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CMS narrows Medicaid cancer exemption, forces proof
Lawmakers assured cancer patients they would be exempt from new Medicaid work‑reporting rules, but a CMS interim final rule adopted under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act narrows the medical frailty exe
STAT+: After hospitals, patients get a turn to bring AI into the doctor’s office
AI‑powered ambient scribes now draft clinical notes in over a quarter of U.S. medical practices. At the same time, patients are turning to consumer apps such as VisitRecall, Advoca Health, and AlignCa
Ebola Bundibugyo strain spreads in DRC, Uganda; no cure
The Bundibugyo strain of Ebola is currently spreading across the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda. No vaccine or treatment exists for this strain, prompting scientists and researchers to ra
Cancer's MHC I Escape Trick Backfires, Study Finds
Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine discovered that cancer cells which shed MHC I to dodge killer T cells become more vulnerable to helper T cells, overturning a decades-old immunology principle
Mirvetuximab Soravtansine Approved by NICE for NHS
Mirvetuximab soravtansine has received NICE approval and is now available on the NHS, offering a targeted chemotherapy for ovarian cancer that delivers drugs directly to tumor cells. Clinical data sho
STAT+: HaloMD faces lawsuit alleging No Surprises Act middleman used ‘sham letter,’ misleading data
Highmark Health, a Blue Cross Blue Shield licensee, has sued HaloMD and its client Bromedicon, claiming they used the No Surprises Act arbitration process to file over 450 ineligible disputes and won
CERN’s new chief on the gamble that could fix our picture of reality
CERN’s new director general, Mark Thomson, is overseeing the shutdown of the Large Hadron Collider for a major upgrade and steering the lab toward a £13 billion next‑generation collider. In an intervi
Atom-based quantum computers are catching up in the race to usefulness
Atom Computing’s neutral‑atom quantum computer has demonstrated error‑correction scaling from 16 to 32 qubits with lower error rates, and it can run the correction routine for up to 90 cycles. The bre
GLP-1 drugs lower addiction overdose deaths in veterans
A study of 606,434 U.S. veterans with type‑2 diabetes found that users of GLP‑1 receptor agonists such as semaglutide, liraglutide and dulaglutide were less likely to develop new substance‑use disorde
Ronny Chieng Urges Harvard Grads to 'Destroy AI'
STAT+’s AI Prognosis newsletter, a subscriber‑only guide to AI in health care, highlights comedian Ronny Chieng’s Harvard commencement speech. Chieng told graduates to “destroy AI,” emphasizing that A
Legend Biotech shares surge 40% on promising CAR‑T data
Legend Biotech’s stock rose more than 40% after the company released early data showing its in‑vivo CAR‑T therapy has promise against Non‑Hodgkin’s lymphoma. The gain came amid a broad sell‑off in bio
Oral β2 agonist burns fat, spares muscle, avoids shots
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet unveiled an oral β2‑agonist that boosts skeletal‑muscle metabolism to lower blood sugar and burn fat, offering a non‑injection alternative to GLP‑1 drugs like Ozem
Cigna Cuts GLP‑1 Coverage as Study Shows Knee Benefits
Cigna announced it will stop covering GLP‑1 weight‑loss drugs such as Wegovy and Zepbound for its employee health plan starting July 1, forcing current users to pay cash, which won’t count toward dedu
Researchers fix amygdala circuit, reverse anxiety
Researchers identified a specific amygdala neuron circuit whose overactivity drives anxiety and social deficits, and showed that normalizing its activity in mice reverses these behaviors.
Neurologist Shows Recovery Hope for Severe Stroke
Claire, a mother of three, suffered a ruptured brain artery that caused extensive frontal lobe bleeding and left her unable to speak or move most of her limbs. Consultant neurologist Orlando Swayne, c
Opinion: How the military may be fueling eating disorders in men
“Much of the rhetoric, imagery, and policy messaging from the Trump administration centers on extreme masculine ideals,”...
STAT+: NIH cuts weakened network primed to respond to outbreaks like Ebola
While NIH-funded centers weren’t on the front lines of virus responses like the CDC or USAID, some researchers involved ...
French Fries Linked to 20% Higher Type‑2 Diabetes Risk
A new BMJ study finds that eating three servings of French fries per week raises type‑2 diabetes risk by 20%, while other potato preparations show no significant effect, and swapping potatoes for whol
IIT Study Finds Two Autism Subtypes via Brain Imaging
A large-scale study combining functional MRI scans from 940 autistic individuals with 20 genetically engineered mouse models identified two biologically distinct autism subtypes based on brain connect
STAT+: Radiopharmaceutical shows promise in post-Pluvicto setting
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