James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers. www.statnews.com/2025/11/07/j...

Trump is making obesity drugs cheaper under Medicare. A landmark Biden policy might have helped. www.statnews.com/2025/11/06/t...

RFK Jr. has railed against drugmakers but he struck a different tone in commenting on President Trump's deal to expand access to obesity drugs www.statnews.com/2025/11/06/r...

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...

The FDA announced the second batch of companies being granted a “Commissioner’s National Priority Voucher,” a ticket to speedier reviews of drug candidates aligned with U.S. priorities. www.statnews.com/2025/11/06/f...

IN 30 MINUTES! @jasonmast.bsky.social and Damian Garde take us inside STAT’s reporting on Moderna and Jason’s latest investigation into the company’s recent challenges. Join us. www.statnews.com/event/modern...

#Breaking: Trump announces deal with Lilly, Novo to expand access to weight loss drugs, cut prices www.statnews.com/2025/11/06/t...

After a long stretch of disinterest, biotech investors now see promise in a new wave of hair loss treatments. www.statnews.com/2025/11/06/b...

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 Children’s Hospital Association, which represents more than 200 hospitals and spends millions on lobbying each year, announced Tuesday a new messaging approach and internal changes to support it. www.statnews.com/2025/11/04/c...

What is "fake" CPR, and why do doctors sometimes do it? STAT's @alexhogan.bsky.social explains in this week's episode of STATus Report. www.statnews.com/2025/11/05/f...

TOMORROW at 1pm ET: STAT reporters @jasonmast.bsky.social and Damian Garde unpack Jason’s recent investigation into how Moderna — once seen as a company that helped save the world — began to unravel. www.statnews.com/event/modern...

#Breaking: Trump administration nears deals for cheaper weight-loss drugs with Novo Nordisk, Eli Lilly www.statnews.com/2025/11/04/t...

Despite no strong evidence of clinical benefit, microdosing GLP-1s will likely continue as a strategy for some to profit off of the popular drug class. www.statnews.com/2025/11/04/m...

Experts worry FDA’s credibility is being shredded by scandal and ‘soap opera’ www.statnews.com/2025/11/04/f...

UnitedHealth Group pays its own physician practices much more than it pays competing practices, a new study finds. www.statnews.com/2025/11/03/u...

“This is not just about one device. It’s about what happens when institutions grow comfortable living in their own ambiguity and hiding behind opacity.” www.statnews.com/2025/11/02/q...

The Americas — North, Central, and South — is the only region of the world that has ever managed to stop endemic transmission of measles. But that hard-won victory against the highly contagious virus is on the verge of being rolled back. www.statnews.com/2025/11/03/m...

George Tidmarsh is accused of using his post to settle scores with a former business partner, sending fiery texts and targeting his firms www.statnews.com/2025/11/03/g...

New research bolsters evidence that people with early signs of Alzheimer’s can slow cognitive decline with low to moderate physical activity. www.statnews.com/2025/11/03/e...

Texas is the MAHA capital of the country — offering a look at health policies that may soon roll across the country. www.statnews.com/2025/11/03/m...

George Tidmarsh, the Food and Drug Administration’s top regulator of drugs, has been placed on administrative leave after being accused of using his regulatory authority to inflict financial harm on a former business associate, STAT has learned. www.statnews.com/2025/11/02/f...

Dr. Oz posted that several states had spent large amounts on Medicaid coverage for undocumented immigrants. Some states are pushing back. www.statnews.com/2025/11/01/d...

Health care has become a central issue in this year’s elections, a sign of parties' midterm strategies to come. www.statnews.com/2025/10/31/g...

Yesterday, we published a lengthy look at Moderna's post-Covid fall, from one of the most valued companies in the world to to a biotech facing serious questions about its longterm future It's a story of hubris, the limits of mRNA technology, and, of course, RFK Jr www.statnews.com/2025/10/30/m...

