Medicine
PHOTOS: The precarious life of fisherfolk
In the bustling heart of the southern Indian city of Chennai is a market that never sleeps, where residents from the poorest neighborhoods wage a battle of survival with the sea.
Rabies concerns grow in the US – but it’s unclear if there’s an increase of the fatal disease
Rabid goats at a North Carolina petting zoo and a diseased beaver attacking a Maryland boy have set the public on edgeRecent unusual incidents involving humans and rabid animals a…
Tell us: what’s in your packed lunch?
If you take lunch into work, is a sandwich, salad, soup or something else? We’re looking for the healthiest, best-value ideasMore people are bringing packed lunches to work as the…
Baby born via surrogate can leave Texas for treatment in California, court rules
Ruling latest step in legal fight over medically fragile child born after surrogate reportedly rejected couple’s request for abortionThe Texas supreme court has decided that the m…
California warns of measles exposure in six counties from unvaccinated train passenger
Health authorities work to notify people who were exposed to person who traveled through at least six countiesCalifornia public health officials are warning of a possible measles …
Jehovah’s Witnesses allow blood-derived products but keep ban on whole-blood transfusions
The Jehovah’s Witnesses have partly eased their longstanding prohibition on the medical use of donated blood.
After 20 years of my school dinners campaign, I’m a happy man. At last, we’re going to feed kids properly | Jamie Oliver
This week’s government announcement on school food standards is huge. It’s based on common sense and science. Beautiful!More than 20 years ago, when I started the campaign and TV …
STAT+: Trump touts pharma deals to offer cheaper drugs to state Medicaid programs
Every state will participate in the GENEROUS program, but many of the details are unknown.
Ros Chown obituary
My wife, Ros Chown, who has died aged 71, spent most of her working career as a sexual health adviser (SHA) in genito-urinary medicine in Cambridge, Wakefield and Torbay. She was …
STAT+: In a fight over denied claims, HCA sues out-of-state Blue Cross Blue Shield plan
Several Texas hospitals are suing an out-of-state Blue Cross for unpaid medical claims, highlighting the varying standards for whether care is medically necessary.
Will even one of the U.N.'s 17 'sustainable development goals' be met by 2030?
The 17 goals agreed upon by world leaders are incredibly ambitious. Are we even close to achieving any of them? If we don't, is the project a failure?
STAT+: Roche expands its Boston footprint with new research center
A gene therapy approved for Sanfilippo syndrome, good and bad news for Xenon Pharma, and more biotech news
STAT+: Up and down the ladder: The latest comings and goings
From new hires to departures, promotions and transfers, here are the latest comings and goings in the pharmaceutical industry.
STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about licensing deals with China, making drugs in space, and more
The U.S. is working on rules for investing in China that would likely preserve pharma's ability to strike most licensing deals for Chinese drugs
Who supports policies for ‘health equity’? It depends on how you’re asking
Kennedy speaks at the Children's Health Defense, medical facilities under attack in Sudan, and more health news form Morning Rounds
Disabled people in UK need right to travel abroad, say MPs, after ‘ridiculous’ restrictions
Campaigners describe ‘brazenly discriminatory’ practices around funding from NHS care boardsUK politics live – latest updatesDisabled people must have a guaranteed right to travel…
From old railways to an oasis of art, food and nature: how an eco-park was born in Greater Manchester
Northern Roots is launching Britain’s biggest urban farm and eco-park, in an effort to boost people’s health and wellbeingStanding in the open green space of Northern Roots, it is…
Doctors raise concerns about views and experience of members on federal task force
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. names new members to powerful federal task force that plays a key role in determining the kind of preventive case people get. In a major dep…
STAT+: A geriatrician explains why AI for older adults deserves careful scrutiny
James Deardorff, a geriatrician at UCSF, talks about the benefits and pitfalls of using AI to make care decisions for older adults.
In Sudan, attacks on hospitals force patients to make dangerous journeys
Amid a civil war in Sudan, it’s now difficult for people with cancer and other long-term illnesses to receive treatment that was once readily available
Opinion: More young men are coming to me for plastic surgery. The way I think about them has changed
“The young men in my clinic are responding rationally to a system that was designed for profit,” writes plastic surgeon Kavitha Ranganathan.
Opinion: Doctors should educate patients about ‘Asian glow’ and drinking risks
It wasn’t until he started medical school, Brian Zhang writes, that he realized ‘Asian glow’ from drinking was a sign of something important.
Twenty women had breasts removed unnecessarily during NHS cancer care
Patients among hundreds who suffered harm at County Durham and Darlington foundation trust’s breast unitTwenty women had their breasts removed unnecessarily while being treated fo…
There’s a long history of athletes pooing themselves mid-race – why, and how can you avoid it?
Since the ancient Olympics, athletes like Hyrox competitor Joanna Wietrzyk have experienced runner’s diarrhoea. What does the science say about extreme exercise’s ‘mechanical jost…