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Last winter, for the first time since Covid-19 entered our world, influenza reclaimed its spot as the worst actor among the cast of viruses that sicken people during the cold and flu

Get your daily dose of health and medicine every weekday with STAT’s free newsletter Morning Rounds. Sign up here. Good morning. Calley Means will soon take a permanent role as a senior adviser

DALLAS — A wave of Covid pandemic-era lawsuits that previously faced steep odds of success are gaining momentum under the Trump administration.  Some courts have become friendlier environments as Health and Human

Earlier this month, health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a longtime vaccine critic, urged countries around the world to follow the lead of the United States and disallow the use of the

Smoking marijuana can lead to markedly lower short-term alcohol use, according to a first-of-its-kind study that adds a new layer to the debate over the “California sober” philosophy. Participants who smoked cannabis

New warnings and restrictions placed on Sarepta Therapeutics’ gene therapy last week by the Food and Drug Administration have cast a spotlight on an important but overlooked heart-safety risk. “Acute, serious, and

Get your daily dose of health and medicine every weekday with STAT’s free newsletter Morning Rounds. Sign up here. Good morning. As a reminder, STAT’s Isabella Cueto and J. Emory Parker are keeping

When I was 5, I traced the fabric of my mother’s gumbezi as sunlight fell across the floor of my grandparents’ home in Mbare, the oldest high-density neighborhood in Harare, Zimbabwe. My

When Steve Jones started driving trucks nearly two decades ago, he fell into a pattern. To help stay awake on the road, he’d drink a 2-liter bottle of Mountain Dew in a

WASHINGTON — As the Trump administration moves ahead on what could be its most wide-reaching vaccine changes yet, the makers of the shots are weighing their options — and privately warning that