STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about a discontinued cancer drug, a Novo security breach, and more
The nonprofit Blood Cancer United is buying the remaining supplies of a discontinued investigational cancer drug, Luvelta
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Kennedy's "publicly" "available" "calendar," drinking during pregnancy, and more health news from Morning Rounds
Read full article →Ebola testing has improved in DRC but still isn't nearly enough
The DRC has improved testing capacity for Ebola with two facilities operating in or near the epicenter. But this still may not be enough to keep up with a rapidly expanding disease.
Read full article →STAT+: At hospital finance conference, a call to end the friction that’s keeping costs high
Hospital execs agree that affordability is a major issue. What to do about it is less clear.
Read full article →Opinion: Ebola outbreak response requires engaging with religious traditions and leaders
“Failing to engage religious and traditional leaders in meaningful ways was a grave misstep in previous Ebola outbreaks,” researchers write.
Read full article →Opinion: I’ve spent 40 years in research. I have never seen a threat to science like the new grantmaking rule
“American science is too valuable to be turned into a political football,” writes David J. Skorton, president of the Association of American Medical Colleges.
Read full article →How a diabetes conference sparked a controversy
Many in the diabetes research community expressed shock and disbelief that their colleagues were threatened with arrest for passing out paper copies of an editorial.
Read full article →Trump's DOJ can't get names and medical files of trans youth in California, for now
Trump's Department of Justice is seeking patient files that include the names of young people who have been treated in transgender clinics, as well as hospital staff who have provided care.
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Read full article →STAT+: Updated: Tracking RFK Jr.’s promises to remake health in America
STAT is tracking goals and promises of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his Make America Healthy Again movement — successes, incompletes, and fails.
Read full article →An obesity drug deep-dive, and peptides move mainstream
Can any of the new obesity medications in development stand out from the pack? Which company just broke records with its IPO? And will the Food and Drug Administration allow…
Read full article →RFK Jr. claims his calendar is publicly available. We’ve been trying to get it for a year
None of STAT's requests for Kennedy's schedule have been completed, and some haven't even been acknowledged.
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