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The White House is reviewing a list of three top contenders for the FDA commissioner post
Adobe By Mario AguilarJuly 9, 2026 Health Tech Correspondent Mario Aguilar[email protected]Mario covers technology in health care, including FDA regulation of artificial intelligence; how Medicare pay...
Two years, six months, and 18 days have elapsed since Northwest Biotherapeutics submitted its brain cancer treatment for regulatory approval.
“Her belly may be full, but her spirit will be empty.” — Captain Picard Usually, these “GDP is actually good” posts start with a big disclaimer — an acknowledgment of all the things GDP doesn’t measur...
AstraZeneca and Ionis reported a notable trial failure Thursday in a heart disease that's become an increasingly competitive market for drugmakers.
How a father’s quest may shape the future of rare disease gene therapy.
“The new wave of obesity pharmacotherapy has leaned heavily on disease framing,” writes Max Moser, drawing comparisons to the antidepressant revolution.
Alex Hogan/STAT By Alex HoganJuly 9, 2026 Senior Multimedia Producer Alex Hogan[email protected]Alex Hogan is STAT’s senior multimedia producer and host of STATus Report, STAT’s weekly video series. Y...
Tens of millions of Americans live on top of, below, or directly next to their neighbors — which means, statistically speaking, some of us are going to end up in close proximity to an extremely irrita...
Here’s the problem with friendship these days: People say they have quality people in their corner, are even satisfied with the number of friends they have, and yearn to see them more often. Despite a...
When you ask people when they knew Covid was going to be a huge deal, they give a range of answers. “When Tom Hanks got sick” is a popular one. So is “when the NBA suspended the season.” The most plug...
Between 1990 and 2008, Yugoslavia dissolved into seven independent countries that faced similar challenges, but also experienced important differences that affect their institutional responses to stat...
Liftoff occurred at 5:25 a.m. ET on Thursday (July 9).
The Japanese company ispace is expanding its already extensive moon plans to include SpaceX's Starship megarocket.
A microscopic analysis of the skull of Qafzeh 25 revealed a cut mark likely made by a stone tool 100,000 years ago.
When some stars die, they do not do so alone, potentially solving a long-standing mystery around a particular class of cosmic explosion called an interacting supernova.
NASA's nuclear-powered mission to Mars is taking shape with the selection of Firefly Aerospace to design and manufacture the protective aeroshell that will shield the Skyfall spacecraft's descent stag...
The next American flag to be planted on the moon has been placed in the hands of one of the last astronauts to walk on the lunar surface.
Early in life, neural networks in the brain's memory center are highly connected, and they are only later refined into precise systems, a mouse study finds.
Venus pairs up with Regulus on July 9 before meeting a slender crescent moon on July 17.