STAT+: Inside the rise of Tracy Beth Høeg, the Covid contrarian shaping FDA vaccine policy
Lizzy Lawrence , 2025-05-19 08:30:00 WASHINGTON — The Covid-19 pandemic was a turning point for Tracy Beth Høeg. Before March 2020, Høeg was a sports medicine physician focused on ultramarathon…
Could clinician entrepreneurs benefit Canada’s health and economy?
, 2025-05-20 04:10:00 Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Clinical entrepreneurs—physicians, nurses, and other health care professionals—who understand Canada's health care challenges first-hand could help improve the health system and grow the…
Air pollution fuels artery damage and accelerates heart disease, review finds
, 2025-05-20 03:16:00 New research reveals that even low levels of air pollution can trigger dangerous changes in blood vessels, underscoring the urgent need for clean air to protect heart…
First Hormone-Free Male Pill? YCT-529 Shows Early Promise
, 2025-05-20 06:26:00 For decades, oral contraceptive options have been limited to women, while men have had only two choices: Condoms or vasectomy. That could change with the development of…
Study combines NLP, conventional coding to improve dementia detection
, 2025-05-20 04:50:00 The National Centre for Healthy Ageing, a research institute by Monash University and Peninsula Health in Australia, has developed a new AI-driven method to efficiently identify dementia…
FDA approves Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine — with restrictions
Stephen I. Feller , 2025-05-19 19:23:00 Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email…
Regeneron buying 23andMe; Novavax Covid shot approved
Ed Silverman , 2025-05-19 12:57:00 Good morning, everyone, and welcome to another working week. We hope the weekend respite was relaxing and invigorating, because that oh-so-familiar routine of meetings, deadlines,…
How neurons survive botulinum neurotoxin type A exposure
, 2025-05-20 05:00:00 BoNT/Aintoxication of LAN5 cells induces massive tRF changes. (A) Experimental design: 2×106 LAN5 cells/well were intoxicated by 10,000 MsLD50/mL BoNT/A, and small RNA-seq profiles from these cells…
US withdrawal from global health bodies threatens millions with hunger and disease
, 2025-05-20 03:49:00 Experts sound the alarm: abrupt US policy changes could trigger a worldwide humanitarian disaster, endanger millions of vulnerable lives, and set back decades of global health progress.…
Flooding Triggers Major Melioidosis Outbreak in Australia
, 2025-05-20 03:54:00 Australia has recorded its highest number of cases of the tropical bacterial infection melioidosis, which is thought to have been triggered by major rainfall and flooding. The…
AI captures ancient Indian concept of emotions
, 2025-05-20 04:55:00 The Maharashtra University of Health Sciences in India will embark on research to explore various clinical applications of an AI-powered tool for detecting emotions. It signed a…
Azithromycin does not reduce illness severity in preschoolers with severe wheezing
Isabella Hornick , 2025-05-19 20:31:00 Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address…
IUD guidance, vaccine approval, NIH grants
Theresa Gaffney , 2025-05-19 13:10:00 Get your daily dose of health and medicine every weekday with STAT’s free newsletter Morning Rounds. Sign up here. Good morning. Yesterday, we learned that former…
Study links residual inflammation in psoriasis patients to obesity and fatty liver disease
, 2025-05-20 04:10:00 A study links residual inflammation in psoriasis patients to obesity and fatty liver disease, underscoring the importance of the development of targeted and effective treatments that address…
New guidance provides recommendations for use of anti-amyloid monoclonal antibodies
, 2025-05-20 03:53:00 The new guidelines for the use of monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) published in Neurodegenerative Diseases, serve as exemplary clinical recommendations for clinicians and healthcare providers, supporting the advancement…
Diversity in Dermatology Residencies Improves; Gaps Remain
, 2025-05-19 12:51:00 TOPLINE:Dermatology residency programs saw modest gains in racial and ethnic diversity from 2020 to 2024, but underrepresented groups remain disproportionately low compared with their share of the…
Lung function improves for patients with asthma within 24 hours with rademikibart
