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First Opinion By Elliott J. Millenson Containing Covid-19 requires rapid tests that are highly sensitive to infections. Why is the FDA asking for something different?
Health By Elizabeth Cooney Predicting preeclampsia from a blood test holds promise for pregnancy complications
Health By Kate Sheridan This California company has a better version of a simpler, faster Covid-19 test
Health By Kate Sheridan This tiny Texas company is running most of the drive-thru Covid-19 testing in the U.S.
First Opinion By Yonatan Adiri Antigen testing has some serious problems. Done right, it could reshape the future of health care
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
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 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 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