Brittany Trang
@brittanytrang.com
Health tech / AI reporter @ STAT News
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Brittany Trang
@brittanytrang.com
· Jan 14
🚨 Excited to officially announce I'm writing a new newsletter for @statnews.com!
AI Prognosis starts Feb 12. It's all about AI in healthcare, medicine & biotech.
(If you sign up before Jan 20, you'll get the first 4 issues free, even if you don't have STAT+!)
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AI Prognosis starts Feb 12. It's all about AI in healthcare, medicine & biotech.
(If you sign up before Jan 20, you'll get the first 4 issues free, even if you don't have STAT+!)
www.statnews.com/signup/ai-pr...
If you, like me, can't offer much on football but think that a fun fact about Superbowl drug ad commercials is achievable for you at your watch party:
Chek out this week's Status Report with @alexhogan.bsky.social & Damian Garde. Learn more about the FDA rules companies are trying to skirt:
Chek out this week's Status Report with @alexhogan.bsky.social & Damian Garde. Learn more about the FDA rules companies are trying to skirt:
How Super Bowl LX's drug ads skirt regulation
YouTube video by STAT
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February 8, 2026 at 8:46 PM
If you, like me, can't offer much on football but think that a fun fact about Superbowl drug ad commercials is achievable for you at your watch party:
Chek out this week's Status Report with @alexhogan.bsky.social & Damian Garde. Learn more about the FDA rules companies are trying to skirt:
Chek out this week's Status Report with @alexhogan.bsky.social & Damian Garde. Learn more about the FDA rules companies are trying to skirt:
Reposted by Brittany Trang
So about TrumpRx: We crunched the numbers today and about half of the drugs on there have cheaper generics available already. www.statnews.com/2026/02/06/t...
February 6, 2026 at 11:09 PM
So about TrumpRx: We crunched the numbers today and about half of the drugs on there have cheaper generics available already. www.statnews.com/2026/02/06/t...
Reposted by Brittany Trang
“Katie Mettler, a former chair of the Washington Post guild, said: “I’m glad Will Lewis has been fired. I wish it had happened before he fired all my friends.”” www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/t...
www.nytimes.com
February 7, 2026 at 11:10 PM
“Katie Mettler, a former chair of the Washington Post guild, said: “I’m glad Will Lewis has been fired. I wish it had happened before he fired all my friends.”” www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/t...
Proud of this contribution to today's Morning Rounds — and not just because I managed to get "squeezed from the teat of a beet" into the newsletter.
#chemistry #food #fda
#chemistry #food #fda
February 6, 2026 at 3:51 PM
Proud of this contribution to today's Morning Rounds — and not just because I managed to get "squeezed from the teat of a beet" into the newsletter.
#chemistry #food #fda
#chemistry #food #fda
Reposted by Brittany Trang
The danger of adopting a Danish-style vax schedule: "When we remove a vaccine like the meningococcal shot from the routine schedule, we aren’t just changing a line on a chart. We are inviting previously well-controlled diseases back into our high schools & colleges." www.statnews.com/2026/02/06/d...
I treated children for rotavirus in Denmark. The Danish vaccine schedule is no model for the U.S.
In Denmark, pediatrician Michael Thwing once saw nearly 20 infants admitted simultaneously with rotavirus. His experience in the U.S. has been completely different.
www.statnews.com
February 6, 2026 at 3:17 PM
The danger of adopting a Danish-style vax schedule: "When we remove a vaccine like the meningococcal shot from the routine schedule, we aren’t just changing a line on a chart. We are inviting previously well-controlled diseases back into our high schools & colleges." www.statnews.com/2026/02/06/d...
Ever wanted to hear what didn't make it into a story? I talked to @mariojoze.bsky.social about what he left out of his story exploring the unanswered questions behind Doctronic's AI prescription pilot in Utah, and what he learned.
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www.statnews.com/2026/02/04/u...
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www.statnews.com/2026/02/04/u...