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Exclusive: Vinay Prasad has rattled FDA staff by expanding his power and pushing out senior leaders. www.statnews.com/2025/10/31/v...

EXCLUSIVE: A slow-boiling feud between Vinay Prasad and his staff at the FDA is threatening the future of the center that regulates the nation’s vaccines, biological products, and blood supply. Read more here: www.statnews.com/2025/10/31/v...

Once on track to become one of the biggest drugmakers in the world, Moderna now faces a crisis unlike any other in its history. While some in the industry see Moderna as a victim of circumstance, less generous observers see hubris in its rise and fall. www.statnews.com/2025/10/30/m...?

How Moderna, the company that helped save the world, unraveled www.statnews.com/2025/10/30/m...

We're (officially) launching STATus Report, a new video series from @statnews.com ! If you'd like to learn about "genericide," why Novo Nordisk sells the exact same drug under two trademarks, or see me do a "backside Fahrvergnügen" on rollerblades, check it out today's episode! youtu.be/XKjoo1aS2Bg

This looks like a win for women, but it's not so clear, and not clear why, experts told me. www.statnews.com/2025/10/27/c...

The federal agency SAMHSA funds programs focused on suicide prevention, teen alcohol use, opioid addiction treatment, and school-based mental health, among others. Amid a continued addiction and mental health crisis, it's being stripped of power: www.statnews.com/2025/10/30/s...?

“We need to remember that SNAP is the safety net,” Lindsay Allen told @sarah-todd.bsky.social at @statnews.com. “Below the safety net is concrete.” www.statnews.com/2025/10/27/s...

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...

Under the watch of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — who speaks frequently about his own recovery from substance addiction — the Trump administration has dismantled large portions of the federal agency focused on mental health and addiction treatment. trib.al/2a5CWjV

Goodbye, SAMHSA? After the Trump administration's latest layoffs at the federal agency for mental health and addiction treatment, the agency is in shambles. On the sacking of SAMHSA and what it means for the country's behavioral health, w/ @levfacher.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2025/10/30/s...

How Moderna, the company that helped save the world, unraveled. After missteps and misfortune, the biotech confronts a precarious future. www.statnews.com/2025/10/30/m...

"TrumpRx and a most favored nation policy won’t lower prices for patients. A better approach would be to fix the broken system around generics and biosimilars." www.statnews.com/2025/10/24/t...

How the first nine drug companies won priority review vouchers from Marty Makary’s FDA www.statnews.com/2025/10/24/h...

Sometimes the biggest moments at a conference happen backstage. At the annual #STATSummit, that kind of moment involved a pharma CEO and a toddler in a tuxedo. www.statnews.com/2025/10/24/p...

Researchers worry that Medicaid home care eligibility decisions are often made without public scrutiny and based less on health than on cost. www.statnews.com/2025/10/24/a...

The Trump administration’s push to make in vitro fertilization more affordable is changing the outlook and offerings in the fertility sector, even as some details of its policies remain confidential and others have yet to be released. www.statnews.com/2025/10/23/t...

At the #STATSummit, Daniel Jernigan recounts what it was like at the CDC after a gunman had opened fire on the building.

Despite a tough year, Moderna is quietly forging ahead with its pipeline, including cancer therapeutics. www.statnews.com/2025/10/23/m...

This scientist is revealing the immune system in our nasal passages. With a focus on the upper airway, Sydney Ramirez is working toward better diagnoses, vaccines. www.statnews.com/2025/10/16/s... #STATWunderkinds

Two institutions are coming together to create an alternative to the CDC’s vaunted Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report www.statnews.com/2025/10/21/c...

Some companies are pitching a new model for employers to help their workers pay for medications, but without using insurance. www.statnews.com/2025/10/22/s...

Astonishing: The cost of health insurance for a family jumps to $27,000 from @tarabannow.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2025/10/22/h...

The cost of health insurance for a family jumps to $27,000 Prescription drugs and chronic diseases are contributing to the higher price www.statnews.com/2025/10/22/h...