Part 2 of STAT's 10-part look at how the Trump admin has gutted American science. 🩺 🧪 #MedSky #ScienceSky Grateful that we have @statnews.com taking this story on with their dedicated crew of medical science and #biotech journalists.

RFK Jr.’s vaccine panel is laying the groundwork for more scrutiny of childhood shots www.statnews.com/2025/12/05/c... via @statnews.com @danielpayne.bsky.social @chelseacirruzzo.bsky.social

Powerful reporting on the impact of CDC cuts by @sarah-todd.bsky.social What West Virginia teens lost when CDC cuts ended their fight against Big Tobacco www.statnews.com/2025/12/04/i... via @statnews.com

U.K. pledges to boost pharma payments, will avoid U.S. tariffs on drugs www.statnews.com/2025/12/01/u... via @statnews.com @danielpayne.bsky.social

What if RFK Jr. reacted to his cousin’s terminal cancer as JFK reacted to his baby’s death? www.statnews.com/2025/11/26/t... via @statnews.com

STAT will be on the ground at #ASH25. Join us Dec. 5 in Orlando for STAT@ASH: Standing on Medicine’s Threshold — an evening of conversation with leading voices in hematology and biotech. www.statnews.com/event/stat-a...

A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death. Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written." Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating. 🧪🧬🧫

How Children’s Health Defense plans to cement its agenda beyond RFK Jr. www.statnews.com/2025/11/08/r... via @statnews.com @danielpayne.bsky.social

BREAKING: Trump announces deal with Lilly, Novo to expand access to weight loss drugs, cut prices www.statnews.com/2025/11/06/t... via @statnews.com @danielpayne.bsky.social @elaineywchen.bsky.social

Appeals court judges seem skeptical of Trump administration’s defense of capping NIH overhead payments www.statnews.com/2025/11/05/n... via @statnews.com @jonathanwosen.bsky.social

SCOOP: Arena BioWorks, an ambitious biomedical institute backed by billionaires, abruptly shuts down www.statnews.com/2025/11/04/a... via @statnews.com

In Texas, the nation’s MAHA capital, many are frustrated with the status quo in health care www.statnews.com/2025/11/03/m... via @statnews.com @isabellacueto.bsky.social

Medicare finalizes rule to lower payments for surgeries www.statnews.com/2025/11/01/m... via @statnews.com @tarabannow.bsky.social

States reject Dr. Oz’s claims of Medicaid spending on undocumented immigrants Sharp reporting by @danielpayne.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2025/11/01/d... via @statnews.com

Hope and ‘no regrets’: How pancreatic cancer surgeon Dr. Michael Zinner faced a pancreatic cancer diagnosis www.statnews.com/2025/10/27/h... via @statnews.com

Trump, Pfizer, and the art of a drug pricing deal www.statnews.com/2025/09/30/w... via @statnews.com @matthewherper.bsky.social

Harvard public health school confronts severe financial crisis, seeks corporate sponsors www.statnews.com/2025/09/28/h... via @statnews.com

Perimenopause is the new buzzword in the business of women’s health www.statnews.com/2025/09/29/p... via @statnews.com @sarah-todd.bsky.social

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