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STAT, 12 days ago to random

Extensive testing of pasteurized commercially purchased milk and other dairy products from 38 states has found no evidence of live H5N1 bird flu virus, FDA officials said.

https://www.statnews.com/2024/05/01/bird-flu-pasteurization-inactivates-h5n1-in-milk/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon_organic

STAT, 15 days ago to random

Experts say the danger associated with raw milk consumption may have gone to a whole new level as H5N1 bird flu spreads among cows.

https://www.statnews.com/2024/04/29/bird-flu-raw-milk-h5n1-risk-us-cattle/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon_organic

STAT, 19 days ago to random

“The fact that you can go into a supermarket and 30% to 40% of those samples test positive, that suggests there’s more of the virus around than is currently being recognized."

https://www.statnews.com/2024/04/25/h5n1-bird-flu-cows-outbreak-likely-widespread/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon_organic

STAT, 20 days ago to random

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has moved to try to limit the spread of the H5N1 bird flu virus among dairy cattle.

https://www.statnews.com/2024/04/24/h5n1-bird-flu-usda-orders-dairy-cow-testing/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon_organic

STAT, 20 days ago to random

Testing conducted by the FDA on pasteurized commercially purchased milk has found genetic evidence of the H5N1 bird flu virus, the agency confirmed.

https://www.statnews.com/2024/04/23/h5n1-bird-flu-virus-particles-in-pasteurized-milk-fda/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon_organic

STAT, 25 days ago to random

With H5N1 bird flu spreading to more dairy cow herds, scientists and pandemic experts in this country and abroad are calling on the U.S. government to release more information to help them assess the risk.

https://www.statnews.com/2024/04/18/h5n1-bird-flu-scientists-want-usda-genetic-data-faster/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon_organic

STAT, 1 month ago to random

The world’s first recipient of a kidney transplant from a genetically modified pig experienced a rejection episode before recovering and leaving the hospital last week.

https://www.statnews.com/2024/04/08/xenotransplantation-pig-kidney-rejection-richard-slayman/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon_organic

STAT, 1 month ago to random

Younger generations seem to be aging faster at the cellular level than their predecessors.

https://www.statnews.com/2024/04/07/cancer-rates-young-aging-cells/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon_organic

STAT, 1 month ago to news

#News: Texas health officials reported Monday that an individual who had been in contact with cattle has contracted H5N1 avian flu, only the second case ever recorded in the U.S.

https://www.statnews.com/2024/04/01/bird-flu-h5n1-spread-to-humans-dairy-cattle/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon_organic

STAT, 1 month ago to random

UnitedHealth Group has gobbled up physician practices at an astounding rate — roughly 20,000 last year alone. Most of them share a common trait: They’re independent groups, not affiliated with hospital chains.

https://www.statnews.com/2024/04/01/unitedhealth-steward-physicians-acquistion/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon_organic

STAT, 1 month ago to random

Switzerland has an opioid death rate that is roughly one-twentieth the rate in the United States. It got there by opening up treatment.

https://www.statnews.com/2024/03/26/opioid-addiction-methadone-treatment-switzerland-europe/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon_organic

STAT, 1 month ago to random

The FDA authorized a new antibody to protect immunocompromised individuals against Covid-19.

https://www.statnews.com/2024/03/22/covid-immunocompromised-antibody-protection-invivyd/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon_organic

STAT, 1 month ago to random

Opinion: I urge my colleagues to look at their preparation instructions and to consider catching up with the evidence — a liquid-only diet before a colonoscopy is unnecessary.

https://www.statnews.com/2024/03/19/colonoscopy-preparation-liquid-only-diet-data-gastroenterologists/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon_organic

STAT, 1 month ago to random

“We encourage researchers and policymakers alike to strive for new standards of rigor and precision in the consideration of sex in biomedical research."

https://www.statnews.com/2024/03/15/sex-research-male-female-scientists-cell/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon_organic

STAT, 2 months ago to random

“You have a medical definition of abortion; you have 50-some-odd legal definitions of abortion; and then you have a bazillion public perceptions of abortion."

https://www.statnews.com/2024/03/11/how-to-define-abortion/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon_organic

STAT, 2 months ago to random

The agency is “sunsetting” its recommendation that people sick with Covid-19 isolate themselves for five days.

https://www.statnews.com/2024/03/01/cdc-eases-isolation-guidance-for-covid-and-other-respiratory-illnesses/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon_organic

STAT, 2 months ago to random

A new study on long Covid looks at how much cognition is impaired in the months after a coronavirus infection and shows that Covid-19’s impact can be measured in the equivalent of IQ points.

https://www.statnews.com/2024/02/28/covid-19-brain-fog-nejm-study-long-covid-symptoms-iq-impact/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon_organic

STAT, 2 months ago to random

A Florida state policy set amid a measles outbreak in Broward County has vaccination proponents aghast, with many saying it leaves unvaccinated children especially vulnerable to the highly contagious disease.

https://www.statnews.com/2024/02/22/florida-policy-set-amid-measles-outbreak-alarms-vaccination-proponents/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon_organic

STAT, 2 months ago to random

Embryo loss is integral to IVF. Alabama’s ruling equating embryos with children jeopardizes its practice

https://www.statnews.com/2024/02/22/alabama-frozen-embryo-ruling-threatens-ivf-clinics/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon_organic

STAT, 2 months ago to random

‘All of Us’ reports half of the genomes it has sequenced are from non-Europeans

https://www.statnews.com/2024/02/19/all-of-us-nih-half-of-genomes-from-non-europeans/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon_organic

STAT, 2 months ago to random

Public health messages have told us for decades that if you smoke, you should quit. And if you don’t smoke, don’t start. But a new study suggests smoking may be even worse than we thought.

https://www.statnews.com/2024/02/14/smoking-hurts-immune-response-after-quitting-study/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon_organic

STAT, 3 months ago to random

A new study has shown that people vaccinated against Ebola who still developed the disease had a substantially lower risk of dying than people who were not vaccinated.

https://www.statnews.com/2024/02/12/ebola-vaccine-new-study/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon_organic

STAT, 3 months ago to random

Can exercise help treat long Covid?
https://www.statnews.com/2024/02/07/can-exercise-help-treat-long-covid-new-study-finds-patients-improve-with-self-paced-approach/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon_organic

STAT, 3 months ago to random

New data released by the CDC suggest that the most recent Covid-19 booster offers about 54% percent protection against infection with the virus.

https://www.statnews.com/2024/02/01/updated-covid-vaccine-effectiveness/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon_organic

STAT, 3 months ago to random

The Supreme Court will hear arguments about access to the abortion medication mifepristone on March 26.

https://www.statnews.com/2024/01/29/mifepristone-scotus-abortion-pill-case-march/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon_organic