Diagnostics

First Opinion By Yonatan Adiri

Antigen testing has some serious problems. Done right, it could reshape the future of health care

Health By Rachel Cohrs

Can mailing free Covid-19 tests turn Biden’s pandemic response around?

First Opinion By Jeff Fischer

Uncorking today’s Covid-19 supply chain to meet the challenges of future pandemics

First Opinion By H. Gilbert Welch and Barnett Kramer

The crazy confluence of Congress, liquid biopsies, Medicare, and health inequities

Health Tech By Katie Palmer

As surges drive Covid-19 testing, companies eye an on-ramp for new markets

First Opinion By Atul Grover and Heather Pierce

As vaccination efforts falter, the U.S. must get serious about Covid-19 testing and reporting

Health By Lev Facher

Covid antivirals could be pandemic game-changers. But Americans might struggle to access them

Health By Andrew Joseph

Sequencing whole genomes helps diagnose far more rare diseases, study shows

First Opinion By Amy Lauren Fairchild and Samuel S. Malloy

Make Covid-19 testing an empowering choice rather than a draconian punishment

First Opinion By Glenda V. Roberts

Understanding my racial heritage — thanks, Ancestry.com — could have gotten me a kidney transplant earlier

Health By Nicholas St. Fleur and Eric Boodman

STAT+ Conversation: Pain and Promise: Examining a fibromyalgia blood test

Health Tech By Kate Sheridan

Illumina will launch Grail’s cancer detection test in Africa and Asia — but doesn’t know when

Health Tech By Maddie Bender

Could wearable tech — and AI — change how we diagnose infants with conditions like cerebral palsy?

A STAT Investigation By Eric Boodman

Selling certainty: In a sea of skeptics, this physician was one of fibromyalgia patients' few true allies. Or was he?

Health By Maddie Bender

Biden moves to ramp up at-home Covid-19 testing

Health Tech By Maddie Bender

A new study points to the power of wearables to predict even presymptomatic infections, suggesting use one day against Covid-19

Health By Usha Lee McFarling

Expert panel recommends against use of race in assessment of kidney function

First Opinion By Daniel P. Oran and Eric J. Topol

Beyond ‘vaccinopia’: Rapid tests should play a larger role in Biden’s Covid-19 plan

The Readout LOUD By Damian Garde, Meg Tirrell and Adam Feuerstein

Listen: Verily’s moment of truth, Aduhelm’s rocky rollout, & the problem with Covid testing

Health By Elizabeth Cooney

Pandemic lockdown tied to worse outcomes in metastatic colorectal cancer, French study says

The Readout LOUD By Damian Garde, Meg Tirrell and Adam Feuerstein

Listen: Elizabeth Holmes on trial, FDA in disarray, & the quest for Covid antivirals

Health Tech By Matthew Herper and Rick Berke

STAT+ Conversation: Theranos returns

Health Tech By Hyacinth Empinado

Watch: As Elizabeth Holmes stands trial on fraud charges, catch up on the Theranos saga

Health Tech By Damian Garde, Matthew Herper, Katie Palmer and Casey Ross

What to watch for as the long-awaited Elizabeth Holmes fraud trial unfolds

Health Tech By Damian Garde

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13 big questions about Biden’s response to Omicron, as Congress prepares to grill Fauci, Walensky, and other top officials

Scientists try to pinpoint why rapid Covid tests are missing some cases

Containing Covid-19 requires rapid tests that are highly sensitive to infections. Why is the FDA asking for something different?

Predicting preeclampsia from a blood test holds promise for pregnancy complications

Health tech needs to rebuild trust in the wake of the Theranos verdict

Three lessons for the effort to scale up Covid-19 rapid tests

This California company has a better version of a simpler, faster Covid-19 test

This tiny Texas company is running most of the drive-thru Covid-19 testing in the U.S.

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