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

As more patients order lab tests online, doctors don’t know what to do with the results, @ravindranize.bsky.social reports: www.statnews.com/2026/01/09/p... via @statnews.com

Panel behind new dietary guidelines had financial ties to beef, dairy industries, @isabellacueto.bsky.social reports: www.statnews.com/2026/01/07/n... via @statnews.com

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

This is how fast health AI is moving: Between when I drafted this post on Monday and when it sent this morning, two of these 2026 #health #AI predictions basically became outdated. (click in the below post to find out which ones they were!) 🖥️🩺

STAT’s @helenbranswell.bsky.social on the ‘startling’ new U.S. vaccine schedule www.statnews.com/2026/01/07/k... via @statnews.com

FDA announces sweeping changes to oversight of wearables, AI-enabled devices www.statnews.com/2026/01/06/f... via @statnews.com

AI has finally started making drug-like antibodies. When will it revolutionize biopharma? www.statnews.com/2026/01/06/w... via @statnews.com

Despite a tough year for medicine, @matthewherper.bsky.social gives us some good reasons to celebrate, and be hopeful. www.statnews.com/2025/12/31/2... via @statnews.com

Rolling back health AI transparency rule will shift the burden of vetting to health systems www.statnews.com/2025/12/23/d... via @statnews.com

How the Trump administration is recasting government’s role in regulating health technology www.statnews.com/2025/12/23/t... via @statnews.com

Trump administration to scrap federal rule requiring transparency into health AI tools  www.statnews.com/2025/12/22/h... via @statnews.com

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: www.statnews.com/2025/12/22/t...

Anyway check out the full new @statnews.com STATus Report video to learn all about the new CDC hepatitis B vaccine guidance! Feat @danielpayne.bsky.social youtu.be/43QtKjCnO5c

Earlier this year, I asked more than 90 health AI experts what's on their bingo card for the rest of 2025. Who gets to say "I told you so" now? Our look back at what did and didn't happen in 2025: www.statnews.com/2025/12/17/2... 🖥️🩺

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...

Still early in the process, but clinicians hope the technology can trigger more proactive care to prevent future cancers, heart attacks, and strokes, @katiepalmer.bsky.social reports: www.statnews.com/2025/12/15/m... via @statnews.com

NEW: I dug deep into new top drug regulator Tracy Beth Høeg's record at the FDA so far, talked to agency staff, and even found some old and interesting blog posts, to get a sense of how she'll lead the drug center. TLDR, staff are worried. More here: www.statnews.com/2025/12/11/t...

The destruction of the enterprise of US academic science has been one of the most confounding aspects of a hugely confounding year. My @statnews.com colleagues are writing about the consequences for individuals & the country. You want to read this series. www.statnews.com/american-sci...

“I’ll evade, if that’s alright,” said Jim O’Neill, deputy health secretary about Trump's plan to block state AI laws, @mariojoze.bsky.social reports: www.statnews.com/2025/12/10/j... via @statnews.com

The authorization of Waskyra for Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome reflects the challenges buffeting gene therapies, and how academics and nonprofits are trying to overcome them, Drew Joseph reports: www.statnews.com/2025/12/10/n... via @statnews.com

Overworked radiologists already struggle to adjudicate abnormalities flagged by the current generation of AI models. That stands to get worse as AI’s capabilities grow. @katiepalmer.bsky.social looks at how radiologists are thinking about that: www.statnews.com/2025/12/08/c... via @statnews.com

We finally have randomized, controlled clinical trial results from ambient AI scribes. But what do these RCTs actually tell us? Look at the below chart. Time savings are often low, but doctors give the technology rave reviews, esp in anecdotes that people tend to believe more than data 👀 🧵 🖥️🩺

Health care providers started implementing AI scribes to reduce clinician burnout. The assumption was that it'd help cut down the hours docs spend on documenting patient visits. So, has that happened? www.statnews.com/2025/12/03/a... via @statnews.com

Top drug regulator Richard Pazdur set to leave the FDA www.statnews.com/2025/12/02/r... via @statnews.com

FDA offers staff ‘agentic AI’ to support pre-market reviews, administrative tasks www.statnews.com/2025/12/01/f... via @statnews.com

Off an $80 million acquisition, Cognita’s CEO on the power of scale in radiology AI www.statnews.com/2025/12/01/c... via @statnews.com

