FDA aims to expand use of leucovorin as RFK Jr. touts it as autism treatment www.statnews.com/2025/09/22/f... via @statnews.com @danielpayne.bsky.social @drewqjoseph.bsky.social

This follows great reporting by @rosebroderick.bsky.social CDC reverses telework pause that sparked complaints over its impact on workers with disabilities www.statnews.com/2025/09/19/c... via @statnews.com

FDA approves ultra-rare disease drug that became a symbol of uncertainty over regulatory standards www.statnews.com/pharmalot/20... via @statnews.com @pharmalot.bsky.social

FDA warning letters show how it intends to ratchet up pressure over drug ads www.statnews.com/2025/09/17/f... via @statnews.com @pharmalot.bsky.social @lizzylawrence.bsky.social

Trump says CDC is ‘being ripped apart’ over Covid products, calls for drugmakers to prove their benefits www.statnews.com/2025/09/01/t... via @statnews.com @danielpayne.bsky.social @matthewherper.bsky.social

New: Trump weighs in on the “mess” at CDC www.statnews.com/2025/09/01/t...

Inside the American Medical Association’s sudden strategy shift in Washington www.statnews.com/2025/08/13/a... via @statnews.com @theresagaff.bsky.social

Insecure about their looks, more men than ever are getting plastic surgery www.statnews.com/2025/08/12/w... via @statnews.com

Quite the talker: "I just packed Narcan for my daughter’s dorm room. Public health made it possible'' www.statnews.com/2025/08/11/p... via @statnews.com

Another swerve in the news: Vinay Prasad returns to the FDA, two weeks after his ouster www.statnews.com/2025/08/09/v... via @statnews.com @lizzylawrence.bsky.social

MAGA influencers take a sudden interest in Medicare Advantage reforms, echoing a dark money group www.statnews.com/2025/08/01/m... via @statnews.com @caseyross.bsky.social

Kevin Hall can now speak freely. He's the top nutrition scientist who is clashing with MAHA www.statnews.com/2025/07/30/k... via @statnews.com

Tobacco use, binge drinking decrease as Americans consume more marijuana, survey finds www.statnews.com/2025/07/29/m... via @statnews.com @levfacher.bsky.social

"Somberly conveyed lower profit expectations.'' UnitedHealth CEO says some parts of business need ‘fundamental reorientation’ www.statnews.com/2025/07/29/u... via @statnews.com @bobjherman.bsky.social @tarabannow.bsky.social

Kennedy, disability advocates paint very different realities as ADA turns 35 www.statnews.com/2025/07/28/a... via @statnews.com @rosebroderick.bsky.social

Eye-opening essay by @sarah-todd.bsky.social: What I learned by going off SSRIs after nearly a decade www.statnews.com/2025/07/28/g... via @statnews.com

FDA and NIH are moving away from animal testing. Scientists are split on whether that's a good idea, @marissa-russo.bsky.social and I report for @statnews.com after talking with 10+ researchers across academia and biotech. www.statnews.com/2025/07/25/n...

Patient dies in Sarepta gene therapy trial, adding to safety concerns www.statnews.com/2025/07/18/s... via @statnews.com @jasonmast.bsky.social

The cavatappi and lasagna references are making me hungry @brittanytrang.com Undruggable ‘disordered’ proteins become druggable with new AI techniques from David Baker www.statnews.com/2025/07/17/n... via @statnews.com

Fascinating deep dive by @sarah-todd.bsky.social into how policies in Europe affect chronic disease -- and lessons for U.S. www.statnews.com/2025/07/10/m... via @statnews.com

Scoop: HHS devises legal playbook for future grant terminations, internal memo shows www.statnews.com/2025/07/06/h... via @statnews.com @aniloza.bsky.social

Senate GOP tweaks health care measures in tax bill to win holdouts, please parliamentarian www.statnews.com/2025/06/28/s... via @statnews.com @danielpayne.bsky.social

Addiction experts grow restive as they wait for Kennedy to take action www.statnews.com/2025/06/12/r... via @statnews.com @levfacher.bsky.social

Several hundred NIH employees sign a letter of protest to the agency’s director www.statnews.com/2025/06/09/n... via @statnews.com @aniloza.bsky.social

Budget documents show that RFK Jr.’s chronic disease agency would eliminate or reduce funding for some prevention programs www.statnews.com/2025/06/07/r... via @statnews.com @elizabethcooney.bsky.social

