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Opinion: Startups should focus on innovations that truly improve mental health
An unexpected side effect of the tragedy of the Covid-19 pandemic is unprecedented opportunity for innovation in mental health care, largely due...
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STAT+: Will the FTC get tougher on pharma business practices under the Biden administration?
As the Biden administration begins setting priorities, the Federal Trade Commission is poised to take a tougher stand on some pharmaceutical...
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STAT+: After repeated delays, Trump’s HHS punts on oversight of a massive Covid-19 response fund for hospitals
WASHINGTON — The Department of Health and Human Services acted with lightning speed to send health care providers more than $100 billion in...
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Some Trump staffers face a slightly different revolving door
A version of this story first appeared in D.C. Diagnosis, STAT’s weekly newsletter about the intersection of health and politics. Sign up...
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Opinion: Staying safe in the time of coronavirus: pay attention to ‘the guy you know’
For the last nine months, my team of anthropologists and I have been asking people across the United States to tell us their experiences of...
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Sharon Begley, path-breaking science journalist who spun words into gold, dies at 64
Trying to write a lede about the loss of Sharon Begley feels a little like being asked to sing a song at Aretha Franklin’s grave. Sharon...
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Remembering STAT’s Sharon Begley: Mentor, colleague, and a legend in science journalism
STAT reporter Sharon Begley died Jan. 16 . Here, colleagues share remembrances of their time working with her. Watching a master at work...
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‘Slippery slope territory’: Health officials propose waiving regulatory review of medical AI tools
Days before leaving office, President Trump’s top health official is proposing to permanently exempt from regulatory review a wide swath of...
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STAT+: Maryland Senate overrides governor’s veto of prescription drug affordability board
In response to the rising cost of medicines, the Maryland state Senate overrode a veto issued last year by Gov. Larry Hogan, who objected to...
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Biden will mobilize FEMA, the National Guard, and pharmacies to ramp up vaccine distribution
WASHINGTON — President-elect Biden’s newly released vaccine distribution plan promises to dramatically increase the number of...
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Genome-sequencing pioneer Eric Lander to lead science policy for Biden
WASHINGTON — President-elect Biden on Thursday nominated Broad Institute president Eric Lander to serve as his science adviser and the...
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New coronavirus variant could become dominant strain in March, CDC warns
A new, more transmissible variant of the virus that causes Covid-19 could sweep the United States in coming weeks and become the dominant strain...
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STAT+: Up and down the ladder: The latest comings and goings
Hired someone new and exciting? Promoted a rising star? Finally solved that hard-to-fill spot? Share the news with us, and we’ll share it...
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STAT+: Pharmalittle: Biden taps Kessler to lead Operation Warp Speed; Trump administration seeks term limits on top FDA, CDC scientists
And so, another working week will soon come to a close. Not a moment too soon, yes? This is, you may recall, our treasured signal to daydream...
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Former FDA chief David Kessler will helm Operation Warp Speed for Biden
WASHINGTON — President-elect Biden has tapped David Kessler, a former Food and Drug Administration chief and a key adviser to his campaign,...
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Two ways Fitbit could boost Google’s health ambitions
Google’s newly finalized purchase of Fitbit is poised to provide the tech giant with a potentially lucrative toehold into two competitive...
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Opinion: Are more people surviving Covid-19 because doctors are doing less?
Last month as my colleagues and I took care of Mrs. Smith (not her real name), a middle-aged woman hospitalized with Covid-19, every day felt like...
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STAT+: Aurinia in ‘show-me phase’ as FDA nears approval decision on autoimmune kidney disease drug
Next week, the Food and Drug Administration is expected to approve a new medicine from Aurinia Pharmaceuticals that will be used to treat patients...
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In LA, ambulances circle for hours and ICUs are full. Is this what Covid-19 has in store for the rest of the country?
LOS ANGELES — The situation here is dire. Every minute, 10 people test positive for Covid-19. Every eight minutes, someone dies. Ambulances...
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Trump administration will let nearly all doctors prescribe addiction medicine buprenorphine
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration announced a major shift in addiction medicine policy Thursday, giving doctors dramatically more...
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Biden requests $415 billion from Congress to ramp up the country’s Covid-19 response
WASHINGTON — President-elect Biden called on Congress to approve $415 billion in emergency spending to scale up vaccinations, testing,...
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Listen: JPM21: Déjà vu in Alzheimer’s research, debatable valuations in biotech, and OWS’s legacy
Is Alzheimer’s research stuck in a rut? Can genome editing live up to the hype? And how will we remember Operation Warp Speed? We discuss...
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STAT+: Medicare Part D spent twice what the VA paid for the same drugs
Medicare Part D spent more than twice as much on hundreds of prescription drugs than the Department of Veterans Affairs in 2017, largely because...
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STAT+: Drug makers sue HHS over a discount program serving low-income populations
In a clutch of lawsuits, three drug makers argue the federal government is wrong to insist they must provide discounts on medicines to pharmacies...
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STAT+: Pharmalittle: J&J Covid-19 vaccine data show some immunity after one dose; Biden may tap Sharfstein to run the FDA
Top of the morning to you, and a fine one it is. Despite the perennial gloom lingering about, we are enjoying a shiny sun and blue skies that are...