Megan Molteni , 2025-05-02 19:57:00 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. A National Institutes of Health policy change on funding of foreign scientists is far more…
, 2025-05-02 19:04:00 A flu vaccine is displayed at a pharmacy in New York, on Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024. Credit: AP Photo/Mary Conlon, File More U.S. children have died this flu season than at any time since the swine flu pandemic 15 years ago, according to a federal report released Friday. The 216 pediatric deaths…
, 2025-05-02 19:35:00 The first study evaluating Medicare patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) demonstrated good safety outcomes, such as mortality and adverse event rates at 30 days, compared to outpatient hospital departments, but were less likely to use certain technologies. The late-breaking data were presented today at the Society…
, 2025-05-02 12:00:00 TOPLINE: A survey of adults with severe mental illness reported obesity in 42% of participants, along with poor diet quality and ineffective weight management despite efforts, highlighting gaps in current weight management approaches. METHODOLOGY: Researchers conducted a cross-sectional survey using online, postal, or researcher-assisted methods and included 529 adults (mean age, 49.3…
Frank Vinluan , 2025-05-02 18:32:00 Cytokinetics aims to compete with a Bristol Myers Squibb heart drug projected to become a blockbuster seller, and the company’s value proposition is that its drug candidate has a potential safety edge. The biotech needs to wait a little longer to see what the FDA thinks. The agency has pushed…
, 2025-05-02 19:38:00 Serve You Rx, a pharmacy benefit manager (PBM), is collaborating with Amazon Pharmacy to offer home delivery services for maintenance medication to its members. Serve You Rx members will have access to online transactions, transparent, upfront pricing, automatic refill options, 24/7 access to clinical pharmacists, customer care support and free same-day home…
Rachana Pradhan , 2025-05-02 18:40:00 The FDA has rehired at least some workers tasked with releasing public records generated by the agency’s regulatory activities, two employees said. The recall reverses firings carried out roughly a month ago by the Department of Health and Human Services, which oversees the agency. Workers who process records about medical…
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Ed Silverman , 2025-05-02 18:48:00 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 with others. That’s right. Send us your changes, and we’ll find a home for them. Don’t be shy. Everyone wants to know who is coming and going. And here is…
, 2025-05-02 17:48:00 Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Researchers at Sutter Health, led by Cheryl Stults, Ph.D., found that an innovative ambient artificial intelligence platform showed promising results in easing the burden of clinical documentation for health care providers. The study, published today in JAMA Network Open, revealed significant reductions in documentation time and improved overall…
, 2025-05-02 15:56:00 The duplication and division of cells is critical to keeping all multicellular organisms alive. But the opposite process is equally important: cell death. Controlled death of cells, or programmed cell death, is also necessary for the proper development and function of the body. It has also been a focus of researchers developing…
, 2025-05-02 12:00:00 TOPLINE: Foetal MRI modified patient management in 38% of pregnancies and provided complementary diagnostic information with a prognostic impact in 27% of assessments, according to a new French study. In brain examinations, MRI revealed additional critical findings in cases of ventriculomegaly and posterior fossa malformations. METHODOLOGY: This retrospective, single-centre analysis included 243…
Michael McHale , 2025-05-02 07:30:00 Number of people tested in a non-clinical setting rose 19 per cent in 2023 A higher proportion of females who were tested for HIV in a non-clinical setting received a positive result compared to males, a new analysis reveals. The HSE report found that, while there was significantly more HIV…
MNB Guest , 2025-05-02 15:58:00 Sarah walked away from her car accident feeling relieved – no broken bones, no visible injuries. “I thought I was fine,” she later told her attorney. “But three days after the crash, I woke up barely able to move my neck. I had no idea injuries could show up days…
, 2025-05-02 17:24:00 Digital chronic condition management company DarioHealth announced it closed a debt financing facility for up to $50 million by Callodine Group and Rand Capital. The new funding restructures the company’s prior credit facility and will be used to advance its B2B2C strategy across pharma partners, self-insured employers and payer organizations. DarioHealth borrowed…
