Medicine
Ectopic Pregnancy Deaths
NPR's Juana Summers talks with ProPublica data reporter Andrea Suozzo about their investigation looking into the rise in deaths related to ectopic pregnancies.
STAT+: GOP aims to change Medicare adviser’s math so it’s more favorable to health insurers
The GOP bill directs MedPAC to study the topic of overpayments to Medicare Advantage plans in a manner that’s more favorable to insurers.
STAT+: Senators highlight the power Chris Klomp wields at confirmation hearings
Chris Klomp has already played a major role in the Trump administration and its Make America Healthy Again agenda.
Republican senator blames Trump administration policies for measles deaths in Pennsylvania
Health committee chair Bill Cassidy said fatal outbreak of disease is a ‘terrible legacy’ for Trump administrationUS politics live – latest updatesSenator Bill Cassidy, the Republ…
Family of pregnant woman who died sues Ken Paxton for wrongful death
Tierra Walker, 37, was diagnosed with pre-eclampsia at 20 weeks, and family says denial of abortion led to deathA wrongful death lawsuit filed on Tuesday accuses Ken Paxton, the T…
Women with same health conditions as men ‘less likely to be offered active treatment’
Men with heart, kidney or liver conditions more likely to be offered intervention compared with women, global analysis findsWomen with the same medical condition as men are less l…
Ferritin face: the new health scare taking social media by storm
Seeing a pallid, washed-out face in the mirror? Prepare to be diagnosed …Name: Ferritin face.Age: The name is new, but the symptoms are old. Continue reading...
WHO expresses cautious optimism about bid to control Ebola outbreak in DRC
There is reason to be cautiously optimistic about the trajectory of the current Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the WHO says.
The families facing a food crisis in school holidays | Letters
Andrew Forsey urges the government to restore the link between free school meals and the holiday activities and food programmeThere are 500,000 children growing up in poorer famil…
Doctors, not cameras, save babies in intensive care | Brief letters
Lucy Letby case | At one’s peak | Leaving the debate | Cut from the same cloth | End of the odyssey | A word’s worthRe the Thirlwall report on the Lucy Letby case (Thirlwall repor…
STAT+: Scientists made mice with half a brain. Then they filled them with human organoids
Scientists have made mice with half a brain, then filled them with human organoids — possibly opening new avenues for research but also raising ethical issues.
STAT+: Sen. Warren demands to see Trump drug-pricing pharma contracts, accuses RFK Jr. of hiding them
An FDA pilot program to speed up drug development, Democrats plan health care probes after midterms, and more biotech news
STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about faster FDA approvals, access to experimental drugs in Montana, and more
The FDA is opening applications for a pilot program designed to shorten the time it takes for drugmakers to begin testing their products in humans
The Letby inquiry report makes one thing crystal clear: too much NHS management is scandalously poor | Tom Dolphin
Non-medical managers are the only safety-critical part of the service that do not have a regulator. Lady Justice Thirlwall says that must change. So do weTom Dolphin is chair of t…
Abortion bans make ‘evidence-based medicine’ impossible in some cases, new report says
Some 41 states restrict abortions, a ‘core component’ of maternal fetal practice, high-risk pregnancy non-profit saysMaternal fetal specialists should see abortion care as a “core…
U.S. reaches highest number of measles deaths in decades
How the midterms could change health care, the sedative contaminating the fentanyl black market, and other health news from Morning Rounds
Datacenter rush will create ‘tsunami’ of discarded electronics, report says
Global push will triple toxic e-waste annually in 25 years, filling enough shipping containers to circle globe six timesThe ongoing campaign to build thousands of massive datacent…
Opinion: STAT+: Dementia should be a campaign issue — not an insult
STAT’s Neurotransmissions columnist Jason Karlawish asks: What are the harms of the way politicians talk about dementia? What should they say instead?
Opinion: How my cancer diagnosis changed the way I train physicians
“The tumors, test results, and treatments I present to future physicians? Mine,” writes David Elkowitz, a professor of pathology and laboratory medicine and science education.
STAT+: House Democrats may use oversight powers to plan for health care overhaul
Democrats are mapping out their post-election strategy, and see health care probes as a winning issue.
A moment that changed me: I felt hugely self conscious about my skin - until I had a revelation
For years, my vitiligo controlled my life, and I was constantly trying to disguise it. But one day, I realised I could take a very different and extremely liberating approachThe m…
Air pollution linked to higher suicide risk, international research suggests
Analysis of 29 studies highlights potentially heightened danger from small particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide Air pollution is associated with an increased risk of suicide an…
A fourth measles death is reported in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania officials have reported a fourth measles-associated death within the past month, the latest in an unvaccinated 18-year-old.
Fourth person dies of measles-associated illness in US
All deaths occurred in Pennsylvania, in worst year since 1992 for one of the most contagious diseasesPennsylvania health officials said a fourth person had died of measles-associa…