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Fixing America’s health insurance woes is ‘actually very simple,’ says leading economist
Fixing the U.S. health care system can seem like a herculean task. But the solution…
What will it take to end the crisis of Black deaths in the U.S.?
In the last two decades, Black Americans have suffered 1.63 million excess deaths compared to…
Meghan O’Rourke on a medical system not built for chronic illness — and the ‘invisible kingdom’ that could spur change
When her life was upturned by an accumulating array of confounding health problems, Meghan O’Rourke…
How an ER doctor in Chicago is tackling trauma from gun violence
Abdullah Pratt was only ever interested in science and in sports because of his older…
Doctor vs. ChatGPT showed promise and blind spots of generative AI
Generative AI tools, also known as large language models, are already helping doctors transcribe visits…
STAT+: How biotech deal-making really works behind the scenes, according to founders
What does it feel like to run a biotech startup and then get “the call”…
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…
STAT+: GSK CEO on pharma giant’s new direction: ‘We’re in the business of preventing and treating disease’
The story of GSK is one of reinvention, CEO Emma Walmsley said at the STAT…
Michael J. Fox on how far Parkinson’s research has come: “We don’t want to be celebrated. We want to get things done.”
When Michael J. Fox was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease at age 29, his clearest symptom…
STAT+: The future of Biogen: Pragmatism, ‘a few moonshots,’ and no Twinkies
Two years after a big scientific swing nearly pushed Biogen to the brink, CEO Christopher…
STAT+: Zuckerberg and Chan on track to put $50 billion toward science: ‘That’s the trajectory we’re on’
Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan sit atop a fortune that is currently valued at $113…
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+: Dana-Farber executive says split from Mass General will benefit patients
Laurie Glimcher trained at Massachusetts General Hospital. Her father was the chair of orthopedic surgery…
STAT+: Biotech power broker John Maraganore offers advice to the next crop of entrepreneurs
During a nearly two-decade stint as Alnylam’s founding CEO, John Maraganore took a promising but…
How rising stars in science and medicine think about mentorship and bouncing back from rejection
At the age of 26, Lauren Ghazal was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma just months into…
Zuckerberg and Chan announce a New York biohub to build disease-fighting cellular machines
Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, pediatrician and philanthropist Priscilla Chan, will announce on…
Lotte Knudsen, who pushed Novo Nordisk into the Ozempic era, wins STAT Innovation award
Back in the 1990s, scientist Lotte Bjerre Knudsen was tasked with revitalizing a floundering program…
STAT+: In drug development, large pharma companies’ staying power provides them an edge, Lilly’s chief medical officer says
Among drugmakers, big pharma has a reputation of being stodgy and old-fashioned, while biotech startups…
STAT+: CAR-T research is flourishing but is hampered by outdated precautions, experts say
Twenty years ago, CAR-T cell therapy was not quite “believed in,” said Michel Sadelain, director…
Now 18, the first child to ever receive CAR-T cancer therapy is ready for a new identity
The Food and Drug Administration approves dozens of cancer drugs every year, but the vast…
‘Information is a determinant of health’: Google executive on monkeypox and other challenges
Karen DeSalvo’s latest challenge came in the nanometer-sized envelope of a virus: monkeypox. Since becoming…
From scholarship to trending: How experts took to their feeds to explain hard science during Covid-19
How does one communicate the fast-moving science of a pandemic to the public? Social media,…
Virus expert Trevor Bedford on annual Covid boosters and the inevitable next pandemic
In January 2020, computational biologist Trevor Bedford told STAT’s Helen Branswell about the then-new coronavirus:…
STAT+: ‘We all have to come together’: Experts lay out how to keep AI in health care in check
The reach of artificial intelligence in health care settings has expanded to touch everything from…
From medical gaslighting to death threats, long Covid tests patients
