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Healthcare Challenges and Innovations

Updated 2026-08-13 08:40 UTC 1 source Neutral

Several articles in STAT News discuss the challenges of vaccine misinformation, new fertility options for cancer survivors, and California’s efforts to make insulin more affordable. These pieces highlight ongoing issues and potential solutions within the healthcare sector.

Coverage timeline — 6 articles

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Opinion: STAT+: Cardiology’s finally prioritizing prevention — but what will it look like?

Prevention is normally relegated to the periphery of national medical conferences. Not anymore.

2026-04-02 08:30 UTC

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Opinion: Medical misinformation wins when patients can’t see their doctors

Desperate patients, unable to get timely doctors’ appointments, seek help wherever they can find it.

2026-04-02 08:30 UTC

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Opinion: I’ve seen what life is like without vaccines. Americans need to understand what they save us from

“The ability to prevent a deadly infectious disease is an extraordinary privilege,” writes infectious disease physician Krutika Kuppalli.

2026-08-13 08:30 UTC

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Opinion: How to disrupt the health misinformation business model

One way to fight medical misinformation: make it easier for people to understand when they are being manipulated, write Paul Martin Jensen and Avi Tuschman.

2026-08-13 08:30 UTC

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STAT+: As young people increasingly get cancer, new fertility options are changing their futures

New technologies, cancer doctors, and reproductive specialists are working to give more patients a chance to have children post-treatment.

2026-08-13 08:30 UTC

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STAT+: Newsom promotes affordable insulin, but California’s generic label is off to a slow start

Gov. Gavin Newsom is focused on making health care affordable, but his CalRx insulin has been slow to reach patients.

2026-08-13 08:30 UTC