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STAT+: House panel advances bill to extend Medicare’s telehealth flexibilities, setting up December talks
A House committee on Wednesday advanced legislation that would extend Medicare telehealth flexibilities and a…
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STAT+: Top staffer on drug pricing to depart Senate Finance Committee
WASHINGTON – Shawn Bishop, the Democratic staffer who drafted much of the drug pricing portion…
Missouri resident who had no contact with animals tests positive for bird flu
This is a developing story and will be updated. A person in Missouri who didn’t…
California, nation’s largest milk producer, discloses possible bird flu outbreaks in three dairy cow herds
On Thursday, the California Department of Food and Agriculture announced it is investigating the possible…
WHO declares mpox outbreak a global health emergency
The World Health Organization on Wednesday declared the spread of mpox in multiple African countries…
Three MDMA therapy papers retracted over data integrity concerns
The journal Psychopharmacology has retracted three papers about MDMA-assisted psychotherapy — right on the heels…
WHO to convene panel to determine whether mpox outbreak is a public health emergency
The director general of the World Health Organization announced Wednesday that he will convene a…
Harris’ reported running mate, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, boasts progressive health care record
WASHINGTON — With Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate, Vice President Kamala Harris…
STAT+: Wells Fargo faces class action lawsuit over workers’ high drug costs
Former employees sued Wells Fargo on Tuesday, alleging the banking giant violated federal law by…
Jeff Shuren, medical devices head at FDA, to leave the agency
Jeffrey Shuren, longtime chief regulator of medical devices at the Food and Drug Administration, announced…
Kamala Harris, endorsed by Biden to replace him, is left of the president on health care
WASHINGTON — President Biden is ending his bid for a second term in office and…
Where 3 Democrats who could replace Biden atop the ticket stand on health care
WASHINGTON — President Biden’s decision to drop out of the presidential race has left the…
STAT+: FDA approves Eli Lilly’s early Alzheimer’s treatment
Eli Lilly’s early Alzhiemer’s treatment was approved by the Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday,…
Supreme Court undercuts regulators’ authority across government
Federal agencies’ longtime authority to regulate industries was significantly weakened by a Supreme Court decision…
STAT+: Supreme Court rejects Purdue bankruptcy plan
The U.S. Supreme Court rejected a controversial bankruptcy deal in which the owners of Purdue…
The Supreme Court appears set to reject Idaho’s near-total abortion ban
The Supreme Court appears ready to allow emergency abortions in Idaho, according to a document…
Supreme Court rejects challenge to Biden’s use of bully pulpit to fight Covid misinformation
The Supreme Court on June 26 rebuffed states and anti-lockdown advocates who said the government…
STAT+: Kaiser adds a small North Carolina health system to its Risant Health network
Kaiser Permanente on Friday announced the next deal to build out its Risant Health network…
Change Healthcare to begin notifying patients that cyberattack compromised their private info
Change Healthcare is beginning the process of notifying a “substantial proportion” of Americans that their…
Novo Nordisk CEO agrees to Bernie Sanders’ demand to testify on Ozempic, Wegovy prices
WASHINGTON — Novo Nordisk CEO Lars Fruergaard Jørgensen will testify before the Senate after Sen….
