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Hospitals Bob Herman

STAT Plus: Hospitals say peak labor costs are behind them

Business Tara Bannow

STAT Plus: Study finds heavier reliance on nurse practitioners, physician assistants after private equity takeovers

Living With Isabella Cueto

‘I want people to see us’: A writer gives voice to long Covid and mothering from bed

Biotech Adam Feuerstein

STAT Plus: FDA approves Alzheimer’s drug shown to moderately slow cognitive decline in early stages of the disease

First Opinion Kiltesh Patel

STAT Plus: Health record interoperability needs to include dental health records

Biotech Jason Mast

STAT Plus: As FDA considers new Alzheimer’s drug, a case study details safety concerns

Exclusive Theresa Gaffney

STAT Plus: Backed by a longtime mental health leader, a new startup aims to build support for serious mental illness

Biotech Brittany Trang

STAT Plus: Gene therapy trial shows promise for treating ‘bubble boy’ syndrome. Now comes the hard part

Health Tech Mario Aguilar

STAT Plus: Medicare’s home hospital program may soon get a lifeline from Congress. Can it prove its worth?

First Opinion Amar Kelkar, Julie Kanter and Payal Desai

Specialized centers can help realign the U.S.’s moral compass for sickle cell disease

Health Eric Boodman

Every kick, a reminder: in post-Roe California, a painful wait before ending a wanted pregnancy

Health Jayne Williamson-Lee

From the World Cup to the Olympics, sports medicine is racing to improve how injuries are treated

First Opinion Trisha S. Pasricha

The art of the ‘deceased note’: A physician grapples with documenting patients’ final moments

Health Elizabeth Cooney

Death certificate records of long Covid are a ‘floor of an estimate,’ experts say

Health Lauran Neergaard — Associated Press

Huge U.S. study starts sharing gene findings with volunteers

Insurance Bob Herman

STAT Plus: The health insurer will see you now: How UnitedHealth is keeping more profits, as your doctor

Business Tara Bannow

Medical malpractice lawsuits, delayed by the pandemic, are hitting hospitals harder than expected

Health Tech Brittany Trang

STAT Plus: ‘A constant information lag’: The troubled recall of Philips CPAP machines underscores flaws in device oversight

Health Tech Jayne Williamson-Lee

STAT Plus: ‘The more voice, the better’: How tech could bring a fuller picture of living with a disability to health records

Living With Isabella Cueto

Lessons from a thriving physical therapist to a younger self just learning about multiple sclerosis

Health Angus Chen

STAT Plus: Q&A: Siddhartha Mukherjee on the rapid pace of cancer research and ‘luminous’ life of cells

Health Care Tara Bannow

STAT Plus: UPMC, Advocate Aurora, Duke fighting lawsuits over use of Meta’s tracking tool

Health Brian Melley — Associated Press

A jury finds NCAA is not to blame in lawsuit over football player’s death after repeated head trauma

Health Ambar Castillo

‘Mass incarceration is one of the greatest health challenges of our time’: MacArthur ‘genius’ Emily Wang on building solutions

Health Katherine Harmon Courage

A simple screening question could help millions of women prevent cardiovascular disease. Why aren’t we using it?

Health Brittany Trang

Why doesn’t the U.S. have at-home flu tests?

Health Tech Casey Ross

STAT Plus: A CEO’s plan to monetize health data rescued from IBM Watson’s wreckage

Health Jessica Bartlett — Boston Globe

STAT Plus: She was a celebrated oncologist. Why did she hide her breast cancer until it was too late?

Insurance Tara Bannow

STAT Plus: With VillageMD investment, Cigna bets on value-based care for a younger, healthier crowd