Bernard J. Wolfson , 2025-05-02 09:00:00 Faced with potential federal spending cuts that threaten health coverage and falling childhood vaccination rates, Monica Soni, the chief medical officer of Covered California, has a lot on her plate — and on her mind. California’s Affordable Care Act health insurance exchange covers nearly 2 million residents and 89%…
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Steven Phillips , 2025-05-02 08:30:00 The fifth anniversary of President Trump’s March 2020 declaration of a national Covid-19 emergency has prompted a surge of retrospective assessments. Government agencies, expert panels, think tanks, and media outlets all contributed to a sprawling postmortem. The goal was to draw lessons from the pandemic’s devastating toll in hopes of better preparing for future crises….
, 2025-05-02 07:40:00 Credit: Magda Ehlers from Pexels President Donald Trump’s administration on Thursday released what it described as a comprehensive review of gender-related medical interventions for children and adolescents, warning of “significant risks” associated with puberty blockers and surgeries. The 400-page report was issued without named authors—a departure from scientific norms but nonetheless defended…
, 2025-05-02 05:52:00 In a study published Wednesday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), University of Oklahoma researchers detail their discoveries about why the brain tumor glioblastoma is so aggressive. Their findings center on ZIP4, a protein that transports zinc throughout the body and sets off a cascade of events that…
, 2025-05-02 08:04:00 TOPLINE: Among patients with non–trauma-related pain, adding music therapy to standard analgesia in the emergency department (ED) reduced pain and anxiety compared with standard care alone. METHODOLOGY: This randomized controlled trial was conducted at a hospital in Bangkok, between 2023 and 2024, and included 63 adults (mean age, 58.25 years; 38.46% men)…
Regina Schaffer; Herbert B. Castillo Valladares, MD, MHS , 2025-05-01 13:46:00 Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . ” data-action=subscribe> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later….
Isabella Cueto , 2025-05-01 17:00:00 Isabella Cueto covers the leading causes of death and disability: chronic diseases. Her focus includes autoimmune conditions and diseases of the lungs, kidneys, liver (and more). She writes about intriguing research, the promises and pitfalls of treatment, and what can be done about the burden of disease. You can reach…
, 2025-05-02 06:20:00 Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A study using artificial intelligence to classify patient pain archetypes and identify risk for severe pain after knee replacement has earned a Best of Meeting award at the 50th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine (ASRA). The honor, which recognizes excellence in…
, 2025-05-02 06:03:00 A study using artificial intelligence to classify patient pain archetypes and identify risk for severe pain after knee replacement has earned a Best of Meeting award at the 50th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine (ASRA). The honor, which recognizes excellence in scientific research, is awarded to…
, 2025-05-02 06:30:00 TOPLINE: A retrospective analysis using the updated definition of sepsis-associated acute kidney injury (SA-AKI) reported this condition affects nearly half of patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) with sepsis, with 25% dying during their hospital stay. METHODOLOGY: Sepsis and AKI are complex heterogeneous syndromes. In 2023, the definition of SA-AKI…
Richard L. Lindstrom, MD , 2025-05-01 14:15:00 Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . ” data-action=subscribe> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to…
Associated Press , 2025-05-01 17:29:00 WASHINGTON — For the second time in recent months, the Food and Drug Administration is bringing back some recently fired employees, including staffers who handle travel bookings for safety inspectors. More than 20 of the agency’s roughly 60 travel staff will be reinstated, according to two FDA staffers notified of the plan this…
, 2025-05-01 20:27:00 We illustrate the addition of test-time augmentation to conformal calibration in green (left) and provide a snapshot of the improvements it can confer (right). We show results on Imagenet, with a desired coverage of 95%, for the 20 classes with the largest predicted set sizes on average (computed over 10 calibration/test splits)….