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Ed Silverman , 2025-05-02 17:01:00 Millipore Sigma, one of the largest suppliers of medical research products, will start adding a temporary tariff surcharge to all product orders shipped to the United States. The company, which sells a wide array of items from chemical reagents to centrifuges and syringe filters, explained in a letter to customers…
, 2025-05-02 16:29:00 Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain New research from Bayes Business School, in collaboration with biopharmaceuticals company Merck KGaA, suggests member states from the European Union (EU) must work more closely together, provide better incentives for the development of new medicines and approve access to medicines quicker than other international regulators, if it is…
, 2025-05-02 16:01:00 New clinical results from multiple studies show coronary heart disease death associated with tobacco use is anticipated to rise up to 40% in the next five years and people with cannabis use disorder are 50% more likely to experience cardiogenic shock, acute myocardial infarction, and arrhythmias. These studies were presented today at…
, 2025-05-02 12:00:00 TOPLINE: Transmural healing, assessed using faecal calprotectin (FC) levels and intestinal ultrasonography (IUS), was associated with a reduced risk for bowel damage progression and thereby improved long-term outcomes in Crohn’s disease (CD). METHODOLOGY: Researchers conducted a prospective cross-sectional observational study at an inflammatory bowel disease referral centre (February to April 2022 and…
Shaji Nair and Ashish Verma , 2025-05-02 14:26:00 In a healthcare landscape dominated by rising chronic condition rates and associated costs, artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged as a powerful tool for physicians seeking to integrate aspects of lifestyle medicine and preventive care into their standard practice. Whether it’s used to enhance patient compliance, inform clinical…
Michael McHale , 2025-05-02 07:30:00 Survey of nearly 5,000 adolescents found that those involved in sports, artistic pursuits, or volunteering are less likely to use the drug Almost one-in-five adolescents in Ireland have used cannabis, with teenagers who don’t have typical extracurricular activities more likely to have used the drug, new research suggests. In a…
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Usha Lee McFarling , 2025-05-02 15:00:00 Theirs is an unusual scientific collaboration, to say the least. Jacob Glanville is an immunologist, who worked for the pharma giant Pfizer before striking out to found startups focused on developing therapies that protect against things like coronaviruses, malaria, HIV, and, more recently, snakebites. Tim Friede is a truck…
, 2025-05-02 14:50:00 A simulation of a broadly neutralizing antibody (dark and light blue chains) binding to the HIV-1 viral membrane. The membrane comprises lipids and cholesterol (gray sticks) and phosphates (orange spheres). Credit: Scripps Research Lipids are the fatty molecules that make up cellular membranes, creating a protective barrier that regulates what enters and…
, 2025-05-02 10:37:00 The country’s top nonpartisan government watchdog has confirmed it is examining the costs of running the nation’s only active Medicaid work requirement program, as Republican state and federal lawmakers consider similar requirements. The U.S. Government Accountability Office told KFF Health News that its analysis of the Georgia Pathways to Coverage program could…
, 2025-05-02 12:15:00 Developmental prosopagnosia, commonly known as face blindness, affects every aspect of daily life, leaving many patients unable to pick out even their closest relatives in ordinary encounters, new research showed. Estimated to affect about 2% of the population, the rare condition is a lifelong neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by the inability to recognize…
Marcy Tatsch , 2025-05-02 13:49:00 Businesses are struggling with the high cost of healthcare benefits for their employees. As companies prioritize their employees’ well-being, healthcare benefits are often their largest expense, second only to the cost of goods and services they provide. Costs of employer-sponsored healthcare are expected to rise 9% in 2025. Large employers…
Michael McHale , 2025-05-02 07:30:00 Facility aims to ease pressure on University Hospital Limerick, where more than 100 patients were on trolleys yesterday Construction on a long-awaited surgical hub in Limerick has commenced and is scheduled to be open to patients before the end of next year. The €60m complex, which will have two operating…
Sue O’Connell , 2025-05-02 09:00:00 HELENA, Mont. — Montana’s frayed behavioral health care system, still recovering from the effects of past budget cuts, will get a shot in the arm after state lawmakers approved sweeping changes to upgrade and expand facilities, increase community services, and revise commitment procedures. Lawmakers backed the bulk of Republican Gov….
