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2+ day, 3+ hour ago (14+ words) Baby KJ scientists hit road bump in quest to scale custom gene editor'statnews.com...
STAT Summit West Press Pass Request
1+ week, 3+ hour ago (136+ words) STAT is a media company focused on finding and telling compelling stories about health, medicine, and scientific discovery. We produce daily news, investigative articles, and narrative projects in addition to multimedia features, podcasts, and opinion pieces. We tell our stories…...
California considers seal of approval for foods that are not ultra-processed
1+ week, 23+ hour ago (336+ words) A new California bill continues the state's efforts to crack down on ultra-processed foods, proposing a front-of-package seal that manufacturers could place on their products to show that they are not ultra-processed. The hope is that the seal, which manufacturers…...
Pharmalittle: We're reading about TrumpRx expectations, a high-dose version of Wegovy, and more
1+ week, 6+ day ago (437+ words) Ed Silverman is a senior writer and Pharmalot columnist at STAT, and has covered the pharmaceutical industry for three decades. Prior to joining STAT at its founding in 2015, he worked at The Wall Street Journal, The Star-Ledger of New Jersey,…...
How STAT would cover 'The Fugitive' if its pharma scandal were real
2+ week, 5+ day ago (246+ words) How STAT would cover "The Fugitive" if its pharma scandal were real'statnews.com How STAT would cover "The Fugitive" if its pharma scandal were real Everyone has those movies they love to watch over and over again. For STATus Report…...
Is RFK Jr. coming for your Dunkin’?
4+ week, 1+ day ago (126+ words) By Tal Kopan " Boston Globe AUSTIN, Texas " As Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ticked through a list of ways the Trump administration is trying to clean up the nation's food supply before an appreciative Texas crowd last week, he previewed…...
I took part in a 2012 psilocybin trial. What I’m seeing now horrifies me
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (735+ words) Rex is the author of the new book "Seeing What Is There: My Search for Sanity" in the Psychedelic Era." During my first psychedelic session, a violin flourish turned the sky yellow. A comet's tail of severed body parts flew…...
We tested the government’s official new AI nutrition tool: Grok
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (250+ words) The National Design Studio, which worked on the dietary guidelines website, has not yet responded to a request for comment. The Grok tool on the government's dietary guidelines website also includes some sample questions, most of which use language involving…...
The risk score shuffle, and TrumpRx's not-so-great deals
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (102+ words) By STAT Staff and Bob Herman Speed skating is an elite Olympic event. Wearing knives on your shoes and then zooming around 5,000 meters in six minutes? While barely breathing? Send me your tips and your Olympic watch list: [email'protected].' Humor…...
As a scientist and NFL widow, I am furious about a recent NFL Players Association-funded CTE study
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (790+ words) By Eleanor M. Perfetto When 125 million Americans watch the Super Bowl on Sunday, the NFL and NFL Players Association (NFLPA) don't want them thinking about the brain disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy. When fans see an exciting big hit, thinking about how…...