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STAT 10 Year Anniversary
When we named ourselves “STAT’’ 10 years ago, we conceded, “It takes a bit of chutzpah to name a digital-age life-sciences publication after a buzzword
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A coalition of Democratic-led states and the District of Columbia has sued the federal health department, calling a declaration that rejected gender-affirming care signed by health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. an overreach of his authority. www.statnews.com/2025/12/24/g...
Nineteen states, D.C. sue HHS over gender-affirming care crackdown
Democratic-led states and D.C. have sued HHS, calling an RFK Jr. declaration that rejected gender-affirming care an overreach of its authority.
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December 24, 2025 at 5:15 PM
A coalition of Democratic-led states and the District of Columbia has sued the federal health department, calling a declaration that rejected gender-affirming care signed by health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. an overreach of his authority. www.statnews.com/2025/12/24/g...
On or off Broadway, public health lives or dies at the level of ordinary, everyday interactions.
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What giving flu shots backstage taught me about public health
On or off Broadway, public health lives or dies at the level of ordinary, everyday interactions.
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December 24, 2025 at 5:06 PM
On or off Broadway, public health lives or dies at the level of ordinary, everyday interactions.
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Trump’s health agencies are accelerating AI and digital health adoption while dismantling guardrails, raising questions of safety, oversight, innovation. www.statnews.com/2025/12/23/t...
How the Trump administration is recasting government’s role in regulating health technology
Federal agencies that used to set up guardrails for health technology have transformed into cheerleaders for new risky technologies like AI.
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December 23, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Trump’s health agencies are accelerating AI and digital health adoption while dismantling guardrails, raising questions of safety, oversight, innovation. www.statnews.com/2025/12/23/t...
The FDA approved the oral version of Novo Nordisk’s injectable weight loss drug Wegovy, making it the first GLP-1 pill to be cleared by regulators for obesity and possibly allowing many more Americans to access a highly effective treatment.
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FDA approves pill version of Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy, possibly widening access
The FDA has approved the oral version of Novo Nordisk’s injectable weight loss drug Wegovy, making it the first GLP-1 pill to be cleared by regulators for obesity.
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December 23, 2025 at 2:31 AM
The FDA approved the oral version of Novo Nordisk’s injectable weight loss drug Wegovy, making it the first GLP-1 pill to be cleared by regulators for obesity and possibly allowing many more Americans to access a highly effective treatment.
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All ten parts of our series attempting to put our arms around the ramifications of various cuts and disruptions to the scientific enterprise this year are live, and you can read them here:
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American Science, Shattered
An eight-decade partnership between universities and the federal government made U.S. science preeminent. It took Trump less than a year to shred that
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December 22, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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When an NIH scientist began studying a controversial illness, it gave patients with a glimmer of hope. Then came RIFs and spending freezes and too much uncertainty to continue the research.
@ericboodman.bsky.social with the 10th part of American Science, Shattered:
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@ericboodman.bsky.social with the 10th part of American Science, Shattered:
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NIH study was a beacon for the topical steroid withdrawal community. Then, amid federal upheaval, the research stalled
An NIH study was a beacon for the topical steroid withdrawal community. Then, amid federal upheaval, the research stalled.
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December 22, 2025 at 7:16 PM
When an NIH scientist began studying a controversial illness, it gave patients with a glimmer of hope. Then came RIFs and spending freezes and too much uncertainty to continue the research.
@ericboodman.bsky.social with the 10th part of American Science, Shattered:
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@ericboodman.bsky.social with the 10th part of American Science, Shattered:
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The FDA, roiled by layoffs and political turmoil, faces 3 key issues in 2026 www.statnews.com/2025/12/22/f...
3 key issues to watch at FDA as Makary struggles to stabilize the agency
3 key issues to watch at FDA as Makary struggles to stabilize the agency
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December 22, 2025 at 6:06 PM
The FDA, roiled by layoffs and political turmoil, faces 3 key issues in 2026 www.statnews.com/2025/12/22/f...
