As brain organoids grow increasingly complex, leading scientists and bioethicists call for global oversight. Story via @mmolteni.bsky.social for @statnews.com www.statnews.com/2025/11/06/n...

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

“I’m not quite following your argument." Federal appeals court judges' questions & comments on Wednesday suggested they're skeptical of the Trump administration's defense of proposed changes to research overhead payments (indirect costs). My latest for @statnews.com www.statnews.com/2025/11/05/n...

Interesting, and perhaps unsurprising given tumult at FDA — FDA Commissioner Marty Makary was supposed to speak at @wsj.com's Future of Health event today. At some point today, he was removed from the agenda.

5,000 steps a day could slow cognitive decline in people with signs of Alzheimer’s, a new study out in Nature Medicine suggests. My latest for @statnews.com www.statnews.com/2025/11/03/e...

The FDA’s top drug regulator has resigned amid an investigation accusing him of seeking to use authority to inflict financial harm on a former associate. Incredible work by @lizzylawrence.bsky.social & @adamfeuerstein.bsky.social in this @statnews.com exclusive. www.statnews.com/2025/11/02/f...

The NIH has insisted there are no banned words But, an analysis by @jeremymberg.bsky.social found over 700 hundred grants changed their titles from '24 to '25 Some see it as a small price to pay to keep their grant, but others are worried about what comes next www.statnews.com/2025/10/29/n...

Beatriz Ychussie’s career in mathematics seemed to be going really well. There was just one problem -- she doesn't exist. Fascinating (and concerning) story by @miryamnaddaf.bsky.social for Nature on how paper mills concoct fake study authors and reviewers. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

The fascinating backstory between how the first nine drug companies won priority review vouchers from Marty Makary’s FDA, an exclusive via @lizzylawrence.bsky.social for @statnews.com www.statnews.com/2025/10/24/h...

As trust in the federal government's stewardship of US public health infrastructure plummets, NEJM and CIDRAP are launching a rival publication to the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. Story by @aniloza.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2025/10/21/c...

Effort to guide treatment of cancer with novel blood tests may get boost from new research, my colleague Drew Joseph reports for @statnews.com www.statnews.com/2025/10/21/c...

Grail announced detailed data on Friday from a large U.S. study of Galleri, its flagship blood-based test for detecting 50+ cancer types. My latest for @statnews.com on the data and what they mean www.statnews.com/2025/10/17/g...

Health secretary RFK Jr. envisions a back-to-the-land movement based on regenerative agriculture. But it isn’t an easy go, @isabellacueto.bsky.social writes in this deeply reported piece about an ex-vegan restaurateur who's putting this vision for farming to the test www.statnews.com/2025/10/16/m...

“I get asked this constantly: When will we start rebuilding? I don’t think we can know until we know the full extent of the destruction. There’s no reason to think we’ve bottomed out,” said former NIH institute leader Eric Green at #STATSummit this week. www.statnews.com/2025/10/16/f...

Congrats to @sdorkenw.bsky.social on being named a 2025 STAT Wunderkind! @jonathanwosen.bsky.social shares how Sven fell in love with the "messy, mesmerizing world of the life sciences" and his work on the landmark fly brain map. 🔗 www.statnews.com/wunderkinds/... @statnews.com #STATWunderkinds

Excited to be moderating a panel at the @statnews.com summit later this week on the upheaval at the NIH this year, and I have the honor of sharing the stage with three people who have helped me make sense of this moment Going to thread some background reading, featuring our three speakers:

Breaking news via @danielpayne.bsky.social, who will likely have more details later today. AstraZeneca is set to strike a deal with the Trump administration to lower drug prices, people familiar with the matter told STAT. www.statnews.com/2025/10/10/a... via @statnews.com

Expedition Therapeutics, a company scouring China’s booming biotech industry for the most enticing drug candidates, has raised $165 million for its first drug trial. www.statnews.com/2025/10/09/e...

New: Pharma companies are scrambling to make deals with Trump after Pfizer's agreement Announcements could be coming as soon as this week, lobbyists hope — though a host of variables could change that www.statnews.com/2025/10/07/t...

They advised federal health agencies on the ethics and impact of scientific research. They’re no longer wanted. Great story by @mmolteni.bsky.social and @aniloza.bsky.social for @statnews.com www.statnews.com/2025/10/07/h...

The 2025 Nobel in medicine has gone to three scientists whose work helps explain a marvel of our immune system — that it is able to, with exquisite precision, differentiate what should be fended off and what should be left as is. More from STAT's Andrew Joseph: www.statnews.com/2025/10/06/n...

Nicole Kleinstreuer, who is leading an NIH effort to reduce the use of animals in research, began thinking about the issue as a toxicologist at the EPA www.statnews.com/2025/10/03/a...

Scientists have found that patients with ALS have autoimmune responses, a finding that could reshape how researchers view the devastating neurologic disorder. My latest for @statnews.com on a new study in @nature.com from @settelab.bsky.social @lji.org www.statnews.com/2025/10/01/a...

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

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I had a chance to catch up with Daniel Skovronsky, Eli Lilly’s head scientist, about the company's experimental GLP-1 pill, its Alzheimer’s strategy, and finding promising ideas and startups. A Q&A for @statnews.com www.statnews.com/2025/09/30/e...

