Lison Joseph
@lisonjoseph.bsky.social
Health and science journalist.
An editor at STAT (@statnews.bsky.social) dealing mostly with technology in health care/medicine/life sciences
An editor at STAT (@statnews.bsky.social) dealing mostly with technology in health care/medicine/life sciences
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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
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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
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
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Could results from a health test that you ordered online — blood panels, genetic tests you name it — impact your application for a new mortgage or a life insurance policy? @ravindranize.bsky.social takes a closer look at the privacy protections
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How direct-to-consumer health tests could impact insurance, mortgages, and employment
As more consumers order up lab tests and genetic screenings, experts say it could impact insurance, loans, and employment decisions.
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January 30, 2026 at 5:04 PM
Could results from a health test that you ordered online — blood panels, genetic tests you name it — impact your application for a new mortgage or a life insurance policy? @ravindranize.bsky.social takes a closer look at the privacy protections
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NEW: You can now access all of STAT's most important FDA reporting from last year in one place. Check out our special report documenting the agency's inner turmoil.
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Chaotic and politicized: Inside the FDA under Trump
Layoffs, leadership chaos, and politicized science have destabilized the FDA under Trump. This STAT Special Report explains what happened, why it matters, and what comes next.
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January 29, 2026 at 6:58 PM
NEW: You can now access all of STAT's most important FDA reporting from last year in one place. Check out our special report documenting the agency's inner turmoil.
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The main thing that these 21 (not 19, sorry typo) new members have in common? Most of them have publicly expressed or belong to groups that have publicly expressed a belief in the debunked claim that vaccines can cause autism.
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January 28, 2026 at 9:59 PM
The main thing that these 21 (not 19, sorry typo) new members have in common? Most of them have publicly expressed or belong to groups that have publicly expressed a belief in the debunked claim that vaccines can cause autism.
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AI biotech founded by ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt is raising $150 million www.statnews.com/2026/01/28/h... via @statnews.com
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.
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January 28, 2026 at 7:44 PM
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Why some hospitals are making their own ChatGPTs for patient records www.statnews.com/2026/01/28/s... via @statnews.com
Why some hospitals are making their own ChatGPTs for patient records
Some large health systems are building their own AI-powered chatbots to make it easier for their clinicians to query patients' health records.
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January 28, 2026 at 5:17 PM
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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
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News: HHS is stacking a key federal committee on autism with members who align with health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s claim that childhood vaccines can cause autism.
The group met Thursday, despite no prior public notice about the gathering.
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The group met Thursday, despite no prior public notice about the gathering.
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Key autism committee is being reshaped to support Kennedy's vaccine agenda, researchers and advocates fear
Researchers and advocates fear a key autism committee is being reshaped to support Kennedy's vaccine agenda.
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January 23, 2026 at 5:52 PM
News: HHS is stacking a key federal committee on autism with members who align with health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s claim that childhood vaccines can cause autism.
The group met Thursday, despite no prior public notice about the gathering.
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The group met Thursday, despite no prior public notice about the gathering.
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Key autism committee is being reshaped to support Kennedy’s vaccine agenda, researchers and advocates fear www.statnews.com/2026/01/23/k... via @statnews.com
Key autism committee is being reshaped to support Kennedy's vaccine agenda, researchers and advocates fear
Researchers and advocates fear a key autism committee is being reshaped to support Kennedy's vaccine agenda.
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January 23, 2026 at 5:56 PM
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FDA clears Aidoc's tool that can detect 14 different conditions from a CT scan
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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.
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January 21, 2026 at 2:29 PM
FDA clears Aidoc's tool that can detect 14 different conditions from a CT scan
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Shared clinical decision making was devised to help patients & their doctors make choices when the answer isn't clear cut. People who devised the approach fear it's being hijacked to undermine decades of study supporting #vaccines, @ericboodman.bsky.social writes. www.statnews.com/2026/01/20/s...
Is 'shared decision-making' being hijacked by U.S. health officials to sow doubt about vaccines?
Experts worry that health officials' use of 'shared decision-making' in new vaccine guidance distorts the concept's meaning and disregards the importance of evidence.
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January 20, 2026 at 2:32 PM
Shared clinical decision making was devised to help patients & their doctors make choices when the answer isn't clear cut. People who devised the approach fear it's being hijacked to undermine decades of study supporting #vaccines, @ericboodman.bsky.social writes. www.statnews.com/2026/01/20/s...
Former AMA president says the U.S. health care system will implode without an overhaul www.statnews.com/2026/01/19/a... via @statnews.com
Former AMA president says the U.S. health care system will implode without an overhaul
In an interview, Aidoc's Jesse Ehrenfeld talks about how AI tools can help health systems overcome staffing shortages.
