Unfilled vacancies have depleted NIH advisory councils, key players in grant approvals www.statnews.com/2026/01/22/n... via @mmolteni.bsky.social for @statnews.com

In a Q&A with @angusrohan.bsky.social, Anthony Letai says NCI is more stable than perceived and is heading for a big year www.statnews.com/2026/01/22/n... via @statnews.com

Would the #CDC's principal deputy director view it as a public health loss for the US if the country loses its #measles elimination status? "Not really," Dr. Ralph Abraham said at a press conference today. www.statnews.com/2026/01/20/c...

House and Senate appropriators endorse NIH budget increase, reject Trump’s proposed cuts, @aniloza.bsky.social and I write for @statnews.com www.statnews.com/2026/01/20/n...

A proposed limit on multiyear funding of NIH grants has become an important sticking point in Senate budget talks, @aniloza.bsky.social and John Wilkerson report for @statnews.com www.statnews.com/2026/01/16/n...

Graduate student enrollment in biomedical degree programs rose last fall despite funding turmoil, new data show, though at a slower rate than previous years. Important to note this includes master's AND doctoral students. My latest for @statnews.com www.statnews.com/2026/01/15/b...

Nicole Kleinstreuer has been named deputy director at NIH (shes been acting in that capacity for some months) @saratalpos.bsky.social talked w/ her abt alternatives to animal models in Oct for @statnews.com www.statnews.com/2025/10/03/a...

Richard Pazdur, a veteran drug regulator who left the FDA last month, warned politics & ‘chaos’ are damaging the agency. Story by @elaineywchen.bsky.social based on @matthewherper.bsky.social's interview with Pazdur during a @statnews.com #JPM26 event last night www.statnews.com/2026/01/13/r...

Illumina launches a massive cell atlas to fast-track drug discovery, with Eli Lilly, AstraZeneca, and Merck as its first customers. My latest for @statnews.com www.statnews.com/2026/01/13/i...

Noubar Afeyan, one of biotech's top investors and co-founder of Moderna, says U.S. policy is ‘taking a sledgehammer to our miracle machine.’ Story via @matthewherper.bsky.social for @statnews.com www.statnews.com/2026/01/12/n...

New Medicaid eligibility rules may cause more than a million missed cancer screenings, and more than 100 preventable deaths, new study says. www.statnews.com/2026/01/08/m...

When it comes to vaccine schedules, the U.S. is now the outlier. STAT analysis shows top officials have put the country out of step with peer nations. Read more: www.statnews.com/2026/01/09/c...

New dietary guidelines limit saturated fats to 10% of total calories, but also encourage full-fat dairy, red meat, and beef tallow. How will that work? www.statnews.com/2026/01/08/s...

A little scoopy tidbit in STAT's DC Diagnosis newsletter today: Vinay Prasad wants access to FDA employees' calendars, though his own is largely private. He has also instructed employees not to tell their supervisors when he reaches out to schedule meetings.

Panel behind new dietary guidelines had financial ties to beef, dairy industries www.statnews.com/2026/01/07/n... A @statnews.com exclusive via @isabellacueto.bsky.social and @sarah-todd.bsky.social

Federal appeals court judges have upheld a lower court ruling preventing NIH from cutting billions of dollars in support for research overhead at universities, academic medical centers, and other grantee institutions. My latest for @statnews.com www.statnews.com/2026/01/05/f...

Federal health officials slash recommended childhood vaccinations under Trump’s directive, paring down the number of recommended vaccines from 17 to 11 www.statnews.com/2026/01/05/c... Breaking news via @chelseacirruzzo.bsky.social and @helenbranswell.bsky.social for @statnews.com

Turmoil in politics and science in 2025 shouldn't obscure breakthroughs in gene editing, cancer treatment, and beyond, as @matthewherper.bsky.social notes. Some reasons for gratitude — and hope — here. www.statnews.com/2025/12/31/2...

Explore American Science, Shattered A multipart series on how the Trump administration has disrupted labs, upended lives, and delayed discoveries Part 1: Scientists lost a reliable partner, with ‘nothing to replace it’ www.statnews.com/2025/12/04/a... By @mmolteni.bsky.social @aniloza.bsky.social

NIH begins review of thousands of delayed research proposals, funding 135 on first day, @aniloza.bsky.social reports for @statnews.com www.statnews.com/2025/12/30/n...

If you're a first-year biomedical Ph.D. student, I'd like to hear how your first few months of grad school have been going. I'm a science journalist at @statnews.com and got my Ph.D. in immunology before going into journalism. You can reach me at [email protected]. #journorequest

Some breaking news via me & @aniloza.bsky.social. The Trump administration has agreed to reconsider frozen and denied NIH grant submissions related to DEI. Our latest for @statnews.com www.statnews.com/2025/12/29/n...

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A @statnews.com exclusive from me: Walter Koroshetz, director of NIH's neurological disorders institute, has been ousted. Yet another example of NIH leadership churn. His departure means that 13 of the agency's 27 divisions will have interim leaders. www.statnews.com/2025/12/27/n...

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...