I treated heat stroke at the NYC Marathon. Marathons need to prepare for a climate-changed world Extreme heat is changing marathons, so medical planning needs to change, too

I treated heat stroke at the NYC Marathon. Marathons need to prepare for a climate-changed world Extreme heat is changing marathons, so medical planning needs to change, too https://www.statnews.com/2026/10/02/marathons-climate-change-extreme-heat-medical-planning/ By Vibhu KrishnaOct. 2, 2026 Krishna is a senior resident physician in the Division of Occupational, Environmental & Climate Medicine at UCSF.

Access to addiction meds for young people has improved — but retention hasn’t Research shows poor continuity of care for young people with opioid use disorder

https://www.statnews.com/2026/10/02/youth-opioid-treatment-retention-study-barriers-to-care/ By Theresa GaffneyOct. 2, 2026 Addiction Reporter

NIH rolling out streamlined website to help public find information more easily More than 700 separate websites will be folded into eight thematic hubs

https://www.statnews.com/2026/10/02/nih-launching-streamlined-website-to-help-public-find-information/ By Megan MolteniOct. 2, 2026 Science Writer

Energy drinks’ new college sports partnerships make them more dangerous than ever Physicians and parents have sounded the public health alarm, but few are paying attention

Energy drinks’ new college sports partnerships make them more dangerous than ever Physicians and parents have sounded the public health alarm, but few are paying attention https://www.statnews.com/2026/10/05/energy-drinks-public-health-college-sports-partnerships-research/ By Kent SepkowitzOct. 5, 2026 Sepkowitz is a professor emeritus of medicine at Weill-Cornell Medical College.

Vaxcyte claims success in bid to beat Pfizer and Merck in lucrative vaccine market Biotech company’s pneumococcal vaccine hit primary endpoints in late-stage study

Vaxcyte claims success in bid to beat Pfizer and Merck in lucrative vaccine market Biotech company’s pneumococcal vaccine hit primary endpoints in late-stage study https://www.statnews.com/2026/10/05/vaxcyte-pneumococcal-vaccine-study-pfizer-merck/ By Jason MastOct. 5, 2026 General Assignment Reporter

Will Claude ever win a Nobel Prize for medicine? The scientific community needs to have a serious conversation about AI, innovation, and credit

Will Claude ever win a Nobel Prize for medicine? The scientific community needs to have a serious conversation about AI, innovation, and credit https://www.statnews.com/2026/10/05/could-ai-win-nobel-prize-medicine/ By Jeffrey S. FlierOct. 5, 2026 Flier is a Harvard University distinguished service professor and the former dean of Harvard Medical School. 2026 Nobel Prize in Medicine awarded for brain research tool called optogenetics Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann, and Georg Nagel found way to use light to turn neurons on and off with precision By Annalisa MerelliOct. 5, 2026 Contributing Writer https://www.statnews.com/2026/10/05/nobel-prize-medicine-2026-winner-deisseroth-hegemann-nagel/

Are stem cells the next peptides? These advocates think RFK Jr. could make it happen Kennedy and his MAHA movement have embraced largely unproven stem cell therapies

Are stem cells the next peptides? These advocates think RFK Jr. could make it happen Kennedy and his MAHA movement have embraced largely unproven stem cell therapies https://www.statnews.com/2026/10/05/stem-cell-industry-seeks-fda-regulation-like-peptides/ By Margaret MantoOct. 5, 2026 Manto attended a conference filled with peptide proponents and spoke to regenerative medicine experts and former regulators for this article.