The FDA questions underlying Utah’s AI prescription pilot
Brittany Trang talks to STAT's Mario Aguilar about Doctronic's Utah AI pilot and issues facing AI doctors, in this AI Prognosis.
www.statnews.com
February 4, 2026 at 9:43 PM
Ever wanted to hear what didn't make it into a story? I talked to @mariojoze.bsky.social about what he left out of his story exploring the unanswered questions behind Doctronic's AI prescription pilot in Utah, and what he learned.
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www.statnews.com/2026/02/04/u...
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www.statnews.com/2026/02/04/u...
Reposted by Brittany Trang
"Doctors nationally are describing harrowing consequences for patients who delayed seeking care or skipped it altogether..." @danielpayne.bsky.social reports on the ICE crackdown's chilling effect on immigrants seeking necessary health care. 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.
www.statnews.com
February 3, 2026 at 3:18 PM
"Doctors nationally are describing harrowing consequences for patients who delayed seeking care or skipped it altogether..." @danielpayne.bsky.social reports on the ICE crackdown's chilling effect on immigrants seeking necessary health care. www.statnews.com/2026/02/03/i...
You're tired of reading takes about Doctronic's Utah AI prescription pilot. But did you know that the company hasn't spoken to the FDA about it?
Nine policy and legal experts STAT spoke to disputed Doctronic's argument that its AI is not a medical device:
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Nine policy and legal experts STAT spoke to disputed Doctronic's argument that its AI is not a medical device:
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February 3, 2026 at 3:41 PM
You're tired of reading takes about Doctronic's Utah AI prescription pilot. But did you know that the company hasn't spoken to the FDA about it?
Nine policy and legal experts STAT spoke to disputed Doctronic's argument that its AI is not a medical device:
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Nine policy and legal experts STAT spoke to disputed Doctronic's argument that its AI is not a medical device:
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How HHS is implementing Trump AI mandates, in numbers
I take a look at the AI tools the nation's health agency is using for everything from controversial audits to helping the agency cope with layoffs & executive orders.
Full charts in the story @statnews.com:
www.statnews.com/2026/02/03/n...
I take a look at the AI tools the nation's health agency is using for everything from controversial audits to helping the agency cope with layoffs & executive orders.
Full charts in the story @statnews.com:
www.statnews.com/2026/02/03/n...
February 3, 2026 at 3:24 PM
How HHS is implementing Trump AI mandates, in numbers
I take a look at the AI tools the nation's health agency is using for everything from controversial audits to helping the agency cope with layoffs & executive orders.
Full charts in the story @statnews.com:
www.statnews.com/2026/02/03/n...
I take a look at the AI tools the nation's health agency is using for everything from controversial audits to helping the agency cope with layoffs & executive orders.
Full charts in the story @statnews.com:
www.statnews.com/2026/02/03/n...
Reposted by Brittany Trang
Do pediatricians make large profits from vaccines? We followed the money. www.statnews.com/2026/01/29/p...
Do pediatricians make large profits from vaccines?
Vaccine critics like to say that pediatricians profit from vaccines. This report found something very different.
www.statnews.com
February 1, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Do pediatricians make large profits from vaccines? We followed the money. www.statnews.com/2026/01/29/p...
Reposted by Brittany Trang
This is a targeted attack on science media.
Bhattacharya has slammed science media for what he calls biased coverage, but how are our readers — the global scientific community — supposed to understand his new agency priorities if we can't even get in the door?
Bhattacharya has slammed science media for what he calls biased coverage, but how are our readers — the global scientific community — supposed to understand his new agency priorities if we can't even get in the door?
January 30, 2026 at 6:08 PM
This is a targeted attack on science media.
Bhattacharya has slammed science media for what he calls biased coverage, but how are our readers — the global scientific community — supposed to understand his new agency priorities if we can't even get in the door?
Bhattacharya has slammed science media for what he calls biased coverage, but how are our readers — the global scientific community — supposed to understand his new agency priorities if we can't even get in the door?
