STAT+: Health care features prominently in Democrats’ agenda
Democrats are sharpening their health care plans as the midterm elections near.
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Tracking Medicare news, policy, and coverage changes.
STAT+: Oura goes public, reported $1.2B earnings in its last fiscal year
In health tech news today, Oura reports a profit, the FDA loses another key digital health leader, and more
Read full article →STAT+: FDA approves AstraZeneca breast cancer drug
Roivant drug delivers mid-stage results, Moonwalk raises funds to develop longer-lasting obesity drugs, and more biotech news
Read full article →STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about another Novartis trial failure, a Novo Nordisk setback, and more
An experimental Novartis drug for a rare neuromuscular condition failed to improve muscle function in a pivotal study
Read full article →STAT+: AstraZeneca’s experimental COPD treatment posts strong results in late-stage studies
An experimental COPD drug from AstraZeneca could prove competitive with existing treatments, and have a slice of the market to itself.
Read full article →An administrative gap delays access to new pancreatic cancer treatment
A new wave of illegal fruity vapes, more and more kids on GLP-1s, and other health news from Morning Rounds
Read full article →STAT+: Inhibrx claims first win for long-sought immunotherapy target
“Pushing this is like a rock up a hill, because there’s been so much failure in the space,” said Inhibrx CEO Mark Lappe.
Read full article →Whatever happened to the Taliban threat: 'We will flog the women'?
In 2024, the ruling Taliban pledged to use flogging as well as stoning to punish people for not following certain of their precepts — committing adultery, running secret schools for girls. Have they followed through?
Read full article →Parkinson's Risk and Carbon Monoxide: What a New Study Found
(MedPage Today) -- Non-smokers with higher exhaled carbon monoxide (CO) levels had a lower risk of Parkinson's disease, a prospective study of more than 500,000 people in China showed. Among people who never smoked, exhaled CO levels of 3 ppm...
Read full article →Cyclospora Outbreak Followed Years of Declining FDA Foreign Inspections
(MedPage Today) -- A nationwide outbreak of Cyclospora tied to contaminated lettuce has heightened safety concerns about imported food, while underscoring a longer-term trend: U.S. regulators are conducting fewer international inspections to catch...
Read full article →Organ Preservation vs Immediate Surgery for Esophageal Adenocarcinoma
(MedPage Today) -- Treatment advances in esophageal cancer have improved survival and other outcomes but have also raised new questions about how to optimize therapeutic potential. One frequent debate centers on the need for immediate surgery for...
Read full article →Epidemiologic Evolution of Esophageal Cancer
(MedPage Today) -- Driven by changing social and behavioral practices, the epidemiology of gastroesophageal cancer in the U.S. underwent dramatic evolution in the 20th Century. In terms of absolute and relative numbers, the incidence of esophageal...
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