Health

The latest developments affecting patients and practitioners

STAT Live

Archived: A conversation about America’s opioid epidemic

Mbandaka Ebola vaccination

Health

Deadly Ebola outbreak in Congo is declared over by health ministry

By Associated Press

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In the Lab

Antibiotic-resistant infections appeared after surgery. Were they transmitted by leeches?

By Eric Boodman

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Health

Employees with depression miss fewer days when managers are supportive, study finds

By Megan Thielking

Health

Adherence to PrEP, the HIV prevention drug, is low. A new study suggests a pill with a tiny sensor might help

Vaccines

Health

Chinese leaders order probe over vaccine scandal

By Associated Press

Atul Listening Tour

Business

CEO Gawande’s first task: a road trip to hear firsthand about workers’ health challenges

By Casey Ross and Orly Nadell Farber

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Vacuum

Health

Health insurers are vacuuming up details about you. That could raise your rates

By Marshall Allen — ProPublica

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Health

No more ‘sledgehammer’: As gonorrhea grows resistant to antibiotics, researchers look to bespoke treatments

By Helen Branswell

Probiotics Safety

Health

Probiotics studies often don’t disclose safety data or risks, report finds

By Megan Thielking

Ear Structure

In the Lab

Pulses of light restored hearing in gerbils. Could that lead to higher-tech cochlear implants?

Health

Physicians’ beliefs may override cancer patients’ wishes for end-of-life care, study finds

By Orly Nadell Farber

Atul Gawande

Health

As Atul Gawande steps into a risky health CEO role, here are five challenges he faces

Health

A case study in the fast-rising threat of antibiotic resistance

By Helen Branswell

Health

New approach to breast cancer screening — tailoring guidelines for each patient — may save lives and money, study says

By Orly Nadell Farber

Health

A stubborn medical mystery: Was pandemic flu vaccine tied to an increase in narcolepsy cases?

By Helen Branswell

Health

Sepsis is the third leading cause of death. Can a new blood test change that?

By Karen Weintraub

Operating Teams Behavior

Health

‘You, me, parking lot!’: Behind surgical curtain, researchers find hierarchies and gender dynamics driving conflict

By Orly Nadell Farber

Amazon Pharma Future

Business

Amazon is taking on health care’s most vexing challenge — the chronically ill

End-of-life health care spending

Health

Are we spending too much on the dying? New research challenges this widely held view

By Orly Nadell Farber

Over-the-Hill

Health

The age plateau: New study suggests, at certain age, risk of death no longer increases

By Meghana Keshavan

Jeff Sessions Opioids

Health

Justice Department announces crackdown on fraudulent opioid prescriptions

STAT Live

Archived chat: STAT on Marijuana-based medicine and drug development

By Andrew Joseph

Health

Patients who have had suicidal thoughts are often excluded from antidepressant trials. The FDA says they don’t need to be

By Megan Thielking

Atul Gawande Ariadne

Health

Inside Ariadne Labs, Atul Gawande’s testing ground for new ideas in health care

By Ike Swetlitz

Generic Influenza

Health

A flu drug — shown to reduce the duration of symptoms — could upend treatment in U.S.

By Helen Branswell

Roy Blunt NIH

Politics

With bipartisan backing, Congress appears likely to increase NIH budget yet again

Health

Poliovirus therapy shows early promise in patients with aggressive brain cancer but questions linger

By Adam Feuerstein

Opioid Sewer

Health

Scientists can track the spread of opioids in sewers. But do cities want to know what lies below?

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