The race between Amy Acton and Vivek Ramaswamy could be the election’s most direct test of where the heartland stands on health care and the pandemic.

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Scientists have made mice with half a brain, then filled them with human organoids — possibly opening new avenues for research but also raising ethical issues.

The rushed launch of a Medicare pilot to use AI for prior authorization led to delayed care in some instances, new documents reveal.

Marc Tessier-Lavigne released new details from his research and travel in an attempt to refute allegations in a new book that he published fraudulent results.

Epic Systems is the subject of a broad inquiry into its business practices, people who were contacted by FTC investigators told STAT.

Commure, which develops and sells AI products to clinics, has terminated a program that paid for referrals to new customers.

Commure wants to automate health care's administrative tasks with AI. An inside look at the messy realities of the startup's ambitious quest.

President Trump has said the MMR vaccine should be broken up. But experts see no medical benefit in separating one shot into three.

Now confirmed, Erica Schwartz is the third CDC nominee since Trump took office his second term.

Parents want accountability after study went disastrously wrong, Science and Retraction Watch investigation reveals

In this edition of AI Prognosis, Brittany Trang talks to Alex LeBrun, AI scribe company Nabla's executive chairman, about an alternative to LLMs

The U.S. can save lives from excess alcohol use without taking drastic measures. Here are 12 steps that can help.

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“AI will reshape medicine. The physicians who answer for the outcome must lead the way it enters patient care," write Afnan R. Tariq and Ami Bhatt.

Columbus data centers used 1.2 billion gallons of water in a 12-month period, which amounts to 3% of Columbus' water in that time.

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Anthropic released Claude Science, an application that optimizes its large language model for scientists and, especially, those doing research at pharma companies.

Biotech executives reveal concerns over Chinese biotech, the profitability of AI, and the durability of Trump's drug price moves.

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Exclusive: STAT has learned that Eli Lilly and the FDA allowed a 79-year-old to gain extraordinary access to an experimental obesity drug through the agency’s “compassionate use” program.

Health disparities researchers say a new White House proposal could disqualify much of their work from federal funding — perhaps the most serious threat yet to the future of their field.

The psychiatric ER is “a detox center for those with no safe place to withdraw and a respite center for caregivers at their breaking point,” writes a psychiatrist.

As the saying goes, one man’s trash is another man’s treasure. Or as Verge Labs might put it, one company’s failed clinical trial … is that same company’s

None of STAT's requests for Kennedy's schedule have been completed, and some haven't even been acknowledged.

The condemnations keep coming after five diabetes experts were escorted out of an ADA meeting for handing out copies of an editorial criticizing federal research cuts.

Researchers told they could no longer attend the annual scientific sessions

Ambient scribes were the first large-scale application of AI in health care. Now developers are pitching them as diligent note-takers for patients.

In this edition of STAT's AI Prognosis: Brittany Trang analyzes the pope's encyclical on artificial intelligence for takeaways relevant for health care.

Ohioans took their concerns over the rapid development of data centers to the Ohio Statehouse.

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Former Stanford President Marc Tessier-Lavigne responded publicly for the first time, at a STAT event Tuesday, to allegations in a new book about why he was forced to resign.

“As another Ebola outbreak unfolds, we cannot repeat the mistakes of the past,” writes Krutika Kuppalli.

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Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary is resigning from his role after a tumultuous tenure.

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