Alex Hogan
@alexhogan.bsky.social
Senior Multimedia Producer and host of STATus Report www.statnews.com www.youtube.com/@statnews
Vital reporting from @danielpayne.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2026/02/03/i...
Fearing ICE crackdown, immigrants nationally are avoiding treatment, sometimes with dire consequences
Doctors nationally are describing harrowing consequences for patients who put off medical care because of fears of ICE.
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February 3, 2026 at 8:26 PM
Vital reporting from @danielpayne.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2026/02/03/i...
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New: Inside the rise + fall of Opvee, the powerful overdose-reversal medication that Indivior hoped would replace Narcan. Instead, two years after its launch, it's effectively off the market, thanks largely to intense pushback from harm reduction groups. More here:
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How Opvee, Indivior’s powerful overdose antidote, went bust
Opvee reverses opioid overdose more quickly than Narcan. It also can cause withdrawal symptoms. Harm reduction advocates fought it, and won.
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January 29, 2026 at 5:05 PM
New: Inside the rise + fall of Opvee, the powerful overdose-reversal medication that Indivior hoped would replace Narcan. Instead, two years after its launch, it's effectively off the market, thanks largely to intense pushback from harm reduction groups. More here:
www.statnews.com/2026/01/29/w...
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An explainer by @alexhogan.bsky.social of why there’s a wide array of gray market products alongside motor oil and snacks www.statnews.com/2026/01/28/h...
How 'gas station drugs' remain legal
How did gas stations became the perfect marketplace for quasi-legal drugs? STAT's Alex Hogan explains on STATus Report.
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January 28, 2026 at 4:48 PM
An explainer by @alexhogan.bsky.social of why there’s a wide array of gray market products alongside motor oil and snacks www.statnews.com/2026/01/28/h...
You can buy a whole host of sketchy drugs at many gas stations. I wondered why gas stations, of all places, were the premier destination for people seeking quasi-legal recreational (or knockoff pharmaceutical) drugs. I dig into why in this week's @statnews.com STATus Report. youtu.be/4QsVjgIWVZs
January 28, 2026 at 2:31 PM
You can buy a whole host of sketchy drugs at many gas stations. I wondered why gas stations, of all places, were the premier destination for people seeking quasi-legal recreational (or knockoff pharmaceutical) drugs. I dig into why in this week's @statnews.com STATus Report. youtu.be/4QsVjgIWVZs
Next week is the "Super Bowl of biotech," the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco. Big news in the biopharma space often breaks at JPM, so I talked to @statnews.com reporters Allison DeAngelis and Damian Garde about what they're keeping an eye out for at #JPM26
January 9, 2026 at 12:45 AM
Next week is the "Super Bowl of biotech," the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco. Big news in the biopharma space often breaks at JPM, so I talked to @statnews.com reporters Allison DeAngelis and Damian Garde about what they're keeping an eye out for at #JPM26
Trying to make videos about health care news in the year of our lord 2025 😩
December 17, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Trying to make videos about health care news in the year of our lord 2025 😩
In this week's @statnews.com STATus Report, I wander around the comically enormous Orange County Convention Center in Orlando for the recently-wrapped 2025 ASH meeting.
December 11, 2025 at 10:35 AM
In this week's @statnews.com STATus Report, I wander around the comically enormous Orange County Convention Center in Orlando for the recently-wrapped 2025 ASH meeting.
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Top drug regulator Richard Pazdur set to leave the FDA
@alexhogan.bsky.social has the breakdown
@alexhogan.bsky.social has the breakdown
December 2, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Top drug regulator Richard Pazdur set to leave the FDA
@alexhogan.bsky.social has the breakdown
@alexhogan.bsky.social has the breakdown
STAT's @lizzylawrence.bsky.social had quite a scoop this morning- the FDA's top regulator is retiring after just under a month on the job. @statnews.com www.statnews.com/2025/12/02/r...
December 2, 2025 at 7:36 PM
STAT's @lizzylawrence.bsky.social had quite a scoop this morning- the FDA's top regulator is retiring after just under a month on the job. @statnews.com www.statnews.com/2025/12/02/r...
