STAT+: No, alcohol isn’t good for you. Will new dietary guidelines be shaped more by health or industry interests?
In 1995, when Marion Nestle was on the committee drafting the Dietary Guidelines for Americans,…
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Bird flu keeps rewriting the textbooks. It’s why scientists are unsettled by the U.S. dairy cattle outbreak
Twenty-seven years ago today, a 3-year-old boy in Hong Kong developed a sore throat, spiked…
A new cholera vaccine will increase supply, but will it be enough to manage global outbreaks?
Weeks after the global public health community sounded the alarm on the shortage of cholera…
Large amount of bird flu virus in milk suggests asymptomatic cows are infected with H5N1
Since March, when the first reported cases of H5N1 bird flu began showing up in…
Brain worms are more common than you think. Here’s what doctors who’ve treated them say.
Yes, it’s possible to have a worm living in your brain — in fact, it’s…
WHO’s top scientist learned a hard lesson about H5N1 two decades ago: Stopping it takes more than biology
Jeremy Farrar, now the World Health Organization’s chief scientist, was working in Vietnam 20 years…
At Milken Institute conference, CDC director Mandy Cohen talks public health preparedness
In the spring of 2020, as Covid-19 took hold around the world, Centers of Disease…
Study of cow tissues provides clues for unusual pattern of bird flu infections in dairy cattle
A new study looking at the distribution of receptors that flu viruses can attach to…
Merck may have a competition for ever-scarce BCG
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STAT+: NYU professors who defended vaping didn’t disclose ties to Juul, documents show
WASHINGTON – Two New York University professors collaborated directly with executives of the vaping company…
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Texas dairy farm worker’s case may be first where bird flu virus spread from mammal to human, scientists say
A new report on the first human bird flu case tied to the outbreak in…
ICER casts doubt on Sarepta’s DMD gene therapy
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CDC’s top flu scientist says the risk to the public from H5N1 is low, but she isn’t sleeping well. Here’s why
Vivien Dugan isn’t getting much sleep these days. The director of the influenza division at…
Bird flu virus circulated in cows for four months before outbreak confirmed by USDA, analysis shows
As agricultural authorities and epidemiologists try to get their arms around the scope of the…
Republicans, concerned about dairy industry, urge calm about H5N1 bird flu
WASHINGTON — Republican lawmakers have one big message on the avian flu outbreak in cows:…
Tracking bird flu virus changes in cows is stymied by missing data, scientists say
Another upload of genetic sequence data from the H5N1 bird flu outbreak in dairy cattle…
U.S. maternal mortality rate dips, but will the trend continue?
After years on the rise, the U.S. maternal mortality rate decreased in 2022, new government…
Pasteurization inactivates H5N1 bird flu in milk, new FDA and academic studies confirm
Extensive testing of pasteurized commercially purchased milk and other dairy products from 38 states has…
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What we’re starting to learn about H5N1 in cows, and the risk to people
The H5N1 bird flu virus has been around for decades, and the damage it wreaks…
There’s never a good time to drink raw milk. But now’s a really bad time as bird flu infects cows
Scientists who know about the types of pathogens — E. coli and Salmonella among them…
Cattle testing for H5N1 bird flu will be more limited than USDA initially announced
New federal rules aimed at limiting the spread of the H5N1 bird flu virus among…
Biden administration punts menthol cigarette rule indefinitely
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is walking away from a plan to permanently bar menthol cigarettes,…
Early tests of H5N1 prevalence in milk suggest U.S. bird flu outbreak in cows is widespread
Andrew Bowman, a veterinary epidemiologist at Ohio State University had a hunch. He had been…
Watch: What we know about traces of H5N1 bird flu found in pasteurized milk
Genetic evidence of the H5N1 bird flu virus was found in grocery store milk in the United…
USDA orders H5N1 testing of some dairy cows to limit spread of bird flu
The U.S. Department of Agriculture moved to try to limit spread of the H5N1 bird…
STAT+: New studies suggest GLP-1 health care costs have only begun to climb
Spending on GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy ballooned last year and they’re set to…
Massive amounts of H5N1 vaccine would be needed if there’s a bird flu pandemic. Can we make enough?
