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Takeda’s narcolepsy drug approved by the FDA, a boon for new class of treatments

The FDA approved a novel type of treatment for narcolepsy made by Takeda, backing a new drug class t...

STAT News•about 5 hours ago

An FDA decision could give us the first mRNA flu vaccine

The Food and Drug Administration is expected to decide whether to approve the first mRNA flu vaccine...

NPR Health•about 6 hours ago

STAT+: Federal regulators invite industry, researchers, and lobbyists to closed-door meetings on clinical AI

Federal health officials invited tech companies and lobbyists to closed-door meetings as they to se...

STAT News•about 6 hours ago

Dr. Erica Schwartz confirmed as CDC director, filling a leadership vacuum

Schwartz takes command of a public health agency that has lost thousands of employees, amid layoffs,...

NPR Health•about 6 hours ago

Chipotle Pulls Jalapeños Amid Salmonella Outbreak: Should You Worry?

Chipotle has pulled jalapeños from restaurants in Minnesota and other locations as the ingredient ma...

Healthline News•about 6 hours ago

Erica Schwartz confirmed as CDC director, filling nearly year-long vacancy

Now confirmed, Erica Schwartz is the third CDC nominee since Trump took office his second term.

STAT News•about 7 hours ago

STAT+: Could poop pills be the next treatment for food allergies?

Some participants in a small trial showed improved tolerance to peanuts after fecal microbiome trans...

STAT News•about 8 hours ago

STAT+: Once again, child dies in gene editing trial in China, rekindling debate on transparency and safety

With a second delayed report of a child's death in China, criticism is rising of a looser form of cl...

STAT News•about 8 hours ago

STAT+: Moderna launches early trial of Ebola mRNA vaccine

Novo and Lilly earnings are out, Aurora Therapeutics slashing staff, and more biotech news from The...

STAT News•about 12 hours ago

STAT+: Why Schrödinger CEO Ramy Farid changed how he’s thinking about AI

In this edition of STAT's AI Prognosis: Why Schrödinger CEO Ramy Farid is rethinking AI, Recursion's...

STAT News•about 13 hours ago

STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about a Medicare pilot and orphan drugs, Pfizer cutbacks, and more

In today's Pharmalittle newsletter, a Medicare pilot and orphan drugs, Pfizer cutbacks, and more.

STAT News•about 13 hours ago

The main therapy used for children with autism faces changes under Medicaid

Quid-pro-quo vaping policies, ebola vaccine efforts, and more health news from Morning Rounds

STAT News•about 14 hours ago

Red Cross Declares National Blood Supply Crisis as Donations Hit 4-Year Low

The American Red Cross has declared its second-ever national blood supply crisis, meaning there is l...

Healthline News•about 17 hours ago

Nicotine pouches can be marketed as 'lower risk' than cigarettes. Is that dangerous?

The FDA allowed some Zyn nicotine pouches to be marketed as "lower risk" than cigarettes. Public hea...

NPR Health•about 17 hours ago

FDA is poised to decide whether to approve the first mRNA flu vaccine

The FDA will soon decide whether to approve the first flu vaccine that uses the same mRNA technology...

NPR Health•about 17 hours ago

STAT+: Exemption of rare disease therapies in drug-pricing pilots would wipe out huge savings, analysis finds

Excluding rare disease therapies from a Medicare pilot program to lower drug prices would wipe out m...

STAT News•about 18 hours ago

STAT+: Senate inquiry suggests Trump administration softened kratom and tobacco policies in quid pro quo

The Senate investigation includes RFK Jr. as well as the heads of Reynolds American and kratom compa...

STAT News•about 18 hours ago

MRI is standard for diagnosing prostate cancer in most western countries. But most U.S. men don’t get them

Pre-biopsy MRI is standard outside the U.S., but the latest data show such scans were done in only a...

STAT News•about 18 hours ago

Opinion: Tear down the wall between M.D. and D.O. education

Having separate systems for M.D.s and D.O.s “is historical inertia dressed as educational diversity,...

STAT News•about 18 hours ago

Opinion: Something is missing from movies about medical aid in dying

Films and documentaries about assisted dying can narrow the frame of debate, write Anna Magdalena El...

STAT News•about 18 hours ago

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Latest News

Takeda’s narcolepsy drug approved by the FDA, a boon for new class of treatments

An FDA decision could give us the first mRNA flu vaccine

STAT+: Federal regulators invite industry, researchers, and lobbyists to closed-door meetings on clinical AI

Dr. Erica Schwartz confirmed as CDC director, filling a leadership vacuum

Chipotle Pulls Jalapeños Amid Salmonella Outbreak: Should You Worry?

Erica Schwartz confirmed as CDC director, filling nearly year-long vacancy

STAT+: Could poop pills be the next treatment for food allergies?

STAT+: Once again, child dies in gene editing trial in China, rekindling debate on transparency and safety

STAT+: Moderna launches early trial of Ebola mRNA vaccine

STAT+: Why Schrödinger CEO Ramy Farid changed how he’s thinking about AI

STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about a Medicare pilot and orphan drugs, Pfizer cutbacks, and more

The main therapy used for children with autism faces changes under Medicaid

Red Cross Declares National Blood Supply Crisis as Donations Hit 4-Year Low

Nicotine pouches can be marketed as 'lower risk' than cigarettes. Is that dangerous?

FDA is poised to decide whether to approve the first mRNA flu vaccine

STAT+: Exemption of rare disease therapies in drug-pricing pilots would wipe out huge savings, analysis finds

STAT+: Senate inquiry suggests Trump administration softened kratom and tobacco policies in quid pro quo

MRI is standard for diagnosing prostate cancer in most western countries. But most U.S. men don’t get them

Opinion: Tear down the wall between M.D. and D.O. education

Opinion: Something is missing from movies about medical aid in dying

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