A swine flu case to keep tabs on
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A titan of vaccine development sees his field’s achievements slip away
Stanley Plotkin recalls a night in 1957, during his pediatrics internship, when a father brought a gravely ill toddler into the Cleveland Metropolitan General Hospital on his shift. The 3-year-old was struggling
Henrietta Lacks’ estate settles with Novartis over the ‘stolen cells’ that advanced science
Novartis has settled a lawsuit by the estate of Henrietta Lacks that alleged the pharmaceutical giant unjustly profited off her cells, which were taken from her tumor without her knowledge in 1951
Kansas’ new ID law could have health consequences for trans people
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CMS announces pause on new durable medical equipment suppliers
The Trump administration announced Wednesday a nationwide moratorium on new suppliers for certain medical equipment, citing a need to get a handle on the “fraud, waste, and abuse” in the industry that
Questions on the agenda for ACIP’s next meeting
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STAT+: Rare disease advocates fume over FDA’s mixed signals
Two years ago, Megan Selser was folding her 7-week-old infant’s clothes, clutching his fuzzy red head to her chest, when her phone rang. She answered and heard on the other end the
Surgeon general nominee and senator face off over vaccines and ‘shared decision-making’
An eight-minute exchange at the end of Casey Means’ two-hour confirmation hearing captured the potential and the predicament the MAHA movement has created for itself. Means, an entrepreneurial wellness influencer with a
STAT+: HHS adviser hopes prior authorization reform happens in ‘double-digit months,’ not years
WASHINGTON — A top U.S. health official told a room full of doctors on Wednesday that he hopes the Trump administration’s efforts to whittle down the insurance industry’s use of prior authorizations
Casey Means, a MAHA leader, makes bid to be nation’s top doctor
The Make America Healthy Again movement, which has turned dissatisfaction with mainstream medicine into a disruptive political movement, was poised on Wednesday to put one of its leading figures, Casey Means, at