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Jonathan Wosen
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West Coast Biotech & Life Sciences Reporter for Stat News. Stanford Immunology PhD & UCSC SciCom alum. Tips? jonathan.wosen@statnews.com. Signal: jwosen.27
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Hims and other telehealth platforms are pushing multi-cancer detection tests before evidence of benefit. Important and timely story via @katiepalmer.bsky.social for @statnews.com
www.statnews.com/2026/02/06/t...
Hims, other telehealth platforms push multi-cancer detection tests before evidence of benefit
Test makers and telehealth providers say they want to give people a chance to catch cancers early and seek treatment.
www.statnews.com
February 6, 2026 at 3:31 PM
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Vertex’s CRISPR treatment for sickle cell disease hits unexpected roadblock: Collecting enough cells to create the therapy. Important reporting by @jasonmast.bsky.social for @statnews.com www.statnews.com/2026/02/05/v...
Vertex’s CRISPR treatment for sickle cell disease hits unexpected roadblock
Vertex is running out of time to establish Casgevy as a transformative treatment for sickle cell.
www.statnews.com
February 5, 2026 at 11:49 PM
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If you (or a mentee) are a NSF GRFP applicant in the life sciences who had a submission Returned Without Review, I'd be interested in hearing your story. I'm a reporter at STAT News, and my email is jonathan.wosen@statnews.com. I'm also reachable via Signal (username jwosen.27) #journorequest
noamross.net Noam Ross @noamross.net · 3d
NSF GRFP applicants (and mentors): Was your application Returned Without Review and deemed ineligible despite fitting in the allowed topics?
1) Write NSF
2) Write your Congressperson
3) CC us at grfp@grant-witness.us so we can compile + follow up

Details and template at grant-witness.us/grfp-letter
February 5, 2026 at 7:47 PM
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Junior scientists, the worker bees of academia, face a quandary when starting their own labs: How far to stray from the hive. My latest for @statnews.com is a Q&A with @uoregon.bsky.social researcher Christopher Liu about insights from a new study
www.statnews.com/2026/02/04/a...
Junior scientists face a quandary when starting their own labs: How far to stray from the hive
A new study argues that overlap between advisers and advisees on research topics helps rather than hinders young life scientists.
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February 4, 2026 at 5:58 PM
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NEW: I obtained a recording of an internal FDA town hall held today, where leaders tried to quell staff and external concerns about the commissioner's voucher program, a controversial new pathway to fast-track certain drugs. Read my exclusive:
www.statnews.com/2026/02/03/f...
FDA Commissioner Marty Makary tries to soothe staff concerns over voucher program
At an employee town hall, FDA leaders tried to quell staff concerns about a controversial new program to fast-track certain drugs.
www.statnews.com
February 3, 2026 at 10:27 PM
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Fearing an ICE crackdown, immigrants nationally are avoiding treatment, sometimes with dire consequences www.statnews.com/2026/02/03/i... via @danielpayne.bsky.social for @statnews.com
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 8:34 PM
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A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by researchers alleging that major academic publishers (including Elsevier and Springer Nature) created a set of anticompetitive business practices that exploit the scientific workforce. My latest for @statnews.com
www.statnews.com/2026/02/02/a...
Federal judge dismisses lawsuit against academic publishers over unpaid peer review
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit against academic publishers over unpaid peer review.
www.statnews.com
February 2, 2026 at 9:22 PM
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PacBio’s very expensive foray into short read sequencing is now officially over. 🙄

www.pacb.com/press_releas...
PacBio Completes Sale of Short-Read Sequencing Assets - PacBio
MENLO PARK, Calif., Feb. 02, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — PacBio (NASDAQ: PACB), a leading developer of high-quality, highly accurate sequencing solutions, today announced the completion of the sale of sel...
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February 2, 2026 at 5:18 PM
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With continued uncertainty over federal government support for biomedical research, PhD students are struggling to find labs willing to take on new students, @jonathanwosen.bsky.social reports.
New students are the future of US science. www.statnews.com/2026/01/30/f...
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
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January 30, 2026 at 2:09 PM
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Tenuous funding for biomedical research has some first-year Ph.D. students struggling to find labs -- and questioning their future career plans. My latest for @statnews.com
www.statnews.com/2026/01/30/f...
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
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January 30, 2026 at 3:08 PM
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STAT gathered nine of the biggest voices in the health influencer space worth keeping an eye on, for better or for worse.

List members include:
@kkjetelina.bsky.social
@drjessicaknurick.bsky.social
@jessicamalaty.bsky.social
@hubermanlab.com

