Rick Slayman, the first man to receive a kidney transplant from a genetically engineered pig, has died, according to a statement from his family and Massachusetts General Hospital, where he underwent the historic operation in March. “Our family is deeply saddened about the sudden passing of our beloved Rick but take great comfort knowing he inspired...

To encourage robust, good-faith discussion about difficult issues, STAT publishes selected Letters to the Editor received in response to First Opinion essays. Today’s edition is a bit different: a letter about an essay on blood tests for detecting hidden colorectal cancer and a response from the essay’s author. Submit a Letter to the Editor here, or...

WASHINGTON — The federal government will provide livestock farms as much as $28,000 apiece to bolster protective measures and testing for the avian flu virus spreading among dairy cows, officials said Friday. The Agriculture Department also allotted $98 million to aid states restricting the interstate movement of affected cattle, and health officials...

About 10 years ago, a small piece of human brain arrived in the lab of Dr. Jeffrey Lichtman at Harvard. It came directly from an operating room of a nearby hospital, where it was excised from an epilepsy patient undergoing a procedure to reduce her seizures. In the years that followed, Lichtman’s team methodically reconstructed the byzantine wiring...

Hired someone new and exciting? Promoted a rising star? Finally solved that hard-to-fill spot? Share the news with us, and we’ll share it with others. That’s right. Send us your changes, and we’ll find a home for them. Don’t be shy. Everyone wants to know who is coming and going. And here is our regular feature in which we highlight a different person...

Hello there and happy Friday from STAT’s London outpost, where the weekend is mere hours away. STAT reporter Andrew Joseph here, filling in for Mr. Pharmalot for the day. Spring has fully sprung here in the U.K., and our weekend plans include plenty of park time, and if we’re being honest, likely some time at the pub as well. Wishing you all sunny days...