Medical
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Teladoc takes a hit with $6.6 billion impairment charge on Livongo
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Moderna seeks to be first with Covid shots for children younger than 6
Moderna on Thursday asked U.S. regulators to authorize low doses of its Covid-19 vaccine for children younger than 6, a long-awaited move toward...
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STAT+: With new diabetes drug data, Eli Lilly is taking aim at obesity
Eli Lilly released new data Thursday showing that an injectable diabetes drug it is developing, tirzepatide, can lead to substantial weight loss...
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STAT+: Pharmalittle: Amgen faces $7B IRS back-tax bill and fine; McKinsey exec apologizes for opioid work during hearing
Rise and shine. Another busy day is on the way. Indeed, the official to-do list is brimming with tasks and reminders. On the bright side, there is...
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How climate change could drive animal movements — and threaten more viral spillovers
Climate change will force animals to migrate, and in turn, some species — and the pathogens they harbor — will come into contact for...
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Opinion: Even when the pandemic fades, the depression it has wrought will linger
The masks are mostly off, group events have become almost normal, and many people believe — or at least hope — that the pandemic is...
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Opinion: ‘Boards for All?’ Global health organizations and companies aren’t even close
The age, gender, and ethnic diversity of a company or organization’s board is fundamental to its financial and operational success, helping...
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AI can predict missed appointments. How can hospitals use that data for better care?
For every five appointments at Boston Children’s Hospital, one patient doesn’t show up. Missed appointments are a common problem...
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STAT+: How Paxlovid came to be: From the germ of an idea to a vital tool against Covid
Charlotte Allerton, Pfizer’s head of medicine design, was making dinner — omelets — with her teenage children when she got a...
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STAT+: Tough questions, few answers: The FDA wrestles with its approach to AI in medicine
It was a brave thing for the Food and Drug Administration to do. Earlier this week, the agency put one of its regulatory officers in front of a...
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STAT+: A company developing a human blood substitute attempts a comeback, but IPO plans look dicey
Biopure, the disgraced developer of a failed human blood substitute, is attempting a comeback. It’s a biotech resurrection that seems...
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STAT+: Hospital giant Tenet sues OSHA for attempting to inspect hospital under Covid-19 worker safety rule
A large, investor-owned hospital chain is suing a federal agency , arguing workplace health officials don’t have authority to inspect...
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Covid’s circling the White House. What are the risks to someone like Biden?
For weeks, the coronavirus has been closing in on the Oval Office. In late March, White House press secretary Jen Psaki tested positive for the...
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South Korea to relax outdoor mask mandate as COVID-19 slows
South Korea will ease its outdoor mask mandate starting next week as COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations continue to decline.
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Racial split on COVID-19 endures as restrictions ease in US
Black and Hispanic Americans remain far more cautious in their approach to COVID-19 than white Americans, recent polls show, reflecting diverging...
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Autism, ADHD and school absence are risk factors for self-harm, according to new study
Research led by King's College London and South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust has analyzed factors associated with self-harm in over...
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New study shows hybrid learning led to significant reduction in COVID-19 spread
As communities continue a shift toward normalcy in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have...
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South Africa's latest COVID surge blamed on omicron mutant
South Africa is seeing a rapid rise in COVID-19 cases driven by yet another version of the coronavirus, health experts say.
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Immune system culprit in severe COVID cases found
Yale researchers have identified a particular immune response pathway that leads to severe illness and death in people infected by the SARS-CoV-2...
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Study in mice pinpoints molecular basis of deep sleep, suggests avenues for novel treatments
Healthy sleep is a basic physiologic need. In its absence, a myriad of processes in the body can go terribly awry. Chronic sleep problems have been...
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Does the drug dapagliflozin benefit hospitalized patients with COVID-19?
In a recent randomized clinical trial of hospitalized patients with COVID-19 and cardio-metabolic risk factors, the sodium-glucose cotransporter 2...
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Researchers develop novel method to identify complex medical relationships
A team of researchers from the Department of Veterans Affairs, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Harvard's T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard...
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FDA issues plan to ban menthol in cigarettes, cigars
The U.S. government on Thursday released its long-awaited plan to ban menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars, citing the toll on Black smokers and...
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Childhood obesity increases risk of type 1 diabetes
Being overweight in childhood increases the risk of developing type 1 diabetes in later life, according to the findings of a new study that...
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EU concerned over mystery hepatitis cases in children
The European Union's infectious diseases agency on Thursday said unexplained severe cases of hepatitis in young children were "a public health...