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Who’s in charge of Covid response after emergency ends?; new breast cancer screening guidelines released

May 9, 2023
Ashish Jha, the White House Covid-19 response coordinator, spoke with reporters Tuesday.
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Who's in charge of the White House Covid response after the emergency ends?

The White House isn't quite ready to launch its new pandemic response office for a neat handoff at the end of the Covid-19 emergency.

By Rachel Cohrs


Breast cancer screening should begin at 40, not 50, federal health panel recommends

A federal health panel now recommends all women begin breast cancer screening at age 40, a decade earlier than its previous guidelines.

By Angus Chen


STAT+ | Q&A: Sen. Sanders on insulin costs and his committee's generic drug kerfuffle

"Both [drugmakers and PBMs] share major responsibility for the outrageously high prices that we pay," Sen. Bernie Sanders told STAT.

By Sarah Owermohle



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STAT+ | What to know about a pivotal FDA hearing on Sarepta's gene therapy for Duchenne

On Friday, a committee of advisers to the FDA will meet to discuss the company's experimental gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

By Jason Mast


STAT+ | Gilead defeats federal government in closely watched battle over patents for HIV prevention pills

The battle marked the first time that the U.S. government had filed a patent infringement lawsuit against a pharmaceutical company.

By Ed Silverman


Opinion: The IRA's nonsensical distinction between small- and large-molecule drugs

Science doesn't arbitrarily distinguish between small- and large-molecule drugs. Policymakers shouldn't either.

By Daniel M. Skovronsky


Photo illustration: Casey Shenery for STAT

An artist uses the canvas to make sense of her partner's illness, and her own

With an autoimmune condition herself and a partner who has a connective tissue disorder, an artist talks about the art helps her cope.

By Isabella Cueto


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