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Health department nominees await Senate votes, and we map out what the elections mean for healthy policy.
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STAT+: Anthropic joins ARPA-H clinical AI moonshot, will hold closed-door health care event
In this edition of STAT Health Tech: Oura delays IPO plans, Anthropic joins an clinical AI effort by ARPA-H, and MAHA's health data goals.
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STAT+: AstraZeneca invests $2 billion in Summit Therapeutics
AstraZeneca is teaming up with Summit Therapeutics to test its PD-1/VEGF bispecific ivonescimab alongside AstraZeneca’s antibody-drug conjugates.
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STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about Novo licensing a Chinese obesity pill, Merck pulling an antibiotic, and more
Novo has agreed to pay up to $2.6 billion to license an experimental, weekly weight loss pill from China’s Hengrui Pharma
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Researchers slow neurodegeneration in mice by barring T cells from the brain
A new study in mice led by Washington University in St. Louis researchers suggests that stopping certain immune cells from entering the brain could limit neurodegeneration.
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Opinion: Massive SNAP cuts could mean more children are separated from their families
"We should not make families poorer and then punish them for their poverty," write Sandy Santana and Kristen Weber of the National Center for Youth Law.
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Opinion: Child health is the national security crisis we keep ignoring
“National security begins in childhood,” write Tina L. Cheng, Stanley McChrystal, and James M. Perrin.
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STAT+: Drug pricing, Medicaid, and research funding: The key policy issues at stake in the midterms
Big shifts in health care policy could emerge depending on who wins the midterms, affecting hospitals and pharma companies.
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STAT+: The last ‘breakthrough’ devices to get special treatment from Medicare
New medical devices deemed "breakthrough" by the FDA are no longer automatically eligible for extra Medicare payments.
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She’s spent two decades talking to parents who don’t vaccinate their children. Here’s what she’s learned
Jennifer Reich has spent two decades speaking to families about their immunization decisions. In an interview, she unpacks what she's learned.
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Why MAHA wants to make health data much more accessible
At a MAHA Institute event, Kennedy and others argued that health data should be more accessible to researchers can study vaccines, chronic diseases, and autism
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Risk from toxic metals can persist months after wildfires, Maui study finds
Post-wildfire air quality needs to be monitored long term, suggests a study finding Maui residents had high levels of toxic metals months later.
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STAT+: Merck discontinues a crucial antibiotic despite concerns over superbug resistance
Merck discontinued Recarbio, an important antibiotic in the U.S., despite concerns over resistance to superbugs.
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Trump administration asks Supreme Court to allow transgender medical care restrictions in prison
The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Monday to let it enforce, for now, restrictions on gender-affirming care in federal prison.
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STAT+: It really is bleak out there, and list prices matter
Health insurance premiums are skyrocketing, private equity hospital chain goes nonprofit, and more from STAT's Health Care Inc.
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STAT+: AbbVie wins FDA nod for Parkinson’s pill
The FDA has approved AbbVie’s once-daily Parkinson’s pill for sales, based on a late-stage study that showed the drug helped improve symptoms.
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STAT+: Once described as obesity medicines for ‘patients,’ GLP-1s are increasingly lifestyle drugs for ‘customers’
Blockbuster GLP-1 drugs have transformed the lives of millions of people. Lately, they’re undergoing a makeover of their own.
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Trump administration uses rare authority to claw back nearly $1B in spending approved by Congress
President Trump is canceling nearly $1 billion in spending approved by Congress, and most of the cuts are focused on HHS programs that serve refugees and unaccompanied minors.
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Opinion: I discovered a new structure in the heart — just by looking closely
Our finding was remarkable because it had remained hidden within one of the best-studied organs in medical history.
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Opinion: AI is eroding the barriers that kept biological weapons rare
“Defenses against AI-created bioweapons will take years to build. We don’t have years to spare,” writes Ashish Jha.
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