Adam Hayden, a patient advocate and the subject of an earlier profile in STAT, has died at age 43.
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An advocate who offered a window on the experience of living with brain cancer dies at 43
Adam Hayden, a patient advocate and the subject of an earlier profile in STAT, has died at age 43.
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December 22, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Adam Hayden, a patient advocate and the subject of an earlier profile in STAT, has died at age 43.
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An NIH study was a beacon for the topical steroid withdrawal community. Then, amid federal upheaval, the research stalled.
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NIH study was a beacon for the topical steroid withdrawal community. Then, amid federal upheaval, the research stalled
An NIH study was a beacon for the topical steroid withdrawal community. Then, amid federal upheaval, the research stalled.
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December 22, 2025 at 3:12 PM
An NIH study was a beacon for the topical steroid withdrawal community. Then, amid federal upheaval, the research stalled.
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Kennedy vaccine adviser to take a new role at CDC on children’s health research. William Thompson is expected to take a temporary promotion to oversee research around adverse events. www.statnews.com/2025/12/19/w...
Kennedy vaccine adviser to take a new role at CDC on children’s health research
A vaccine adviser at the CDC with ties to health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is being given a new portfolio overseeing research into adverse childhood experiences.
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December 20, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Kennedy vaccine adviser to take a new role at CDC on children’s health research. William Thompson is expected to take a temporary promotion to oversee research around adverse events. www.statnews.com/2025/12/19/w...
Nine drugmakers are set to unveil deals with the Trump administration to lower the prices of some of their drugs, marking the administration’s largest such deal to date. www.statnews.com/2025/12/19/t...
White House set to announce largest batch of drug pricing agreements yet
Nine drugmakers are set to unveil deals with the Trump administration to lower the prices of some of their drugs, marking the administration’s largest such deal to date.
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December 19, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Nine drugmakers are set to unveil deals with the Trump administration to lower the prices of some of their drugs, marking the administration’s largest such deal to date. www.statnews.com/2025/12/19/t...
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Two government officials told STAT that the White House has been involved in final decisions about the FDA's new priority review voucher program for drug companies. www.statnews.com/2025/12/19/f...
FDA voucher program has become vehicle for political interference in drug review decisions, staffers say
Two government officials told STAT that the White House has been involved in final decisions about the FDA's new priority review voucher program for drug companies.
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December 19, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Two government officials told STAT that the White House has been involved in final decisions about the FDA's new priority review voucher program for drug companies. www.statnews.com/2025/12/19/f...
The $1.6 million grant, to study the hepatitis B birth dose in Guinea-Bissau, has concerned experts who say the study design may be unethical.
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CDC awards grant to controversial Danish researchers with ties to top FDA official
CDC awards grant to controversial Danish researchers with ties to top FDA official Tracy Beth Høeg.
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December 18, 2025 at 11:52 PM
The $1.6 million grant, to study the hepatitis B birth dose in Guinea-Bissau, has concerned experts who say the study design may be unethical.
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President Trump weighs in on a debate between hard-liners on marijuana and those who want more research on its medical uses. www.statnews.com/2025/12/18/t...
Trump’s marijuana reclassification could boost research, broaden access
President Trump weighs in on a debate between hard-liners on marijuana and those who want more research on its medical uses.
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December 18, 2025 at 8:03 PM
President Trump weighs in on a debate between hard-liners on marijuana and those who want more research on its medical uses. www.statnews.com/2025/12/18/t...
The Trump administration is making its most forceful attempt yet at restricting gender-affirming care for transgender youth in the U.S. www.statnews.com/2025/12/18/t...
In major effort to end gender-affirming care, Trump administration takes aim at hospitals
The Trump administration intends to make its most forceful attempt yet at restricting gender-affirming care for transgender youth in the U.S.
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December 18, 2025 at 6:01 PM
The Trump administration is making its most forceful attempt yet at restricting gender-affirming care for transgender youth in the U.S. www.statnews.com/2025/12/18/t...
