Key congressman blasts HHS for lack of cooperation on Covid-19
The Health and Human Services Department’s lack of cooperation with a congressional committee investigating the…
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STAT+: Flagship Pioneering startup lays off a third of staff
Sonata Therapeutics, a startup created two years ago through the merger of two Flagship Pioneering…
Evidence of geothermal activity within icy dwarf planets
A team found evidence for hydrothermal or metamorphic activity within the icy dwarf planets Eris…
Reforestation programs could threaten vast area of tropical grasslands
New research reveals the scale of inappropriate reforestation projects across Africa. A new study reveals…
Discovery of new Li ion conductor unlocks new direction for sustainable batteries
Researchers have discovered a solid material that rapidly conducts lithium ions. Consisting of non-toxic earth-abundant…
STAT+: Medicare Advantage enrollment races past 33 million
Roughly 33.4 million adults older than 65 and people with disabilities were enrolled in a…
STAT+: Bipartisan group of lawmakers warns of a rising Chinese threat to U.S. biotech
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — The increasingly adversarial relationship between the United States and China has raised…
Russia: UN human rights office ‘appalled’ at death of Navalny in prison
The UN human rights office (OHCHR) on Friday said it was “appalled” over the death…
More people die after smoking drugs than injecting them, study finds
NEW YORK — Smoking has surpassed injecting as the most common way of taking drugs…
STAT+: Louisiana, Oregon deals show health insurer acquisitions aren’t a sure thing anymore
A deal is never really done until it’s done. On Tuesday, two different proposed insurance…
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STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about kids taking Wegovy, telehealth for abortion pills, and more
And so, another working week will soon draw to a close. Not a moment too…
Alnylam thickened the plot
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Hospitals serving England’s most deprived patients generate proportionally less private income, study shows
NHS trusts in England that serve more patients from the most deprived areas receive a…
Sense of belonging is a critical component of workforce retention
Attrition of doctors from healthcare systems has reached crises levels in the US, UK, and…
BMA urges government to lift cap on compensation for LGBT veterans
The BMA’s armed forces committee has called on the UK government to reconsider enforcing a…
Restructuring of the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities is a further step in the wrong direction for tackling health inequalities
Last week, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) made big staff reductions at…
The grey area of “fertility tech” being mis-sold as contraception
When Chelsea Polis questioned the evidence behind a fertility tracking thermometer, she soon found herself…
Women from more deprived backgrounds are less likely to have an epidural, finds study
Women from poorer backgrounds are less likely to have an epidural during labour than women…
Opinion: I’ve reported on the health of every president since Reagan. Here’s what I think about Trump and Biden
When I interviewed Ronald Reagan about his health in 1980, he was 69 and poised…
Solving astronauts’ health challenges in deep space could have payoffs on Earth
Space is famously known as the final frontier for human exploration. It may also be…
STAT+: For unlucky mountaineers, tundra explorers and the unhoused, a new drug could avert the ravages of frostbite
Two days after his right hand froze, Hart Bezner realized for the first time that…
Ukraine recovery and reconstruction: $486 billion over the next decade
Reconstruction and recovery in war-torn Ukraine is projected to cost $486 billion over the next…
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The Utility of Natural Language Processing in Materials Science – A Promising Approach – Medriva
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HHS fills key vaccine advisory panel slots
The Department of Health and Human Services announced Thursday that it is filling eight vacancies,…
Listen: Pharma goes to Washington, Alnylam’s future, & Gilead’s dealmaking
Has PhRMA lost its fangs? Are 11th-hour changes ominous for clinical trials? And what’s next…
First-ever atomic freeze-frame of liquid water
Scientists report the first look at electrons moving in real-time in liquid water; the findings…
Covid-19 vaccine confidence soured by officials’ messaging, Republicans argue
WASHINGTON — A House hearing on vaccine safety claims sought to pierce through Americans’ falling…
Gaza: Israel’s censure of rights expert should not distract from possible war crimes
An independent expert appointed by the UN Human Rights Council said on Thursday that Israel’s…
Diving deeper into our oceans: Underwater drones open new doors for global coral reef research
Scientists take innovation in coral e-DNA monitoring to the next level. Read Original Article: Diving…
Diverse ancient volcanoes on Mars discovered by planetary scientist may hold clues to pre-plate tectonic activity on Earth
A geologist has revealed intriguing insights into the volcanic activity on Mars. He proposes that…
STAT+: FDA cracks down on websites that claim to sell chemicals in obesity drugs Wegovy, Zepbound
The Food and Drug Administration is cracking down on websites that claim to sell the…
STAT+: Sick patients collapsed waiting for care at Mass. hospital with known safety violations
Struggling to breathe, the patient stepped out of the registration line in the hospital’s overwhelmed…
Neolithic groups from the south of the Iberian Peninsula first settled permanently in San Fernando (Cadiz) 6,200 years ago
A new study reveals that the first farmers and herdsmen settled in Andalusia collected and…
The brain is ‘programmed’ for learning from people we like
Our brains are ‘programmed’ to learn more from people we like — and less from…
Altermagnetism experimentally demonstrated
Ferromagnetism and antiferromagnetism have long been known to scientists as two classes of magnetic order…
Lyme disease cases rise, but largely due to a change in data collection
A new report released Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention appears to…
STAT+: Hospital claims it was ‘drastically’ overcharged by pharma in a federal drug discount program
For several years, some of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies that participate in a U.S….
Abortion pills offered via telehealth as safe as in-person medication abortions, study finds
With the Supreme Court just a month away from hearing arguments over access to the…
American Medical Association’s digital advisors table RPM coding reform proposal, again
You’re reading the web edition of STAT’s Health Tech newsletter, our guide to how technology…
Pharma’s contractors might finally be on the rebound
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Women and medicine: exploited as staff and as patients
Doctors and politicians have something in common. You might view their work as a performance….
STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about a FTC probe into GPOs, a frostbite drug, and more
Top of the morning to you, and a fine one it is. Clear blue skies…
Alaskapox: First human death from zoonotic virus is announced
State health officials in Alaska have identified the first human to die from a recently…
The expansion of physician associates in primary care risks alienating an already ailing GP workforce
The government’s plan to increase the number of physician associates (PAs) working in hospitals and…
NHS apologises to family of junior doctor who died by suicide
The head of medical training at NHS England has apologised to the family of a…