One might think clinicians + hospitals would disregard new vaccine recs from the administration if they disagreed with them. As noted in this piece from @danielpayne.bsky.social @chelseacirruzzo.bsky.social @helenbranswell.bsky.social, it may not be so simple. www.statnews.com/2025/12/23/t...

The FDA approves a pill version of Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy, possibly widening access, writes @elaineywchen.bsky.social for @statnews.com www.statnews.com/2025/12/22/w...

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

“I just want everyone to be kind to each other.” An advocate who offered a window on the experience of living with brain cancer dies at 43. Beautifully written piece by Drew Joseph for @statnews.com www.statnews.com/2025/12/22/a...

A FDA voucher program promising speedy reviews has become a vehicle for political interference in drug review decisions, staffers told @statnews.com's @lizzylawrence.bsky.social. www.statnews.com/2025/12/19/f...

A Trump administration change to how the National Institutes of Health awards grants has sharply reduced early-stage investigators’ odds of securing funding, new data from the agency show. Teamed up with @aniloza.bsky.social for this @statnews.com story www.statnews.com/2025/12/18/n...

Doctors & groups representing employers are increasingly hearing about companies cutting weight loss drugs out of health plans next year. Nice story via @elaineywchen.bsky.social for @statnews.com on how this will will make these drugs too expensive for many workers www.statnews.com/2025/12/18/w...

Jeanne Marrazzo is suing the administration over her termination following a whistleblower complaint "I spoke up because the decisions by HHS leadership have put the public’s health at risk ... I was fired for calling this out, but I will not stay silent," she said www.statnews.com/2025/12/16/n...

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute is paying $15 million to settle a lawsuit claiming that some of its top researchers authored papers containing manipulated data. My latest for @statnews.com. (Science sleuth @sholtodavid.bsky.social filed the original lawsuit.) www.statnews.com/2025/12/16/d...

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Staffers, industry and patient stakeholders desperately want the FDA's drug center to be stable again. But they fear that may not happen under Tracy Beth Høeg, @lizzylawrence.bsky.social writes for @statnews.com www.statnews.com/2025/12/11/t...

This year, we @statnews.com have brought you the stories of who-knows-how-many scientists, federal workers, policy experts, and patients For the next part of American Science, Shattered we revisit the stories of some of those people and how the year panned out www.statnews.com/2025/12/11/a...

Myocarditis is a rare but real Covid vaccine side effect. A new study sheds light on what causes it. My latest for @statnews.com on a new study out in Science Translational Medicine www.statnews.com/2025/12/10/c...

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 @danielpayne.bsky.social and @chelseacirruzzo.bsky.social for @statnews.com

Trump has "shaken the hell" out of the 80-year research pact between the government and universities. What now? www.statnews.com/2025/12/04/a...

For Brittney Dockery, working as a lab tech was a dream job, despite the low pay. But she now staffs an IT help desk after funding uncertainty pushed her out of science. Experts worry more will follow due to Trump administration policies. My latest for @statnews.com www.statnews.com/2025/12/04/r...

12 former FDA commissioners denounce Vinay Prasad's internal memo on vaccine regulation, from @matthewherper.bsky.social: www.statnews.com/2025/12/03/f...

BREAKING scoop: Top drug regulator Rick Pazdur filed papers to retire from the FDA at the end of this month, according to agency sources. He alerted leaders at the drug center this morning. He could still withdraw the papers. www.statnews.com/2025/12/02/r...

Turmoil at the FDA continues, with top drug regulator Richard Pazdur set to leave the agency, reports @lizzylawrence.bsky.social in this @statnews.com exclusive www.statnews.com/2025/12/02/r...

Global measles vaccinations are nearly back to pre-pandemic levels, WHO report finds, reports @helenbranswell.bsky.social for @statnews.com www.statnews.com/2025/11/28/m...

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Two trials testing the Novo Nordisk weight loss drug semaglutide in Alzheimer’s disease failed, showing the medicine did not slow the progression of the condition versus placebo. Story via Drew Joseph for @statnews.com www.statnews.com/2025/11/24/n...

"Watson told friends he did care how history would see him. He did care what his obituaries would say. He knew his racist and sexist assertions would feature in them. Not even that could make him reconsider his beliefs," wrote Sharon Begley in this extraordinary obit www.statnews.com/2025/11/07/j...

Trump weight loss drug announcement raises questions on impact on commercial market, role of Medicare negotiations, potential backlash from MAHA www.statnews.com/2025/11/06/t...

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