Why first-generation mental health apps cannot ignore next-gen AI chatbots www.statnews.com/2025/12/01/a... via @statnews.com

Mental health chatbot developer Slingshot AI wants the world to believe that its smartphone app, Ash, will do more good than harm. The evidence that the company offers, though, raises more questions than answers, @mariojoze.bsky.social writes: www.statnews.com/2025/11/24/s... via @statnews.com

CDC moves to end telework for employees, including those with medical needs www.statnews.com/2025/11/21/c... via @statnews.com

How K Health is using tech to help large health systems — Cedars-Sinai, Mayo Clinic, Hackensack Meridian Health, Hartford HealthCare, Mass General Brigham, and Northwell Health — reach more patients, @katiepalmer.bsky.social reports: www.statnews.com/2025/11/20/k... via @statnews.com

Tie-ups between telehealth companies and pharmaceutical manufacturers are becoming more consequential as competition for patients seeking GLP-1 medications grows, @katiepalmer.bsky.social reports: www.statnews.com/2025/11/18/t... via @statnews.com

A new profile of RFK Jr offers fresh insights into how he works, the bond he shares with Trump, & how he's moved HHS “from evidence-based decision-making to decision-based evidence-making." Story by @chelseacirruzzo.bsky.social, @caseyross.bsky.social, & me: www.statnews.com/2025/11/18/r...

As HHS secretary, RFK Jr. has pledged to pursue gold-standard science, preserve access to vaccines, and insist on radical transparency in policymaking. Here is our examination of his tenure to date: www.statnews.com/2025/11/18/r... via @statnews.com

Offshift helps truckers build a healthy lifestyle to prevent or manage chronic disease. They can be effective, and yet digital health solutions like those often struggle with like low adoption and engagement, @katiepalmer.bsky.social reports: www.statnews.com/2025/11/18/t... via @statnews.com

How two top FDA officials — Vinay Prasad and Tracy Beth Høeg — are quietly upending vaccine regulations. Via @lizzylawrence.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2025/11/12/f...

"What’s easy to miss from the outside is that this isn’t chaos — it’s community. And if public health wants to confront it, we need to understand it first," @craigspencer.bsky.social writes: www.statnews.com/2025/11/11/c... via @statnews.com

Device/software makers say the price is justified by downstream savings. But some medical groups and physicians worry AI’s costs could balloon out of proportion compared to its benefits, @katiepalmer.bsky.social reports: www.statnews.com/2025/11/11/m... via @statnews.com

UnitedHealthcare drops remote monitoring coverage in defiance of Medicare policies www.statnews.com/2025/11/07/u... via @statnews.com

New from @brittanytrang.com Medicare picks tech vendors to run AI prior authorization pilot in six states www.statnews.com/2025/11/06/m... via @statnews.com

Sometimes doctors "fake" CPR. It's called a "slow code" in medical parlance. But "slow code" is really an umbrella term for all types of insincere attempts at CPR. Here's a clip from my new @statnews.com video on the topic

The FDA’s Digital Health Advisory Committee (DHAC) will convene to discuss nitty gritty details around the regulation of therapy chatbots and other mental health devices that use generative AI, @mariojoze.bsky.social reports: www.statnews.com/2025/11/05/f... via @statnews.com

The new trend of microdosing GLP-1s is more about telehealth companies and their compounding pharmacy partners than any proven benefit for patients, @katiepalmer.bsky.social reports: www.statnews.com/2025/11/04/m... via @statnews.com

Lawsuit against top FDA drug regulator is packed with incendiary texts, emails www.statnews.com/2025/11/03/g... via @statnews.com

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

Med First’s experience of using AI for medical coding is part of a new battleground in the American health care sector with insurers blaming providers for inflated coding, @brittanytrang.com reports: www.statnews.com/2025/11/03/a... via @statnews.com

FDA’s top drug regulator resigns amid investigation www.statnews.com/2025/11/02/f... via @statnews.com

Health insurers say hospitals' use of AI coding tools is eating into their profits, @katiepalmer.bsky.social reports: But large insurers have long used AI to scrutinize medical claims — and have been sued over allegedly wrongful denial of care. www.statnews.com/2025/10/31/h... via @statnews.com

New from @lizzylawrence.bsky.social, based on over a dozen interviews with current and former staffers, contractors and regulatory experts. www.statnews.com/2025/10/31/v... via @statnews.com