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January 20, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Former AMA president says the U.S. health care system will implode without an overhaul www.statnews.com/2026/01/19/a... via @statnews.com
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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...
Emoji have entered the chat. Is that a good thing for electronic health records? www.statnews.com/2026/01/14/e... via @statnews.com
Emoji have entered the chat. Is that a good thing for electronic health records?
New research asks if emoji use in clinical records could impact patient understanding, perceived professionalism, and legal liability.
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January 14, 2026 at 5:07 PM
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Epic sues health information network over nearly 300,000 illegally accessed records www.statnews.com/2026/01/13/e... via @statnews.com
Epic sues health information network over nearly 300,000 illegally accessed records
Epic Systems is suing a health information network over improperly accessing nearly 300,000 patient records.
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January 13, 2026 at 2:39 PM
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At JPM, doctors’ darling OpenEvidence says it’s pursuing ‘medical super-intelligence’ www.statnews.com/2026/01/12/o... via @statnews.com
At JPM, doctors' darling OpenEvidence says it’s pursuing ‘medical super-intelligence’
OpenEvidence wants to move toward “medical super-intelligence” by building specialist AI models to power its platform.
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January 12, 2026 at 9:57 PM
At JPM, doctors’ darling OpenEvidence says it’s pursuing ‘medical super-intelligence’ www.statnews.com/2026/01/12/o... via @statnews.com
ChatGPT and Claude get into the business of health advice. Should you trust them? www.statnews.com/2026/01/12/c... via @statnews.com
ChatGPT and Claude get into the business of health advice. Should you trust them?
AI chatbot are getting into the business of offering consumers health advice. What are the risks?
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January 12, 2026 at 3:56 PM
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As more patients order lab tests online, doctors don’t know what to do with the results, @ravindranize.bsky.social reports:
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As more patients order lab tests online, doctors don't know what to do with the results
Hoping to catch serious illnesses early, more Americans are ordering lab tests online, but their doctors don't know what to do with the results.
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January 9, 2026 at 2:09 PM
As more patients order lab tests online, doctors don’t know what to do with the results, @ravindranize.bsky.social reports:
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Panel behind new dietary guidelines had financial ties to beef, dairy industries, @isabellacueto.bsky.social reports:
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Panel behind new dietary guidelines had financial ties to beef, dairy industries
The industry connections of an advisory panel for the new dietary guidelines are notable, especially in light Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s criticism of corporate influence.
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January 7, 2026 at 7:47 PM
Panel behind new dietary guidelines had financial ties to beef, dairy industries, @isabellacueto.bsky.social reports:
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ICYMI: What does Neuralink want — to help people with paralysis, or prepare for a war with AI? www.statnews.com/2026/01/05/n... via @statnews.com
What does Neuralink want — to help people with paralysis, or prepare for a war with AI?
Neuralink, a leader in the fledgling field of brain implants, is hurting the industry's efforts to develop useful medical devices, rivals say.
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January 7, 2026 at 4:35 PM
ICYMI: What does Neuralink want — to help people with paralysis, or prepare for a war with AI? www.statnews.com/2026/01/05/n... via @statnews.com
STAT’s @helenbranswell.bsky.social on the ‘startling’ new U.S. vaccine schedule
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STAT's Helen Branswell on the 'startling' new U.S. vaccine schedule
In a short explainer video, Helen Branswell breaks down the "startling" new U.S. vaccine schedule.
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January 7, 2026 at 4:00 PM
STAT’s @helenbranswell.bsky.social on the ‘startling’ new U.S. vaccine schedule
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FDA announces sweeping changes to oversight of wearables, AI-enabled devices www.statnews.com/2026/01/06/f... via @statnews.com
FDA announces sweeping changes to oversight of wearables, AI-enabled devices
The FDA will ease regulation of digital health products, aiming to deregulate AI and promote its widespread use.
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January 6, 2026 at 9:26 PM
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AI has finally started making drug-like antibodies. When will it revolutionize biopharma? www.statnews.com/2026/01/06/w... via @statnews.com
AI has finally started making drug-like antibodies. When will it revolutionize biopharma?
AI has finally started making drug-like antibodies. When will it revolutionize biopharma?
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January 6, 2026 at 3:12 PM
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Despite a tough year for medicine, @matthewherper.bsky.social gives us some good reasons to celebrate, and be hopeful.
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The top medical advances of 2025
It has been a tough year for medicine. But make no mistake: Science didn’t stop, and medicine has had its share of major advances.
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December 31, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Despite a tough year for medicine, @matthewherper.bsky.social gives us some good reasons to celebrate, and be hopeful.
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