Jul 21 Scientists double number of known areas in brain’s outer shell By Megan Thielking, STAT The map of the human brain just got an upgrade that’s been more than a century in the making. Continue reading
Jul 17 Are NYC rats disease ‘sponges’? Scientists want to track them to find out By Andrew Joseph, STAT Rats are commonplace in cities around the world, but they remain in many ways mysterious, including in the potential threat they pose to public health, experts say. Continue reading
Jul 16 Gonorrhea may soon become resistant to all antibiotics and untreatable By Helen Branswell, STAT The Neisseria gonorrhoeae bacteria may be developing resistance to the only two antibiotics left that can cure the sexually transmitted disease. Continue reading
Jul 16 With Pence pick, Trump just made women’s health a top-tier election issue By David Nather, STAT Donald Trump may have just made women’s health a bigger issue in the 2016 election. Continue reading
Jul 08 Elizabeth Holmes, Theranos CEO, banned from operating medical laboratory for two years By Megan Thielking, STAT Federal regulators have banned Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes from owning or operating a medical laboratory for at least two years. Continue reading
Jul 07 An architect with ALS designs a home controlled by blinks By Leah Samuel, STAT Steve Saling helped design features of the Leonard Florence Center's Dapper McDonald ALS Residence, intended to preserve the independence of those with ALS, where he is a resident. Continue reading
Jun 25 They’re simple and cheap. But do tourniquets save lives after mass shootings? By Melissa Bailey, STAT The Orlando shooting has renewed attention to the tourniquet as a simple, cheap solution to save lives in civilian mass shootings. Continue reading
Jun 24 New CDC data exposes scope of Flint water crisis, lead exposure By Rebecca Robbins, STAT Flint children consuming city water were nearly 50 percent more likely to test for a blood lead level considered high after Flint switched water sources in 2014, according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Continue reading
Jun 22 In Appalachia, cancer rates are stubbornly high. One woman’s quest to find out why By Bob Tedeschi, STAT In the poorest communities spanning Appalachia, cancer is often a death sentence. But one woman has launched a number of initiatives to try to help. Continue reading
Jun 21 Federal panel approves first use of CRISPR gene editing in humans By Sharon Begley, STAT A federal biosafety and ethics panel on Tuesday unanimously approved the first study in cancer patients of the genome-editing technology CRISPR/Cas9. Continue reading