Merck’s experimental pill lowered bad cholesterol as much as shots
Elizabeth Cooney is a cardiovascular disease reporter at STAT, covering heart, stroke, and metabolic conditions. You can reach…
Scientists set out to map the world’s traditional food environments and their health impacts
A first-of-its-kind global review will investigate how the environments where traditional peoples live influence their diets, health, and…
Climate change poses global risk to safe blood supply
A new study published in The Lancet Planetary Health suggests a changing climate threatens the continuous availability of…
Trump policies on health, science: Some scientists fear ‘all-out war’
Public health policy became a defining — and controversial — issue for Donald Trump when the Covid-19 pandemic…