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STAT+: Medicare to expand its pilot that pays for technology to manage chronic diseases
A recently-launched Medicare experiment that pays for technology to help people manage chronic conditions is expanding.…
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HexemBio raises $15.5m to rejuvenate aging stem cells
Berkeley biotech’s stem cell rejuvenation platform, built for transplant medicine, is branching into an injectable and a…
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FDA approves ISEMBYLD to treat spinal muscular atrophy
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved ISEMBYLD (apitegromab-mstn) to treat spinal muscular atrophy in adults an…
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STAT+: FDA takes applications for new program to shorten drug approval times
The FDA is opening applications for a pilot program designed to shorten drug approval timelines and help the U.S. compet…
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STAT+: Obesity drugmakers are testing in kids as young as 6
Vera seeks kidney drug approval, early data from Syntis Bio, and other biotech news from The Readout…
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STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about a GSK deal for a drug from China, job losses in the U.S., and more
GSK has continued its drive to bulk up its pipeline, taking global rights to a multiple myeloma treatment developed in C…
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STAT+: New documents reveal problems with Medicare’s prior-authorization pilot
In this edition of STAT Health Tech: The rushed launch of Medicare's AI prior-authorization pilot, policy hints from FDA…
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Businesses can now apply for NIH funding
RFK Jr. to speak at Children's Health Defense conference, how to protect your heart in outer space, and more health news…
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Asymptomatic Persistent Infection as a Contribution to Degenerative Aging
Persistent infections such as cytomegalovirus and other herpesviruses most likely accelerate aging, primarily via harmfu…
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P2RX7 Antagonism Reduces Macrophage Senescence in the Aging Kidney
Cells become senescent constantly throughout life in response to various forms of damage and stress, ceasing replication…
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STAT+: Vera kidney drug Trutakna shows strong final results in Phase 3 trial
The drug stabilized kidney function and reduced the risk of death and other complications in IgAN patients…
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Insilico Launches AI-driven Longevity Vaccines Research for Aging-related Diseases and Human Longevity - Insilico Medicine
Insilico Launches AI-driven Longevity Vaccines Research for Aging-related Diseases and Human Longevity Insili…
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Exercise — and echocardiograms — in space protected astronauts’ hearts in study
If humans journey to Mars in 2035, exercise will be critical to keeping their hearts strong in microgravity.…
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Natural Killer Cell Dysfunction Is Emerging During Midlife Obesity
Aging Cell, Volume 25, Issue 9, September 2026.…
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STAT+: Medicare’s AI prior authorization pilot was rushed and full of problems, new documents reveal
The rushed launch of a Medicare pilot to use AI for prior authorization led to delayed care in some instances, new docum…
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Opinion: 3 lessons from the tobacco settlement on how states should use money from Meta
“Whether it’s nicotine or algorithms, the result is the same: reinforcing a behavior that is harmful to users,” writes S…
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Judge blocks Trump administration plans to limit visa length for grad students, postdocs
A federal judge halted a Trump administration plan to place a four-year cap on the kinds of visas used by graduate stude…
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Mitochondrial Performance May Strongly Influence Learning
A team of researchers has discovered that mitochondrial health and location may be critical to why cognitive plasticity …
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Abbott agrees to settlement over closure of largest baby formula plant in the U.S.
Abbott has agreed to a $385 million settlement over the closure of the largest baby formula plant in the U.S., which led…
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Midlife Growth Hormone Receptor Ablation Modestly Slows Aging in Mice
Despite considerable and growing effort put towards the development of novel means to slow and reverse aging over the pa…
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Kennedy to deliver keynote for anti-vaccine group he once led
RFK Jr. worked to distance himself from Children's Health Defense, the anti-vaccine group he once led. Now, he's deliver…
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STAT+: How $500 explains Republican health policy, and the GLP-1 Rx wave
The one health care policy Republicans agree on, and a look at how rural providers are approaching AI.…
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Can we make the brain age backwards?
A new functional brain-age clock is attempting to measure how well the brain is aging and whether interventions can chan…
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Pennsylvania officials report state’s third death involving measles
A Pennsylvania woman has died from complications associated with measles, the third death in the state this year involvi…