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A STAT Investigation Katie Palmer

STAT Plus: Cue Health rode Covid-19 to an NBA deal and a $3 billion valuation. Now it faces layoffs and a rocky future

First Opinion Howard M. Fillit

STAT Plus: It’s time to move past Aduhelm and focus on a broader Alzheimer’s drug pipeline

Health Helen Branswell and Andrew Joseph

‘Testing bottleneck’ for monkeypox puts hope of containment at risk, experts warn

Health Andrew Joseph

On the lookout for monkeypox, CDC considers expanding test capacity

Health Matthew Herper

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

First Opinion Elliott J. Millenson

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

Health Elizabeth Cooney

Predicting preeclampsia from a blood test holds promise for pregnancy complications

First Opinion Robert Truog

New guidelines on severe brain injury complicate already difficult decisions

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Health Jeff Allen and Lisa Lacasse

Better lab test standards can ensure precision medicine is truly precise

First Opinion H. Gilbert Welch

Congress should not compel Medicare to pay for liquid biopsies

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Business Jonathan Wosen

STAT Plus: Illumina wins case against FTC in bid to hold onto early cancer detection company Grail

First Opinion Robert B. Darnell

PCR testing can help clarify confusion over Covid-19 rebound and isolation

Hospitals Tara Bannow

STAT Plus: Justice Department says sweeping lab test fraud in Texas involved dozens of doctors and front companies

Biotech Jonathan Wosen

STAT Plus: ‘No real clear path’: Insurance coverage for cutting-edge diagnostics remains a major challenge for personalized medicine

Biotech Jonathan Wosen

STAT Plus: With milestones on the horizon, Guardant Health CEOs lay out their vision for cancer detection

Politics Nicholas Florko

STAT Plus: FDA asks Congress for more power to regulate certain diagnostic tests, including prenatal screenings

First Opinion Paul R. Michel

The Supreme Court is partly to blame for the Covid-19 test kit shortage

First Opinion Yonatan Adiri

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

Health Rachel Cohrs

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

First Opinion Jeff Fischer

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

First Opinion H. Gilbert Welch and Barnett Kramer

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

Health Tech Katie Palmer

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

Health Andrew Joseph, Helen Branswell, Nicholas Florko and Lev Facher

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

First Opinion David Stein

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

First Opinion Atul Grover and Heather Pierce

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

Health Lev Facher

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

Health Andrew Joseph

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

First Opinion Amy Lauren Fairchild and Samuel S. Malloy

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

First Opinion Glenda V. Roberts

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

Health Nicholas St. Fleur and Eric Boodman

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

Health Tech Kate Sheridan

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

Health Tech Maddie Bender

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

A STAT Investigation Eric Boodman

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