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Americans have more trust in science than most of the rest of the world, according to a new survey of people in 140 countries, a finding that may seem difficult to explain

The American Hospital Association is once again suing the Trump administration over its plan to test revamping a federal drug discount program into one that provides after-the-fact rebates instead of upfront discounts

Hi there, it’s Sarah. Last night, STAT scored an awards hat trick, taking home a Gerald Loeb — the most prestigious honor in business journalism — for the third year in a

Betsy Pleasants was studying one historic disruption to abortion access when a more seismic one emerged. In spring 2022, as a graduate student at UC Berkeley School of Public Health, Pleasants was

WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration says its ongoing safety review of the nation’s main abortion pill will continue into next year, a timeline that was quickly condemned by abortion opponents

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Of all the factors that can increase a person’s risk of breast cancer, age is among the most significant. Almost half of people diagnosed with breast cancer are at least 65, and

“Don’t Google,” the pediatric geneticist warned us on a sunny October afternoon in 2020.  She had just diagnosed our 11-year-old daughter, Maya, with Nicolaides-Baraitser syndrome, a genetic condition so rare there were only

Retinitis pigmentosa is a genetic disorder that causes degeneration of the light-sensing cells in the retina. Generally diagnosed in childhood or early adolescence, patients gradually lose peripheral and night vision, often becoming

Get your daily dose of health and medicine every weekday with STAT’s free newsletter Morning Rounds. Sign up here. Good morning. We’ve got a heartbreaking story from Jason Mast today on two friends