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Health Annalisa Merelli

Measuring the long-term cost of restricting abortion access

Pharma Elaine Chen

STAT Plus: Our expensive obesity drugs are worth it, Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly argue in raft of studies

Exclusive Megan Molteni

STAT Plus: How one scientist’s determination made Novo Nordisk an obesity-drug powerhouse

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Health Nicholas Florko

STAT Plus: White House moves closer to a ban on menthol cigarettes, amid intensifying opposition from tobacco companies

Health Anika Nayak

Studies highlight risks of excluding people with obesity from drug trials

Pharmalot Ed Silverman

STAT Plus: Teva sues Colorado over ‘unconstitutional’ program to lower cost of epinephrine injectors

Health Elizabeth Cooney

Serotonin levels are depleted in long Covid patients, study says, pointing to a potential cause for ‘brain fog’

The Readout Meghana Keshavan

Candor on gene therapy, Abiomed is warned, & BTK success in MS

Biotech Jonathan Wosen

STAT Plus: Cell and gene therapy CEOs share survival strategies amid biotech slump

Health Tech Lizzy Lawrence

STAT Plus: FDA’s warning to J&J’s Abiomed signals a crackdown on digital health tools

First Opinion Judy Hoffstein

Doctors — and patients — must seek alternatives to long-term steroids

Hospitals Brittany Trang

Is there a nursing shortage in the United States? Depends on who you ask

Business Jessica Bartlett — Boston Globe

STAT Plus: Dana-Farber’s divorce from Brigham is the culmination of decades of change

Insurance Bob Herman

STAT Plus: What to know about this year’s Medicare open enrollment period

First Opinion Leonard Rubenstein

Why Gaza health care facilities and workers have suffered so much violence

Pharmalot Ed Silverman

STAT Plus: Eye docs urge Medicare to lower insurance hurdles amid shortage of repackaged Avastin

Insurance Bob Herman

STAT Plus: UnitedHealth’s profit jumps as medical costs come in lower than expected

Politics Sarah Owermohle

STAT Plus: HHS dispatches millions to next-generation Covid targets, including intranasal vaccine

Pharmalot Ed Silverman

STAT Plus: Up and down the ladder: The latest comings and goings

Health Rachel Cohrs

STAT Plus: Medicare to cover more brain scans related to Alzheimer’s drugs

Business Brittany Trang

Kaiser Permanente reaches tentative agreement with workers

Biotech Adam Feuerstein

STAT Plus: Amgen reports first clinical data on new targeted cancer therapy

Biotech Andrew Joseph

STAT Plus: European regulators once again recommend Amylyx’s ALS drug be rejected

In the Lab Anika Nayak

He was named a MacArthur ‘genius’ fellow for research on gene regulation, but still has imposter syndrome

First Opinion Jennifer Beam Dowd

Yes, everyone should get an updated Covid-19 vaccine

In the Lab Angus Chen

STAT Plus: Like a vampire, some cancer cells can suck the energy source from immune cells

The Readout LOUD Damian Garde, Allison DeAngelis and Adam Feuerstein

Listen: Merger Mondays, Ozempic panic, & CRISPR’d pigs