There are growing signs federal funding for research overhead is headed for a major shake-up. To understand what may change (and how things currently work), I spoke with former HHS & OMB staffer Gil Tran. A Q&A for @statnews.com www.statnews.com/2025/09/26/r...

Crinetics $CRNX wins FDA approval for an acromegaly drug market analysts think could become a blockbuster, though the therapy faces competition with Novartis and Ipsen. My latest for @statnews.com statnews.com/2025/09/25/n...

From an elixir for ‘little hotheads’ to deadly overdoses, how Tylenol became a medicinal scapegoat. @mmolteni.bsky.social dives into the ubiquitous drug's fascinating history for @statnews.com www.statnews.com/2025/09/25/t...

Anthony Letai of Dana-Farber is the front-runner to lead National Cancer Institute, NIH's largest institute. Nice exclusive via @matthewherper.bsky.social and @angusrohan.bsky.social for @statnews.com www.statnews.com/2025/09/24/n...

Trump’s Tylenol warning cited a Harvard dean’s research. But a judge called his shifting conclusions ‘unreliable’ www.statnews.com/2025/09/23/r... via @rosebroderick.bsky.social for @statnews.com

In dispensing advice on Tylenol and autism, Trump takes on a new role: doctor in chief. Story via me and @angusrohan.bsky.social for @statnews.com www.statnews.com/2025/09/23/t...

Hospitals get dinged for reporting too many infections. In some cases, the solution is not to test. Excellent reporting by @tarabannow.bsky.social on what one experts calls "health care’s dirty little secret" in this @statnews.com investigation www.statnews.com/2025/09/22/h...

Drew Weissman, winner of Nobel Prize for work on mRNA, says ACIP member’s claim that Covid vaccines persist is “absolutely impossible.” A Q&A via @matthewherper.bsky.social for @statnews.com www.statnews.com/2025/09/20/d...

In a Q&A with STAT, Nobel winner Drew Weissman addressed concerns raised about Covid shots at a recent meeting of federal vaccine advisers. www.statnews.com/2025/09/20/d...

CDC's ACIP is about to discuss a potential delay in administering the hep B shot to newborns — here's what's at stake (we're tuning in and will be updating) w/ @elaineywchen.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2025/09/18/c...

"We took an oath. You did too. Will you uphold yours?” Nearly 900 federal workers, including CDC and NIH staff, signed a letter to Congress urging it to protect medicine and science. Story via @angusrohan.bsky.social and @aniloza.bsky.social for @statnews.com www.statnews.com/2025/09/18/f...

"The nation’s top health agency is not well, according to a portrait that emerged in testimony Wednesday by two of its former leaders," writes Liz Cooney for @statnews.com www.statnews.com/2025/09/17/m...

Ousted CDC Director Susan Monarez told lawmakers that her former boss, health secretary RFK Jr., told her he plans to change the childhood vaccine schedule this month. Story via @isabellacueto.bsky.social and @danielpayne.bsky.social for @statnews.com www.statnews.com/2025/09/17/m...

RFK Jr. adds five members to ACIP, a key vaccine panel, days ahead of a crucial meeting, my colleagues report for @statnews.com www.statnews.com/2025/09/15/k...

Thanks to a frenzy of grantmaking activity, the NIH looks, for the first time this year, like it might spend its entire $47 billion budget this fiscal year. Story via @mmolteni.bsky.social, @aniloza.bsky.social, and @jaspar.bsky.social for @statnews.com www.statnews.com/2025/09/12/n...

Fifty cancer types in one liquid biopsy test: Exact Sciences enters the early-detection market, where it looks to compete with Grail. Interesting story via @angusrohan.bsky.social for @statnews.com www.statnews.com/2025/09/11/e...

Hepatitis B cases in kids and teens dropped 99% after the CDC recommended universal vaccination at birth. Scientists warn that progress could be lost if the CDC's advisory panel reverses course, @ericboodman.bsky.social writes for @statnews.com www.statnews.com/2025/09/11/n...

New: House appropriators snub Kennedy, include mRNA vaccine funding in spending bill. www.statnews.com/2025/09/10/m...

Robotic device could make intubation faster and easier for first responders, small study suggests. My latest for @statnews.com on a new study out in Science Translational Medicine www.statnews.com/2025/09/10/r...

If you run a life science lab where research has either significantly slowed or shut down completely due to Trump administration policies, I’d like to hear your story. I'm a biotech and life sciences reporter for @statnews.com, and you can reach me at [email protected] #journorequest

10 years @statnews.com went by quickly. This stellar team of journalists has done a ton of really important work along the way. bsky.app/profile/stat...

FDA greenlights trial of gene-edited pig kidneys as treatment for end-stage kidney disease. www.statnews.com/2025/09/08/p...

“People need to know the story of what went down” internally at NIH, Jeanne Marrazzo, the former director of NIAID, told STAT. "The story needed to be told.” Via @aniloza.bsky.social @mmolteni.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2025/09/04/n...

Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., in a striking turn, accuses ousted CDC director Susan Monarez of lying about the leadup to her firing, Andrew Joseph reports for @statnews.com www.statnews.com/2025/09/04/h...