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Can food be medicine?; Senate committee tackles health workforce shortages

February 16, 2023
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Can food be medicine? Will insurers cover it? And other big questions about a new health movement

There's new enthusiasm in Washington for using healthy food as a medical intervention for chronic diseases.

By Nicholas Florko


STAT+ | Key Senate committee takes first step toward tackling health workforce shortages

Senate HELP kicked off the new Congress with one of the rare subjects both its leaders agree on: addressing health workforce shortages.

By Sarah Owermohle


STAT+ | CRISPR pioneer Feng Zhang launches new genetic delivery startup with $193 million

The startup's technology has the potential to address significant limitations with gene editing treatments and mRNA therapies.

By Allison DeAngelis



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Opinion: The haunting brain science of long Covid

Brain scans, autopsies, and other sources of evidence are revealing how Covid-19 can affect the brain and cause long Covid.

By E. Wesley Ely


Researchers link certain genes to obesity complications in women

The genes indicated a high waist-to-hip ratio in women, which is a better predictor of cardiovascular risk than body mass.

By Elaine Chen


STAT+ | Republicans are using the FTC's Lina Khan as an excuse for opposing drug pricing bills

Congress's efforts to get more information on the business practices of pharmacy benefit managers are running into an unlikely roadblock.

By John Wilkerson


Listen: Vas Narasimhan on the future of pharma, plus Moderna's vaccine promise & a biotech presidential bid

Vas Narasimhan, CEO of Novartis and the new chairman of PhRMA, joins us to discuss the industry's struggles in Washington.

By Damian Garde and Meg Tirrell and Adam Feuerstein


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