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STAT+ | Tracking RFK Jr.’s promises to remake health in America

STAT introduces a goal and promises tracker for Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s Make America Healthy Again movement — successes, incompletes, fails.

By Isabella Cueto and J. Emory Parker

How the myth that nicotine causes cancer is hurting public health

Misconceptions about nicotine and cancer keep smokers away from less-risky products, and nicotine-infused products are popping up in unexpected areas.

By Sarah Todd

Covid-19 falls off list of top 10 causes of death in U.S.

New CDC data on leading causes of death reveal changing risks and troubling trends. Suicide enters top 10, heart disease and cancer remain first and second.

By Elizabeth Cooney

Adobe

Opinion: I created my own AI medical team. It changed the way doctors treat my cancer

After being diagnosed with an aggressive form of blood cancer, I created my own virtual medical team. It showed what my doctors had missed.

By Steve Brown

STAT+ | Novo Nordisk to cut 11% of workforce as it seeks to regain competitive edge

The cuts come as Novo seeks to regain its edge in the obesity market. The maker of Wegovy has seen increasing competition from Eli Lilly.

By Andrew Joseph

STAT+ | Merck halts U.K. research operations and bails on new facility in London

The pharma industry has grown increasingly frustrated with what it says is the U.K.’s failure to support the industry and pay the prices that are warranted.

By Andrew Joseph

Courtesy Michelle Patroni

Opinion: The diagnosis that saved me — and may have misled my mother to her death

The misdiagnosis that saved my life may influenced my mother’s decision to delay radiation and chemotherapy.

By Michelle Patroni

Robotic device could make intubation faster and easier for first responders, small study suggests

The research became unexpectedly personal for the lead author, when his cousin died in a motorcycle accident

By Jonathan Wosen