Opinion: "I used to maintain the NIH’s HGP archives. Now I don’t know what will happen to them" www.statnews.com/2025/06/05/n... via @statnews.com

Dismantling CDC’s chronic disease center ‘looks pretty devastating’ to public health experts @elizabethcooney.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2025/06/04/c... via @statnews.com

With aura readings and a Lauryn Hill concert, Philip Morris rolls out a new tobacco product in the U.S. www.statnews.com/2025/05/28/i... via @statnews.com @sarah-todd.bsky.social

A Harvard scientist built a database of 2,100 NIH grant terminations. Then his own funding was cut www.statnews.com/2025/05/27/n... via @statnews.com @aniloza.bsky.social

BREAKING: FDA advisory panel split on whether agency should require updates of Covid-19 vaccine www.statnews.com/2025/05/22/f... via @statnews.com @helenbranswell.bsky.social

RFK Jr. meets with health tech startups, most backed by Andreessen Horowitz www.statnews.com/2025/05/20/k... via @statnews.com @marioaguilar.bsky.social

Scientists are pushing to get their grants reinstated — and some are winning www.statnews.com/2025/05/19/r... via @statnews.com @elizabethcooney.bsky.social

UnitedHealth said it was too dangerous for him to be discharged. Days later, it denied his care www.statnews.com/2025/05/19/u... via @statnews.com

Novavax wins narrowed approval for its Covid-19 shot after delay www.statnews.com/2025/05/17/f... via @statnews.com @helenbranswell.bsky.social

The Case of the Missing Scientists By @jasonmast.bsky.social Day 1 at ASGCT: Missing scientists, a gene editing failure, and a gene editing first www.statnews.com/2025/05/14/a... via @statnews.com

If for no other reason, read this @sarahtodd.bsky.social piece for the Margot Robbie cameo! www.statnews.com/2025/05/13/e... via @statnews.com

NEW: At least two institutions have been directed to comply with Trump’s anti-trans executive order as a condition of getting NIH grants, according to letters I've seen. The policy marks a new front in the administration's efforts to reshape the science ecosystem. www.chronicle.com/article/the-...

I have written many healthcare stories, but never before have I written about my own health. I decided to do so after learning one of my drugs costs nearly $1,000 a pill and just 25 cents to make. What I found was an incredible story of discovery and exploitation. www.propublica.org/article/revl...

If hearing from me on this topic doesn't entice you, I asked longtime drug developer @dereklowe.bsky.social to take a look at the tool as well. He gives an appraisal of how well the literature search side of the tool works on questions related to drug development. Read more @statnews.com:

5 food experts making sense of MAHA’s vision for a new way of eating www.statnews.com/2025/05/05/d... via @statnews.com @sarah-todd.bsky.social

Trump proposes billions in cuts to federal health agencies from NIH to CDC www.statnews.com/2025/05/02/s... via @statnews.com @danielpayne.bsky.social

The irrationality of the war on science that the Trump Administration has been waging manifests as indiscriminate termination of individual projects and whole lines of inquiry based solely on "bad words" appearing in their descriptions. #WarOnScience @statnews.com www.statnews.com/2025/04/23/u...

This is chilling: Sedative ‘dex’ is replacing ‘tranq’ in illegal drug supply and causing excruciating withdrawal www.statnews.com/2025/05/01/m... via @statnews.com @levfacher.bsky.social

Scoop: NIH cancels participation in Safe to Sleep campaign that decreased infant deaths www.statnews.com/2025/04/30/n... via @statnews.com

This skillfully pulls together many threads showing how Marty Makary’s FDA is embracing a more skeptical view of vaccines By @lizzylawrence.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2025/04/29/f... via @statnews.com

It's been 100 days since President Trump took office. Here's how he's impacted health and science, seen through five lives. www.statnews.com/2025/04/25/t...

RFK Jr. faces mixed reception, unruly crowd at major addiction conference    www.statnews.com/2025/04/24/r... via @statnews.com @levfacher.bsky.social

NIH chief voices support for Nora Volkow, head of drug addiction research institute www.statnews.com/2025/04/23/n... via @statnews.com @levfacher.bsky.social

UnitedHealth discloses $1.7 million in security spending after slaying of top exec www.statnews.com/2025/04/21/u... via @statnews.com @bobjherman.bsky.social

NIH director calls Trump’s anti-DEI orders ‘misunderstood,’ downplays reorganization plans www.statnews.com/2025/04/21/n... via @statnews.com @jonathanwosen.bsky.social