STAT+: What do Biden’s drug price comparisons reveal? Not much
WASHINGTON — The White House is touting just how much its new Medicare negotiation process…
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STAT+: Lykos Therapeutics cuts 75% of staff after FDA rejects MDMA-assisted therapy
Lykos Therapeutics, whose MDMA-assisted psychotherapy for post-traumatic stress disorder was rejected late last week by…
Listen: Drug pricing drops & psychedelics under fire
Are pharma companies still fearful of the Inflation Reduction Act? Will Lykos’ FDA rejection and…
As human activities expand in Antarctica, scientists identify crucial conservation sites
Establishing Key Biodiversity Areas in the Southern Ocean will be vital for safeguarding the ecosystem…
Over half of iron deficiency cases in large health system still unresolved at three years
Over half of people with iron deficiency were found to still have low iron levels…
New microscope offers faster, high-resolution brain imaging
Researchers have developed a new two-photon fluorescence microscope that captures high-speed images of neural activity…
Nearly 25% of European landscape could be rewilded, researchers say
Europe’s abandoned farmlands could find new life through rewilding, a movement to restore ravaged landscapes…
Intelligent soft robotic clothing for automatic thermal adaptation in extreme heat
As global warming intensifies, people increasingly suffer from extreme heat. For those working in a…
Why do plants wiggle? New study provides answers
Decades after his voyage on the HMS Beagle, Charles Darwin became fascinated by why plants…
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Warming waters and nutrient overload: A dangerous combination threatening our rivers and lakes
New international research found that food webs are becoming less complex in warmer, nutrient-rich waters….
Advancing modular quantum information processing
A team of physicists envisions a modular system for scaling quantum processors with a flexible…
Pioneering study identifies six genetic regions associated with normal pressure hydrocephalus
A new study has identified new genetic variants associated with normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH). The…
Scientists make breakthrough in studying deadly ventilator pneumonia
Scientists have made a breakthrough which could help find new treatments for a deadly infection…
Solutions to Nigeria’s newborn mortality rate might lie in existing innovations, finds review
Newborn deaths in sub-Saharan Africa could be reduced by nationally scaling up in-country technologies, a…
Antiviral used for mpox no better than placebo, NIH says
The National Institutes of Health said Thursday that an antiviral often used to treat mpox…
New Medicare drug prices, antimicrobial-resistant meningitis, unlucky American women
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Mpox outbreaks in Africa—we must avert another failure of global solidarity
On 13 August 2024, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) declared…
STAT+: Boston’s lab market is in as rough shape
When demand for office space cratered during the Covid-19 pandemic, many developers in the Boston…
STAT+: The business of CRISPR’d medicine: Not great
This is the online edition of Adam’s Biotech Scorecard, a subscriber-only newsletter. STAT+ subscribers can…
We have mpox vaccines now. But how will they be distributed?
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STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about Medicare drug savings, Lilly warning doctors, and more
Top of the morning to you, and a fine one it is. The skies are…
Medicare drug price negotiation didn’t benefit Biden — but it may help Harris
WASHINGTON — When Vice President Kamala Harris takes the stage at the Democratic National Convention…
Climate reporting standards insufficient, must be expanded, say experts
A new article concludes that current climate standards are not sufficiently incentivizing the big picture…
Singing from memory unlocks a surprisingly common musical superpower
Psychologists studied ‘earworms,’ the types of songs that get stuck in your head and play…
Candidate malaria vaccine provides lasting protection in NIH-sponsored trials
Recent trials of an experimental malaria vaccine in healthy Malian adults found that all three…
STAT+: Medicare announces drug prices for historic first round of negotiations
WASHINGTON — The day drug makers dreaded has finally arrived. Medicare officials on Thursday unveiled…
Uterine fibroids: NICE recommends new treatment option for moderate to severe symptoms
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has recommended linzagolix (marketed as Yselty) for…
Test for syphilis in people with possible symptoms, says UKHSA, as cases rise
Public health leaders are reminding doctors and their teams to consider testing people for syphilis…
Courage is contagious: we need to talk about the domestic abuse experienced by female doctors in the NHS
Domestic abuse affects one in four women,1 but little is known about domestic abuse among…
How India’s relationship with the sugar industry turned sour
A steep rise in sweetened ultra-processed food consumption in India is prompting calls for action…
Opinion: HHS says it is working against climate change. But it’s really climate washing
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has stated it will do all that…
Opinion: Can AI help ease medicine’s empathy problem?
Modern medicine has an empathy problem. Artificial intelligence — done right — might be able…
Arthritis patients resort to an inconvenient Medicare workaround to avoid pricey drugs
As many as 40,000 chronically ill seniors are choosing to endure uncomfortable, time-consuming intravenous infusions…
Afghanistan: 20 years of steady education progress ‘almost wiped out’
The de facto authorities in Afghanistan “have almost wiped out two decades of steady progress…
Researchers unveil mysteries of ancient Earth
A team of researchers has made strides in understanding the formation of massif-type anorthosites, enigmatic…
International study detects consciousness in unresponsive patients
New research found that brain scans can detect consciousness in some patients with brain injury…
Patients with unexplainable chronic itch have unique blood biomarkers that could eventually lead to new targeted treatments
Millions of patients worldwide suffer from a chronic itching condition with no identifiable cause —…
Venting your frustrations can make friends like you better — if you do it right
Venting about your frustrations with one friend to another may feel good, but it doesn’t…
A taste for carbon dioxide
The remarkable affinity of the microbial enzyme iron nitrogenase for the greenhouse gas CO2 makes…
Physicists throw world’s smallest disco party
A new milestone has been set for levitated optomechanics as a group of scientists observed…
ALS patient lived with a brain-computer interface for 7 years. Here’s what researchers learned
Brain-computer interfaces are still years, and several FDA approvals, away from being available on the…
How bread dough gave rise to civilization
A major international study has explained how bread wheat helped to transform the ancient world…
New research identifies early sensorimotor markers for autism spectrum disorder
A study has uncovered significant findings related to the early sensorimotor features and cognitive abilities…
Researchers find possible inaccuracies in crash-reported child passenger injuries
Researchers found discrepancies between crash reports and hospital data that might paint an incomplete or…
STAT+: Gilead wins U.S. approval for drug to treat autoimmune liver disease
The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved a new treatment for primary biliary cholangitis,…
Policing may play a role in youth mental health crises
New York City neighborhoods subject to higher rates of policing during the Stop and Frisk…
Giant fossil seeds from Borneo record ancient plant migration
Ancient fossil beans about the size of modern limes, and among the largest seeds in…
WHO chief warns of outbreaks of different clades of mpox virus
The chief of the World Health Organization (WHO) briefed an emergency committee meeting of the…
WHO declares mpox outbreak a global health emergency
The World Health Organization on Wednesday declared the spread of mpox in multiple African countries…
STAT+: Eli Lilly’s billions: Can the world’s most valuable pharma company keep inventing drugs at this pace?
On Tuesday, Eli Lilly unveiled a towering 346,000-square-foot laboratory in Boston’s Seaport District, a building…