Moderna's stock priced has plummeted ~90% from it's highs during Covid. Its flagship mRNA technology being basically "under attack from Washington" certainly doesn't help. But there are other factors at play as well. @jasonmast.bsky.social and STAT's Damian Garde explain @statnews.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Moderna's stock priced has plummeted ~90% from it's highs during Covid. Its flagship mRNA technology being basically "under attack from Washington" certainly doesn't help. But there are other factors at play as well. @jasonmast.bsky.social and STAT's Damian Garde explain @statnews.com
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watch to get the context for "David Half-Asselhoff" 😆
And one more with maybe my favorite pun I've ever snuck into a video
November 5, 2025 at 8:17 PM
watch to get the context for "David Half-Asselhoff" 😆
Sometimes doctors "fake" CPR. It's called a "slow code" in medical parlance. But "slow code" is really an umbrella term for all types of insincere attempts at CPR. Here's a clip from my new @statnews.com video on the topic
November 5, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Sometimes doctors "fake" CPR. It's called a "slow code" in medical parlance. But "slow code" is really an umbrella term for all types of insincere attempts at CPR. Here's a clip from my new @statnews.com video on the topic
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What is "fake" CPR, and why do doctors sometimes do it? STAT's @alexhogan.bsky.social explains in this week's episode of STATus Report.
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What is 'fake' CPR, and why do doctors sometimes do it?
What is "fake" CPR, and why do doctors sometimes do it? STAT's Alex Hogan explains in this week's episode of STATus Report.
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November 5, 2025 at 6:26 PM
What is "fake" CPR, and why do doctors sometimes do it? STAT's @alexhogan.bsky.social explains in this week's episode of STATus Report.
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We're (officially) launching STATus Report, a new video series from @statnews.com ! If you'd like to learn about "genericide," why Novo Nordisk sells the exact same drug under two trademarks, or see me do a "backside Fahrvergnügen" on rollerblades, check it out today's episode! youtu.be/XKjoo1aS2Bg
What do Ozempic and Rollerblades have in common?
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October 29, 2025 at 3:01 PM
We're (officially) launching STATus Report, a new video series from @statnews.com ! If you'd like to learn about "genericide," why Novo Nordisk sells the exact same drug under two trademarks, or see me do a "backside Fahrvergnügen" on rollerblades, check it out today's episode! youtu.be/XKjoo1aS2Bg
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My colleague @alexhogan.bsky.social is re-launching the STATus Report — @statnews.com, but on YouTube!
In his first reboot video, he takes us to the skate park and does his own stunts, all to teach us about...Ozempic and "genericide"?
Check it out, and subscribe for videos every Wednesday!
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In his first reboot video, he takes us to the skate park and does his own stunts, all to teach us about...Ozempic and "genericide"?
Check it out, and subscribe for videos every Wednesday!
🩺🧬🧪
What do Ozempic and Rollerblades have in common?
YouTube video by STAT
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October 29, 2025 at 2:44 PM
My colleague @alexhogan.bsky.social is re-launching the STATus Report — @statnews.com, but on YouTube!
In his first reboot video, he takes us to the skate park and does his own stunts, all to teach us about...Ozempic and "genericide"?
Check it out, and subscribe for videos every Wednesday!
🩺🧬🧪
In his first reboot video, he takes us to the skate park and does his own stunts, all to teach us about...Ozempic and "genericide"?
Check it out, and subscribe for videos every Wednesday!
🩺🧬🧪
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Let STAT's @alexhogan.bsky.social explain what is happening at the CDC.
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What is happening at the CDC?
A lot has happened at the CDC in the past week. Get caught up with a quick video explainer in this week's installment of STATus Report.
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September 5, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Let STAT's @alexhogan.bsky.social explain what is happening at the CDC.
