Creon: Shortages of pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy are causing “worry and stress”
An ongoing shortage of the pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy (PERT) Creon in the UK is…
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American women’s health “is in a perilous place,” study finds
Women in the US are dying from preventable causes and there are “stark racial differences”…
Climate change has serious implications for children’s brain health
A landmark session at the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change on 4 June 2024…
South Africa’s new national health insurance scheme is controversial
“To our professionals and healthcare workers—don’t listen to the doomsayers.” It was a soundbite that…
I’ve been fined for forgetting to buy a train ticket—will I be investigated by the GMC?
Don’t panic and seek helpLucy Hanington, medicolegal consultant at the Medical Protection Society, says, “Be…
Covid-19: politicisation, “corruption,” and suppression of science
This editorial by Kamran Abbasi (BMJ 2020;371:m4425; doi:10.1136/bmj.m4425) incorrectly described the suboptimal antibody test used in…
STAT+: Express Scripts overcharged postal workers by $45 million, audit says
Express Scripts, one of the largest pharmacy benefit managers in the country, overcharged U.S. Postal…
Q&A: Trans adults face ‘shocking’ risk of cirrhosis, especially alcohol-driven
People under 45 have been driving an increase in liver-related deaths, especially those caused by…
Bird flu that infected 6 Colorado poultry workers is closely related to the virus in cows
Bird flu snapshot: This is the latest installment in a series of regular updates on…
Opinion: NIDA should beware of funding companies that violate people’s privacy
In a ground-breaking settlement with the Federal Trade Commission, two online addiction and mental health…
Opinion: The newest tool to prevent STIs is not available to everyone: A call for participatory and inclusive research
In the midst of an “out of control” epidemic of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in…
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At a Mass General perfusion lab, a push to make more and more hearts viable for transplant
It seems like organized chaos. Five lab members move around a room the size of…
Harris health care agenda swiftly hailed by progressives and reproductive rights groups
WASHINGTON — President Biden’s announcement Sunday that he would be dropping out of the presidential…
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…
Gaza: What human rights mean to displaced youth
The voices of young female students sounded out across a makeshift classroom tent in the…
Trump campaign provides new details on his ear wound and treatment
WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump is doing well and required no stitches after a…
Stories from the UN Archive: Meet the first Black President of South Africa
On the heels of this year’s Nelson Mandela International Day, marked annually on 18 July, we…
Opinion: Readers respond to essays on philanthropy and nursing schools, opioid overdoses, and more
First Opinion is STAT’s platform for interesting, illuminating, and maybe even provocative articles about the…
Cracking the code of hydrogen embrittlement
When deciding what material to use for infrastructure projects, metals are often selected for their…
Researchers clarify how soft materials fail under stress
Understanding how soft materials fail under stress is critical for solving engineering challenges as disparate…
Fish adjust reproduction in response to predators
Some species of fish can evolve their egg-laying habits in response to predators in the…
New snake discovery rewrites history, points to North America’s role in snake evolution
A new species of fossil snake unearthed in Wyoming is rewriting our understanding of snake…
Guatemala: UN rights chief concerned over polarization, inequality, racism
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on Friday highlighted changes and ongoing challenges in…
World News In Brief: UN rights chief on Bangladesh protests, alarm over Gershkovich sentence, Afghanistan floods latest, decriminalising LGBT laws
As student protests continue to rage in Bangladesh, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights…
Wastewater surveillance group funded by Google founder, Bloomberg sheds dozens of testing sites
WastewaterSCAN, one of the United States’ largest private entities that provide real-time data on pathogens…
Trump rallies his base on bolstering health care, avoiding thorny questions about health rights
WASHINGTON — In a far-ranging, free-wheeling 90-minute acceptance speech for the Republican nomination to the…
The life of Aristides de Sousa Mendes: an example for us all
Secretary-General António Guterres heralded the opening of a new museum in central Portugal on Friday which honours…
Chemists design novel method for generating sustainable fuel
Chemists have been working to synthesize high-value materials from waste molecules for years. Read Original…
Scientists pinpoint new drug target for RSV
Scientists have discovered how the dangerous Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) defuses our immune response and,…
Early riser! The Sun is already starting its next solar cycle — despite being halfway through its current one
The first rumblings of the Sun’s next 11-year solar cycle have been detected in sound…
New dawn for space storm alerts could help shield Earth’s tech
Space storms could soon be forecasted with greater accuracy than ever before thanks to a…
Come closer: Titanium-48’s nuclear structure changes when observed at varying distances
Researchers have found that titanium-48 changes from a shell model structure to an alpha-cluster structure…
Fit for work? The relationship between health and employment will become an increasingly pressing problem
Is President Biden fit to run for office from a health perspective? If not, is…
GP appointment and patient record system disrupted by global IT outage
General practices faced disruption on 19 July as the global IT outage, involving Microsoft and…
Sixty seconds on . . . free refills
Re-fill me inRestaurants and cafes in Wales could be banned from offering free refills of…
Consultants in Northern Ireland to vote on new pay offer
The BMA’s Northern Ireland Consultants Committee has secured a new pay offer for consultants and…
Microsoft global outage forces health systems to cancel appointments, delay procedures
On Thursday, a widespread outage to Microsoft systems took down computers in health systems around…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about an FDA rare disease innovation hub, fewer U.S. drug shortages, and more
And so, another working week will soon draw to a close. Not a moment too…
Novo, Lilly shares sink due to concerns over competition
Hellloooooo. Today, we discuss the FDA’s lack of engagement with critics of MDMA for PTSD…
Polio stalks Gazans as ‘anarchy’ spreads, humanitarians warn
To add to the devastation of war and the complete breakdown of law and order,…
When I use a word . . . Fictional drugs from Robert Heinlein, Frank Herbert, Aldous Huxley, and J R R Tolkien
Fictional drugsBy fictional drugs I mean non-existent medicines, intended for human use, that have been…
CQC admits mistakes in rollout of new regulatory approach
The Care Quality Commission’s new interim chief executive has admitted that the regulator “got things…
Opinion: The ‘Risky Research Review Act’ would do more harm than good
In an era of rapid scientific and technological advances when politicians and scientists are struggling…
Converting wastewater to fertilizer with fungal treatment
Creating fertilizers from organic waste can help reduce the consumption of fossil fuels and promote…
Good timing: Study unravels how our brains track time
Ever hear the old adage that time flies when you’re having fun? A new study…
Paying care workers properly could cost {pound}40bn but would lead to NHS savings, says strategy
Health analysts have welcomed commitments in a new 15 year workforce strategy for adult social…
Will Labour help us transition away from pre-clinical animal research?
In February 2024, the Conservative government announced its intention to accelerate the development and uptake…
GMC backtracks on describing PAs as “studying medicine” after protests
A fresh row has broken out between the regulator the General Medical Council and many…
India: Doctors report surge in use of off label GLP-1 agonists among rich
Doctors in India are urging the government to take action to ensure that glucagon-like peptide…