As the need for care surges — a longstanding trend exacerbated by the Covid pandemic — the demand for therapists far outstrips the supply.
 Lay counselor Laura Gomez-Cancino leads a group session at the San Ysidro Health Clinic. (Sandy Huffaker for STAT)
Amid a dire nationwide therapist shortage, could lay counselors help close the gap? Mental health care in the U.S. is in crisis. As the need for care surges, the demand for therapists far outstrips the supply. One solution that is gaining support is to create more pathways into the field of mental health care. The requirements of traditional licensure make it quite hard to become a therapist — harder, many advocates and scientists contend, than the evidence suggests is necessary. Read more. By Grace Rubenstein |
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The WHO and drug regulators want to reformulate the flu vaccine. It's easier said than done Last fall, the WHO and some national drug regulators urged influenza vaccine manufacturers to drop the component known as B/Yamagata from flu vaccines as quickly as possible, citing the fact that this lineage of flu B viruses appears to have been snuffed out during the Covid-19 pandemic. It might seem like that request would be as simple as deciding to leave blueberries out of a mixed-fruit smoothie. It turns out it is not. Read more. By Helen Branswell
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Dana-Farber cancer researchers moving to retract one paper, correct others in broad investigation of manipulated data Scientists at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, one of the nation's leading cancer research and treatment centers, are "moving to" retract one paper and correct others amid an expanding investigation of data manipulation, officials told STAT. The investigation includes scores of papers authored by four top scientists and institute leaders, including CEO Laurie Glimcher and COO William Hahn. Read more. By Jonathan Wosen and Angus Chen
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