Richard Gawel , 2025-05-20 03:19:00 Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address…
Health Care Inc.: UnitedHealth crash, mandatory Medicare models
Bob Herman , 2025-05-19 17:29:00 Bob Herman covers health insurance, government programs, hospitals, physicians, and other providers — reporting on how money influences those businesses and shapes what we all…
Allowing small portions of desired foods in meals linked to lower cravings and greater weight loss
, 2025-05-19 21:13:00 Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Food cravings are the downfall of many dieters, who feel locked in an eternal battle with their willpower to resist the tempting sweets,…
AI model predicts future lung cancer risk from a single low-dose chest CT scan
, 2025-05-20 02:28:00 A deep learning model was able to predict future lung cancer risk from a single low-dose chest CT scan, according to new research published at the ATS…
Blood Detection Capsule May Help in Upper GI Bleeding
, 2025-05-19 12:55:00 SAN DIEGO — A real-time, blood-sensing capsule (PillSense) is a safe and effective diagnostic tool for patients with suspected upper gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding that can aid patient…
How One Startup Is Standing Out in the Crowded AI Scribe Market
Katie Adams , 2025-05-19 21:40:00 The only way to achieve clinical AI adoption at scale is to design products that serve doctors in a way that feels natural and personalized,…
Women with PAH report struggles with family planning, caregiver needs
Isabella Hornick , 2025-05-19 20:39:00 Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address…
Trump OSTP director calls for return to ‘gold-standard science’
Jonathan Wosen , 2025-05-19 17:37:00 President Trump’s science adviser, Michael Kratsios, called for a return to reproducible and transparent research to kickstart what he characterized as years of stalled scientific…
Virtual trial shows combo rescue inhaler nearly halves severe asthma attacks
, 2025-05-19 21:18:00 Credit: Cnordic Nordic from Pexels Findings from a first-of-its-kind virtual trial in pulmonary medicine, conducted at Rutgers and many other institutions, suggest adding an inhaled corticosteroid to…
Acetate and gut bacteria work together to reduce obesity in mice
, 2025-05-20 00:55:00 Researchers led by Hiroshi Ohno at the RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences (IMS) in Japan have discovered a new way to reduce obesity. Their study shows…
Amid US Budget Cuts, France Welcomes Displaced Scientists
, 2025-05-19 13:01:00 Amid a wave of layoffs and major federal research funding cuts under the Trump administration, many US-based scientists are reevaluating their careers and considering relocation. According to…
23andMe Bankruptcy Auction Win Adds Big Piece to Regeneron’s Gene-Based Drug R&D Efforts
Frank Vinluan , 2025-05-19 23:19:00 Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, a company that has been analyzing genetic data as part of its drug research for more than a decade, is augmenting its capabilities…
Trump retira servicios sociales de Medicaid, y pone en peligro la nutrición y la alimentación
Angela Hart , 2025-05-19 23:05:00 Durante su primer gobierno, los principales funcionarios de salud del presidente Donald Trump autorizaron a Carolina del Norte a utilizar dinero de Medicaid para servicios…
FDA grants 510(k) clearance to in vitro blood-based Alzheimer’s biomarker device
Robert Herpen, MA , 2025-05-19 20:45:00 Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email…
HHMI, major funder of private research, pauses postdoc program
Anil Oza , 2025-05-19 21:42:00 Molecular biologist Chiara Masnovo spent weeks filling out an application for a research fellowship earlier this year — taking it over the finish line as she…
Sixty seconds on . . . spy scales
Jacqui Wise , 2025-05-19 08:26:00 A new gadget for James Bond?Not quite. The term refers to digital “smart scale” technology currently being piloted by 15 specialist NHS clinics to support…
Genomic analysis shows widespread mpox transmission in West Africa prior to 2022 global outbreak
, 2025-05-19 21:26:00 Participants from the Pan-African mpox consortium collaborated to produce and analyze mpox genomic data from West and Central Africa, resulting in a dataset that is around three…
