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Pharma Alex Hogan and Mallory Brangan

Watch: How do the new obesity drugs work?

Drugs like Wegovy and Ozempic are growing in popularity as obesity medications. This STAT explainer video shows how they work in the body.

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Health Helen Branswell

Is WHO ready to end the global health emergency over Covid? Maybe not just yet

Health Isabella Cueto

Study of pancreatitis surgery patients finds steady decline in survival and need for better addiction support

Health Theresa Gaffney

Predictive biomarkers could ease the exhaustive trial-and-error of antidepressants

Health Matthew Herper

FDA scientists propose an annual Covid shot matched to current strains

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Politics Rachel Cohrs

The unexpected alliance lobbying for Medicare to pay for new obesity drugs

Health Helen Branswell

Two new studies paint encouraging picture of Covid-19 vaccine’s performance

Health Lev Facher

Buprenorphine deaths did not increase despite wider access during pandemic, study shows

Health Felice J. Freyer — Boston Globe

Massachusetts detects troubling new strain of gonorrhea

Health Ryan Fitzgerald

A new study links social media use to changes in teen brains. Is that a bad thing?

Health Theresa Gaffney

Mental health benefits of gender-affirming hormones for teens persist for two years in new study

Health Helen Branswell

HIV vaccine being developed by Johnson & Johnson fails clinical trial

Health Elaine Chen

Mix-it-yourself Wegovy? Some are trying risky sources for weight-loss drugs

Health Lev Facher

The addiction crisis is causing a spike in endocarditis cases. Hospitals are struggling to respond

Biotech Jonathan Wosen

Liquid biopsy study suggests a better way to decide which colorectal cancer patients need chemo

Health Andrew Joseph

Loan repayment program seeks to bolster infectious disease field

Health Andrew Joseph

Routine vaccinations drop among U.S. kindergartners for the third year in a row

Health Helen Branswell

XB what? BQ huh? Do you need to keep up with Omicron’s ever-expanding offspring?

Health Elizabeth Cooney

For most mild infections, long Covid symptoms clear after a year, large study finds

Health Brittany Trang

What’s standing in the way of wastewater data becoming a more mainstream public health tool

Politics Rachel Cohrs

Will America’s public health reckoning ever come?

Health Lauren Gravitz

Scientists are finding increasing evidence for a link between air pollution and neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s

Biotech Jason Mast

Still hoping for looser FDA rules, Regeneron says it will test durable antibody for Covid

Health Amanda Seitz — Associated Press

Callers keep flooding 988 mental health, suicide line

Health Andrew Joseph

The pandemic showed the power of viral sequencing. Now the U.K. plans to decode other respiratory bugs

Health Helen Branswell

With attention to mpox fading, health officials fear infections will go undetected and unreported

Health Nicholas Florko

South Dakota plans major ramp-up of hepatitis C treatment in prison

Health JoNel Aleccia — Associated Press

Pediatricians recommend weight-loss drugs and surgery for children with obesity

Health Isabella Cueto

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Watch: How do the new obesity drugs work?

Is WHO ready to end the global health emergency over Covid? Maybe not just yet

Study of pancreatitis surgery patients finds steady decline in survival and need for better addiction support

Predictive biomarkers could ease the exhaustive trial-and-error of antidepressants

FDA scientists propose an annual Covid shot matched to current strains

All Coverage

The unexpected alliance lobbying for Medicare to pay for new obesity drugs

Two new studies paint encouraging picture of Covid-19 vaccine’s performance

Buprenorphine deaths did not increase despite wider access during pandemic, study shows

Massachusetts detects troubling new strain of gonorrhea

A new study links social media use to changes in teen brains. Is that a bad thing?

Mental health benefits of gender-affirming hormones for teens persist for two years in new study

HIV vaccine being developed by Johnson & Johnson fails clinical trial

Mix-it-yourself Wegovy? Some are trying risky sources for weight-loss drugs

The addiction crisis is causing a spike in endocarditis cases. Hospitals are struggling to respond

Liquid biopsy study suggests a better way to decide which colorectal cancer patients need chemo

Loan repayment program seeks to bolster infectious disease field

Routine vaccinations drop among U.S. kindergartners for the third year in a row

XB what? BQ huh? Do you need to keep up with Omicron’s ever-expanding offspring?

For most mild infections, long Covid symptoms clear after a year, large study finds

What’s standing in the way of wastewater data becoming a more mainstream public health tool

Will America’s public health reckoning ever come?

Scientists are finding increasing evidence for a link between air pollution and neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s

Still hoping for looser FDA rules, Regeneron says it will test durable antibody for Covid

Callers keep flooding 988 mental health, suicide line

The pandemic showed the power of viral sequencing. Now the U.K. plans to decode other respiratory bugs

With attention to mpox fading, health officials fear infections will go undetected and unreported

South Dakota plans major ramp-up of hepatitis C treatment in prison

Pediatricians recommend weight-loss drugs and surgery for children with obesity

‘I want people to see us’: A writer gives voice to long Covid and mothering from bed

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