Health

Health Andrew Joseph

Global health leader critiques ‘ineptitude’ of U.S. response to bird flu outbreak among cows

The Readout Meghana Keshavan

With Avidity and Pfizer, gene therapy enters a phase

First Opinion Ranu Dhillon and Devabhaktuni Srikrishna

Getting farmworkers to use PPE is hard, but it’s the best way to stop an H5N1 bird flu epidemic

Health Annalisa Merelli

World Trade Center responders exposed to more dust saw higher risk of early dementia

The Readout Elaine Chen

STAT Plus: What do Parkinson’s and obesity have in common?

Health Megan Molteni

Michigan stands out for its aggressive bird flu response. Will other states follow its lead?

Exclusive John Wilkerson

NIH wanted to make cancer research more diverse. The effort turned out to be a costly failure

Health Tara Bannow

Four Tops singer’s lawsuit says he visited ER for chest pain, ended up in straitjacket

The Readout Elaine Chen

Eli Lilly’s Alzheimer’s candidate, Bob Langer’s new startup, and other biotech news you need to know

Health Annalisa Merelli

Melinda French Gates, going solo, aims to influence reproductive rights in the U.S.

Health Elizabeth Cooney

Lab experiment shows exactly how heat waves can put hearts into ‘oxygen debt’

The Readout Meghana Keshavan

The biotech news you missed from the weekend

Health Helen Branswell

STAT Plus: FDA expands approval for GSK’s RSV vaccine to cover younger at-risk adults

Health Annalisa Merelli

NIH will bring clinical research into primary care offices with $30 million pilot

Health Theresa Gaffney

Smoke exposure from California’s wildfires linked to 52,000 early deaths, study says

The Readout Meghana Keshavan

STAT Plus: Vanda Pharmaceuticals has another suitor

Health Isabella Cueto

‘Concern is real’ about long Covid’s impact on Americans and disability claims, report says

The Readout Elaine Chen

Novavax will be able to supply Covid-19 vaccines this fall

Health Eric Boodman

Federal officials and physician groups express outrage over revelations of recent coercive sterilizations

Health Annalisa Merelli

Withdrawal symptoms hit one in six patients stopping antidepressants, review finds

The Readout Jason Mast

STAT Plus: Testing begins for a new form of PrEP

Health Andrew Joseph

Finland to offer bird flu vaccine to select groups of people, a possible global first

Health Helen Branswell

These are the bird flu questions that influenza and animal scientists desperately want answered

Health Annalisa Merelli

CDC endorses prophylactic antibiotics to reduce STIs in high-risk groups

The Readout Elaine Chen

STAT Plus: Operation Warp Speed but for rare disease

First Opinion Carolyn Clevenger

Outdated Medicare rules prevent some dementia patients from getting the medications they need

The Readout Meghana Keshavan

STAT Plus: Can AstraZeneca make good on its promise?

Health Elizabeth Cooney

Study finds BMI, despite flaws, is useful estimate of body fat in children

Pharma Adam Feuerstein, Matthew Herper, and Angus Chen

STAT Plus: ASCO Daily Recap: AstraZeneca’s hat trick, a GSK turnaround, and palliative care as telehealth