Bill Cassidy grilled a Trump nominee for a key pandemic preparedness role over past comments in which he questioned vaccines, in a heated Senate confirmation hearing on Wednesday. www.statnews.com/2026/07/15/b...

Erica Schwartz and Sean Kaufman navigated tough questions about vaccines, political independence, and pushing back on RFK Jr. www.statnews.com/2026/07/15/s...

The nominees for #CDC director & #ASPR head faced tough questioning from the Senate #HELP committee today. Chair Bill Cassidy, who's out of a job next Jan., was especially blunt with the pair, suggesting Erica Schwartz (CDC) spent the hearing trying not to answer Qs. www.statnews.com/2026/07/15/b...

From increased strain on ERs to recent trends in alcohol use, see the data behind STAT’s series. Explore the 10 charts that explain America’s hidden alcohol epidemic. www.statnews.com/2026/07/14/a...

Medicare regulators on Tuesday proposed to ban vendors from providing remote patient monitoring services on behalf of doctors, a major policy change for a rapidly growing care model that’s been the subject of increasing scrutiny. www.statnews.com/2026/07/15/c...

An analysis of public comments on a White House proposal to change the way federal contracts and grants are doled out shows widespread opposition. www.statnews.com/2026/07/15/t...

Exclusive: Under a new leader, the FDA’s biologics center moves to steady itself after stormy chapter www.statnews.com/2026/07/15/f...

A former FDA toxicologist has accused the agency of authorizing Zyn nicotine pouches without fully reviewing their safety www.statnews.com/2026/07/14/z...

Exclusive: Top Democrats question RFK Jr.’s health care advisory panel www.statnews.com/2026/07/14/s...

AI still has the potential to do more than reduce corporate head counts. Watch out, Kendall Square. www.statnews.com/2026/07/14/a...

America's hidden alcohol epidemic — the toll, emerging risks, shifting usage, and economic stakes — broken down in 10 charts. www.statnews.com/2026/07/14/a...

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The U.S. can save lives from excess alcohol use without taking drastic measures. Here are 12 steps that can help. www.statnews.com/2026/07/14/a...

Physicians who volunteer on flights assume responsibility with no patient history, limited equipment, and an audience of 200 people. www.statnews.com/2026/07/13/d...

Pancreatic cancer specialists are excited about the biggest breakthrough in the field in decades. They are also looking around the corner to what comes next. www.statnews.com/2026/07/13/p...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is pressing forward with his effort to help Americans stop taking psychiatric drugs. www.statnews.com/2026/07/13/h...

Family caregivers of people with disabilities face a grim financial future as several states consider steep cuts to their wages. www.statnews.com/2026/07/13/f...

Why does getting family health insurance through a job cost as much as buying a new car? How did a whistleblower take on an insurance contractor? And who might be the new Food and Drug Administration commissioner? www.statnews.com/2026/07/09/r...

Exclusive: Nominee for key federal health role has a history of questioning vaccines www.statnews.com/2026/07/10/s...

What is the mental health toll of being a social media influencer? @shiralazar.bsky.social discusses with @alexhogan.bsky.social in the latest STATUS Report. Watch the full episode: youtu.be/ntBVYUg2m6I?...

For 150 years, the Boys' Club of New York has offered a model for supporting boys' mental health through connection, belonging, and mentorship. www.statnews.com/2026/07/10/b...

Longevity entrepreneur Bryan Johnson is drawing attention to autoimmune gastritis www.statnews.com/2026/07/08/b...

Outbreak of diarrhea-causing parasite grows to more than 1,000 cases — via @apnews.com www.statnews.com/2026/07/09/c...

Over the past 25 years, I have treated thousands of medical cannabis patients with extremely few ill effects, one doctor writes. www.statnews.com/2026/07/09/c...

A father’s pursuit of a gene therapy has implications for an entire field www.statnews.com/2026/07/09/m...

Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is preparing to make it easier for people to claim that they were injured by a Covid-19 vaccine and receive compensation. www.statnews.com/2026/07/08/h...

#Breaking: The White House is reviewing finalists, suggesting the highly anticipated decision may come soon. www.statnews.com/2026/07/08/n...

In a private meeting, top administration officials pushed industry leaders to bring the supply chains of 86 essential medicines under tighter U.S. control. www.statnews.com/2026/07/08/t...

The newly approved over-the-counter CGM offers a new approach to tackling childhood obesity but also raises a host of questions. www.statnews.com/2026/07/08/d...

Lung cancer patients hadn't been seen as candidates for organ transplant. Now a study finds patients did well. www.statnews.com/2026/07/08/l...

1/ This is a thread about America’s crumbling employer-based health insurance system. The percentage of working-age adults who get their health coverage from a job has declined from 67% in 1998 to about 60%. www.statnews.com/2026/07/07/s...

The White House has proposed sweeping changes to the bedrock regulation undergirding all federal contracts, empowering the executive branch to direct research, terminate grants, and external scientific reviews. www.statnews.com/2026/07/08/t...

STAT's @bobjherman.bsky.social talks about his new project 'Out of Pocket. Out of Reach.' A multipart series on the soaring costs of health insurance for America’s workers and businesses. Explore: www.statnews.com/health-insur...

Read the 5 key takeaways from STAT's series "Out of Pocket, Out of Reach," an examination of workplace health insurance. www.statnews.com/2026/07/07/w...

America’s employers must stop acting helpless in the face of health care industry profiteering, Chris Deacon says. www.statnews.com/2026/07/07/e...

The cost of employer-based health insurance is crushing workers and businesses. Why has it become so unaffordable? www.statnews.com/health-insur...

Amy Bielawski is one of the 30 million people who run their own businesses. She's gone most of her life without health insurance. www.statnews.com/2026/07/07/a...

America's employer-based health insurance system is crumbling. STAT investigates why, in our new series, “Out of Pocket, Out of Reach.” www.statnews.com/2026/07/07/s...

America’s employer health insurance is decaying. We’re launching a new series, Out of Pocket, Out of Reach, that chronicles how and why this system is harming everyone in a more urgent way than ever. Despair is most apparent among small businesses. www.statnews.com/2026/07/07/s...

C.J. Peters, one of the legendary virus hunters of decades past, has died. In 2018, I traveled to his home in Galveston, Tex., where he told me jaw-dropping story after jaw-dropping story. He had an extraordinary brain and was hugely curious. Such a loss. www.statnews.com/2018/02/20/v...

Clinical trial policy got caught up in the Trump administration’s attack on policies related to diversity, equity, and inclusion. Republicans in Congress would like to change that. www.statnews.com/2026/07/06/r...

"The FDA should take a middle-ground approach instead of outright banning popular but unproven peptides." www.statnews.com/2026/07/06/p...

A secret shopper study has pulled back the veil on the practices of nearly 50 telehealth sites that prescribe popular GLP-1 medications for weight loss. www.statnews.com/2026/07/06/g...

Call AI in biotech hype at your peril. There are real reasons that pharmaceutical companies are embracing this technology right now. www.statnews.com/2026/07/06/a...

"This year at Vidcon, I was struck by how much of the conference’s programming was dedicated to the mental health of content creators." — @alexhogan.bsky.social Watch the latest STATUS Report www.statnews.com/2026/07/06/v...

I spoke to Anthropic’s CEO about how AI may affect biotech. Here’s what I learned www.statnews.com/2026/07/06/a... via @statnews.com

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Physical activity needs to be fun to keep kids engaged. And the test risks embarrassing them, instead. www.statnews.com/2026/07/02/p...

At Claude Science event, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei shares his optimism about AI potential.

The FDA approved a personalized T-cell therapy from Orca Bio, a private biotech company, that reduces the risk of a debilitating immune reaction in patients with blood cancers undergoing stem cell transplants. www.statnews.com/2026/07/01/f...