Read the story: www.statnews.com/2026/01/27/w...
9 influencers shaping health information online, for better or worse
The qualified medical experts, the pseudoscientific entertainers, and the MAHA mobilizers leading online health content today.
www.statnews.com
January 27, 2026 at 5:36 PM
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"Beneath ski goggles, tears streamed." Alex Pretti remembered by health care workers at a Minneapolis vigil as a ‘stand-up guy’ www.statnews.com/2026/01/26/a... via @mmolteni.bsky.social for @statnews.com
Alex Pretti remembered by health care workers at a Minneapolis vigil as a ‘stand-up 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.
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January 26, 2026 at 5:29 PM
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Unfilled vacancies have depleted NIH advisory councils, key players in grant approvals www.statnews.com/2026/01/22/n... via @mmolteni.bsky.social for @statnews.com
Unfilled vacancies have depleted NIH advisory councils, key players in grant approvals
Only one new member was added to NIH advisory councils, which make final recommendations on grant awards, during President Trump's first year
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January 22, 2026 at 10:25 PM
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In a Q&A with @angusrohan.bsky.social, Anthony Letai says NCI is more stable than perceived and is heading for a big year www.statnews.com/2026/01/22/n... via @statnews.com
Anthony Letai says NCI is more stable than perceived and is heading for a big year
Anthony Letai says the National Cancer Institute is more stable than perceived and is heading for a big year.
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January 22, 2026 at 4:50 PM
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Would the #CDC's principal deputy director view it as a public health loss for the US if the country loses its #measles elimination status? "Not really," Dr. Ralph Abraham said at a press conference today. www.statnews.com/2026/01/20/c...
Senior CDC official: Loss of measles elimination status in U.S. would be ‘cost of doing business’
The principal deputy director of the CDC said he would not view the loss of the United States' measles elimination status as a significant event.
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January 20, 2026 at 10:29 PM
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House and Senate appropriators endorse NIH budget increase, reject Trump’s proposed cuts, @aniloza.bsky.social and I write for @statnews.com
www.statnews.com/2026/01/20/n...
House and Senate appropriators endorse NIH budget increase, reject Trump’s proposed cuts
Congressional appropriations committees offered a near-total rebuke of President Trump’s proposed downsizing and reshaping of the NIH
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January 20, 2026 at 7:47 PM
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A proposed limit on multiyear funding of NIH grants has become an important sticking point in Senate budget talks, @aniloza.bsky.social and John Wilkerson report for @statnews.com www.statnews.com/2026/01/16/n...
Limit on multiyear funding of NIH grants is a sticking point in Senate budget talks
A clause limiting the use of multiyear NIH grant funding has become a sticking point as the Senate appropriations panel finalizes the HHS spending bill
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January 16, 2026 at 11:28 PM
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Graduate student enrollment in biomedical degree programs rose last fall despite funding turmoil, new data show, though at a slower rate than previous years. Important to note this includes master's AND doctoral students. My latest for @statnews.com
www.statnews.com/2026/01/15/b...
Enrollment in biomedical degree programs rose last fall despite funding turmoil, new data show
Graduate student enrollment in U.S. biomedical programs rose 1.5% in the fall of 2025 compared to fall 2024.
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January 15, 2026 at 4:09 PM
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aniloza.bsky.social
Nicole Kleinstreuer has been named deputy director at NIH (shes been acting in that capacity for some months)

@saratalpos.bsky.social talked w/ her abt alternatives to animal models in Oct for @statnews.com

www.statnews.com/2025/10/03/a...
She’s leading NIH’s push to reduce the use of animals in biomedical research
Nicole Kleinstreuer, who is leading an NIH effort to reduce the use of animals in research, began thinking about the issue as a toxicologist at the EPA
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January 14, 2026 at 2:31 PM
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Richard Pazdur, a veteran drug regulator who left the FDA last month, warned politics & ‘chaos’ are damaging the agency. Story by @elaineywchen.bsky.social based on @matthewherper.bsky.social's interview with Pazdur during a @statnews.com #JPM26 event last night www.statnews.com/2026/01/13/r...
Pazdur warns that politics, ‘chaos’ are damaging FDA
At a STAT event, veteran drug regulator Richard Pazdur, who left the FDA last month after 26 years, said that politics and 'chaos' were damaging the agency.
www.statnews.com
January 13, 2026 at 5:35 PM
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Illumina launches a massive cell atlas to fast-track drug discovery, with Eli Lilly, AstraZeneca, and Merck as its first customers. My latest for @statnews.com
www.statnews.com/2026/01/13/i...
Illumina launches massive cell atlas to fast-track drug discovery
The genomics juggernaut Illumina has launched a massive cell atlas to fast-track drug discovery.
www.statnews.com
January 13, 2026 at 4:19 PM
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Noubar Afeyan, one of biotech's top investors and co-founder of Moderna, says U.S. policy is ‘taking a sledgehammer to our miracle machine.’ Story via @matthewherper.bsky.social for @statnews.com
www.statnews.com/2026/01/12/n...
Investor behind Moderna says U.S. policy is ‘taking a sledgehammer to our miracle machine’
Noubar Afeyan, one of biotech’s top investors, says U.S. policy is "taking a sledgehammer to our miracle machine."
www.statnews.com
January 12, 2026 at 5:34 PM
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statnews.com
New Medicaid eligibility rules may cause more than a million missed cancer screenings, and more than 100 preventable deaths, new study says.
www.statnews.com/2026/01/08/m...
Medicaid restrictions may lead to a million missed cancer screenings over two years: study
New Medicaid eligibility rules may cause more than a million missed cancer screenings, and more than 100 preventable deaths, new study says.
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January 8, 2026 at 4:49 PM
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When it comes to vaccine schedules, the U.S. is now the outlier. STAT analysis shows top officials have put the country out of step with peer nations. Read more: www.statnews.com/2026/01/09/c...
January 9, 2026 at 5:31 PM
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New dietary guidelines limit saturated fats to 10% of total calories, but also encourage full-fat dairy, red meat, and beef tallow. How will that work?
www.statnews.com/2026/01/08/s...
How saturated fats lost, and won, on new food pyramid
New dietary guidelines limit saturated fats to 10% of total calories, but also encourage full-fat dairy, red meat, and beef tallow. How will that work?
www.statnews.com
January 8, 2026 at 9:08 PM