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Karen Pennar , 2025-05-02 11:52:00 Get your daily dose of health and medicine every weekday with STAT’s free newsletter Morning Rounds. Sign up here. Hi, Morning Rounds editor Karen Pennar here, filling in for Rose, who usually pens the Friday edition. She’s off covering the autism community, more about which below. I know there’s been much…
, 2025-05-02 10:42:00 Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Our bodies depend on an alphabet of vitamins that promote the development, growth and function of cells, including immune cells. Vitamin deficiencies can hinder the immune system’s ability to fight infections. Given that most people don’t get enough of one vitamin or another, can supplements enhance the body’s…
, 2025-05-02 12:07:00 A new research paper was published in Aging (Aging-US) on April 2, 2025, as the cover of Volume 17, Issue 4, titled “Decreased mitochondrial NAD+ in WRN deficient cells links to dysfunctional proliferation.” In this study, the team led by first author Sofie Lautrup and corresponding author Evandro F. Fang, from the University of Oslo and Akershus University Hospital in…
, 2025-05-02 12:04:00 The European Medicines Agency (EMA) recommended in its April meetings approval of marketing authorizations for two orphan medicines: Alyftrek for the treatment of cystic fibrosis and Attrogy for the treatment of hereditary transthyretin (TTR)–mediated amyloidosis. Alyftrek, a combination of deutivacaftor, tezacaftor, and vanzacaftor, manufactured by Vertex Pharmaceuticals (Ireland), is indicated for the…
Stephanie Baum , 2025-05-02 11:30:00 Uncertainty dominates the healthcare spectrum, with the HHS led by the most anti-establishment head in modern times, Robert Kennedy Jr. It is sparking a lot of conversation about what the impact will be on vaccines, preventive care, health equity, and more. It’s the perfect time to attend our healthcare conference…
Terence Cosgrave , 2025-05-02 07:30:00 Every argument and theory must stand in the daylight at high noon and defend itself, writes Terence Cosgrave The world changes slightly with each innovation, and we are seeing the results of the last major change, which was the rise of social media. Social media has done a lot of…
Sam Whitehead and Renuka Rayasam , 2025-05-02 09:00:00 The country’s top nonpartisan government watchdog has confirmed it is examining the costs of running the nation’s only active Medicaid work requirement program, as Republican state and federal lawmakers consider similar requirements. The U.S. Government Accountability Office told KFF Health News that its analysis of the Georgia…
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Murray Carpenter , 2025-05-02 08:30:00 Critics of the soda industry have long highlighted an unsavory pattern: Americans have spent billions of funds from Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, aka SNAP, better known as food stamps, on sugar-sweetened beverages. Sugar-sweetened beverages are actually the No. 1 item Americans buy with SNAP funds. Amplifying the pattern, some stores…
, 2025-05-02 09:50:00 An estimated 7.2 million Americans aged 65 years and older are living with Alzheimer’s dementia, and almost all adults feel it is important to diagnose the disease in the early stages, according to a report published by the Alzheimer’s Association. The authors of the report describe the prevalence, mortality and morbidity, caregiving,…
, 2025-05-02 05:31:00 Plasma-activated medium (PAM) shows tumor-fighting effects against the rare form of cancer known as synovial sarcoma, an Osaka Metropolitan University-led research team has found. The group irradiated a mammalian cell culture medium with non-thermal atmospheric-pressure plasma to produce PAM and conducted in vitro tests using human cells and in vivo tests using mice…
, 2025-05-02 10:00:00 ORLANDO, Florida — The metabolic and cardiovascular health effects of glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs), a class of diabetes and weight loss drugs known as GLP-1s, have been well studied. The drugs’ effects on skin, meanwhile, are just beginning to be explored. Studies have revealed the agents’ potential benefits for…
Michael McHale , 2025-05-02 07:30:00 Irish researchers found that 98 per cent of patients who were given peppermint oil with water were able to complete a capsule endoscopy An oral peppermint oil solution may improve the effectiveness of capsule endoscopies of the small intestine, according to a new Irish study. Capsule endoscopy is considered the…
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)…