The push to turn Big Food into the new Big Tobacco
So you’re a bear in the forest, and you’re hungry. When you trundle toward a raspberry bush and get your first taste of ripe, sweet fruit, dopamine floods your brain, pleasure as
Statins don’t cause most of the side effects on package warnings, study finds
Far fewer people who could benefit from statins actually take the cholesterol-lowering drugs now. Many who start taking them stop. The long list of side effects, detailed in fine print on package
Amid federal pressure, more hospitals stop gender-affirming care for minors
At least nine hospitals or health systems have stopped providing gender-affirming hormones and puberty blockers to young trans people since the start of the year, in the wake of federal rules proposed
Let’s revisit the subject of raw milk
Get your daily dose of health and medicine every weekday with STAT’s free newsletter Morning Rounds. Sign up here. Good morning. It’s a sad week in journalism after The Washington Post laid off
STAT+: Vertex’s CRISPR treatment for sickle cell disease hits unexpected roadblock
Vertex executives warned that Casgevy, its curative treatment for sickle cell disease, would be slow to reach patients. But few expected it to be this slow. More than two years after its
New PBM law could open door to direct sales between employers, drugmakers
WASHINGTON — The pharmacy benefit manager reforms that President Trump signed into law on Tuesday could lead to employers buying drugs directly from drugmakers, just like the administration is encouraging individual consumers
Study ties particle pollution from wildfire smoke to 24,100 U.S. deaths per year
Chronic exposure to pollution from wildfires has been linked to tens of thousands of deaths annually in the United States, according to a new study. The paper, published Wednesday in the journal Science Advances,
How diabetes in pregnancy may be linked to epilepsy in babies
Get your daily dose of health and medicine every weekday with STAT’s free newsletter Morning Rounds. Sign up here. Good morning. I couldn’t help but smile at the kicker in this Lizzy Lawrence
Plastic surgeons society recommends delaying gender-affirming procedures until age 19
WASHINGTON — The American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) recommends that gender-affirming surgeries be delayed until a patient is at least 19 years old, the group announced in a statement Tuesday. The
Measles confirmed at two ICE facilities
Get your daily dose of health and medicine every weekday with STAT’s free newsletter Morning Rounds. Sign up here. Good morning. Coyotes were seen trotting across the frozen Charles River yesterday. I mostly