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White House signals most people will only need annual Covid booster

By Andrew Joseph

Drew Angerer/Getty Images

The messaging about the new bivalent vaccines reflects another transition point in the country's fight against the coronavirus.

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What happens to patients when telehealth businesses shutter? 

By Mohana Ravindranath

Adobe

Companies that have promised to disrupt health care are indeed doing so — including by shuttering services patients may have come to rely on. 

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STAT+: Why Illumina has a merger mess of its own making

By Matthew Herper

Molly Ferguson for STAT

At the start, there was a kind of “heads you lose, tails I win” kind of logic about Illumina’s decision to close the Grail purchase.

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STAT+: Amazon health feature can accurately assess users' mobility, study finds

By Mario Aguilar

Halo

The feature generates an overall score, identifies weak points in people’s mobility, stability, and posture, and suggests simple exercises.

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Juul to pay nearly $440M to settle states' teen vaping probe

By Matthew Perrone and Dave Collins — Associated Press

Brynn Anderson/AP

The settlement includes restrictions on how Juul can market its products. The company still faces nine separate lawsuits from other states.

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STAT+: Doctors, seniors groups flag concerns with Medicare Advantage

By Bob Herman

Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP

They argue the growing government program is failing seniors and making life miserable for doctors and other providers.

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Pfizer isn't sharing Covid vaccines with researchers for next-gen studies

By Rachel Cohrs

Eugene Hoshiko/AP

Researchers studying next-gen vaccines to fight an evolving Covid threat are running into problems getting existing vaccines to study.

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STAT+: How a tool to map computer viruses came to power biology research

By Edward Chen

Adobe

Mathematicians set out to map computer viruses. The resulting tool has become surprisingly valuable in biology research.

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Google debuts a new AI tool in the global fight against tuberculosis

By Casey Ross

NOAH SEELAM/Getty

Google is joining the global fight to snuff out tuberculosis, using AI to automate its detection and expedite treatment.

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Opinion: Open access to research can close gaps for people with disabilities

By Bonnielin Swenor and JR Rizzo

Adobe

As open access policies regarding research access take shape, the unique barriers faced by people with disabilities must be considered.

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Tuesday, September 6, 2022

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