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STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about Medicare and obesity drugs, Germany’s pricing plans, and more
Medicare will begin covering weight loss drugs for adults 65 and older next month through a demonstration program called Bridge, circumventing a statutory prohibition on Medicare paying for obesity dr
New walking shark species identified in Papua New
A new species of walking shark, Hemiscyllium dudgeonae, has been confirmed in Papua New Guinea's Milne Bay after a March 2025 encounter, with researchers warning it may already be the most endangered
Study Finds Two Biologically Distinct Autism Subtypes
A study combining mouse genetics and human brain scans suggests autism comprises at least two biologically distinct subtypes — one with over-connected brain regions linked to immune and gene-regulatio
Verge Turns Failed ALS Trial Into AI Model
Verge Genomics is releasing a new AI model built from data generated by its own failed Phase 1b ALS trial — in which one-third of patients dropped out due to drug intolerance — to solve patient strati
Arctic Phytoplankton Boom Is Starving Itself of
A new study finds that melting Arctic sea ice has triggered a tipping point: phytoplankton blooms in the Chukchi Sea now consume nearly all incoming nitrate, starving downstream waters and disrupting
FDA Clears First Alzheimer's Blood Tests for Primary
Alzheimer's specialist Elizabeth Bevins recounts missing the disease in her own father for years, arguing in a personal essay that the clinical system is built to diagnose the aftermath of a decades-l
Congress Urged to Reauthorize Pandemic Preparedness Act
Two former officials who helped create ASPR and draft PAHPA urge Congress to reauthorize the expired pandemic preparedness law and confirm nominees to lead ASPR and the CDC, warning lapsed authorities
RFK Jr Demands Answers Over Retracted Vaccine Study
US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. publicly demanded answers from the journal Toxicology Reports about its rare decision to remove a 2021 paper suggesting a link between vaccines and SIDS, prom
Ebola Survivors Cheered in DRC's Mongbwalu as Deaths
Health workers at the Mongbwalu Ebola treatment center in DR Congo sang and danced as patient Daniel Kitambala walked out virus-free — a rare moment of celebration in an outbreak of the rare Bundibugy
FDA Approves Colorado's Plan to Import Drugs from
The FDA has authorized Colorado to import certain prescription drugs from Canada, making it the second U.S. state to receive such approval after Florida.
FDA Approves Colorado Canadian Drug Import Plan
The FDA approved Colorado as the second U.S. state authorized to import prescription drugs from Canada, though state importation programs have proven extremely difficult to actually execute.
Coacervates Linked to Alzheimer's, Cancer, and Life's
Tiny liquid droplets called coacervates, confirmed to exist inside cells only in 2009, are now recognized as essential to cell function, linked to Alzheimer's, cancer and heart transplant failure, and
The social media ban is an experiment – here’s how it will be studied
The UK will ban under-16s from social media by early 2027, despite scientists admitting 'no evidence either way' on whether it will work. The Wellcome Trust is running a 4,000-child Bradford trial and
Medicare to Cover Weight Loss Drugs via Extended
Weight loss drugs will become available to Medicare enrollees 65 and older starting next month through a transitional program called Bridge, which the Trump administration is extending through the end
EU Trial Registry: Only 42% of Results Fully Reported
An analysis of a key European clinical trial database found that fewer than half of registered studies reported results on time, with only 42% providing complete results despite high data quality in r
Covid vaccination cut risk of adverse heart events, large study finds
A VA study of over 1 million veterans found Covid vaccination linked to a 38% lower risk of major cardiovascular events and a 24% drop in all-cause cardiac events, with the strongest benefits in those
Right now, we could be living through a hantavirus disaster. The world avoided that, and this is why | Devi Sridhar
A hantavirus outbreak on the MV Hondius cruise ship was contained to 13 cases—none spreading beyond the original passengers—after Spain, the WHO, and the UK Health Security Agency coordinated a rapid
Are useful and error-free quantum computers only two years away?
QuEra says its Libra machine will be the first fully fault-tolerant quantum computer when it arrives in 2028 via Amazon Web Services, a major leap from today's error-prone systems.
New GLP-1 diabetes pill delivers major weight loss and blood sugar control
Elecoglipron, AstraZeneca's oral non-peptide GLP-1 pill, drove significant blood sugar reductions and weight loss in a 406-person type 2 diabetes trial, with nearly 90% of patients hitting the standar
Scientists turned red lettuce green and something surprising happened
University of Tsukuba researchers used CRISPR to disable the gene that makes red lettuce red, redirecting its biochemical pathway to accumulate more quercetin and other flavonoids without any growth p
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