The Biden administration will hang on to some Covid pandemic emergency powers
WASHINGTON — Even though the Biden administration is ending its highest-profile Covid-19 emergency declaration next…
Category: Medicine
In counties with more Black doctors, Black people live longer, ‘astonishing’ study finds
Black people in counties with more Black primary care physicians live longer, according to a…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: Telehealth abortion providers are scrambling; Express Scripts launches new pricing plan amid PBM scrutiny
And so, another working week will soon draw to a close. Not a moment too…
Opinion: I’m a biopharma supply chain specialist — and even I can’t find the Adderall I’m prescribed
For 10 years, I have depended on Adderall to help me function. But in February,…
Demand for home health aides is soaring. So why are they still so undervalued?
On most days around 2pm, home health aide Duane Crichlow can be found in an…
STAT+: ‘Style over substance?’ Express Scripts launches new pricing plan amid rising scrutiny of PBMs
Amid increasing scrutiny of pharmacy benefit managers, Express Scripts is launching a new pricing plan…
STAT+: Congress is launching a tobacco harm reduction caucus. Its biggest supporter so far? Philip Morris
WASHINGTON — There’s a new caucus brewing on Capitol Hill focused on the potential health…
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STAT+: Medicare advisers endorse reforms to lower drug spending
In the latest move to address prescription drug pricing, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission unanimously…
Listen: How the legal battle over abortion could thwart research, plus: the FDA ‘bully pulpit’ and Moderna’s future
Is pharma facing an existential threat? How do you get CEOs to speak out? And…
STAT+: Flawed AI algorithms can cause harm in medicine. A research team has a plan to root out bias and improve accuracy
There are a lot of ways that artificial intelligence can go awry in health and…
Scientists, going on a bear hunt, find a potential way to treat deadly blood clots
Like many cardiologists, Manuela Thienel spends most days in the chlorinated, temperature-controlled halls of a…
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Promising new malaria vaccine for kids approved in Ghana
DAKAR, Senegal — Ghana on Thursday became the first country to approve a new malaria…
STAT+: Federal group studying surprise ambulance bills will finally meet — five months late
The federal committee in charge of finding ways to stop surprise billing from ground ambulances…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: Appeals court allows access to abortion pill, but with restrictions; FDA official intervened on behalf of Sarepta gene therapy
Top of the morning to you. And a steamy one, it is. In fact, there…
STAT+: Google will let health care customers test its generative AI model, ramping up rivalry with GPT-4
Accelerating medicine’s AI race, Google is releasing a version of its generative language model to…
Appeals court restores access to abortion drug, but bars sending it through the mail
A federal appeals court is allowing continued access to a common abortion medication as a…
STAT+: Pear Therapeutics dreamt of huge revenues and ‘commercial scale.’ It never came close
In January, Pear Therapeutics was quickly running out of money. The digital health startup embarked…
Opinion: ‘Internist’ is a confusing, outdated term. It’s time for a new name
When my children were young, they repeatedly asked, “Dad, what does ‘internal medicine’ mean?” The…
STAT+: FDA staff leaned toward rejecting Sarepta gene therapy before top official intervened
Reviewers at the Food and Drug Administration were leaning toward rejecting a closely watched gene…
STAT+: Sickle cell gene therapies could be cost-effective even if priced as high as $1.9 million
As the U.S. health care system prepares for expensive gene therapies, a preliminary analysis suggests…
A Parkinson’s ‘game changer,’ backed by Michael J. Fox, could lead to new diagnostics and, someday, treatments
NEW YORK — Michael J. Fox was sitting in his Upper East Side office surrounded by…
Opinion: Michael J. Fox: As a Parkinson’s patient, I felt a little left behind by biology’s century — until now
Last fall in STAT, Matt Herper questioned whether the biomedical research enterprise is really laying…
Large European study underlines power of genomic sequencing to diagnose diseases
LONDON — Using genome sequencing greatly expanded the number of diagnoses researchers could provide for…
STAT+: Senate hashing out policy details on generics, PBMs, insulin
WASHINGTON — Senators are slightly delaying their latest legislative push on health care, but as they…
Juul agrees to pay $462 million to 6 states and D.C., and to share documents
WASHINGTON — The e-cigarette maker Juul has agreed to pay six states and Washington D.C….
