STAT+: HHS leader on health and climate change talks health sector emissions and heat emergencies
Renee Salas, an emergency medicine physician at Massachusetts General Hospital, blames climate change for the…
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STAT+: House committee hearing kicks off potential doctor pay reforms in Medicare
WASHINGTON — The House Energy & Commerce health subcommittee kicked off its first hearing in…
STAT+: Actually, hospital price transparency does save money, advocate highlights
BOSTON — For all those who think hospital price transparency will not save money, Cynthia…
STAT+: A 50-year battle over one additive highlights FDA’s challenges with food safety
WASHINGTON — Richard Nixon was the president when the Food and Drug Administration issued its…
STAT+: Senate Finance targets Medicare Advantage brokers
Senate Finance Committee members from both parties took aim today at insurance brokers that sell…
STAT+: NIH confirmation hearing highlights just how divisive the agency’s portfolio has become
Monica Bertagnolli, President Biden’s nominee to lead the National Institutes of Health, spent her confirmation…
STAT+: When Medicare paid doctors differently, fewer patients had heart problems
WASHINGTON — Doctors lowered the incidence of heart disease and strokes among their patients when…
STAT+: European regulators once again recommend Amylyx’s ALS drug be rejected
LONDON — European regulators on Friday reiterated their view that an ALS treatment from Amylyx…
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STAT+: EU orders Illumina to divest cancer diagnostics firm Grail
LONDON — European regulators on Thursday detailed their demands that Illumina divest the cancer diagnostics…
STAT+: European regulators consider appeal over Amylyx ALS drug
LONDON — This week, European regulators are considering an appeal from Amylyx Pharmaceuticals after initially…
STAT+: Bernie Sanders bashes nonprofit hospitals over their tax breaks
WASHINGTON — Hospitals get tax breaks that are worth far more than the value of…
Robert F. Kennedy is pitching centrism on health care, even on abortion
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What’s next in the Kaiser Permanente strike
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STAT+: A Q&A with the global head of Boehringer Ingelheim’s innovation unit
LONDON — At an event here last week, the German pharmaceutical firm Boehringer Ingelheim outlined…
The future of health care in the House
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STAT+: 3 questions for the future of Biden’s cancer moonshot
WASHINGTON — The latest phase of President Biden’s Cancer Moonshot initiative leaves open a few…
STAT+: Federal bill would keep addiction medication from triggering a child abuse investigation
When Keri McCallum‘s doctor prescribed her Suboxone, she was told it was the “safest thing…
STAT+: Key Senate panel eyes action on drug shortages
WASHINGTON — One of the top health care committees in the Senate is assembling ideas…
STAT+: Gene therapy makers wonder if they can make a profit in Europe. Patients fear being left behind — again
LONDON — It was when she was 12 that doctors first raised the prospect of…
As conservative views collide with science, doctors find themselves navigating political landmines
WASHINGTON — It started with a tweet: A year-old, 43-second clip of Kevin Wang talking…
The stability of $0 premiums in Medicare Advantage
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STAT+: Obama-era Medicare innovation initiative doesn’t save money after all
WASHINGTON — A key Obama-era initiative was supposed to save Medicare money by testing new…
STAT+: GOP senator probes drug discount programs at Cleveland Clinic, Bon Secours
WASHINGTON — The top ranking Republican on the Senate health committee is launching an investigation…
Did you have Obamacare on your GOP debate bingo card?
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Did the government get a bad deal on the Covid-19 boosters?
WASHINGTON — After Pfizer and Moderna hiked the prices of their Covid-19 vaccines this year,…
STAT+: 6 ways the government could help address drug shortages, including in cancer
WASHINGTON — Republicans and Democrats alike want to stop drug shortages from happening. The vexing…
STAT+: Senate committee chair tries to spark negotiations to keep Medicare solvent
WASHINGTON — The Senate Budget Committee started what could become a bipartisan effort to extend…
Will a government shutdown stall Medicare drug price negotiations?
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Dairy farmers are running out of chances to kill the terms ‘oat milk’ and ‘soy milk’
WASHINGTON — Almond milk — not almond beverage, almond drink, or even almond juice —…
STAT+: Bernie Sanders, Bill Cassidy clash over proposal to increase primary care doctors, nurses
WASHINGTON — In a striking display of discord Thursday, leaders of the Senate’s health committee…
FTC sues private equity firm Welsh Carson, U.S. Anesthesia Partners for allegedly creating a monopoly
The Federal Trade Commission has sued U.S. Anesthesia Partners and its private equity owner, Welsh,…
Weed smokers often can’t work for the government. Some Republicans want to keep it that way
WASHINGTON — Roughly three quarters of states have legalized marijuana either for medical or recreational…
STAT+: What happened to the House vote on health care price transparency?
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STAT+: Patients, doctors press FTC to beef up hospital merger scrutiny
Comments to antitrust regulators lay bare Americans’ anger and disillusionment over consolidation’s effects on all…
STAT+: Chamber of Commerce, government clash at first court hearing on Medicare drug prices
WASHINGTON — Attorneys for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the federal government sparred Friday…
STAT+: House subcommittee forays into fixing drug shortages
WASHINGTON — A House subcommittee took a first step today toward legislation to fix drug…
STAT+: Civica Rx considers moving into chemo drugs as shortages worsen
WASHINGTON — A nonprofit formed by hospitals to deal with drug shortages is considering a…
The food industry has tried to stack a key nutrition policy panel with its preferred experts, documents show
WASHINGTON — There’s a panel of 20 nutrition experts that has outsized influence on the…
NIH nominee Bertagnolli will get a confirmation hearing next month, Sanders says
WASHINGTON — Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) will hold a confirmation hearing next month for Monica…
Trump surgeon general admits Trump White House made mistakes during Covid
The Trump administration made some serious missteps during the coronavirus pandemic, Trump’s top doctor Jerome…
A new House health package & hospitals’ new site-neutral talking points
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STAT+: In boon for scientists, U.K. strikes deal to join E.U. Horizon research program
The U.K. has reached a deal to join the E.U.’s landmark Horizon research initiative, a…
STAT+: AstraZeneca CEO Pascal Soriot proposes a novel fix to the drug pricing bill’s alleged cancer problem
Among the pharmaceutical companies’ many objections to the Biden administration’s drug pricing program is a…
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STAT+: House committees strike deal on health transparency, PBM reform package
WASHINGTON — Republicans on three key House committees have reconciled their differing legislative packages to…
STAT+: Astellas withdraws lawsuit after evading Medicare drug price negotiations
WASHINGTON — Astellas was so sure that one of its drugs was going to be…
Republicans say they’ll stop fentanyl at the border. But what are their plans for treatment?
Americans are dying of fentanyl overdoses in record numbers, and the Republican presidential candidates are…
STAT+: Humana sues Biden administration over Medicare Advantage audit rule
Humana sued the federal government Friday, arguing that this year’s new rule to claw back…
STAT+: As pharmaceutical companies bemoan Medicare’s drug negotiations, hospitals and doctors stay mum
The pharmaceutical industry has been up in arms over Medicare’s first list of 10 prescription…
STAT+: Winners and losers from Medicare’s list of drugs subject to price negotiation
On Tuesday morning, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services unveiled its long-awaited list…
Here are the 10 drugs that will be up first for Medicare price negotiation
WASHINGTON — Medicare on Tuesday announced the first 10 drugs selected for a new drug…