STAT+: Study proposing microbiome-based cancer diagnostic comes under fire
Micronoma, a San Diego-based biotech startup, was founded on the idea that signatures from microbes…
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STAT+: Vertex faces renewed calls to widen access to its cystic fibrosis medicines in poor countries
Several Latino advocacy groups and more than 100 clinicians from dozens of countries are lending…
STAT+: White House drug shortage task force held rare in-person meeting with industry
WASHINGTON — A new White House task force on drug shortages held a rare in-person…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: Patients brace for insurance decisions on weight loss drugs; Indian authorities find multiple problems at pharma plants
Hello, everyone, and how are you today? Cloudy skies are hovering this morning over the…
TytoCare raises $49 million to build out AI-enhanced chronic care
You’re reading the web edition of STAT Health Tech, our guide to how tech is…
STAT+: Startup Celsius cuts 75% of staff ahead of first trial start for IBD drug
Launching your first clinical trial is the type of announcement most biotech executives eagerly anticipate,…
STAT+: Pharma industry showers House GOP doctor with campaign cash
WASHINGTON — The pharmaceutical industry has been flooding the campaign coffers of Rep. Larry Bucshon, a…
STAT+: Alarmed by popularity of Ozempic and Wegovy, insurers wage multi-front battle
Patients are bracing for “D-Day,” the date their insurance companies will stop covering the drugs….
Opinion: Former Sen. Max Baucus: Breakthrough Alzheimer’s drugs are out of reach for many in rural states like Montana
New treatments are delaying the progression of Alzheimer’s disease, giving people aging with memory decline…
Opinion: Without a plan to fight superbugs, the Cancer Moonshot will never achieve liftoff
Researchers at the National Institutes of Health recently outlined strategies to tackle President Biden’s Cancer…
STAT+: Uninsured rate hits ‘record low’ — right before millions start losing Medicaid coverage
Roughly 7.7% of Americans didn’t have any health insurance as of this past March —…
STAT+: Vertex non-opioid therapy reduced pain in mid-stage trials, study shows
Vertex Pharmaceuticals has spent decades trying to develop molecules that reduce pain safely and potently,…
STAT+: With new acquisitions, Humana and CVS hope to turn members into patients
Both Humana and CVS Health on Wednesday touted plans to aggressively scale their primary care…
Infectious disease expert Jeanne Marrazzo assumes Fauci role at NIH
WASHINGTON – University of Alabama infectious disease director Jeanne Marrazzo will be the National Institutes…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: Some employers cut insurance coverage for weight loss drugs; U.S. urges ADHD pill makers to boost production
Rise and shine, everyone. The middle of the week is upon us. Have heart, though….
Opinion: ‘Oppenheimer’ is a must-watch for everyone who works in AI and health care
All great stories have complicated endings. But that doesn’t mean they can’t offer simple and…
Affirmative action improved public health — and carried a high personal cost for Black physicians
I should be irate and despondent about the Supreme Court’s scrapping of affirmative action in…
Measles was once seen as a childhood disease. Increasingly, adults are susceptible, too
Simon Matthews made three trips this spring to the emergency room of his local hospital…
Henrietta Lacks settlement hailed by experts as step toward correcting medicine’s racist history
For what would have been Henrietta Lacks’s 103th birthday, her family got her some justice:…
STAT+: Intas Pharma employee used acid to destroy manufacturing records at troubled plant
Last November, an employee at Intas Pharmaceuticals, which makes several widely used chemotherapies that are…
Researchers seek answers to racial disparities for prostate and breast cancer among people of African ancestry
For almost 44 years, Willie Bell never missed his appointment to check for prostate cancer….
