First Covid-19 reinfection documented in Hong Kong, researchers say
Researchers in Hong Kong on Monday reported what appears to be the first confirmed case…
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Pfizer and BioNTech’s favored Covid-19 vaccine has fewer side effects than their first
Pfizer and BioNTech surprised many industry watchers on July 27 when they announced they would…
New research tabs a natural byproduct of metabolism as a potent trigger of cancer spread
Aging is the biggest risk factor for cancer: The older we get, the more likely…
STAT Plus: Turning Point releases positive data for targeted cancer drug, points to more rapid FDA filing
Turning Point Therapeutics, a San Diego developer of targeted cancer drugs, released positive data Wednesday…
Seven months later, what we know about Covid-19 — and the pressing questions that remain
The “before times” seem like a decade ago, don’t they? Those carefree days when hugging…
FDA clears saliva test for Covid-19, opening door to wider testing
The Food and Drug Administration on Saturday authorized emergency use of a new and inexpensive…
Opinion: Going viral: What Covid-19-related loss of smell reveals about how the mind works
A few months ago, a friend called me from New York in the middle of…
Opinion: Lung cancer deaths are declining faster than new cases. Advances in treatment are making the difference
This year’s annual release of cancer statistics generated more buzz than usual. Perhaps the most…
Inspired by llamas’ unique antibodies, scientists create a potent anti-coronavirus molecule
Inspired by a unique kind of infection-fighting antibody found in llamas, alpacas, and other camelids,…
Opinion: With Covid-19 halting clinical trials, wearables could be key — but data ‘wild west’ gets in the way
The biotech and pharma industries are at a pivotal moment, facing a pandemic that’s caused…
Genomic sequencing to screen apparently healthy newborns raises more false alarms than routine blood tests, study finds
With advanced technology, clinicians can now sequence the genomes of newborn babies, seeking to turn…
STAT Plus: FDA’s reopening plan will keep biologics labs shuttered far longer than other government labs
WASHINGTON — The FDA is keeping its biologics labs shuttered far longer than other government…
Study finds racial bias in the government’s formula for distributing Covid-19 aid to hospitals
The federal government has systematically shortchanged communities with large Black populations in the distribution of…
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New cancer diagnoses fell sharply as the coronavirus pandemic first hit
By almost every measure, far fewer cancers are being diagnosed during the coronavirus pandemic, whether…
Following court ruling, NIH warns drug and device companies to post missing trial data
WASHINGTON — Hundreds of drug companies, medical device manufacturers, and universities owe the public a…
Opinion: A Covid-19 vaccine, amazingly, is close. Why am I so worried?
A mere six months after identifying the SARS-CoV-2 virus as the cause of Covid-19, scientists…
Medical nonprofits forced to scale back as the pandemic upends their fundraising
Medical charities have long relied on black-tie galas, golf tournaments, and bike-a-thons to fund their…
‘A huge experiment’: How the world made so much progress on a Covid-19 vaccine so fast
Never before have prospective vaccines for a pathogen entered final-stage clinical trials as rapidly as…
Opinion: A NASA mindset can help end the pandemic
Eight months into the global coronavirus pandemic, the life sciences industry is ramping up drug…
Opinion: Pandemics wreak devastation — but spark biomedical innovation
There are no “silver linings” in the dark cloud of Covid-19. Yet if history repeats…
Opinion: Boosting the promise — and reining in the peril — of Covid-19 preprints
There’s a common refrain in engineering: When it comes to the triple goal of “faster,…
Covid-19 infections leave an impact on the heart, raising concerns about lasting damage
Two new studies from Germany paint a sobering picture of the toll that Covid-19 takes…
STAT Plus: A test you can breathe in: Scientists are developing synthetic biosensors to monitor lung disease
Imagine inhaling a sensor that could monitor lung disease patients’ response to therapy, emitting a…
STAT Plus: ‘Inactive’ drug ingredients are not always inactive, study finds
What’s in that pill you just swallowed? The label on the bottle lists the drug’s…
Opinion: Clinical trials need to include more Black and other minority participants. Here’s how
The Covid-19 pandemic and the disproportionate devastation it has wrought on Black, Hispanic, and poor…
STAT Plus: Cancer startup aims precision medicine at rare genetic driver