, 2025-05-02 05:41:00 A new approach to drug design can deliver medicine directly to the gut in mice at significantly lower doses than current inflammatory bowel disease treatments. The proof-of-concept study, published today in Science, introduced a mechanism called ‘GlycoCaging’ that releases medicine exclusively to the lower gut at doses up to 10 times lower…
, 2025-05-02 04:58:00 Youth with obesity but without type 2 diabetes were 31% less likely to develop type 2 diabetes if they were prescribed a glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) receptor agonist medication instead of an older-generation obesity medication, according to findings presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) 2025 Meeting. “This study offers compelling early…
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John Wilkerson , 2025-05-01 18:08:00 You’re reading the web edition of D.C. Diagnosis, STAT’s twice-weekly newsletter about the politics and policy of health and medicine. Sign up here to receive it in your inbox on Tuesdays and Thursdays. I saw the movie Sinners last weekend. That mystical scene where Preacher Boy’s blues guitar summons the past and…
, 2025-05-02 04:10:00 Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Children and young adults with depression, schizophrenia, ADHD, asthma and epilepsy can get great relief from medications to control their symptoms, helping them stay in school or work and prepare for their futures. But they should keep taking those medications regularly to get the best results; interruptions can…
, 2025-05-02 04:12:00 After spending years tracing the origin and migration pattern of an unusual type of immune cell in mice, researchers have shown in a new study how activity of “good” microbes in the gut is linked to rheumatoid arthritis and, potentially, other autoimmune diseases. Scientists first reported in 2016 that specific gut microbes…
, 2025-05-01 13:29:00 TOPLINE: From 2010 to 2024, the rate of surgeries declined more than fivefold in patients with pathologic grade group 1 (pGG1) prostate cancer, a cohort study found. The small proportion that were performed increasingly involved patients with higher-risk features. METHODOLOGY: Overtreatment of prostate cancer, particularly in men with low-risk disease, can result…
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Adam Feuerstein, Allison DeAngelis, and Elaine Chen , 2025-05-01 19:39:00 On this week’s episode of the Readout LOUD, we review President Trump’s first 100 days, the return of biotech M&A, strong drug launches, and Eli Lilly’s PBM problem. The first 100 days of the Trump administration have had a profound impact on federal health agencies,…
, 2025-05-01 20:35:00 Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A specialized model used by researchers is becoming a valuable tool for studying human brain development, diseases and potential treatments, according to a team of scientists at Rutgers University-New Brunswick. Known as chimeric brain models, these laboratory tools provide a unique way to understand human brain functions in…
, 2025-05-02 02:29:00 Religious service attendance at age 12 emerged as the top predictor of adult afterlife belief, especially in secular societies, while childhood adversity and maternal bonds also played subtle roles. Study: Childhood predictors of belief in life after death across 22 countries. Image Credit: NeoLeo / Shutterstock Is belief in the afterlife a product of…
, 2025-05-01 13:59:00 TOPLINE: In a large US cohort study, patients with primary cutaneous B-cell lymphoma (pCBCL) had significantly higher risks of developing hematologic and prostate cancers. METHODOLOGY: Researchers analyzed data from 3757 patients with pCBCL (median age, 62.0 years; 56.7% men) diagnosed between January 2000 and December 2020 using 17 Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End…
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O. Rose Broderick , 2025-05-01 20:14:00 SEATTLE — Michael VanPelt spent several weeks recently glued to his telephone, dialing doctors who might be able to get his 3-year-old son in for an autism evaluation. The music teacher ran out of providers who took his health insurance, but luckily the New Jersey public school system provided…
, 2025-05-01 21:08:00 Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A new analysis provides evidence that reductions in access to Medicaid could increase deaths and cause financial hardship to people currently covered under an expansion of Medicaid that was implemented under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Medicaid is a joint federal and state program that provides health insurance…
, 2025-05-02 01:08:00 The genes of male and female placentas have marked differences in how they are expressed, according to a study by researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and other institutions. These differences involve the presence or absence of tags on DNA known as methyl groups, which switch genes on or off…
, 2025-05-01 14:15:00 Food allergies increased a child’s risk for being bullied, according to a new study published in Pediatric Allergy and Immunology. Children who said they had been bullied also had a higher prevalence of mental health and allergic conditions such as anxiety and asthma than their peers who had allergies but had not…
Stephanie Baum , 2025-05-01 21:01:00 For 17 years, UnitedHealthcare built a solid track record of always meeting or surpassing earnings expectations. Until now, that is. Last month, the national health insurer disclosed it was $2 billion off its projected revenue. MedCity News Editor-in-Chief Arundhati Parmar and Samir Batra, managing partner of HIP (Health Innovation Pitch) observed…