Reposted by Brittany Trang
ICE used facial recognition software on a MN resident who was trailing agents in her car. Three days later she received an email from DHS saying her Global Entry and TSA travel privileges had been revoked. No explanation was provided.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/t...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/t...
How ICE Already Knows Who Minneapolis Protesters Are
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2026 at 6:00 PM
ICE used facial recognition software on a MN resident who was trailing agents in her car. Three days later she received an email from DHS saying her Global Entry and TSA travel privileges had been revoked. No explanation was provided.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/t...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/t...
Even when I started grad school, armed with a #NSF GRFP like the student in the beginning of this story, finding an advisor felt like being on the Bachelor, or maybe Survivor. I can't imagine what it's like now.
From @jonathanwosen.bsky.social, who also knows this scramble firsthand:
#phdchat #stem
From @jonathanwosen.bsky.social, who also knows this scramble firsthand:
#phdchat #stem
Tenuous biomedical funding has put first-year Ph.D. students in a bind
First-year biomedical graduate students across the country said labs have been hesitant to take them in due to a tenuous funding environment
www.statnews.com
January 30, 2026 at 4:54 PM
Even when I started grad school, armed with a #NSF GRFP like the student in the beginning of this story, finding an advisor felt like being on the Bachelor, or maybe Survivor. I can't imagine what it's like now.
From @jonathanwosen.bsky.social, who also knows this scramble firsthand:
#phdchat #stem
From @jonathanwosen.bsky.social, who also knows this scramble firsthand:
#phdchat #stem
Reposted by Brittany Trang
Putting out a periodic call: I really want to publish pieces about the veterinary pharmaceutical biz on STAT's opinion section. If you have ideas, reach out: first.opinion@statnews.com
January 29, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Putting out a periodic call: I really want to publish pieces about the veterinary pharmaceutical biz on STAT's opinion section. If you have ideas, reach out: first.opinion@statnews.com
If anyone else's personal Gmail suddenly started giving AI summaries of your emails with no option to turn them off:
I already took the elevated blood pressure hit for you and figure out how to get rid of it WITHOUT getting rid of the multiple inboxes (which I personally need in order to function)
I already took the elevated blood pressure hit for you and figure out how to get rid of it WITHOUT getting rid of the multiple inboxes (which I personally need in order to function)
January 29, 2026 at 6:15 PM
If anyone else's personal Gmail suddenly started giving AI summaries of your emails with no option to turn them off:
I already took the elevated blood pressure hit for you and figure out how to get rid of it WITHOUT getting rid of the multiple inboxes (which I personally need in order to function)
I already took the elevated blood pressure hit for you and figure out how to get rid of it WITHOUT getting rid of the multiple inboxes (which I personally need in order to function)
Please reshare! Here's the first in a series of science writing resources I'm posting to my website: A list of science writing/communication internships & fellowships.
brittanytrang.com/science-jour...
#sciencejournalism #scicomm #scicommjobs #journojobs #sciencewriting #sciwri #stem
brittanytrang.com/science-jour...
#sciencejournalism #scicomm #scicommjobs #journojobs #sciencewriting #sciwri #stem
January 29, 2026 at 12:48 AM
Please reshare! Here's the first in a series of science writing resources I'm posting to my website: A list of science writing/communication internships & fellowships.
brittanytrang.com/science-jour...
#sciencejournalism #scicomm #scicommjobs #journojobs #sciencewriting #sciwri #stem
brittanytrang.com/science-jour...
#sciencejournalism #scicomm #scicommjobs #journojobs #sciencewriting #sciwri #stem
SCOOP: I got the pitch deck for a mysterious AI company co-founded by former Google CEO Eric Schmidt
Hologen, which aims to use "large medicine models" to de-noise data in late-stage clinical trials, is raising a $150 M Series A and has some eye-popping financial projections.
Read more at STAT:
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Hologen, which aims to use "large medicine models" to de-noise data in late-stage clinical trials, is raising a $150 M Series A and has some eye-popping financial projections.
