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Briefing: Early signs of Alzheimer’s often go undetected. These researchers want to change that

Strategic angle: Using AI to analyze changes in brain scans can predict Alzheimer’s with nearly 93 percent accuracy, scientists say.

Editorial Staff Mar 30

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Briefing: Lead still raises risk of heart disease, years after exposure, study warns

Strategic angle: A JAMA study details how lead lingers in the body and how it can elevate blood pressure, harm blood vessel lining, and raise risk of heart attack.

Editorial Staff Mar 30

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Briefing: The omnipresent power of health care jobs

Strategic angle: The American workforce has grown in large part thanks to the health care industry, but one key sector is cutting back.

Editorial Staff Mar 30

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Briefing: Biogen Lupus Drug Shows Promise in Mid-Stage Study

Strategic angle: The drug demonstrates improved skin clearance, marking a significant advancement in lupus treatment.

Editorial Staff Mar 30

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Briefing: Raw dairy co. refutes connection to E. coli outbreak

Strategic angle: The next CDC director role, health care giants trimming jobs, and more news from Morning Rounds

Editorial Staff Mar 30

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Briefing: Trump Pushes Drug Pricing Policy Amid Biotech Developments

Strategic angle: The White House shares legislative text on drug pricing with major pharmaceutical companies.

Editorial Staff Mar 30

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Briefing: 7 Big Challenges for the Next CDC Director

Strategic angle: Whoever takes over the CDC next will face immediate and enormous challenges. Here are a few.

Editorial Staff Mar 30

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Briefing: Health care jobs growth is stagnating at the biggest for-profit firms

Strategic angle: Major health insurers are trimming jobs, and Medicaid cuts could soon force hospitals to lay off workers.

Editorial Staff Mar 30

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Briefing: Opinion: Remembering public health pioneer Barry Bloom: a scientist, a mentor, a mensch

Strategic angle: Marc Lipsitch and Yonatan Grad pay tribute to their former colleague and mentor Barry R. Bloom.

Editorial Staff Mar 30

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Briefing: Opinion: STAT+: Washington is on the verge of true PBM reform

Strategic angle: Like it or not, PBMs are fiduciaries.

Editorial Staff Mar 30

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Briefing: Medicaid Enrollment and Unwinding Tracker

Strategic angle: This tracker presents the most recent Medicaid data on renewals and disenrollments available for each state as well as monthly enrollment data during the unwinding period.

Editorial Staff Mar 27

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Briefing: Amid focus on food, FDA leader briefs lawmakers on priorities

Strategic angle: Infant formula safety, updating labels, defining ultraprocessed foods, and expanding inspections of processing plants are among the priorities.

Editorial Staff Mar 27

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Briefing: U.S. Global Health Country-Level Funding Tracker

Strategic angle: This tracker provides U.S. global health funding data by program area and country.

Editorial Staff Mar 27

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Briefing: White House Works to Win Pharma Support for Drug Pricing Bill

Strategic angle: The White House is working to build support for drug pricing legislation, part of an election year focus on affordability.

Editorial Staff Mar 27

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Briefing: China’s Biotech Boom is Rewriting Everything

Strategic angle: How China's biotech boom is transforming the landscape of global science collaboration amidst an NIH crackdown.

Editorial Staff Mar 27

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NIH Restrictions Impact 1 in 4 U.S. Scientists

A significant number of NIH-funded scientists report adverse effects from new restrictions on foreign research partnerships.

Editorial Staff Mar 27

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Briefing: STAT+: Up and down the ladder: The latest comings and goings

Strategic angle: From new hires to departures, promotions and transfers, here are the latest comings and goings in the pharmaceutical industry.

Editorial Staff Mar 27

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Briefing: Novo Nordisk Boosts Consumer Focus with New Board Appointment

Strategic angle: Pharmalittle highlights Novo Nordisk's strategic move to enhance consumer engagement by appointing a new board observer.

Editorial Staff Mar 27

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Briefing: One or Two Health Systems Controlled the Entire Market for Inpatient Hospital Care in Nearly Half of Metropolitan Areas in 2024

Strategic angle: This analysis examines the competitiveness of markets for hospital care and finds that nearly half of metropolitan areas across the country had only one or two hospitals or health systems providing general inpatient hospital care in 2024.

Editorial Staff Mar 27

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Briefing: Decades after Vietnam War, research links Agent Orange exposure to MDS blood cancer

Strategic angle: A new study establishes a connection between Agent Orange and MDS blood cancers, potentially aiding veterans in receiving assistance.

Editorial Staff Mar 27