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Megan Molteni , 2025-05-01 23:50:00 Megan Molteni reports on discoveries from the frontiers of genomic medicine, neuroscience, and reproductive tech. She joined STAT in 2021 after covering health and science at WIRED. You can reach Megan on Signal at mmolteni.13. The National Institutes of Health announced Thursday it will no longer allow subawards to foreign…
, 2025-05-01 21:12:00 Credit: Anna Shvets from Pexels In a study published Wednesday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, University of Oklahoma researchers detail their discoveries about why the brain tumor glioblastoma is so aggressive. Their findings center on ZIP4, a protein that transports zinc throughout the body and sets off a…
, 2025-05-01 23:55:00 A global study links ultra-processed foods to tens of thousands of preventable deaths annually, especially in countries like the U.S. and the U.K. with high consumption rates, prompting urgent calls for dietary reform and public health intervention. Study: Premature Mortality Attributable to Ultraprocessed Food Consumption in 8 Countries. Image Credit: Tatjana Baibakova /…
, 2025-05-01 14:34:00 An artificial intelligence (AI) system for assessing suspicious skin lesions has been conditionally recommended by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) for NHS use in England. The tool, called Deep Ensemble for Recognition of Malignancy (DERM), can be used while further evidence is gathered. NICE said that the aim…
Katie Adams , 2025-05-01 22:00:00 German medical device company seca rolled out the first portable body composition scanner designed for primary care settings on Thursday. The product, called Alpha, seeks to give primary care providers a more accurate picture of their patient’s health. During an annual exam, physicians usually check the patient’s weight, height and…
Anthony DeFino , 2025-05-01 19:53:00 Patients in pain do not care about our clinical findings. They do not care about the pathophysiology underlying their pain. They do not care about the mechanism of action of the treatments we suggest. They do not care whether a treatment addresses the underlying cause(s) of their pain. They just…
Bob Herman and Tara Bannow , 2025-05-01 20:36:00 Bob Herman covers health insurance, government programs, hospitals, physicians, and other providers — reporting on how money influences those businesses and shapes what we all pay for care. He is also the author of the Health Care Inc. newsletter. You can reach Bob on Signal at bobjherman.09….
, 2025-05-01 22:30:00 Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Nirsevimab, a monoclonal antibody, is highly effective in real-world conditions at preventing severe respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infections in infants, suggests a meta-analysis published in The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health journal. RSV is a leading cause of serious respiratory illness in young children, particularly in the first…
, 2025-05-01 20:52:00 John Philpott has helped physicians move between the United States and Canada for nearly three decades, mostly arranging for Canadian doctors to emigrate to the US for training or jobs. Now, his phone is ringing off the hook from US physicians looking to move north, said the CEO of CanAM Physician Recruiting. …
Marissa Plescia , 2025-05-01 22:13:00 After consistently experiencing double-digit annual increases in healthcare costs with traditional health insurance, pest control company Rollins knew it had to do things differently for its employees, according to Jamie Benton, vice president of human resources at the company. “We did plan design. We went to the Mercer Exchange. We…
Joanna Mulvaney PhD , 2025-05-01 14:24:00 A study published this morning in the Lancet Child and Adolescent Health, announces that the monoclonal antibody, nirsevimab, prevents severe respiratory syncytial virus infections in infants. In a huge review of the published evidence, epidemiologists from University of Toronto and York University, Toronto, tracked how effective nirsevimab was when…
, 2025-05-01 21:15:00 Denmark-based Teton, a company that offers an AI companion to help nurses monitor patients and optimize workflow, announced it created a real-time, live 3D reconstruction of a hospital room using Gefion, Denmark’s national supercomputer. The aim is to help nurses recognize risks early, reduce paperwork and improve patient care. Operated by the…
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STAT Staff and Mario Aguilar , 2025-05-01 20:52:00 You’re reading the web edition of STAT’s Health Tech newsletter, our guide to how technology is transforming the life sciences. Sign up to get it delivered in your inbox every Tuesday and Thursday. Last week, I flagged a proposal for “Smart Deregulation” by the EHRA, which represents medical record…
, 2025-05-01 20:55:00 by I. Edwards A well-known U.S. science journal focused on environmental health has stopped accepting new studies, raising alarms among researchers who rely on it heavily. Environmental Health Perspectives (EHP), a journal funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), announced that it would pause new submissions due to concerns over federal…
, 2025-05-01 14:54:00 The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has approved a subcutaneous injectable version of the cancer drug nivolumab (Opdivo, Bristol Myers Squibb). NHS England said it would be the first health service in Europe to offer this therapy. The injection takes just 3-5 min to administer, compared with 30-60 min for…
Frank Vinluan , 2025-05-01 19:50:00 A Johnson & Johnson autoimmune disease medicine that’s a relative latecomer in its drug class can now compete in its first FDA-approved indication with a label that covers a broader patient population than products already available from Argenx and UCB. The FDA has approved the J&J drug, known in development…