Read more at STAT:
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AI biotech founded by ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt is raising $150 million
Hologen, a secretive AI startup co-founded by former Google CEO is looking to raise $150 million.
www.statnews.com
January 28, 2026 at 8:08 PM
SCOOP: I got the pitch deck for a mysterious AI company co-founded by former Google CEO Eric Schmidt
Hologen, which aims to use "large medicine models" to de-noise data in late-stage clinical trials, is raising a $150 M Series A and has some eye-popping financial projections.
Read more at STAT:
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Hologen, which aims to use "large medicine models" to de-noise data in late-stage clinical trials, is raising a $150 M Series A and has some eye-popping financial projections.
Read more at STAT:
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“Beneath ski goggles, tears streamed.”
@mmolteni.bsky.social reports from a #Minneapolis vigil for VA ICU nurse Alex Pretti, fatally shot by #ICE agents last week.
“Anyone who knew him for 10 seconds would know he’s a standup guy,” Johnston told STAT during the vigil.
Read all the way to the end:
@mmolteni.bsky.social reports from a #Minneapolis vigil for VA ICU nurse Alex Pretti, fatally shot by #ICE agents last week.
“Anyone who knew him for 10 seconds would know he’s a standup guy,” Johnston told STAT during the vigil.
Read all the way to the end:
Alex Pretti remembered by health care workers at a Minneapolis vigil as a ‘standup guy’
Health care workers brought flowers and wreaths, lit candles, and draped stethoscopes over a wooden cross as a makeshift memorial to nurse Alex Pretti
www.statnews.com
January 26, 2026 at 4:11 PM
“Beneath ski goggles, tears streamed.”
@mmolteni.bsky.social reports from a #Minneapolis vigil for VA ICU nurse Alex Pretti, fatally shot by #ICE agents last week.
“Anyone who knew him for 10 seconds would know he’s a standup guy,” Johnston told STAT during the vigil.
Read all the way to the end:
@mmolteni.bsky.social reports from a #Minneapolis vigil for VA ICU nurse Alex Pretti, fatally shot by #ICE agents last week.
“Anyone who knew him for 10 seconds would know he’s a standup guy,” Johnston told STAT during the vigil.
Read all the way to the end:
UPDATED: Epic confirmed to me that it helped coordinate the letter that 60+ health systems (all Epic customers) wrote to the leaders of TEFCA and Carequality asking for better security measures on health record exchange networks.
www.statnews.com/2026/01/23/h...
www.statnews.com/2026/01/23/h...
Dozens of hospitals demand better security for patient record sharing in letter to officials
Over 60 health systems asked national health record exchanges to take action to prevent “bad actors” from accessing patients’ health information.
www.statnews.com
January 23, 2026 at 7:05 PM
UPDATED: Epic confirmed to me that it helped coordinate the letter that 60+ health systems (all Epic customers) wrote to the leaders of TEFCA and Carequality asking for better security measures on health record exchange networks.
www.statnews.com/2026/01/23/h...
www.statnews.com/2026/01/23/h...
"Health insurance executives agree that the U.S. health care system is overpriced, wasteful, and confusing. And they also agree that those problems are someone else’s fault."
Health insurance CEOs testified before the Senate and the House today. A clear-eyed analysis:
Health insurance CEOs testified before the Senate and the House today. A clear-eyed analysis:
Health insurance execs shift blame for costly, confusing health care system
Health insurance execs blame the high cost of health care on hospitals, doctors, and prescription drugs.
www.statnews.com
January 22, 2026 at 8:28 PM
"Health insurance executives agree that the U.S. health care system is overpriced, wasteful, and confusing. And they also agree that those problems are someone else’s fault."
Health insurance CEOs testified before the Senate and the House today. A clear-eyed analysis:
Health insurance CEOs testified before the Senate and the House today. A clear-eyed analysis:
OpenEvidence, health AI's biggest startup, is now valued at $12 billion.
