STAT+: Roivant acquires drug for pulmonary hypertension from Bayer
For months, investors have been asking Roivant Sciences chief executive Matt Gline to reveal the…
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VA disputes claim that removing race from lung tests would greatly alter disability payments
Veterans Affairs department officials said Monday they have launched a study to determine how removing…
Standalone organ donor centers have sprouted all over the U.S. Do they work better than hospitals?
Not much sets the world of transplant medicine abuzz. But in the early 2000s, a…
A new discovery about carbon dioxide is challenging decades-old ventilation doctrine
Carbon dioxide monitors have been around for decades. But in 2020, they became, almost overnight,…
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Removing race adjustment from lung test could mean higher disability payments for Black vets
Removing a patient’s race from an equation used to assess lung function — a change…
STAT+: Eli Lilly’s Zepbound eases obstructive sleep apnea in trials
Eli Lilly reported positive results of its obesity drug Zepbound in obstructive sleep apnea, giving…
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,…
The latest twist in John Green’s anti-tuberculosis story: working with governments
WASHINGTON — John Green, the popular novelist and YouTube star, gave the health care world…
RSV monoclonal Beyfortus was 90% effective at preventing hospitalizations in children this winter: CDC
A new monoclonal antibody product to protect against respiratory syncytial virus was 90% effective at…
STAT+: ‘It’s a nightmare’: One of the most common children’s asthma meds is no longer available, leaving families scrambling
A commonly prescribed medication for children’s asthma is disappearing from pharmacists’ shelves, forcing parents and…
STAT+: Mystery of allergic memory gets closer to answer: a rare group of B cells
Maria Curotto de Lafaille’s lab was trying to make human plasma cells in a dish….
STAT+: A breakthrough cystic fibrosis drug gave them the gift of time. But miracles come with complications.
The small box full of promises arrived at Jessica Anderson’s home on her 31st birthday….
As wildfires burn, scientists race to understand the health dangers of prolonged exposure
More than 120 million Americans — one-third of the U.S. population — have been living…
The Canada wildfires are exposing the harmful effects — and health inequities — of air pollution
Wildfires blazing in and around Quebec are creating hazardous health conditions throughout North America. Over…
How the public health lessons of Covid can help Americans protect themselves from wildfire smoke
An unusually early and ferocious outbreak of forest fires across Canada has sent unprecedented amounts…
STAT+: Pliant claims early success in hard-to-treat progressive lung disease
Pliant Therapeutics said Sunday that an experimental pill significantly improved lung function in patients with…
As respiratory diseases rise, EPA tightens air quality standards
The Environmental Protection Agency announced on Friday more aggressive air quality standards for particulate matter,…
No one’s quite sure how to fix pulse oximeters. The FDA asked this lab to find answers
SAN FRANCISCO — The discovery that fingertip oxygen-measuring devices might contribute to health disparities because…
Before making unbiased pulse oximeters, researchers need a better way to measure skin tone
There’s a growing consensus among physicians and government regulators that pulse oximeters measure oxygen levels…
FDA panel asks for improvements in pulse oximeters
A Food and Drug Administration advisory panel suggested Tuesday that the agency improve how it regulates…
Watch: How pulse oximeters work, and why they sometimes do not
Pulse oximeters, which measure oxygen levels in blood, are one of the most widely used…
Pulse oximeters and their inaccuracies will get FDA scrutiny today. What took so long?
A Food and Drug Administration advisory committee Tuesday will take up the issue of whether…
Opinion: Dying of a disease I never knew existed
By this time next year, if the medical forecasts are correct, I will probably be…
Public health experts sketch a roadmap to get from the Covid pandemic to the ‘next normal’
A new report released Monday charts a path for the transition out of the Covid-19…
How a Zoom forum is changing the way ICU doctors treat desperately ill Covid-19 patients
It was late April, near the height of the Covid-19 pandemic in the big cities…
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…
For respiratory therapists on Covid-19 wards, a catheter shortage increases work — and risk
This is one in a series of reports from hospitals responding to the Covid-19 pandemic….
New analysis recommends less reliance on ventilators to treat coronavirus patients
By using ventilators more sparingly on Covid-19 patients, physicians could reduce the more-than-50% death rate…
He ran marathons and was fit. So why did Covid-19 almost kill him?
A week after testing positive for Covid-19, Joshua Fiske drove himself to a New Jersey…
With ventilators running out, doctors say the machines are overused for Covid-19
Even as hospitals and governors raise the alarm about a shortage of ventilators, some critical…
Are e-cigarette companies helping smokers quit? Survey suggests Americans don’t buy it
WASHINGTON — E-cigarette companies have been trying for years to rebrand as a public health…
Juul and other e-cig makers to Congress: FDA, not you, should regulate us
WASHINGTON — When the CEOs from Juul and four other leading e-cigarette makers came before…
A fitting memorial: Superbug treatment named for the patient who inspired its discovery
Even for the most elite of bacteria-killers, these superbugs were a challenge. They’d delayed Mallory…
Congress calls JUUL, four other vape companies to testify about youth vaping
WASHINGTON — Five leading e-cigarette companies will be dragged before Congress early next month, according…
Watch: What is vitamin E acetate, and why does it seem to make some vapers so sick?
Health officials believe they have at least one likely culprit to blame for an outbreak…
New evidence strengthens link between vitamin E acetate and vaping illness
New evidence strengthens the suspected link between a substance known as vitamin E acetate and…
One in five high school seniors vaped marijuana in the last year, fueling concern among health officials
One in five high school seniors report having vaped marijuana in the past year, according…
New CDC report offers a possible clue about why vaping illnesses sprang up in 2019
A new report adds to the evidence that vitamin E acetate might play a role…
Trump’s stalling on flavored vape ban draws blowback — and fears of lasting damage to American health
The Trump administration’s apparent decision to back off a plan to ban flavored e-cigarettes has…