The unsettling reality of H5N1 bird flu circulating in dairy cow herds in multiple parts…
Opinion: Balancing hope and reality: The promise and peril of blood-based colorectal cancer screening
As a gastroenterologist and cancer researcher, my mission is to help my patients live longer,…
Genetic analysis reveals H5N1 flu virus outbreak in cows likely started earlier than thought
The H5N1 bird flu outbreak in dairy cows in the United States has likely been…
H5N1 bird flu virus particles found in pasteurized milk but FDA says commercial milk supply appears safe
WASHINGTON — Testing conducted by the Food and Drug Administration on pasteurized commercially purchased milk…
USDA releases H5N1 bird flu genetic data eagerly awaited by scientists
The U.S. Department of Agriculture, which has been under pressure from scientists both at home…
Opinion: Public health during Sudan’s civil war: nurturing resilience amid conflict
On a Friday morning one year ago this week, my colleagues in Sudan’s Ministry of…
Opinion: Readers respond to essays on hospital taxes, ADHD in girls and women, and more
STAT publishes selected Letters to the Editor received in response to First Opinion essays to…
Covid ignited a global controversy over what is an airborne disease. The WHO just expanded its definition
In the chaotic first few months of the Covid-19 pandemic, stores faced shortages of all…
USDA faulted for disclosing scant information about outbreaks of H5N1 avian flu in cattle
With H5N1 bird flu spreading to more dairy cow herds, scientists and pandemic experts in…
Second-generation mosquito nets prevented 13 million malaria cases in large pilot programs
The fight against malaria is a test of human intelligence against mosquitoes — and so…
Opinion: Viral hepatitis is a silent killer. It can’t be eliminated if it isn’t tracked
Before the Covid-19 pandemic, viral hepatitis killed more people in the United States than all…
U.S. to set limits on silica exposure first recommended half a century ago
Most people know silica as the mysterious contents of desiccation packets found in vitamin bottles,…
Biden administration announces new partnership with 50 countries to stifle future pandemics
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s administration will help 50 countries identify and respond to infectious…
Opinion: Readers respond to OTC antidepressants, personalized medicine, restoring trust in public health, and more
STAT publishes selected Letters to the Editor received in response to First Opinion essays to…
Opinion: H5N1 bird flu in U.S. cattle: A wake-up call to action
The recent detection of H5N1 bird flu in U.S. cattle, coupled with reports of a…
Opinion: To rebuild trust in public health: Better communication, fewer mandates, and small wins
It’s no surprise in today’s corrosive political environment that trust in government is near an…
Opinion: Cancer is a killer. So is the fear of it
The widespread attention to the recent revelations of cancer diagnoses by Princess Catherine, actress Olivia…
CDC to doctors: Look out for bird flu infections among dairy farm workers
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention urged medical practitioners on Friday to be on…
Why a leading bird flu expert isn’t convinced that the risk H5N1 poses to people has declined
News that H5N1 avian influenza has breached another mammalian species — this time dairy cows…
Baylor wins 2024 STAT Madness with ‘smoke alarm’ for viral disease outbreaks
It began with injecting monkeys with sewage to see if they developed polio. Building off…
STAT+: Nuclear Regulatory Commission advisers beset by conflicts of interest, report finds
The oversight division of a U.S. government agency tasked with ensuring the safe use of…
Federal judge rules against Philadelphia supervised drug consumption effort
A federal judge this week dealt a major and likely decisive blow to Safehouse, a…
Covid cut life expectancy by 1.6 years globally, but the leading causes of death haven’t changed since 1990
The leading causes of death haven’t changed since 1990 — with one glaring, pandemic-sized exception. …
What we know about H5N1 bird flu in cows — and the risk to humans
The discovery of H5N1 bird flu in U.S. cattle — and the news that at…