STAT+: CVS is willing to dump 10% of its Medicare Advantage members next year
CVS Health is preparing to make significant changes to its 2025 Medicare Advantage plans, which…
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STAT+: The White House hikes tariffs on Chinese medical products
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration announced Tuesday that it’s raising taxes on a range of…
STAT+: Novo to test Wegovy and other obesity drugs against alcohol-related liver disease
Novo Nordisk will test whether its GLP-1 drugs can help people with alcohol-associated liver disease,…
Public health leaders welcome plans to make overdose reversal drug more accessible
Naloxone, a drug used to reverse the effects of opioid overdose, is to be made…
What we know about extreme heat’s health impacts after the hottest summer on record
Last summer’s heat waves demonstrated all the ways that extreme heat takes a toll on…
Mental health: MPs condemn overreliance on pills
A group of MPs have called for a radical overhaul of the way poor mental…
Is Novavax a new meme stock?
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STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about Pfizer’s DTC platform, Sandoz’s feud with a U.K. trade group, and more
Rise and shine, everyone, another busy day is on the way. We can tell thanks…
The future of NHS primary care should focus on integration not fragmentation
In some parts of England, there are proposals to divide NHS primary care services. NHS…
Africa triples health workforce in 10 years, but unemployment is a problem
African countries increased their health workforce from 1.6 million in 2013 to 5.1 million in…
Doctors question long term training prospects of 350 additional medical students
Doctors have raised concerns about the future training prospects of medical students after the government…
Matt Morgan: Rekindling the NHS’s foundational flame
One of the joys of writing this column is receiving emails from readers who work…
A lack of quality statistics is hiding the real heatwave death toll
Malaysia’s capital Kuala Lumpur is hot and humid throughout the year but this April temperatures…
The end of local clinical excellence awards
The news that consultants have accepted the government’s pay offer marks an important moment in…
Harrowing accounts of birth trauma lead to MPs’ call for concerted action to improve maternity services
The first ever parliamentary inquiry into birth trauma in the UK has found “shockingly poor…
Doctors in Kenya end strike after threat of court action
Kenyan doctors have resumed work after 56 days of industrial action after agreeing a return-to-work…
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After traumatic brain injury, life support decisions can use more time
Deciding whether to withdraw life support after a severe traumatic brain injury is extremely difficult….
USDA, FDA turf battles hamper responses to outbreaks like H5N1 bird flu
WASHINGTON — On a bright June day in 2018, one of the nation’s top regulators…
STAT+: Element Biosciences, an Illumina rival, on its genomics ambitions — and why it hasn’t gone public
SAN DIEGO — Companies racing to read the genome accurately, quickly, and affordably have hit…
Watch: Restaurant workers can serve your food, bring your drinks, and maybe save your life
BOSTON — The tables set up near the entrance of the Big Night Live concert venue…
Opinion: Health care needs a new profession: neuroimaging counseling
Until recently, getting an MRI meant traveling to the hospital. But a new generation of…
AMA raises alarm over crisis in rural healthcare in US
The American Medical Association (AMA) has expressed concern about the widening health disparities between rural…
Dealing with ‘unknowns’ flying in high-conflict Haiti
Two women involved in the day-to-day operations in Haiti of the UN’s humanitarian air service,…
World News in Brief: Children in eastern DR Congo, Iran death sentence, support for Haiti
A senior official with the UN children’s agency, UNICEF, appealed on Monday for urgent action…
Insights into protein evolution
A research team has unveiled a breakthrough in understanding how specific genetic sequences, known as…
Just believing that an AI is helping boosts your performance
Sometimes it seems like an AI is helping, but the benefit is actually a placebo…
Genetic variant common among West African descendants contributes to large cardiovascular disease burden
Among cardiologists, it’s known that transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis, a type of heart disease, is caused…
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STAT+: Cue Health’s Covid-19 tests could give false results, FDA warns
The Food and Drug Administration warned consumers Monday to not use Cue Health’s at-home Covid-19…
Cats purrfectly demonstrate what it takes to trust robots
Would you trust a robot to look after your cat? New research suggests it takes…
Exceptionally large transverse thermoelectric effect produced by combining thermoelectric and magnetic materials
A research team has demonstrated that a simple stack of thermoelectric and magnetic material layers…
Today’s world: Fastest rate of carbon dioxide rise over the last 50,000 years
Today’s rate of atmospheric carbon dioxide increase is 10 times faster than at any other…
New gel breaks down alcohol in the body
Researchers have developed a protein-based gel that breaks down alcohol in the gastrointestinal tract without…
New work extends the thermodynamic theory of computation
Physicists and computer scientists have recently expanded the modern theory of the thermodynamics of computation….
New viruses that could cause epidemics on the horizon
Suddenly they appear and — like the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus — can trigger major epidemics: Viruses…
Island birds more adaptable than previously thought
The researchers found that birds were more evolutionarily similar on smaller, more isolated islands than…
New drug makes exercise, everyday tasks easier for people with common heart condition
People with the heart condition obstructive cardiomyopathy were able to use significantly more oxygen while…
Like dad and like mum…all in one plant
Scientists have established a system to generate clonal sex cells in tomato plants and used…
New molecule mimics the anti-clotting action of blood-sucking organisms
Nature gave ticks, mosquitoes and leaches a quick-acting way to keep blood from clotting while…
Melinda French Gates resigns as Gates Foundation co-chair
Melinda French Gates will step down as co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the…
Research on centromere structure yields new insights into the mechanisms of chromosome segregation errors
Researchers have made a surprising new discovery in the structure of the centromere, a structure…
Potential power and pitfalls of harnessing artificial intelligence for sleep medicine
A new article highlights how artificial intelligence stands on the threshold of making monumental contributions…
Potential power and pitfalls of harnessing artificial intelligence for sleep medicine
A new article highlights how artificial intelligence stands on the threshold of making monumental contributions…
New study shows certain combinations of antiviral proteins are responsible for lupus symptoms and affect treatment outcomes
Researchers say they have uncovered insights as to why lupus symptoms and severity present differently…
New study shows certain combinations of antiviral proteins are responsible for lupus symptoms and affect treatment outcomes
Researchers say they have uncovered insights as to why lupus symptoms and severity present differently…
Life becomes art in Wellcome’s new exhibition
bmj;385/may13_10/q1080/FAF1faBenjamin GilbertThis giant installation forms part of a joyful exploration of the body, drawing on…
To increase public satisfaction in the NHS, we need a new conversation about how to improve it
The recent British Social Attitudes Survey found that less than a quarter (24%) of the…
Study reveals patients with brain injuries who died after withdrawal of life support may have recovered
Analysis of 1,392 patients with traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) found that some patients for whom…
When consumers would prefer a chatbot over a person
Actually, sometimes consumers don’t want to talk to a real person when they’re shopping online,…
Study traces an infectious language epidemic
A computer scientist has shown the power of language to predict harm — this time…
STAT+: Sandoz leaves U.K. trade group over dispute about promoting a biosimilar for multiple sclerosis
In an unusual move, Sandoz is no longer cooperating with a U.K. industry trade group…