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Lilly Cuts 340B Discounts to Noncompliant Hospitals
Eli Lilly has begun cutting mandated 340B drug discounts to a few dozen hospitals that failed to supply claims data, following through on a policy it announced in January and warned about earlier this
Eli Lilly Cuts 340B Discounts to Noncompliant Hospitals
Eli Lilly has begun stripping 340B drug discount pricing from a few dozen hospitals that failed to hand over claims data, escalating a standoff over what the company calls duplicate discounts and hosp
FDA Reverses Huntington's Gene Therapy Stance; RFK Jr.
A STAT podcast covers two health policy developments: the FDA reversing its opposition to UniQure's Huntington's disease gene therapy, and a two-year report card on Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s tenure lead
Fossils Reveal Early Tetrapods Skipped Tadpole Stage
Exceptionally preserved 300-million-year-old baby tetrapod fossils from Illinois show that early four-limbed vertebrates hatched looking like miniature adults — with no tadpole-like aquatic larval sta
STAT+: Shingles vaccine may lower dementia risk, new study finds
A new peer-reviewed study found that elderly nursing home residents who received at least one dose of the Shingrix shingles vaccine were 24 percent less likely to develop dementia over a four-year per
How many Americans can afford high-quality health care? A new poll finds the number has fallen
Only about half of U.S. adults could afford quality health care in 2025, down from 56% in 2021, according to the West Health-Gallup Affordability Index — with cost anxiety hitting record highs before
Sagan's Demon-Haunted World Is Still Required Reading
A reviewer revisits Carl Sagan's 1995 book 'The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a candle in the dark' and argues it remains essential reading, not for its science — much of which is now dated — but fo
Plague killed 40% of hunter-gatherers 5,500 years ago
A new Nature study analyzing ancient DNA from Siberian hunter-gatherer cemeteries has pushed the earliest known lethal plague outbreaks back to 5,500 years ago — thousands of years before agriculture
Complex life on Earth may last 500 million years longer than expected
New simulations suggest Earth's plant life could persist for more than 1.8 billion years — about 500 million years longer than previously thought — by accounting for a more efficient type of photosynt
Soon-Shiong's cancer drug claims outpace clinical
Billionaire physician Patrick Soon-Shiong's pancreatic cancer drug claims are 'mostly fluff' that don't match real clinical evidence and have triggered FDA 'wrist-slapping,' according to a critical ST
Senators: Rebuild US global health leadership
Former U.S. senators and a former HHS official argue that Congress should hold oversight hearings, refine the administration's global health strategy, and protect global health funding, warning that c
AI Data Centers Must Match Power Use With Hourly Clean
Two public health deans argue that AI's surging electricity and water demands are an overlooked public health crisis, and that carbon-offset accounting hides the health costs borne by communities near
Senate Dems demand RFK Jr. records on ACIP overhaul
Senate Finance Committee Democrats Ron Wyden and Maggie Hassan are demanding HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. produce records by next week on his decision to fire all ACIP members and replace them
Pfizer, Amgen Chase Novo, Lilly in GLP-1 Weight Loss
Pharmaceutical companies Pfizer and Amgen are developing competing GLP-1 weight loss drugs to challenge the market dominance of Novo Nordisk's Wegovy and Eli Lilly's Zepbound, which have been on the m
Addenbrooke's Room-Temp Cancer Sample Tech Approved
A new biopsy preservation technique pioneered at Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge will allow cancer samples to be transported at room temperature, expanding patient access to whole genome sequencin
Study ties 8 common food preservatives to heart disease
A massive French study of over 112,000 adults tracked for up to eight years found that common food preservatives — including ascorbic acid and sodium nitrite — are linked to significantly higher risks
Midjourney Reveals Full-Body Ultrasound Scanner
Midjourney CEO David Holz unveiled The Midjourney Scanner, an ultrasound full-body scanner built with Butterfly Network, and announced plans for a San Francisco spa housing 10 of the devices by end of
Bulford Monument Predates Stonehenge by 500 Years
Archaeologists have uncovered a wooden monument at Bulford, 5km from Stonehenge, whose postholes align precisely with the summer solstice sunrise — dating to roughly 2950 BC, about 500 years before th
HPV vaccine drives cervical cancer deaths to zero
No women in England aged 20-24 died of cervical cancer between 2020 and 2024—the first time zero deaths have been recorded in this age group—thanks largely to the HPV vaccine introduced in 2008.
England records zero cervical cancer deaths in women
For the first time on record, no women in England aged 20-24 died of cervical cancer between 2020 and 2024 — a milestone researchers credit to the UK's HPV vaccination programme launched in 2008.
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