Federal research agencies are pulling back from fostering public discussions about science after the hollowing out of government communications offices. www.statnews.com/2025/12/18/t...
As dangerous eugenic ideas spread, NIH falls silent
Federal research agencies are pulling back from fostering public discussions about science after the hollowing out of government communications offices.
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December 18, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Federal research agencies are pulling back from fostering public discussions about science after the hollowing out of government communications offices. www.statnews.com/2025/12/18/t...
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., unconstrained by Congress, is pressing ahead in his mission to reshape health care. www.statnews.com/2025/12/17/r...
RFK Jr., unconstrained by Congress, presses ahead to reshape health care
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., unconstrained by Congress, is pressing ahead in his mission to reshape health care.
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December 17, 2025 at 9:43 PM
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., unconstrained by Congress, is pressing ahead in his mission to reshape health care. www.statnews.com/2025/12/17/r...
“A large part of what we loved about the United States is no longer there”: Amid talk of a brain drain, some scientists leave the U.S. behind. www.statnews.com/2025/12/17/r...
Amid talk of a brain drain, some scientists leave U.S. behind
“A large part of what we loved about the United States is no longer there”: Amid talk of a brain drain, some scientists leave the U.S. behind.
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December 17, 2025 at 8:00 PM
“A large part of what we loved about the United States is no longer there”: Amid talk of a brain drain, some scientists leave the U.S. behind. www.statnews.com/2025/12/17/r...
This week's STATus Report takes on the CDC's new hepatitis B vaccine guidance for newborns. Host @alexhogan.bsky.social dives into the controversial recommendation.
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CDC’s controversial new hep B vaccine guidance: everything you need to know
This week's STATus Report takes on the CDC's new hepatitis B vaccine guidance for newborns. Host Alex Hogan dives into the controversial recommendation.
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December 17, 2025 at 7:11 PM
This week's STATus Report takes on the CDC's new hepatitis B vaccine guidance for newborns. Host @alexhogan.bsky.social dives into the controversial recommendation.
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Trying to make videos about health care news in the year of our lord 2025 😩
“To have Christians be the group that was most resistant” to the Covid vaccine “really seems wrong here,” said former NIH Director Francis Collins.
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Francis Collins and Marc Siegel say medicine is a gift from God
“To have Christians be the group that was most resistant” to the Covid vaccine “really seems wrong here,” said former NIH Director Francis Collins.
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December 17, 2025 at 4:13 PM
“To have Christians be the group that was most resistant” to the Covid vaccine “really seems wrong here,” said former NIH Director Francis Collins.
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Science is like "glimpsing God's mind": On the last episode of this season of the First Opinion Podcast, I talked to former NIH Director Francis Collins and Fox News' Marc Siegel, author of the new book The Miracles Among Us, about faith, medicine, and science: www.statnews.com/2025/12/17/f...
Francis Collins and Marc Siegel say medicine is a gift from God
“To have Christians be the group that was most resistant” to the Covid vaccine “really seems wrong here,” said former NIH Director Francis Collins.
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December 17, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Science is like "glimpsing God's mind": On the last episode of this season of the First Opinion Podcast, I talked to former NIH Director Francis Collins and Fox News' Marc Siegel, author of the new book The Miracles Among Us, about faith, medicine, and science: www.statnews.com/2025/12/17/f...
The Trump administration on Tuesday adopted its vaccine advisory committee’s recommendation to end the decades-old policy that every newborn be offered a hepatitis B shot, despite an outcry from health experts that the decision ignored key evidence around the shots. www.statnews.com/2025/12/16/h...
CDC approves new hepatitis B vaccine recommendation as some hospitals reject changes
Many states, hospitals, and doctors say they will continue to recommend hepatitis B shots at birth.
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December 17, 2025 at 3:06 AM
The Trump administration on Tuesday adopted its vaccine advisory committee’s recommendation to end the decades-old policy that every newborn be offered a hepatitis B shot, despite an outcry from health experts that the decision ignored key evidence around the shots. www.statnews.com/2025/12/16/h...