There’s a leadership vacuum at NIH, too
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After a critique from Rubio, WHO defends work on Ebola response
World Health Organization officials on Wednesday mounted a defense of their response to the new and worrisome Ebola outbreak centered in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, after U.S. Secretary of State
STAT+: Senate Democrats propose adding long-term care benefit to Medicare
WASHINGTON — A group of Senate Democrats is proposing that Medicare cover in-home care, which would create the first new benefit in the program since the Part D retail drug benefit more
STAT+: 23andMe offers to connect users’ DNA data with medical records
23andMe plans to give its customers the capacity to import their medical records, allowing what it calls “a 360-degree view of their personal health.” The offering will include an AI-written 23andMe Health
Trump’s cuts to foreign aid are undermining the Ebola response, insiders say
WASHINGTON — For years, the United States has poured hundreds of millions of dollars into programs to prevent and control infectious diseases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. But in the
How AI helped treat a newborn’s ultra rare disease. ‘It was almost like a light switch.’
SAN FRANCISCO — In the first, tenuous weeks of her life, Jorie Kraus and her parents faced her possible death repeatedly. Muscles throughout her tiny body simply didn’t work properly. Her heart.
STAT+: TrumpRx adds generic drugs
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The latest on Ebola: A travel ban and an old vaccine
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STAT+: 1 in 8 women drink during pregnancy. Experts dread the consequences
The idea of drinking during pregnancy sounds like a generational punchline: Someone’s grandmother drank beer to fatten her fetus, another had a nightly martini to get a healthy amount of sleep — presumably
STAT+: Maryland state affordability board places a price cap on Ozempic
The Maryland Prescription Drug Affordability Board agreed to set an upper payment limit for the Ozempic diabetes treatment, marking the second time that the state panel has taken such a step in