The nightmare that is long Covid unfolds in many stages. Long Covid collectively means symptoms…
STAT+: Flagship Pioneering’s Noubar Afeyan on the crazy idea behind Moderna and professional entrepreneurs
On his desk — placed so its visible on his Zoom calls — Flagship Pioneering…
STAT+: Verily’s Amy Abernethy hints at clinical trial blueprint for 2022
Verily’s quest to become a major player in the life sciences has resulted in a…
STAT+: Watch: Experts challenge Eli Lilly exec on effectiveness of Alzheimer’s drug
Months after the Food and Drug Administration approved Biogen’s Alzheimer’s drug Aduhelm, Eli Lilly hopes…
STAT+: Former DARPA director: Biden’s new science agency should be independent, not an NIH office
WASHINGTON — The former director of DARPA, the Pentagon’s high-stakes research arm, says that for…
‘Growing a chair is easy’ and other words of wisdom from the audacious George Church
George Church, the larger-than-life Harvard biologist who pioneered both DNA sequencing and gene editing, is…
STAT+: Set to retire, Alnylam’s Maraganore reflects on his successor and his next steps
John Maraganore’s decision to step down as Alnylam Pharmaceuticals’ CEO after almost 20 years came…
Moderate Democrats are still seeking changes to the party’s drug pricing package
WASHINGTON — Rep. Kurt Schrader, the Oregon Democrat who has played an outsized role in…
Nancy Hopkins, pioneering biologist and advocate for gender equity in science, wins STAT Biomedical Innovation Award
Nancy Hopkins, an MIT professor who has made significant strides in molecular biology and a…
Fauci on the next phase of the Covid-19 pandemic and the ‘insanity’ of the threats he faces for pushing masks, vaccines
Anthony Fauci, the country’s top infectious disease expert who himself has become a something of…
Pfizer to file for emergency authorization for its Covid-19 pill
In an anticipated move, Pfizer (PFE) CEO Albert Bourla said the company plans ask the…
Extending the reach of gene therapies means hurdling not just scientific barriers but prices, too
While Covid-19 struck a blow to a vast number of clinical trials around the world,…
STAT+: ‘Aduhelm left room’: Lilly CEO eyes competition with Biogen Alzheimer’s drug
Though a rival’s Alzheimer’s drug reached the market first, the CEO of Eli Lilly spoke…
Measuring blood sugar in real time is a game changer for patients — and a health tech success story
Kylene Redmond and Deb Foerster both are converts to their continuous glucose monitors, quarter-size devices…
Leading genetics experts call for more racial representation in their industry
As the Covid-19 pandemic has laid bare the racial inequalities in the United States’ healthcare…
Chelsea Clinton wants Trump, allies to build support for a Covid-19 vaccine
Chelsea Clinton wants President Trump and his allies to help encourage Americans to get Covid-19…
STAT+: A leading AI researcher calls for standards to ensure equity and fairness
A top researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Thursday said that artificial intelligence…
Bill Gates worries about a ‘dysfunctional’ approach to Covid-19 vaccine distribution
Bill Gates fears a “dysfunctional” approach to distributing Covid-19 vaccines, he said Tuesday, despite an…
Pfizer may be within days of filing emergency authorization request for Covid-19 vaccine
Pfizer may be within days of filing for an emergency use authorization for its Covid-19…
Fauci suggests he should have been ‘much more vocal’ about Covid-19 testing early in pandemic
Anthony Fauci, the country’s top infectious disease expert, said Tuesday he should have more aggressively…
STAT Summit: A conversation with Anthony Fauci, America’s virologist
Editors note: The livestream for this panel discussion will be embedded below at 1 p.m….
Watch: What patients and their families learned from facing a deadly disease
Dr. David Fajgenbaum went from being a healthy third-year medical student to suddenly suffering multi-organ-system…
Watch: VCs have to predict the future. Here’s what three of them expect next in biotech
Biotech venture capitalists make their money by seeing the future better than most of us,…
A conversation with cancer researcher Charles Sawyers, winner of the first STAT Biomedical Innovation Award
Over a career spanning more than three decades, Dr. Charles Sawyers played a key role in…
Watch: Top FDA official talks bringing the agency into a new age
When Dr. Amy Abernethy arrived at the Food and Drug Administration last year, the former…