed for A Desk? Here’s Expert Advice to Stay Ache Free
Working from bed can be very tempting especially since working remotely is proving to be…
STAT Plus: Pharmalittle: Hydroxychloroquine fails once more; Russian hackers target coronavirus vaccine data
Good morning, one and all. Damian Garde here, filling in for Ed Silverman in the…
Banking Amid COVID-19 Pandemic: Keeping Yourself Safe
Need to do some banking during the pandemic? Here’s a guide on how you can…
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Opinion: Med students, physicians need social mission education now more than ever
A longstanding failure of the U.S. health care system is that minority and vulnerable populations…
Opinion: Rising to the challenge of screening for intimate partner violence during Covid-19
Health care providers play an essential role in halting the cycle of intimate partner violence…
‘We have to do a better job’: How structural racism in medicine harms both doctors and patients
Early in her medical career, physician Rachel Issaka encountered a liver transplant patient who was…
STAT Plus: Corbus Pharma is nearing the readout of a pivotal drug study. Here’s what you need to know
Four years ago, Corbus Pharmaceuticals claimed success in a mid-stage clinical trial of its lead…
A silver lining to the pandemic response? Doctors hope to see fewer cases of a polio-like condition that affects children
If the pattern from recent history holds, starting next month, doctors in the U.S. will…
STAT Plus: Startup Spotlight: Glympse Bio hopes its test will show whether drugs are actually working
Cambridge, Mass.-based startup Glympse Bio has raised more than $45 million for its nanoparticle-based biosensors,…
A yearslong push to remove racist bias from kidney testing gains new ground
For years, physicians and medical students, many of them Black, have warned that the most…
CDC Urges Americans to Wear Cloth Face Masks Due to COVID-19 Spike
The CDC is calling on Americans to wear face coverings whenever they are in public…
STAT Plus: Operation Warp Speed doesn’t have the transparency it needs
So much for transparency. In what can only be called a disappointing decision, the Trump…
NIH Director Francis Collins defends Fauci amid White House criticism
WASHINGTON — Francis Collins, the director of the National Institutes of Health, defended the beleaguered…
Listen: Coronavirus vaccine data, saving the U.S.’s pandemic response, and systemic racism in medicine
What do we want from a coronavirus vaccine? Can the U.S.’s Covid-19 response be saved?…
New Covid-19 study, despite flaws, adds to case against hydroxychloroquine
Hydroxychloroquine did not lead to faster symptom improvement among patients who had Covid-19 symptoms and…
Do Air Fryers Really Produce Healthier Meals?
Fried foods that are healthier? Such is the promise that air fryers hold. But are…
STAT Plus: As Amazon builds new health ventures, Haven struggles to gain ground
Amazon’s sprawling, sometimes stilted approach to employee health care is growing more complicated — and…
How HHS’s new hospital data reporting system will actually affect the U.S. Covid-19 response
WASHINGTON — It’s a fight over something as seemingly mundane as government data collection. But…
Seven Bats In Nevada Test Positive For Rabies
Seven bats tested positive for rabies in Clark and Washoe Counties in the state of…
Houston Mayor Proposes Shutdown, Wants Citizenry to Assume Responsibility
Houston could scale back with the number of COVID-19 cases surging. Read Original Article: Houston…
Respiratory Droplets vs Aerosols: Understanding The Difference Amid The COVID-19 Pandemic
Both respiratory droplets and aerosols can spread COVID-19, but there is a difference on how…
STAT Plus: Novartis to provide drugs for Covid-19 patients at no cost, but fails to disclose pricing
As companies face pressure to ensure access to medicines during the pandemic, Novartis (NVS) plans…
Novel, Experimental Pencil Draws Bioelectronics To Be Placed On Skin
Researchers at the University of Missouri have developed a new pencil that draws bioelectronics on…
STAT Plus: Pharmalittle: Warp Speed chief can avoid ethics disclosures; China OKs a BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine trial
Good morning, everyone, and how are you today? We are doing just fine, thank you,…
STAT Plus: The founder of Adimab believes he can combat Covid-19 — and whatever pandemic comes next
One of biotech’s most respected entrepreneurs is betting the novel coronavirus won’t be the last…
Opinion: The pandemic has exposed our broken pharma supply chain. Synthetic biology and brewer’s yeast could fix it
Covid-19 has depleted stockpiles of essential medicines in the U.S., straining our supply chains and…
Opinion: Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children related to Covid-19 isn’t the mystery it’s made out to be
As a physician taking care of hospitalized Covid-19 patients, I had very nearly become immune…
Opioid overdoses have skyrocketed amid the coronavirus, but states are nevertheless slashing addiction treatment program budgets
WASHINGTON — Drug overdoses have skyrocketed and demand for addiction treatment medicine has soared as…
Once a relic of medical history, radiation emerges as an intriguing — and divisive — treatment for Covid-19
Back in 2013, toxicologist Edward Calabrese and a colleague at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst,…
U.S. must spend $75 billion to fix flawed Covid-19 testing, report says
The U.S. should invest $75 billion in order to fix its badly flawed system of…
STAT Plus: House Democrats are using the budget process to slam the Trump administration’s Covid-19 response
A version of this story first appeared in D.C. Diagnosis, STAT’s weekly newsletter about the…
STAT Plus: Moderna’s skyrocketing market value is an indictment of the U.S. Covid-19 response
Buoyed by newly published, early data on its experimental Covid-19 vaccine, Moderna on Wednesday cracked…
Scientists create a speedy finger-prick test to scan for radiation exposure in mice
Researchers have developed a simple finger-prick test that scans a single drop of blood to…
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With Covid-19, a Hoax Is a Serious Matter
Ah, if it were only true, let alone this simple: drink water every 15 minutes,…
Intuitive Eating For Weight Management: What You Need To Know
Intuitive eating aims to help people manage their weight and avoid overeating without strict rules…
STAT Plus: Pharmalittle: Moderna vaccine is a ‘good beginning’; hospitals stock up on drugs for Covid-19
Good morning, everyone, and welcome to the middle of the week. Congratulations on making it…
Opinion: A national mandatory order to wear a mask would keep people from becoming ‘walking weapons’
Although lawmakers are engaged with many long-delayed, vital components of a comprehensive federal response to…
Lungs, Heart, Other Organs At Risk Of Long-Term Coronavirus Effects
A growing number of studies show that COVID-19 has effects on almost all organ systems…
COVID-19 More Likely To Seriously Affect People With High Blood Sugar, Study Warns
A new study in China shows that people with abnormally high blood sugar or hyperglycemia…
Oregano May Lower Cholesterol, Provide Other Health Benefits
Oregano oil contains certain compounds that may provide various health benefits. Read Original Article: Oregano…
STAT Plus: AbbVie uses dozens of patents to ward off competition for a pricey cancer medicine
The pricey Imbruvica cancer treatment that became available seven years ago could have its monopoly…
Opinion: Invest in community-based organizations to put health dollars where they are really needed
If it wasn’t already clear that the U.S. does a poor job of investing in…