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Morning Rounds Theresa Gaffney

Vance on ACA, diagnosing myopia, and fallout from a retracted study

First Opinion Mark Siedner and Rochelle Walensky

Tested in Africa, used in America

Health Anil Oza

Year-long fallout over retracted trans youth paper highlights new research era

Health Angus Chen

FDA awards Novartis expanded approval for breast cancer therapy

Health Hyacinth Empinado and Helen Branswell

A history of mpox so far

Morning Rounds Theresa Gaffney

Could new childhood obesity guidelines fuel eating disorders?

Health Care Inc. Bob Herman

STAT Plus: How insurers are covering Humira and copycat medicines

Exclusive Kate Raphael

Pediatricians’ obesity guidelines rest on shaky evidence about eating disorder risks

Health Helen Branswell

Q&A: The U.S. can, and should, do more on H5N1 bird flu, a top WHO official says

Health Helen Branswell

Inquiry into unexplained bird flu case in Missouri broadens to a close contact

Health Jonathan Saltzman — Boston Globe

STAT Plus: ‘I’m still here’: Before Alzheimer’s, he prided himself on his intellect

Insurance Tara Bannow

STAT Plus: Insurers went all-in on Medicare Advantage. Now, some are scaling back 

Health Andrew Joseph

STAT Plus: A new drug offers a rare option for brain cancer treatment — and inspires hopes for more

D.C. Diagnosis Rachel Cohrs Zhang

STAT Plus: How efforts to cancel medical debt could wind up benefitting hospitals

Health Helen Branswell

Cause of Missouri H5 bird flu case remains a mystery, CDC says

Morning Rounds Theresa Gaffney

FDA is taking on tampons and ‘misleading’ ads starring Serena Williams

Politics Isabella Cueto

STAT Plus: 5 takeaways from Congress’ hearing on overhauling organ transplant system

Morning Rounds Theresa Gaffney

A presidential debate, GLP-1s for kids, and ultra-processed foods research

In the Lab Angus Chen

Blood cell counts have unfairly kept Black and Middle Eastern people from clinical trials, study says

Health Nicholas Florko

How a government scientist is pushing to supersize research into ultra-processed foods

Politics Rachel Cohrs Zhang

STAT Plus: How hospitals could make money off of Kamala Harris’ medical debt relief plan

Politics Sarah Owermohle

STAT Plus: Trump struggles to find an abortion answer

Health Elaine Chen and Elizabeth Cooney

Obesity drug worked in children ages 6 to 12, study says, raising hopes and concerns

D.C. Diagnosis Sarah Owermohle

STAT Plus: The health care issues to watch in tonight’s presidential debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump

Politics Nicholas Florko

STAT Plus: Key lawmakers are wary of giving FDA more cash to crack down on e-cigs

Morning Rounds Theresa Gaffney

Morning Rounds: Apple Watch takes on sleep apnea and tonight’s presidential debate

Biotech Timmy Broderick

STAT Plus: Q&A: Atsena Therapeutics’ gene therapy for inherited blindness shows promise

A STAT Investigation Usha Lee McFarling

Embedded Bias: A race-free algorithm is merely the start for a safety net hospital confronting an onslaught of kidney disease

Health tech Mario Aguilar

STAT Plus: Apple pushes into sleep apnea detection but health care integration remains unclear