White House designates xylazine, better known as ‘tranq,’ as an emerging drug threat
The White House on Wednesday issued an unprecedented warning about xylazine, the veterinary tranquilizer increasingly…
STAT+: Sanders plans to haul insulin executives to testify in Senate
WASHINGTON — Sen. Bernie Sanders plans to call the chief executives of the country’s largest…
White House plots strategy to counter abortion pill ruling
WASHINGTON — White House officials warned on Wednesday that access to nearly any medication is…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: Where is PhRMA in the abortion pill debate? Most late-stage MS drug trials were never published
Good morning, everyone, and how are you today? We are doing just fine, thank you….
Opinion: Harvey Washington Wiley campaigned for food and drug safety in the early 20th century. Digital mental health needs its own Wiley moment
Prior to the early 20th century, America had no regulation of medications or food additives….
Wireless pacemakers may work for children with slow heart rhythms — but first, doctors need child-sized catheters
Pacemakers, relied upon by many patients with irregular heart rhythms, are not built for children….
A controversial hire at Arnold Ventures raises questions about the donor’s stance on addiction
A philanthropic giant’s recent hire of a researcher with controversial theories on naloxone access is…
STAT+: Just how big of a pay bump do hospitals need from Medicare next year?
The federal government is proposing to give hospitals a 2.8% raise in their Medicare payments…
STAT+: How many? One-third of late-stage trials testing multiple sclerosis drugs were never published
The results from more than one-third of late-stage clinical trials that tested multiple sclerosis drugs…
STAT+: Oracle’s Cerner Enviza launches a new effort to use AI to study asthma drug safety
Cerner Enviza is partnering with health care AI company John Snow Labs to develop artificial…
Opinion: The mifepristone debacle is just the latest blow in an ongoing assault on the FDA’s authority
When legislators tour their home states and districts, private sector leaders often tell them: We…
EPA proposes limits on carcinogenic gas used to sterilize medical devices
On Tuesday, the Environmental Protection Agency proposed new limits on the use of a carcinogenic…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: Pharma execs call for reversal of abortion pill ruling; U.S. to spend $5 billion to speed Covid-19 treatments
Top of the morning to you, and a fine one it is. Clear blue skies…
STAT+: A biotech upstart takes on cancer by crowdsourcing the immune system’s natural killers
No two people have quite the same immune system. And while that fact can make…
Opinion: Current heat warning systems are woefully inadequate in an age of climate change
I’ve spent a decade studying the health impacts of extreme heat. In the communities I’ve…
6 burning questions about how the FDA will handle conflicting abortion pill decisions
A dueling pair of federal court decisions has thrown the fate of the abortion pill…
STAT+: ‘It was my call’: Stanford president defends decision not to correct key paper in misconduct investigation
Amid an investigation of alleged research misconduct, Stanford University’s president took responsibility in an email…
Where is PhRMA in the mifepristone debate?
WASHINGTON — A judge’s decision to suspend the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of an…
Next abortion battles may be among states with clashing laws
Abortion is banned in Idaho at all stages of pregnancy, but the governor on Wednesday…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: Abortion pill ruling could threaten FDA approval authority; Lilly CEO warns EU pharma legislation will hurt innovation
Good morning, everyone, and welcome to another working week. We hope the weekend respite was…
STAT+: 5 tech startups trying to solve health care’s staffing crisis to watch
Three years after the pandemic upended the health care workforce, hospital staffing is still a…
Here’s a new data point for cancer patients to consider: ‘time toxicity’
When Jeannette Cleland learned earlier this year that she could get chemotherapy at home, after…
STAT+: UnitedHealth’s physician buying spree continues with takeover of Crystal Run
UnitedHealth Group has acquired Crystal Run Healthcare, a prominent physician group in New York. The…
Opinion: Why genetic testing should always be offered to children with neurodevelopmental differences
At 10 months old, my daughter Gabrielle had missed key milestones for gross motor, fine…
Competing abortion pill rulings sow broad alarm, confusion
Emma Hernandez is defiant even if she fears what may come in the latest stage…