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Opinion: With long Covid continuing to be a leading cause of disability, it is essential that physicians, researchers, & policymakers follow the science — & the science does not point to functional neurological disorder as a driving factor in this wave of illness. www.statnews.com/2024/07/15/l...

Functional neurological disorder is not an appropriate diagnosis for people with long Covidwww.statnews.com With long Covid continuing to be a leading cause of disability, physicians, researchers, and policymakers should follow the science — and the science does not point to functional neurological disorder...

What to know about Trump VP pick J.D. Vance’s health care views and investments www.statnews.com/2024/07/15/j...

What to know about Trump VP pick J.D. Vance’s health care views and investmentswww.statnews.com WASHINGTON — Sen. J.D. Vance, who was tapped to be former President Trump’s running mate on Monday, has a history of investing in health care companies —

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The US is into state & county fair season — locales where #H5N1 #birdflu could spread, if infected cows are brought to show. @statnews.bsky.social's Eric Boodman went to Iowa's Winneshiek County Fair to see if farm folk are fussed. In the main, they are not. www.statnews.com/2024/07/16/b...

At an Iowa county fair, a tradition carries on despite bird flu anxiety in the dairy barnwww.statnews.com Fair season is a yearly sacrament for farm families. They were mindful of the risks of bird flu, but had faith in their neighbors, their vet, and the official process for maintaining biosecurity.

There is a growing sense that H5N1 bird flu isn’t in any hurry to give up on its new hosts — U.S. cattle. www.statnews.com/2024/07/15/b...

Bird flu snapshot: As the number of infected dairy herds mount, so too does pessimism about driving H5N1 out of cowswww.statnews.com There is a growing sense that H5N1 bird flu isn’t in any hurry to give up on its new hosts — U.S. cattle.

In the last four years, Congress has allotted billions in funding toward mental health resources for Americans. Elmo and his friends on Sesame Street are also trying to help. www.statnews.com/2024/07/11/s...

Elmo and his friends are helping little kids (and grown-ups) with their ‘big feelings’ amid a mental health crisiswww.statnews.com Sesame Workshop has a lot of experience helping very young children with difficult topics like mental health and addiction.

Opinion: Schools need to be preparing for a potential H5N1 avian influenza jump to humans. www.statnews.com/2024/07/11/h...

Preparing schools for the H5N1 bird flu they're likely to facewww.statnews.com Schools shouldn't be caught off guard if H5N1 jumps from animals to humans. To protect children, they need to begin preparing now.

Alcohol has long been classified as a cancer-causing substance, but a study gives a clearer sense of just how many cancer cases and deaths may be driven by drinking. www.statnews.com/2024/07/11/a...

Alcohol is driving a half-dozen types of cancer in the U.S., study findswww.statnews.com Alcohol, along with the better-known risks of smoking and obesity, is one of the "potentially modifiable risk factors" driving tens of thousands of cancer cases a year.

Bloomberg Philanthropies' donation to make medical school tuition free for many at Johns Hopkins adds to other recent similar moves. Experts says the broader impact may be muted. www.statnews.com/2024/07/10/f...

Free medical school tuition unlikely to have a major impact on the U.S. health care systemwww.statnews.com Bloomberg Philanthropies' donation to make medical school tuition free for many at Johns Hopkins adds to other recent similar moves. Experts say the broader impact may be muted.

The U.S. passed on an opportunity to strengthen regulations that dictate how hospitals publish their prices, ignoring pleas from patient advocates. www.statnews.com/2024/07/10/b...

Biden administration ignores calls to bolster hospital price transparencywww.statnews.com The U.S. passed on a opportunity to strengthen regulations that dictate how hospitals publish their prices, ignoring pleas from patient advocates.

In a wide-ranging interview, Fauci talks with STAT about how he had to keep a secret while having dinner with Bono and when he knew that Covid-19 was a real threat. www.statnews.com/2024/07/10/a...

Anthony Fauci on presidents, bird flu, and turning down a multimillion-dollar jobwww.statnews.com On a special edition of the "First Opinion Podcast," Anthony Fauci talks presidents, bird flu, and turning down a multimillion-dollar job.

In a long-awaited study, patients in Australia will soon receive an IV infusion designed to transform their own immune cells into swarms of cancer-fighting drones. www.statnews.com/2024/07/09/i...

A faster, simpler, cheaper cancer cell therapy is about to be tested in humanswww.statnews.com CAR-Ts can cure some blood cancers but are difficult to produce. A new study by Interius Biotherapeutics will test if a simple infusion could make it available for all.

Former President Trump says he “will not cut one penny” from Medicare and Social Security and steps back from calls for broad national abortion restrictions. buff.ly/3xM04NT

Trump’s 2024 platform abandons calls to cut Medicare, broadly restrict abortionbuff.ly The 2024 Republican platform attempts to sidestep contentious healthcare issues, and doesn't mention the ACA.

With their own brands tarnished by legal problems, Acadia and UHS are piggybacking off nonprofit hospitals’ strong local reputations. www.statnews.com/2024/07/08/p...

Troubled for-profit chains are stealthily operating dozens of psychiatric hospitals under nonprofits’ nameswww.statnews.com Dozens of nonprofits are turning to investor-owned chains to build new hospitals to manage the surging number of patients experiencing mental health emergencies.

As the H5N1 bird flu outbreak in dairy cows enters its fourth month, the CDC is taking steps to ramp up the nation’s capacity to test for the virus in people. www.statnews.com/2024/07/02/c...

CDC looks to expand capacity to test for H5N1 bird flu in peoplewww.statnews.com A top CDC official said the agency is looking to increase the number and types of tests that can detect H5N1 infections in people.

#Breaking: FDA approves Eli Lilly’s early Alzheimer’s treatment www.statnews.com/2024/07/02/a...