Study uncovers common trigger across gene mutations that cause ALS
, 2025-05-19 17:07:00 Using the gene scissors CRISPR and stem cells, researchers at Stockholm University and the UK Dementia Research Institute (UK DRI) at King's College London have managed to…
Adjuvant Pertuzumab Shows OS Benefit in Breast Cancer
, 2025-05-19 13:06:00 Adding adjuvant pertuzumab to standard adjuvant chemotherapy and trastuzumab improved overall survival at 11 years of follow-up in patients with early human epidermal growth factor receptor 2…
How One Company Aims to Save Lives with Its Smartwatch
Marissa Plescia , 2025-05-19 22:12:00 Steve Muth, like many in the healthcare space, launched ZEM Life for personal reasons. ZEM Life has built a smartwatch, which it’s currently seeking FDA…
Microsoft adds Elon Musk’s Grok 3 to Azure, citing healthcare and science use cases
, 2025-05-19 20:05:00 Tech giant Microsoft announced it is adding Elon Musk's AI startup xAI's Grok 3 to its Azure platform. Grok 3 and Grok 3 mini will be available…
Los hospitales que atienden partos en zonas rurales están cada vez más lejos de las embarazadas
Arielle Zionts , 2025-05-19 20:21:00 WINNER, Dakota del Sur — Sophie Hofeldt tenía previsto hacerse los controles de embarazo y dar a luz en el hospital local, a 10 minutos…
Embedded therapist reduces burnout on critical care nursing team
Richard Gawel , 2025-05-19 21:02:00 Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address…
Veteran presidential health reporter weighs in
Lawrence K. Altman , 2025-05-19 19:15:00 News of former President Biden’s aggressive and incurable prostate cancer has surprised the public (and presumably him). Based on the public record of Biden’s medical care…
Building a sustainable model for global maternal health
Ozge Tuncalp, Joshua P Vogel, Seni Kouanda, Tippawan Liabsuetrakul , 2025-05-19 14:21:00 Özge Tunçalp, executive director1, Joshua P Vogel, professor2, Seni Kouanda, professor3, Tippawan Liabsuetrakul, professor41Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp,…
Specific personality traits may influence the development of insomnia
, 2025-05-19 20:27:00 Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A study conducted at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil has examined the influence of personality…
Experimental drug could offer pain relief without the side effects of opioids
, 2025-05-19 17:11:00 An experimental drug developed at Duke University School of Medicine could offer powerful pain relief without the dangerous side effects of opioids. The drug, called SBI-810, is…
Mortality, Cardiovascular Risk Elevated in Adult-Onset T1D
, 2025-05-19 13:14:00 TOPLINE:Individuals who developed type 1 diabetes (T1D) in adulthood faced a higher risk for all-cause mortality and major adverse cardiovascular events (MACEs) than individuals from the general…
How Smarter AI Strikes Back for Hospitals
Stephanie Baum , 2025-05-19 13:01:00 Smarter Technologies is a new automation platform developed for hospitals and health systems. It brings together three companies: revenue cycle management (RCM) services businesses Access…
Dazos raises $25M for customer relationship management platform
, 2025-05-19 18:41:00 Dazos, a company that offers a customer relationship management (CRM) platform for behavioral health organizations, has secured $25 million in Series A funding from New York-based Radian…
Neuropathy, inflammation key drivers of corneal disease
Alex Young , 2025-05-19 18:49:00 Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address…
GOP focuses on Medicaid work requirements for budget savings
John Wilkerson , 2025-05-19 18:51:00 WASHINGTON — Over the weekend, House Republicans discussed squeezing additional savings from Medicaid to pay for President Trump’s tax cuts. Medicaid policy remains one of…
Assisted dying bill: MPs clash over role of doctors
Clare Dyer , 2025-05-19 14:26:00 MPs considering a bill to introduce assisted dying laws in England and Wales are at odds over whether doctors should be allowed to raise the…
Cuts to food stamps linked to rising food insecurity and declining health for millions of Americans
, 2025-05-19 18:24:00 Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain In a new report, health policy experts at Richard A. and Susan F. Smith Center for Outcomes Research at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical…