1+ day, 14+ hour ago   (529+ words) WASHINGTON — The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services this week released guidance for states allowing them to use a “tier system” to determine which Medicaid recipients are too ill to work or volunteer at least 20 hours per week. The decision,…...

1+ day, 18+ hour ago   (743+ words) By Chelsea Cirruzzo, Helen Branswell, and Elizabeth Cooney Good morning. Chelsea Cirruzzo here. Today we remember 25 years since the 9/11 terrorist attacks. While I was too young to have many recollections of the attack, I did grow up in New York…...

2+ day, 12+ hour ago   (293+ words) Platinum-based chemotherapy — in particular cisplatin and carboplatin — are a lifeline for children with certain cancers. These treatments, for instance, transformed the prognosis of hepatoblastoma, a rare cancer of the liver that is the most commonly diagnosed in childhood, from a…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (144+ words) STAT is a media company focused on finding and telling compelling stories about health, medicine, and scientific discovery. We produce daily news, investigative articles, and narrative projects in addition to multimedia features, podcasts, and opinion pieces. We tell our stories…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (616+ words) OK, here’s the news, including three AI-related items. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services head Mehmet Oz and other Trump administration officials are touting artificial intelligence as a game-changing force for rural health. But some rural hospitals are skeptical the…...

2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (1351+ words) Payne traveled to Maine and Louisiana to report on rural health systems and interviewed health AI experts and vendors for this story. It is the fourth installment in STAT’s Unraveled series, which explores the consequences of President Trump’s unprecedented cuts…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (270+ words) STAT is a media company focused on finding and telling compelling stories about health, medicine, and scientific discovery. We produce daily news, investigative articles, and narrative projects in addition to multimedia features, podcasts, and opinion pieces. We tell our stories…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (422+ words) By Ezekiel J. Emanuel and Abe Baker-Butler Ezekiel J. Emanuel and Abe Butler-Baker have been debating the proper place for AI in medicine with American Medical Association CEO John Whyte. Now, they are taking their discussion to STAT’s First Opinion. Read Emanuel…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (1001+ words) Ezekiel J. Emanuel and Abe Butler-Baker have been debating the proper place for AI in medicine with American Medical Association CEO John Whyte. Now, they are taking their discussion to STAT’s First Opinion. Read Whyte’s essay below and read Emanuel and…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (175+ words) BOSTON — The building that houses the Brigham and Women’s Hospital emergency department opened in 2022. But by 2025, it was already too small. One early September evening, the emergency room had 59 patients — 152, if you counted everyone in the waiting room. “In terms…...