STAT+: Does Sanders have the votes to subpoena a Novo exec?
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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…
Global health leader critiques ‘ineptitude’ of U.S. response to bird flu outbreak among cows
LONDON — Seth Berkley, a longtime and widely respected global health leader, said Thursday that…
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With Avidity and Pfizer, gene therapy enters a phase
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STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about a Pfizer drug for Duchenne, bird flu vaccines for cows, and more
Rise and shine, everyone, another busy day is on the way. We can tell because…
Stories from the UN Archive: Nigerian Nobel Laureate condemns online hate
This #ThrowbackThursday, when the world celebrates the Day of Living Together in Peace, we are looking…
Younger workers feel stressed, lonely and undervalued
Younger workers are struggling with feelings of loneliness and a lack of appreciation at work…
New way to spot beetle-killed spruce can help forest, wildfire managers
A new machine-learning system can automatically produce detailed maps from satellite data to show locations…
STAT+: Will Geron be acquired? The long-short view
This is the online edition of Adam’s Biotech Scorecard, a subscriber-only newsletter. STAT+ subscribers can…
Biden and Trump are fighting to claim credit for $35 insulin. It was actually a pharma giant’s idea
WASHINGTON — Both President Biden and former President Trump love to claim credit for getting…
Opinion: What happened to obesity after Chile slew Tony the Tiger?
“In Sweeping War on Obesity, Chile slays Tony the Tiger.” So read the headline of…
Opinion: To make public housing healthier, electric stoves and ovens should be the standard
The nation’s public-housing system provides homes to hundreds of thousands of low-income families, many of…
STAT+: Europe is set to shake up the way it assesses new medicines. Gene therapy makers are worried
LONDON — A major shakeup in how the benefits of medicines are assessed in Europe…
With placenta-on-a-chip, researchers hope to gauge how drugs and toxins impact pregnancy
Early in her pregnancy in 2015, Nicole Hashemi wanted to know how much caffeine was…
Pacific coast gray whales have gotten 13% shorter in the past 20-30 years, Oregon State study finds
Gray whales that spend their summers feeding in the shallow waters off the Pacific Northwest…
Western agricultural communities need water conservation strategies to adapt to future shortages
The Western U.S. is heavily reliant on mountain snowpacks and their gradual melt for water…
COSP17: Tunisian change maker invents a sustainable vehicle
Khadija Jallouli, a young Tunisian entrepreneur with a disability, called for redoubling international efforts aimed…
Does having a child with low birth weight increase a person’s risk of dementia?
People who give birth to infants less than 5.5 pounds may be more likely to…
Depressive symptoms in young adults linked to thinking, memory problems in midlife
People who experience prolonged depressive symptoms starting in young adulthood may have worse thinking and…
Exposure to heat and cold in early life may affect development of white matter in the brain
Brain scans of more than 2,000 preadolescents suggests that early life exposure to heat and…
NASA’s Roman mission gets cosmic ‘sneak peek’ from supercomputers
Researchers used supercomputers to create nearly 4 million simulated images depicting the cosmos. Read Original…
Swimming microrobots deliver cancer-fighting drugs to metastatic lung tumors in mice
Engineers have developed microscopic robots, known as microrobots, capable of swimming through the lungs to…
Mobile monitoring for an airborne carcinogen in Louisiana’s ‘Cancer Alley’
Louisiana’s southeastern corridor is sometimes known colloquially as ‘Cancer Alley’ for its high cancer incidence…
Bizarre health fads: a roundup of the top 10 strangest fake medicines – Boing Boing
Bizarre health fads: a roundup of the top 10 strangest fake medicines Boing Boing Read Original…
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…
Senators slam the FDA’s new vape enforcement plan: ‘What in the hell have you been waiting for?’
WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration and the Department of Justice claim they’re getting…
What the geologic record reveals about how oceans were oxygenated 2.3 billion years ago
Geochemists used thallium isotopes to track the rise and fall of free oxygen on Earth…
No bones about it: 100-million-year-old bones reveal new species of pterosaur
New research has identified 100-million-year-old fossilized bones discovered in western Queensland as belonging to a…
AI-powered simulation training improves human performance in robotic exoskeletons
Researchers have demonstrated a new method that leverages artificial intelligence (AI) and computer simulations to…
Ritual sacrifice at Chichén Itzá
Rising to power in the wake of the Classic Maya collapse, Chich n Itz was…
Just thinking about a location activates mental maps in the brain
Researchers found that mental representations known as cognitive maps, located in the hippocampus and entorhinal…
Life in DPR Korea still ‘daily struggle devoid of hope’ warns human rights chief
The international community must continue to pay close attention to the troubling human rights situation…
Opinion: Getting farmworkers to use PPE is hard, but it’s the best way to stop an H5N1 bird flu epidemic
Although a third U.S. dairy worker has been confirmed to be infected with the H5N1…
Michael Mosley: doctor, writer, and broadcaster
bmj;385/jun12_13/q1299/FAF1faCredit: BBCDoctor, writer, and broadcaster Michael Mosley died while holidaying on the Greek island of…
STAT+: New AI for biopsies can analyze microscopic images, talk to pathologists about your tumor
To non-pathologists, the histology slide looked, as all histology slides do, a sea of mottled…
World Trade Center responders exposed to more dust saw higher risk of early dementia
Nearly a quarter of a century after the 9/11 attacks in New York City, first…
What do Parkinson’s and obesity have in common?
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STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about Sanders dogging Novo Nordisk, Teva patents, and more
Hello, everyone, and how are you today? We are doing just fine, thank you, especially…
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STAT+: Avidity Biosciences says its experimental drug showed potential against form of muscular dystrophy
Avidity Biosciences said Wednesday morning that an experimental medicine successfully knocked down the gene behind…
Three scientists win Kavli Prize for nanoscience in biomedicine
Three scientists — Robert Langer, Paul Alivisatos, and Chad Mirkin — were awarded the 2024…
Tories pledge to slash number of NHS managers to fund health spending
The Conservative Party has said that it will slash the amount of money currently spent…
Matt Morgan: Words matter
I’ve just returned from our annual family trip to the amazing Hay Festival of Literature…
ROBVALU: a tool for assessing risk of bias in studies about people’s values, utilities, or importance of health outcomes
Healthcare decision making relies on evidence on the relative effectiveness, safety, and cost effectiveness of…
Wider use of tranexamic acid to reduce surgical bleeding could benefit patients and health systems
Major bleeding during surgery is common and is an important cause of surgical deaths.1 Each…
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I had my first major vascular event in my early 30s. Even though I knew…
Striking doctors rally in Stormont
bmj;385/jun12_1/q1280/FAF1faLiam McBurney/PA/AlamyJunior doctors in Northern Ireland staged their latest walkout over pay and conditions from…
Watch: How pharmacy benefit managers influence drug pricing
This is Part 2 of “Behind the Counter,” an in-depth video series demystifying the complex…
STAT+: Why Google and Microsoft can’t defuse U.S. health care’s ticking cybersecurity problem
Facing a worsening cybersecurity crisis in health care, the Biden administration has followed a familiar…
Michigan stands out for its aggressive bird flu response. Will other states follow its lead?
For weeks now, as the H5N1 bird flu has been spreading into dairy cattle herds…
Opinion: FDA: Do your job and stop letting companies sell illicit vapes to kids
If it were common knowledge that a company was targeting kids to consume highly addictive…