Supreme Court unanimously rejects challenge to mailed abortion pills
The Supreme Court ruled unanimously that anti-abortion doctors did not have standing to challenge the…
STAT+: Pfizer’s gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy fails in phase 3 trial
Pfizer said Wednesday afternoon that a closely watched gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy failed…
A third U.S. farm worker infected with bird flu is the first to experience respiratory symptoms
A third human case of H5 bird flu tied to the ongoing U.S. outbreak in…
Michigan reports a human case of H5N1 bird flu, the nation’s second linked to outbreak in dairy cows
A second human case of H5N1 bird flu infection linked to the current outbreak in…
Federal officials will fund farms’ protective measures to contain H5N1 bird flu
WASHINGTON — The federal government will provide livestock farms as much as $28,000 apiece to…
STAT+: Young boy dies in trial for Pfizer Duchenne gene therapy
A young boy died in a trial for Pfizer’s experimental gene therapy for Duchenne muscular…
Texas dairy farm worker’s case may be first where bird flu virus spread from mammal to human, scientists say
A new report on the first human bird flu case tied to the outbreak in…
USDA orders H5N1 testing of some dairy cows to limit spread of bird flu
The U.S. Department of Agriculture moved to try to limit spread of the H5N1 bird…
H5N1 bird flu virus particles found in pasteurized milk but FDA says commercial milk supply appears safe
WASHINGTON — Testing conducted by the Food and Drug Administration on pasteurized commercially purchased milk…
STAT+: BIO’s top lobbyist exits, signaling reorganization
WASHINGTON — The biotech industry’s largest trade group has parted ways with its top lobbyist,…
Supreme Court mifepristone arguments focus on physicians’ right to sue, not FDA judgment
WASHINGTON — Supreme Court justices on Tuesday seemed to question physician’s right to sue the…
STAT+: Gene-edited pig kidney transplanted into a living patient for the first time
In a new test of xenotransplantation, a medical team at Massachusetts General Hospital announced Thursday…
STAT+: In surprise move, FDA calls for advisory committee on Lilly’s Alzheimer’s drug
In a surprise move, the Food and Drug Administration has called for a meeting of…
STAT+: In stunning outcome, Amylyx’s ALS drug fails large clinical trial
Amylyx Pharmaceuticals said Friday that its treatment for ALS, called Relyvrio, failed to provide any…
Biden to propose expanding Medicare drug price negotiation in State of the Union
WASHINGTON — President Biden wants to more than double the size of Medicare’s new drug…
STAT+: Congress punts on PBM reform efforts
WASHINGTON — Congress has abandoned its attempt to reform how pharmacy middlemen operate in an…
STAT+: Judge tosses PhRMA lawsuit over Medicare power to negotiate drug prices
WASHINGTON — A federal district judge on Monday granted the Biden administration’s request to dismiss…
Supreme court will decide abortion pill access
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court agreed Wednesday to take on whether Americans can access a…
In historic decision, FDA approves a CRISPR-based medicine for treatment of sickle cell disease
The Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved the world’s first medicine based on CRISPR…
STAT+: To lower drug prices, White House takes new aim at pharma patents
WASHINGTON — The White House is throwing its support behind a controversial authority that allows…
STAT+: Pfizer to halt development of its twice-daily oral obesity drug, following disappointing trial
Pfizer on Friday said it was stopping development of a twice-daily oral obesity medication after…
STAT+: FDA investigating whether CAR-T, a treatment for cancer, can also cause lymphoma
The Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday that it is investigating whether CAR-T therapy, which…
STAT+: U.K. approves world’s first CRISPR-based medicine, giving greenlight to therapy for sickle cell, thalassemia
LONDON — Regulators in the U.K. on Thursday approved a CRISPR-based medicine to treat both…
STAT+: UnitedHealth faces class-action lawsuit over algorithmic care denials in Medicare Advantage plans
A class-action lawsuit was filed Tuesday against UnitedHealth Group and a subsidiary alleging that they…
Wegovy cuts risk of heart attacks in milestone cardiovascular trial
PHILADELPHIA — Novo Nordisk’s obesity drug Wegovy notably cut the risk of heart attacks in…
Senate confirms NIH Director Monica Bertagnolli
Longtime cancer doctor Monica Bertagnolli is finally heading to the National Institutes of Health director’s…
STAT+: Sarepta’s Duchenne gene therapy fails to meet primary endpoint in pivotal trial
Sarepta Therapeutics said Monday afternoon that its gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy failed to…
Kaiser Permanente reaches tentative agreement with workers
After a historic strike, healthcare giant Kaiser Permanente and the Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions…
2023 Nobel Prize in chemistry: Trio win for quantum dots discoveries that revolutionized nanotechnology
The 2023 Nobel Prize in chemistry was awarded Wednesday to three scientists for the discovery…
2023 Nobel Prize winner: Physics award goes to trio for electron breakthroughs
LONDON — Three scientists whose work on electrons widened the world’s understanding of the particles’…