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Getting ahead of a non-alcoholic beverage boom among youths

Health Nicholas St. Fleur

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First Opinion Dan Samorodnitsky, Kevin Bird, Jedidiah Carlson, James Lingford, Jon Phillips, Rebecca Sear, and Cathryn Townsend

Journals that published Richard Lynn’s racist ‘research’ articles should retract them

Health Jonathan Wosen

STAT Plus: New study bolsters evidence rare genetic mutation can delay early Alzheimer’s

Business Bob Herman

STAT Plus: Novant Health calls off North Carolina hospital deal, giving a win to the FTC

In the Lab Alia Sajani

How a Baltimore neuroscience study is rewriting Black America’s relationship with medical research

Health Lev Facher

Substance use experts are sounding the alarm on another addiction: gambling

First Opinion Podcast Patrick Skerrett

Listen: Why Long Covid can feel scarier than a gun to the head

First Opinion Cheryl R. Clark

It’s been 60 years since Freedom Summer, yet the fight for affordable, compassionate, and equitable health care is still going on

Exclusive Casey Ross

STAT Plus: Republican lawmakers criticize FDA’s partnership with CHAI on regulating AI in medicine

Health Theresa Gaffney

Another heat wave is hitting the U.S. Here’s what you need to know

Health Rohan Rajeev

On the road to eliminate rabies deaths, Gavi announces plan to improve human vaccination

Health tech Lizzy Lawrence

STAT Plus: Boston Scientific to buy vascular device maker for $1.16 billion

D.C. Diagnosis Sarah Owermohle

STAT Plus: A new era for NIH

First Opinion Syra Madad, Carlos del Rio, Scott J. Becker, and Ewa King

With the threat of H5N1 bird flu, hospitals must stay prepared

Health Elizabeth Cooney

To treat obesity in children, task force favors behavioral therapy over drugs like Wegovy

The Readout Adam Feuerstein

STAT Plus: A biotech’s binary bet ends badly

Biotech Matthew Herper

STAT Plus: How a tweet about a gene discovered long ago led to a $190 million startup and, maybe, hope for heart disease

First Opinion Deb Tharp

Why the FDA will have a hard time properly regulating cannabis

Health tech Mario Aguilar

STAT Plus: Freespira bets on slow and steady, amid spectacular digital health collapses

Politics Sarah Owermohle

STAT Plus: With sweeping NIH reform on the table, GOP previews new era of research scrutiny

First Opinion Rachel Hall-Clifford

Long Covid feels like a gun to my head

Health tech Brittany Trang

STAT Plus: To feed an AI that designs new enzymes, Basecamp Research hunts rare proteins at the world’s end

A STAT Investigation Eric Boodman

STAT Plus: This federal rule didn’t stop coercive sterilization — but it blocked contraceptive access. Can it be fixed?

Health Annalisa Merelli

What’s the evidence for the surgeon general’s proposed social media warning?

Health tech Lizzy Lawrence

STAT Plus: Former medical device CEO who sold fake plastic parts sentenced to 6 years in prison

Health Helen Branswell

New Merck pneumococcal vaccine wins FDA approval

Health Care Inc. Bob Herman

STAT Plus: Why health care spending keeps climbing

Health Nicholas Florko

Vaping is just as good as Chantix at helping people quit cigarettes, new study finds