Vol. 1.6.14
Saturday, June 14, 2025
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What STAT readers think about animal testing
First Opinion is STAT’s platform for interesting, illuminating, and provocative articles about the life sciences writ large, written by biotech insiders, health care workers, researchers, and others. To encourage robust, good-faith discussion about issues raised in First Opinion essays, STAT publishes selected Letters to the Editor received in response to them. You can submit a […]
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Overdoses Involving Medetomidine Mixed with Opioids — Chicago, Illinois, May 2024
Amy Nham, PharmD1,2,*; John N. Le, PharmD1,3,*; Shawn A. Thomas, PhD1,4; Kimberly Gressick, MD1,2; Emily N. Ussery, PhD5; Jean Y. Ko, PhD5; R. Matt Gladden, PhD5; Christina A. Mikosz, MD5; Joshua G. Schier, MD5; Alana Vivolo-Kantor, PhD5; Maria Fiorillo, MPH2; McKenna McMaster, MPH2; Darlene Nolasco Magana, MBA, MPH2; Livia Verklan-McInnes2; Michael Wahl, MD6; Taylor Wood7; […]
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Amazon restructures health division amid leadership shakeup: 6 things to know – Becker’s Hospital Review
Amazon is overhauling its health division, Amazon Health Services, in a move aimed at simplifying its structure, CNBC reported June 13. Here are six things to know: In a statement to CNBC, Amazon said it is dividing Amazon Health Services into six new business units. These six groups — referred to by the company as […]
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Flawed Report Aims to Undercut Established Research on Abortion Pill Safety, Plus How a Federal Initiative to Study Autism May Overemphasize Environmental Toxins — The Monitor
Flawed EPPC Report Aims to Cast Doubt on Long-Standing Research Documenting Abortion Pill Safety Peter Dazeley / Getty Images An April report from the Ethics and Public Policy Center (EPPC), which has been met with criticism over its methodological rigor and lack of data transparency, has led to renewed calls for the FDA to restrict […]
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AMA resolution calls for broader access to GLP-1 medications
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23andMe is won back by Anne Wojcicki and will become a nonprofit
A nonprofit led by Anne Wojcicki, the co-founder and long-time CEO of genetic data firm 23andMe, won a last-minute bidding war to buy most of the company’s assets for a price of $305 million, the company said in a press release. The news, reported first by the Wall Street Journal, comes less than a month […]
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Antiretroviral Postexposure Prophylaxis After Sexual, Injection Drug Use, or Other Nonoccupational Exposure to HIV — CDC Recommendations, United States, 2025
Recommendations The following section provides recommendations to clinicians from the beginning of the nPEP evaluation to the completion of nPEP therapy (Box 2). “HIV nPEP Indications” details the situations in which nPEP should and should not be administered. “Time to Initiation of HIV nPEP” stresses rapid initiation of nPEP and explains the rationale behind this […]
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What health system CEOs can learn from challenging moments – Becker’s Hospital Review
Some of the most difficult moments CEOs have faced in their careers have left them with leadership lessons — including the importance of teamwork and resilience. Becker’s recently connected with three health system CEOs, who shared what they learned from a challenging time — and what proved to be most important. 1. Collaboration and community. […]
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ACIP, CDC, and Insurance Coverage of Vaccines in the United States
As the Trump administration moves to institute changes to the process by which vaccines are recommended for the U.S. public, as well as the actual recommendations themselves, consumers could lose access to no-cost health insurance coverage of vaccines. This is due to the fact that several laws and regulations tie such coverage to recommendations made […]