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Study: Pfizer Covid vaccine less effective in kids 5-11; how shifts in patient data send health algorithms reeling

 

 

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STAT+: AI gone astray: How subtle shifts in patient data send popular algorithms reeling, undermining patient safety

By Casey Ross

Mike Reddy for STAT

An experiment by STAT and MIT found that subtle shifts in data fed into popular health care algorithms is sending them into a tailspin.

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Pfizer Covid vaccine is less effective in kids 5 to 11, study finds

By Helen Branswell

JEFF KOWALSKY/AFP via Getty Images

New data suggest the Pfizer Covid vaccine works substantially less well at preventing infection and hospitalizations in kids 5 to 11.

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STAT+: Ants, spiders, and mold: Why a big compounding pharmacy recently recalled all its products

By Ed Silverman

APStock

Compounding pharmacy Edge Pharma also failed to investigate multiple customer complaints about the quality of its compounded medicines.

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STAT+: Oregon withdraws a waiver request to run a closed Medicaid formulary

By Ed Silverman

Adobe

Oregon has withdrawn a request made to federal officials to restrict medicines covered by the state Medicaid program.

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Opinion: If academic medicine is serious about diversity, its institutions need to pay up

By Joshua A. Budhu

Adobe

One way to solve the diversity gap in academic medicine is for institutions to increase compensation across the board.

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Opinion: STAT+: What biotech can learn from past stock market downturns

By Edward M. Kaye

Hyacinth Empinado/STAT

Even when headline writers are using their grimmest language about biotech stocks, innovation eventually wins — and so do patients.

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Monday, February 28, 2022

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