February 17, 2026
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STAT+ | In a financial pinch, major health insurers are turning to AI for help

Health insurers promise artificial intelligence will result in frictionless care, but providers have concerns about denials and lack of transparency.

By Casey Ross


STAT+ | As China’s drug industry races ahead, its GLP-1 race is accelerating too

Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly still enjoy advantages, but there could be early cracks in their dominance, analysts say.

By Brian Yang


STAT+ | Compass says its psilocybin drug helped patients with severe depression in two trials

The treatment, called COMP360, is intended to treat severe depression. It could be the first psilocybin-based medicine on the market.

By Elaine Chen



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Opinion: AMA CEO: Deepfake doctors are a threat to public health

American Medical Association CEO John Whyte on the threat posed by AI scams using the faces and voices of real physicians.

By John Whyte


Opinion: When IV opioids are in short supply at the hospital, who gets pain relief?

Health care needs an ethical framework for determining who gets pain medication during drug shortages.

By Parker Crutchfield, Casey Chmura, and Abram Brummett


STAT+ | Ocular’s experimental eye drug beats low dose of Regeneron’s Eylea in late-stage trial

Ocular now plans to apply for FDA approval, but whether doctors and insurers will favor its new drug is an open question.

By Adam Feuerstein


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