FDA approves Eli Lilly's early Alzheimer's treatmentwww.statnews.com The FDA has approved Eli Lilly's early Alzheimer's treatment, which was shown in clinical trials to modestly slow the cognitive decline associated with the disease.

Moderna has been awarded $176 million by the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority to accelerate development of messenger RNA-based pandemic influenza vaccines. www.statnews.com/2024/07/02/m...

Moderna receives $176 million from BARDA for mRNA influenza vaccineswww.statnews.com Moderna will receive $176 million from HHS' BARDA to accelerate development of mRNA-based pandemic influenza vaccines, the company said Tuesday.

AIDS Healthcare Foundation is rolling out an AI chatbot with a drag queen persona to make testing and treatment less scary. www.statnews.com/2024/07/02/d...

This AI chatbot was trained on drag queens, and it wants to help protect your sexual healthwww.statnews.com AIDS Healthcare Foundation is rolling out an AI chatbot with a drag queen persona to make testing and treatment less scary.

A new surgical technique could dramatically improve walking for people with below-the-knee amputations and help them better control their prosthetics. www.statnews.com/2024/07/01/p...

Novel amputation procedure makes walking with a prosthetic leg feel more seamlesswww.statnews.com A new surgical technique improved walking for people with below-the-knee amputations and helped them better control their prosthetics.

“My overall concern about this outbreak is that it’s being treated too much as an economic problem and too little as a public health and an animal health problem." www.statnews.com/2024/07/01/h...

Bird flu snapshot: A pathologist sees familiar echoes in U.S. response to the outbreakwww.statnews.com As of Friday, the USDA’s count of herds infected with H5N1 bird flu was 133, which did not include the two latest detections in Iowa.

Makers of RSV vaccines for older adults saw their plans to try to expand usage hit a significant hurdle this week. www.statnews.com/2024/06/26/c...

CDC advisory panel opts for a go-slow approach on expanding usage of RSV vaccineswww.statnews.com Makers of RSV vaccines for older adults saw their plans to try to expand usage hit a significant hurdle on Wednesday.

The U.S. response to the Covid-19 pandemic got politically messy. A Friday Supreme Court ruling could frustrate government responses to public health emergencies even further. www.statnews.com/2024/06/28/s...

How U.S. responses to public health emergencies could be hamstrung by the Supreme Courtwww.statnews.com The government’s ability to respond to public health emergencies could be more limited, after the Supreme Court reined in agencies' authority to set rules.

The Supreme Court rejected a controversial bankruptcy deal in which the owners of Purdue Pharma. www.statnews.com/pharmalot/20...

Supreme Court rejects Purdue bankruptcy planwww.statnews.com The Supreme Court rejected a bankruptcy deal in which the owners of Purdue Pharma sought to contribute up to $6 billion in exchange for immunity from further lawsuits.

#Breaking - The Supreme Court appears set to reject Idaho’s near-total abortion ban www.statnews.com/2024/06/26/s...

The Supreme Court appears set to reject Idaho's near-total abortion banwww.statnews.com The Supreme Court appears ready to allow emergency abortions in Idaho, according to a document obtained by Bloomberg Law.

According to experts, the country is failing to take the necessary steps to get in front of the virus and possibly contain its spread among cows. www.statnews.com/2024/06/26/b...

Three months into bird flu outbreak in U.S. dairy cows, experts see deep-rooted problems in responsewww.statnews.com Three months into the H5N1 bird flu outbreak in U.S. dairy cows, experts see deep-rooted problems in the government's response.

Do standalone organ donor centers work better than hospitals? www.statnews.com/2024/06/25/i...

Standalone organ donor centers have sprouted all over the U.S. Do they work better than hospitals?www.statnews.com Increasingly, organ donation is happening outside hospitals and in independent "recovery centers." A study of 11,000 cases found mixed success.

The global health toll of alcohol remains “unacceptably high” across the globe. www.statnews.com/2024/06/25/a...

WHO warns global health toll of alcohol remains ‘unacceptably high’www.statnews.com Roughly 400 million people globally, or 7% of people over 15 years old, meet the criteria for an alcohol use disorder, according to a new WHO report.

Surgeon General Vivek Murthy wants to take firearm deaths "out of the realm of politics and put it into the realm of public health...where it belongs." www.statnews.com/2024/06/25/g...

Surgeon general declares gun violence a public health crisiswww.statnews.com Surgeon General Vivek Murthy wants to take firearm deaths "out of the realm of politics and put it into the realm of public health, which is where it belongs."

Since Texas’ ban on abortion went into effect, infant deaths in the state increased by nearly 13%. www.statnews.com/2024/06/24/t...

Infant deaths increased after Texas banned abortion in early pregnancywww.statnews.com Since Texas’ ban on abortion went into effect, infant deaths in the state increased by nearly 13%, according to a new analysis published on Monday in JAMA Pediatrics.

“The more we learn about H5N1, the more we understand that good biosecurity is a critically important path to containing the virus." www.statnews.com/2024/06/24/b...

Bird flu snapshot: USDA secretary urges farmers to take protective measureswww.statnews.com Read the second in a series of regular updates on H5N1 avian flu that STAT is publishing on Monday mornings.

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Got to talk to @hankgreen.bsky.social about • ...his balls? • coming to terms with being a public person w cancer • the ulcerative colitis medicine that may have given him lymphoma • & the jokes that got cut from his Dropout comedy special @statnews.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2024/06/22/h... 🩺🎤

Hank Green on his ‘Pissing Out Cancer’ comedy special, ulcerative colitis, and the jokes that got cutwww.statnews.com "My biggest concern is that people who have had harder journeys than me will feel that I'm making light of it," Green told STAT. "I don't think I am."