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The CDC has a full-blown crisis on its hands. A *lot* happened at the agency in the last week. In this new video, I break down the wild sequence of firings and resignations, and the aftermath. I also learn why it is "Centers," plural (kinda obvious in retrospect.) @statnews.com youtu.be/hzc4YX39ry0
The crisis at CDC, explained
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September 4, 2025 at 6:33 PM
The CDC has a full-blown crisis on its hands. A *lot* happened at the agency in the last week. In this new video, I break down the wild sequence of firings and resignations, and the aftermath. I also learn why it is "Centers," plural (kinda obvious in retrospect.) @statnews.com youtu.be/hzc4YX39ry0
New video- @brittanytrang.com just wrote a great new piece about how the use of AI by doctors could increase medical bills. She joined me to talk about it in the newest STATus Report. @statnews.com
August 20, 2025 at 3:52 PM
New video- @brittanytrang.com just wrote a great new piece about how the use of AI by doctors could increase medical bills. She joined me to talk about it in the newest STATus Report. @statnews.com
Last Tuesday, RFK Jr. announced $500 million in cuts to mRNA research. He made the announcement with a short video post on X, and in this week's episode of STATus Report, @aniloza.bsky.social joins me to break it down in detail. @statnews.com
August 13, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Last Tuesday, RFK Jr. announced $500 million in cuts to mRNA research. He made the announcement with a short video post on X, and in this week's episode of STATus Report, @aniloza.bsky.social joins me to break it down in detail. @statnews.com
STAT reporter @matthewherper.bsky.social and I met with @billgates.bsky.social this morning in Boston. Here's what his had to say about the role of his foundation amid deep U.S. spending cuts to aid. @statnews.com
August 4, 2025 at 3:56 PM
STAT reporter @matthewherper.bsky.social and I met with @billgates.bsky.social this morning in Boston. Here's what his had to say about the role of his foundation amid deep U.S. spending cuts to aid. @statnews.com
Sarepta and the FDA have gone back and forth over the last two weeks about which patients can access the gene therapy Elevidys. It's been a confusing, whiplash-inducing saga. I broke down the whole timeline, from its 1st approval to news that broke last night. youtu.be/XXf1KoOAhBw @statnews.com
The story of Sarepta's Duchenne gene therapy
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July 30, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Sarepta and the FDA have gone back and forth over the last two weeks about which patients can access the gene therapy Elevidys. It's been a confusing, whiplash-inducing saga. I broke down the whole timeline, from its 1st approval to news that broke last night. youtu.be/XXf1KoOAhBw @statnews.com
I had just finished editing a new video on all the latest twists and turns with Sarepta's gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy, when news broke that Vinay Prasad, the FDA official overseeing it, was out. Full video tomorrow! @statnews.com
July 30, 2025 at 1:55 AM
I had just finished editing a new video on all the latest twists and turns with Sarepta's gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy, when news broke that Vinay Prasad, the FDA official overseeing it, was out. Full video tomorrow! @statnews.com
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STAT's @alexhogan.bsky.social goes on a Make America Healthy Again food crawl.
See what he discovered: www.statnews.com/2025/07/23/m...
See what he discovered: www.statnews.com/2025/07/23/m...
July 27, 2025 at 6:43 PM
STAT's @alexhogan.bsky.social goes on a Make America Healthy Again food crawl.
See what he discovered: www.statnews.com/2025/07/23/m...
See what he discovered: www.statnews.com/2025/07/23/m...
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STAT's extremely fun @alexhogan.bsky.social tries beef tallow fries and compares cane sugar Coke to corn-syrup Coke in his latest video:
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Putting MAHA-inspired foods to the test
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July 23, 2025 at 2:38 PM
STAT's extremely fun @alexhogan.bsky.social tries beef tallow fries and compares cane sugar Coke to corn-syrup Coke in his latest video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCib...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCib...
MAHA prefers Coke with cane sugar, fries made with beef tallow, and ice cream with no synthetic dyes. Experts say those ingredients don't really make the foods any healthier. But what *I* wanted to know is if they made them taste any better. So I went on a mini MAHA food crawl for @statnews.com
July 23, 2025 at 1:25 PM
MAHA prefers Coke with cane sugar, fries made with beef tallow, and ice cream with no synthetic dyes. Experts say those ingredients don't really make the foods any healthier. But what *I* wanted to know is if they made them taste any better. So I went on a mini MAHA food crawl for @statnews.com