A company focused on developing precision medicines to treat patients whose cancers are driven by…
Opinion: Chronic fatigue syndrome may hold keys to understanding post-Covid syndrome
Some survivors of acute bouts of Covid-19 experience a range of persistent medical issues —…
Black children are more likely to die after surgery than white counterparts, new study finds
Even among apparently healthy children, Black patients are almost three and a half times more…
Civil War vaccination kits, discovered in a drawer, yield genetic clues to how smallpox was defeated
As the world anxiously pins its hopes on vaccines to halt the coronavirus pandemic, scientists…
STAT Plus: Startup Spotlight: Glympse Bio hopes its test will show whether drugs are actually working
Cambridge, Mass.-based startup Glympse Bio has raised more than $45 million for its nanoparticle-based biosensors,…
Scientists create a speedy finger-prick test to scan for radiation exposure in mice
Researchers have developed a simple finger-prick test that scans a single drop of blood to…
First data for Moderna Covid-19 vaccine show it spurs an immune response
Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine led patients to produce antibodies that can neutralize the novel coronavirus that…
If everyone wore a mask, Covid-19 could be brought under control, CDC director urges
The two hair stylists in Springfield, Mo., broke the cardinal rule of infection control: Despite…
Opinion: Patient-reported data can help monitor the safety of fast-tracked Covid-19 vaccines
The pharma industry is in a mad dash to bring a Covid-19 vaccine to market,…
Connecting donated human lungs to pigs repaired damage to the organs, scientists report
For people who need a lung transplant, the wait is often prolonged by the frustrating…
STAT Plus: How does exercise benefit the aging brain? Transfusing blood from active mice into sedentary ones suggests an answer
Exercise has been shown to slow cognitive decline in aging, but scientists haven’t known why….
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Women researchers are publishing less since the pandemic hit. What can their employers do to help?
As Covid-19 has shuttered schools across the globe, leaving parents to pick up childcare responsibilities,…
Opinion: To make progress against Covid-19, processes must serve people, not a ‘labyrinth of bureaucratic rules’
By sheer necessity, the Covid-19 pandemic has united health care systems around the common purpose…
New journal will vet Covid-19 preprints, calling out misinformation and highlighting credible research
The wild, wild west of Covid-19 preprints is about to get a new sheriff. On…
Two patients die in Audentes gene therapy study, heightening concerns over high-dose treatments
Two patients in a study of a high-dose gene therapy for a rare muscle disorder…
Opinion: Covid-19 vaccine research must involve Black and Latinx participants
The development of a Covid-19 vaccine is progressing at an incredible pace, breaking down barriers…
STAT Plus: A pill to fight alcoholism causes an uproar in France over a regulator’s view of a clinical trial
Two years ago, French regulators made a surprising decision, overruling one of their own expert…
STAT Plus: Engineering a better immunotherapy to outwit cancer — and launch a biotech
Tweaking an immune cell called interleukin-18 can overcome tumors that lure it into binding with…
STAT Plus: A preliminary new method could restore the brain cells Parkinson’s disease patients lost
Researchers developed a new method for transforming brain cells that can completely eliminate Parkinson’s disease…
Opinion: Human challenge trials with live coronavirus aren’t the answer to a Covid-19 vaccine
More than 25,000 people have volunteered so far to be infected with the novel coronavirus…
STAT Plus: New findings about little-studied cellular compartments could help make chemo more effective
Getting the right drug to the right place at the right time has been the…
Opinion: Scientists as heroes: Let’s keep that image in the public eye
“You truly have emerged as a personal hero for me,” Julia Roberts tells Dr. Anthony…
Racial bias skews algorithms widely used to guide care from heart surgery to birth, study finds
Decision aids that U.S. physicians use to guide patient care on everything from who receives…
STAT Plus: Ramping up pressure on Elsevier, University of California strikes landmark research access deal with publisher of Nature journals
The University of California has reached a landmark deal with the world’s second largest academic…
‘We have a job to do’: Cancer patients and their doctors carry on with clinical trials during Covid-19
Cancer isn’t waiting for Covid-19 to go away. Neither is Karen Howley. Diagnosed two years…