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Colleges need to look beyond stopping parties to safely reopen in spring 2021

By Jagpreet Chhatwal, Trisha Dwivedi, and Benjamin Linas

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Why isn’t routine Covid-19 testing happening in prisons and immigrant detention centers?

By Parsa Erfani, Caroline Lee, and Nishant Uppal

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Quinn Nystrom is betting a platform laser-focused on high insulin prices will propel her to Congress

By Nicholas Florko

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At the top of her field, a Covid-19 researcher fights back against a different kind of virus: sexism and power imbalances in science

By Shraddha Chakradhar

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WHO warns giving up on efforts to control Covid-19 would be ‘dangerous’

By Helen Branswell

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Pharmalittle: A Covid-19 vaccine induced immune response in older people; Covid-19 insiders sold lots of stock

By Ed Silverman

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Bayer buys into gene therapy, Giuliani’s pharma gig, & STAT turns 5!

By Damian Garde and Meghana Keshavan

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Record-breaking Covid-19 case totals in the U.S. & YouTube kid influencers promote unhealthy food

By Shraddha Chakradhar

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First Opinion

Needed: a national coalition to coordinate Covid-19 clinical trials

By Gianrico Farrugia, Tom Mihaljevic, and Andrew D. Badley

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I have all the symptoms of a Covid-19 long-hauler — but I’m hesitant to identify myself as one

By Pooja Yerramilli

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Bias, consent, and data transparency: What patients want the FDA to consider about AI in medicine

By Casey Ross

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Watch: mRNA vaccines face their first test in the fight against Covid-19. How do they work?

By Hyacinth Empinado

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‘Where is Rudy?’: Inside Giuliani’s checkered track record as a pharma consultant

By Ed Silverman

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8 leading names in digital health weigh in on the biggest barriers facing the industry

By Erin Brodwin

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With wildfires burning and Covid-19 spreading, can California afford stem cell research? Voters are set to decide

By Usha Lee McFarling

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As STAT turns 5, a look back at science and medicine’s biggest headlines and controversies

By STAT staff

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Bayer to buy gene therapy company AskBio for as much as $4 billion

By Matthew Herper

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Biotech

Mirati study results set new response bar for KRAS-blocking lung cancer drugs

By Adam Feuerstein

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Pharmalot

Health Canada releases final version of controversial regulations for controlling drug prices

By Ed Silverman

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STAT Virtual Roundtable: How can digital health overcome its next hurdles?

By STAT staff

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Covid-19 vaccine trials from AstraZeneca, Johnson & Johnson to restart

By Matthew Herper

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Foghorn Therapeutics raises $120 million in IPO

By Anissa Gardizy — Boston Globe

Hires -- up and down the ladder
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Up and down the ladder: The latest comings and goings

By Ed Silverman

Remdesivir vials in bags
Biotech

Why the approval of remdesivir to treat Covid-19 obscures bigger scientific failures

By Matthew Herper and Adam Feuerstein

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Health

Universal mask use could save 130,000 U.S. lives by the end of February, new study estimates

By Eric Boodman

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Biotech

Why biotech is betting big on SPACs

By Damian Garde and Adam Feuerstein

Pharmalot

Pharmalittle: Study says blood plasma did not help Covid-19 patients; FDA gives official blessing to remdesivir

By Ed Silverman

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Health

FDA shows signs of cold feet over emergency authorization of Covid-19 vaccines

By Helen Branswell

The Readout

A blow for blood plasma for Covid-19, an analog vaccine system, & a new podcast host

By Damian Garde

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