Aug 19 Column: The Pulse nightclub tragedy changed how one hospital treats foreign patients By Eric Alberts, John Corfield, STAT After the Pulse shooting, Orlando Health, which treated many of the victims, created a way to connect international patients with representatives from their home countries. Continue reading
Aug 18 Column: NYU medical school students are getting free tuition. But everyone will reap benefits By Eli Cahan, STAT Free tuition for medical students could help improve access to care by minority patients and ease the looming physician shortage. Continue reading
Aug 04 Poison control calls spike for unapproved drug that produces opioid-like highs By Megan Thielking, STAT Calls to U.S. poison control centers about an unapproved antidepressant that has opioid-like effects have climbed dramatically since 2015, according to a new analysis published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Continue reading
Jul 28 New Ebola species is reported for first time in a decade By Helen Branswell, STAT The family of Ebola viruses has just gotten a bit bigger. The government of Sierra Leone has announced that a new species of Ebola, the sixth, has been discovered there in bats. Continue reading
Jul 18 CRISPR causes significantly greater DNA damage than previously thought, study finds By Sharon Begley, STAT The DNA damage found in the new study included deletions of thousands of DNA bases, including at spots far from the edit. Some of the deletions can silence genes that should be active and activate genes that should be silent,… Continue reading
Jul 14 Pulses of light restored hearing in gerbils. Could that lead to higher-tech cochlear implants? By Justin Chen, STAT Could light one day be used to restore hearing? To try to answer that question, a team of German bioengineers surgically installed coiled strips of optical fibers in the ears of deaf gerbils. Continue reading
Jul 07 New approach to breast cancer screening — tailoring guidelines for each patient — may save lives and money, study says By Orly Nadell Farber, STAT A new study suggests that women might benefit from individualized approaches to mammograms rather than from universal guidelines. Continue reading
Jul 01 The age plateau: New study suggests, at certain age, risk of death no longer increases By Meghana Keshavan, STAT Humans are living longer than ever before. But does our species have a fixed shelf life, or could we prolong our lives indefinitely?… Continue reading
Jun 24 Will launching plants into orbit yield new medicines? By Eric Boodman, STAT A team of biologists and chemists hopes that this alien environment might prod these floral cosmonauts into producing new and improved molecules for drugs. Continue reading
Jun 23 Health officials cautiously optimistic dangerous Ebola outbreak is over By Helen Branswell, STAT Transmission of the deadly virus appears to have stopped — though it is not yet time to pull back on the response operation. Continue reading