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A former health insurance executive turns to tech to ma...

Former Elevance executive Rajeev Ronanki has taken over as CEO at Lyric, where h...

STAT+: Scientists use ‘mini-brains’ to study microglia,...

A team of scientists used stem cell technology to devise a way to better underst...

WHO ends global health emergency over mpox

The WHO ended the global health emergency for mpox on Thursday, saying that whil...

STAT+: Wyden decries ‘astonishingly low’ tax rates for ...

"Big Pharma gets us coming and going — they charge Americans sky-high prices and...

STAT+: Pharmalittle: FDA panel recommends first OTC bir...

An advisory panel of independent experts voted unanimously that the FDA should a...

STAT+: How the FDA’s pandemic flexibilities boosted men...

The FDA's pandemic flexibilities gave a major boost to mental health apps. What ...

STAT+: Telework helps FDA compete for scientists. What ...

FDA's difficult task of hiring in-demand scientists could become even harder if ...

Opinion: Fear-based messaging doesn’t stop drug use. Bu...

Scaring people simply isn't very good at preventing drug use.

‘I don’t see this as an end to the pandemic’: Ashish Jh...

As the coronavirus public health emergency expires, White House Covid-19 Respons...

STAT+: Lawmakers press CMS to release new breakthrough ...

Lawmakers echoed device makers' call for an easier pathway to CMS reimbursement ...

STAT+: Insulin makers, PBMs echo old finger-pointing in...

A Senate hearing on high insulin costs billed as a blockbuster showdown with dru...

STAT+: Skin patch for toddlers with peanut allergy show...

If the FDA eventually approves the skin patch, it would become the first treatme...

Black patients far less likely to receive key opioid ad...

Few people with opioid addiction can access the highly effective drugs used to t...

Ask STAT: What do you want to know about ChatGPT in med...

What do you want to know about ChatGPT and generative AI in science and medicine...

FDA panel votes in favor of the first over-the-counter ...

In a highly significant move, a panel of independent experts voted unanimously t...

Markey Cancer Center study identifies new treatment tar...

LEXINGTON, Ky. (May 9, 2023) — A new University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center...