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FDA weighs crackdown that could shut hundreds of stem cell clinics

By Usha Lee McFarling, STAT

Scientists on Monday will urge the Food and Drug Administration to crack down on rogue clinics across the country that market stem cell treatments.

Allergy-proof? Intelligence booster? FDA looks to rein in health claims for baby formula

By Sheila Kaplan, STAT

The FDA suggested this week that the $3 billion infant formula industry consider proving its claims before selling the products.

FDA expresses concern over widely used ovarian cancer screening test

By Sheila Kaplan, STAT

The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday warned women and their doctors that current screening tests for ovarian cancer are unreliable.

Doctors fight to bring hospital ICUs into the modern era

By Usha Lee McFarling, STAT

Many ICU physicians say that ICUs are woefully — and often dangerously — out of date.

Meet the federal government’s pot dealer

By Andrew Joseph, STAT

Mahmoud ElSohly oversees acres of marijuana plants in the deep south, a swath of the country the tide of medical marijuana legalization has yet to touch. But he’s not running an illegal operation — he’s a professor of pharmaceutics and…

How Boston stamped out a TB outbreak thanks to bartenders and barbers

By Shanoor Seervai, STAT

The plan in Boston helped bring tuberculosis under control in the city, and set the precedent for similar interventions used today where TB is still widespread.

Paralysis cases could help identify Zika spread, researchers say

By Andrew Joseph, STAT

Health officials are now finding that reported cases of Zika track closely with the onset of a temporary paralysis called Guillain-Barré syndrome.

Genetically modified mosquitoes have wide support in Florida

By Helen Branswell, STAT

Most people in Florida — the first US state to experience local spread of the Zika virus — favor the use of genetically modified mosquitoes to combat spread of the virus, a new poll suggests.