Is that because of OE's new quest for "medical superintelligence," or because it's an advertising platform and is gathering valuable data on its customers?
More from @mariojoze.bsky.social at @statnews.com:
Is that because of OE's new quest for "medical superintelligence," or because it's an advertising platform and is gathering valuable data on its customers?
More from @mariojoze.bsky.social at @statnews.com:
OpenEvidence raises $250 million, doubling its valuation
OpenEvidence, maker of a popular chatbot that helps doctors search clinical evidence, has raised $250 million in new funding.
www.statnews.com
January 21, 2026 at 4:51 PM
OpenEvidence, health AI's biggest startup, is now valued at $12 billion.
Is that because of OE's new quest for "medical superintelligence," or because it's an advertising platform and is gathering valuable data on its customers?
More from @mariojoze.bsky.social at @statnews.com:
Is that because of OE's new quest for "medical superintelligence," or because it's an advertising platform and is gathering valuable data on its customers?
More from @mariojoze.bsky.social at @statnews.com:
Bold for a former health insurance CEO to say "I'm sure I'll be shot [for saying this]" when a health insurance CEO was literally shot just a year ago. (We talk about that too.)
Check out my conversation with longtime Humana CEO Bruce Broussard, only in @statnews.com's AI Prognosis newsletter:
Check out my conversation with longtime Humana CEO Bruce Broussard, only in @statnews.com's AI Prognosis newsletter:
Former Humana CEO Bruce Broussard on WISeR, AI, and transparency
In this edition of AI Prognosis: An interview with former CEO of health insurer Humana, and health AI news you need to know.
www.statnews.com
January 21, 2026 at 3:09 PM
Bold for a former health insurance CEO to say "I'm sure I'll be shot [for saying this]" when a health insurance CEO was literally shot just a year ago. (We talk about that too.)
Check out my conversation with longtime Humana CEO Bruce Broussard, only in @statnews.com's AI Prognosis newsletter:
Check out my conversation with longtime Humana CEO Bruce Broussard, only in @statnews.com's AI Prognosis newsletter:
Reposted by Brittany Trang
FDA clears Aidoc's tool that can detect 14 different conditions from a CT scan
www.statnews.com/2026/01/21/f... via @statnews.com
www.statnews.com/2026/01/21/f... via @statnews.com
FDA clears Aidoc tool to detect 14 different conditions from a CT scan
FDA cleared an AI tool from Aidoc that can detect multiple conditions from a single CT scan.
www.statnews.com
January 21, 2026 at 2:29 PM
FDA clears Aidoc's tool that can detect 14 different conditions from a CT scan
www.statnews.com/2026/01/21/f... via @statnews.com
www.statnews.com/2026/01/21/f... via @statnews.com
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Today’s show, with @brittanytrang.com. OpenAI and Anthropic want you to upload your medical records. Is that, uh, a good idea? slate.com/podcasts/wha...
ChatGPT, MD
Yes, it’s just like The Pitt.
slate.com
January 18, 2026 at 2:03 PM
Today’s show, with @brittanytrang.com. OpenAI and Anthropic want you to upload your medical records. Is that, uh, a good idea? slate.com/podcasts/wha...
Do you, like me, feel like the news is trying its best to kill you? Fear not, I am standing in front of the firehose of #healthAI 🩺🖥️ news for you.
I present you with some tidy buckets of important health and biotech AI news you may have missed over the last month: www.statnews.com/2026/01/14/b...
I present you with some tidy buckets of important health and biotech AI news you may have missed over the last month: www.statnews.com/2026/01/14/b...
January 14, 2026 at 4:53 PM
Do you, like me, feel like the news is trying its best to kill you? Fear not, I am standing in front of the firehose of #healthAI 🩺🖥️ news for you.
I present you with some tidy buckets of important health and biotech AI news you may have missed over the last month: www.statnews.com/2026/01/14/b...
I present you with some tidy buckets of important health and biotech AI news you may have missed over the last month: www.statnews.com/2026/01/14/b...