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Health Associated Press

Over-the-counter hearing aids expected this fall in U.S.

Politics Rachel Cohrs

STAT Plus: Cancer patient who devoted six years to drug pricing reform isn’t done yet

Hospitals Edward Chen

Access to trauma care is improving across the country, but progress remains uneven

In the Lab Edward Chen

With the help of a sticky, stretchy material, scientists design a continuous ultrasound system

Health Tech Casey Ross

STAT Plus: Top IQVIA lawyer declines to discuss Experian relationship, but pledges Americans’ medical secrets are safe

A STAT Investigation Casey Ross

STAT Plus: Internal documents show privacy lapses at a data powerhouse that holds health records and consumer information on millions of Americans

Health Elissa Welle

Daily Vitamin D supplements don’t lower risk of bone fractures, study finds

Politics Edward Chen

STAT Plus: ‘Critically important work’: Adm. Rachel Levine on efforts to combat gender-based discrimination in health care

A STAT Investigation Olivia Goldhill

Encouraged by right-wing doctor groups, desperate patients turn to ivermectin for long Covid

Health Bob Herman

Collateral damage of the Fed’s interest rate hikes: People who put medical bills on credit cards

Health Tech Tara Bannow

STAT Plus: Amazon has big ambitions in primary care. One Medical is just the latest piece of its plan

Health Elizabeth Cooney

‘There’s no one long Covid’: Experts struggle to make sense of the continuing mystery

Health Tech Mohana Ravindranath, Casey Ross and Bob Herman

STAT Plus: 5 burning questions about Amazon’s $3.9 billion acquisition of One Medical

Health Edward Chen

As diabetes during pregnancy grows more common, experts point to a need for preventive care

Health Theresa Gaffney

At a 988 call center, volunteers embrace a new number while providing familiar hope

Health Elissa Welle

FDA approves first at-home therapy for skin repigmentation in vitiligo patients

First Opinion Hoangmai Pham and Michael O. Leavitt

Empower primary care with adequate payments and technology

Health Tech Katie Palmer

STAT Plus: One health system’s six-year odyssey to meet its patients’ needs outside the clinic

Health Elissa Welle

They blazed a trail by having their brains linked to computers. Now they want to help shape the field’s future

Special Report Eric Boodman

In the label ‘adult failure to thrive,’ medicine reveals its own failures

Biotech Jason Mast

STAT Plus: Beyond a CRISPR treatment’s encouraging results, some scientists see a need for more data on risk

First Opinion A. Ian Wong

The accuracy of pulse oximeters shouldn’t depend on a person’s skin color

Health Eric Boodman

In a doctor’s suspicion after a miscarriage, a glimpse of expanding medical mistrust

Health Katherine Gilyard

Placebo response reveals unconscious bias among white patients toward female, Black physicians

First Opinion Wylecia Wiggs Harris and Tom Cox

A national patient ID is essential for patient safety

First Opinion Christi A. Grimm, Ruth Ann Dorrill and Julie K. Taitsman

New report: gains in patient safety have stalled over the past decade

Health Edward Chen

Language barriers keep parents from asking questions about their children’s care, study finds

First Opinion Zeenia Framroze

Understanding long Covid will take the lived experiences of long haulers

Health Angus Chen

Many Black cancer patients say they aren’t offered the chance at clinical trials, survey finds