STAT+: Labor Department says UnitedHealth Group unit illegally denied emergency room, drug screen claims
The U.S. Department of Labor claims in a new lawsuit that a UnitedHealth Group unit…
STAT+: Private equity-owned physician groups plan lobbying push on mergers
Three large and growing physician groups backed by the private equity giant Welsh, Carson, Anderson…
STAT+: Verily hires former Apple Health leader Andrew Trister as chief scientific officer
As Verily aims to get on track, the Alphabet life science company has hired Andrew…
Amazon expands telehealth clinic nationwide
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STAT+: Microsoft strikes partnership with Duke Health to advance AI in medicine
On Tuesday, Duke Health and Microsoft announced a five-year partnership that will support artificial intelligence…
STAT+: EQRx, failed developer of low-priced cancer drugs, is sold for cash
EQRx is done, sold for its cash. The once-buzzy but now dormant biotech company is being…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: Medicare looks to improve Alzheimer’s care but sidesteps drug prices; CVS to cut 5,000 jobs
Rise and shine, everyone, another very busy day awaits. Even so, there is nothing like…
Cannabis industry scales back its lobbying in Washington
WASHINGTON – The cannabis industry is dramatically scaling back its presence in Washington. Curaleaf, one…
STAT+: How Y Combinator’s only health care partner decides which startups are worth a shot
This story is the first in a series of profiles of influential figures and decision-makers…
Opinion: I learned the hard way that U.S. airlines are not currently required to have EpiPens
I was in seat 20C on a flight home this March, when I felt my…
Opinion: The airline industry needs some disaster management lessons. Health care can help
The airline industry is often held up as a model of operational excellence — one…
Primary care physicians are learning how to fill the gaps in gender-affirming medicine
Harrison has an informal test that he runs on primary care physicians when he meets…
STAT+: Flow Neuroscience shows promising results in trial of brain-stimulation headset for depression
Flow Neuroscience, a small Swedish company treating depression with brain-stimulating headsets, released early data on…
STAT+: Medicare wants to improve Alzheimer’s care, but sidesteps drug prices
WASHINGTON — Medicare announced today a pilot program aimed at improving dementia care and reducing…
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STAT+: Vivek Ramaswamy wants to ‘gut’ the FDA. His claims don’t hold up to scrutiny
STAT readers know Vivek Ramaswamy from his time as the founder of the biotech conglomerate…
NIH begins long-delayed clinical trials for long Covid, announces new research office
WASHINGTON — The National Institutes of Health on Monday took long-delayed steps to begin enrolling patients…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: House Republicans and Democrats duel over drug shortages; FDA approves second over-the-counter naloxone
Good morning, everyone, and welcome to another working week. We hope the weekend respite was…
STAT+: New safety details link Apellis eye drug to rare cases of blindness. Cause still unknown
Five elderly people have been blinded by a severe side effect after receiving injections of…
National panel will explore requiring free Covid tests
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force will discuss recommending Covid-19 screening, the first…
Listen: Why Covid-19 wasn’t the ‘great equalizer’
When the Covid-19 pandemic began in 2020, some experts assumed the virus would affect everyone…
As wildfires burn, scientists race to understand the health dangers of prolonged exposure
More than 120 million Americans — one-third of the U.S. population — have been living…
STAT+: Sage hopes for a blockbuster in fast-acting antidepressant now before FDA
Cheryl Meier had watched clinical trial enrollment announcements for years — but always for her…
Opinion: New attacks on the drug industry would have made my breakthrough sickle cell treatment impossible
I was born in Alabama in the Jim Crow South, one of eight siblings in…
Opinion: I’m a tick biologist whose body seems to kill off ticks
Sometimes people call me “the tick guy,” but I’m a mammal guy by training. Although…
STAT+: Gene therapy is in crisis. For nine hours, the field’s leading minds looked for a solution
WASHINGTON — Jennifer Puck has successfully treated 10 children with a gene therapy for a…
To detect breast cancer sooner, an MIT professor designs an ultrasound bra
Canan Dagdeviren has dedicated her career to creating tools that can capture data from every…
STAT+: House GOP offers new plan to stem drug shortages, including cancer drug shortages
WASHINGTON — House Republicans have drafted drug-shortage legislation that differs significantly from the approach Democrats…
STAT+: AstraZeneca buys early-stage gene therapies from Pfizer in boon for struggling field
AstraZeneca said Friday it will buy up a group of early-stage gene therapies from Pfizer,…
His book on the opioid crisis flopped in 2003. It now has a new life on Netflix
A new Netflix TV show about the origins and consequences of the opioid epidemic is…