A STAT Investigation: Death Sentence

More than 1,000 incarcerated people died from hepatitis C-related complications in the six years after a curative drug hit the market. ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ 

Sponsored by       Death Sentence: An 8-part investigation into prisons’ refusal to treat hepatitis C By Nicholas Florko Natsumi Chikayasu for STAT There is a simple, outright cure for hepatitis C. But state prisons across the country are failing to save hundreds of people who die each year from the virus and related complications. Read More Sponsored insight by UROGEN PHARMA The next frontier in bladder cancer treatment In honor of National Bladder Health Month, Liz Barrett, President and Chief Executive Officer at UroGen Pharma, discusses the future landscape of bladder cancer treatment with urologic oncology experts. Read about the next frontier in bladder cancer treatment here. More great reads from STAT this week Revenge of the gaslit patients: Now, as scientists, they’re tackling Ehlers-Danlos syndromes By Isabella Cueti ‘Out of control’: Dozens of telehealth startups sent sensitive health information to big tech companies By Katie Palmer — STAT and Todd Feathers and Simon Fondrie-Teitler — The Markup ‘Right to repair’ movement gains momentum in the tightly controlled world of medical devices By Jayne Williamson-Lee No one’s quite sure how to fix pulse oximeters. The FDA asked this lab to find answers By Usha Lee McFarling Opinion: The art of the 'deceased note': A physician grapples with documenting patients’ final moments By Trisha S. Pasricha ‘Make People Better’: The CRISPR babies story you probably don’t know, and how it was filmed in real-time By Megan Molteni The Covid-19 test maker that pivoted to being a health insurance company By Bob Herman Opinion: Primary care physicians try to give their all — until they can’t. It’s time to flip the archetype to teamwork By Audrey Provenzano Saturday, December 17, 2022       1 Exchange Pl, Suite 201, Boston, MA 02109 ©2022, All Rights Reserved. I no longer wish to receive STAT emails Update Email Preferences | Contact Us | View In Browser