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Health Eric Boodman

Sickle cell community scrambles to find safe plan after a drug is pulled from the market

Health Helen Branswell

Four more health care workers reported illnesses after caring for bird flu case in Missouri

First Opinion Ranu Dhillon, Abraar Karan, and Devabhaktuni Srikrishna

Sequencing wastewater material may be the key to getting a grip on the H5N1 bird flu outbreak

Health Andrew Joseph

STAT Plus: Dispute over Duchenne gene therapy highlights thorny access issues

Pharma Matthew Herper, Eric Boodman, Andrew Joseph, Lizzy Lawrence, Adam Feuerstein, and Jason Mast

STAT Plus: What the withdrawal of its sickle cell drug means for Pfizer, patients, and the FDA

Politics Lizzy Lawrence

STAT Plus: FDA introduces plan to assess safety of common chemicals added to food

Morning Rounds Theresa Gaffney

Ozempic for opioid addiction and Apple Watches for sleep apnea

Health tech Mario Aguilar

STAT Plus: Sleep apnea alert on Apple Watch: What does it mean, and how does it work?

Health Lev Facher

Higher buprenorphine doses prevent hospitalization of people with fentanyl addiction, study finds

Health Angus Chen

Can MRIs ensure prostate cancer screening does more good than harm?

Health Lev Facher

Ozempic linked to lower opioid overdose rate in those with diabetes, study shows

Health Timmy Broderick

How Special Olympics kickstarted the push for better disability data

Morning Rounds Theresa Gaffney

Exclusive: Two lawmakers try to preserve telehealth addiction treatment

Politics Leslie Walker and Dan Gorenstein

STAT Plus: The U.S. has relied on cheap, effective generic drugs for 40 years. Now that promise is under threat

Health Theresa Gaffney

Why climate change means more blood shortages: Q&A with HHS’ Rachel Levine

Exclusive Lev Facher and Mario Aguilar

STAT Plus: Lawmakers push to let telehealth providers keep prescribing stimulants and addiction treatment

Health Care Inc. Bob Herman

STAT Plus: Will prescription drugs get prior authorization reform?

Morning Rounds Theresa Gaffney

Monday mysteries: An anti-pharma bus and Missouri bird flu updates

Health Nicholas Florko

Millions of Americans want to quit smoking. Critics say drugmakers and the FDA are failing them

Exclusive Rachel Cohrs Zhang

STAT Plus: A mysterious anti ‘Big Pharma’ bus is barnstorming swing states

Health Helen Branswell

Second health care worker tied to Missouri bird flu case had respiratory symptoms

Health Helen Branswell

FDA approves first at-home flu vaccine in U.S., a nasal spray

In the Lab Angus Chen

STAT Plus: Q&A: How scientists aim to kill cancers by starving them

Exclusive Bob Herman

STAT Plus: Amazon cuts ties with fertility benefits company Progyny

Exclusive Lizzy Lawrence

STAT Plus: FDA’s new head of device safety held senior role at company troubled by safety warnings

Morning Rounds Brittany Trang

A big week for rats, genetics of picky eating, and research misconduct rules

Health Isabella Cueto and Theresa Gaffney

Intermittent fasting for teens? Obesity study finds benefits but only under careful supervision

Health Brittany Trang

Q&A: Former NIH director Francis Collins on a Trump administration, science, and God

Health tech Lizzy Lawrence

STAT Plus: FDA designates devices for heart surgery, smart knee implant as ‘breakthroughs’