The White House is considering Trump's former deputy surgeon general to be the next CDC director www.axios.com/2026/04/15/c...

Amazon launches AI drug discovery platform www.axios.com/newsletters/...

State efforts to rein in pharmacy benefit managers hit a legal roadblock www.axios.com/2026/04/15/s...

You don't get the sense that the people running the Correspondents dinner have thought this thing through. @status.news: "Seems hard to believe he will not deliver remarks to the crowd, knowing they will be carried on cable news networks." Can anyone imagine a WHCD official correcting a Trump lie?

More insurer denials are being overturned www.axios.com/newsletters/...

GOP pushes sweetener for TrumpRx purchases www.axios.com/2026/04/14/g...

Insurers face new deadlines for drug coverage decisions www.axios.com/newsletters/...

Threat of pharma tariffs forces biotechs to weigh price deals with Trump www.axios.com/2026/04/13/p...

Kennedy is launching a podcast to expose “lies” that have made Americans sick apnews.com/article/rfk-...

Pharma fallout from Iran war won’t end with ceasefire www.axios.com/2026/04/09/i...

Top drug industry lobbyist to step down. www.axios.com/2026/04/08/t...

Health insurers say they’ve sharply cut pre-treatment reviews www.axios.com/2026/04/08/p...

Democrats get a health affordability blueprint for the midterms www.axios.com/newsletters/...

A federal appeals court on Tuesday struck down as unconstitutional parts of a California law that limited the ability of dialysis providers to profit from patients who receive health insurance premium assistance from nonprofit charities.

First ARPA-H project yields experimental arthritis therapies www.axios.com/newsletters/...

Private Medicare plans catch a break on 2027 pay www.axios.com/2026/04/07/t...

Hospitals again challenge safety net cuts www.axios.com/newsletters/...

Medicare dips a toe into hemp for seniors www.axios.com/2026/04/06/m...

Trump's budget calls for another sharp cut to NIH. www.axios.com/2026/04/03/t...

The idea of breaking up big health insurers enters the political discussion www.axios.com/newsletters/...

Trump admin announces new tariffs on drugmakers. www.axios.com/2026/04/02/t...

Research advocates prepare for the next NIH budget fight www.axios.com/2026/04/02/r...

FDA approved Eli Lilly's daily weight-loss pill, which will compete against oral Wegovy. www.fda.gov/news-events/...

Novo Nordisk tests new Wegovy subscription pricing www.axios.com/2026/03/31/w...

States begin living with Medicaid austerity www.axios.com/2026/04/01/s...

Supreme Court rejects Colorado's conversion therapy ban www.axios.com/2026/03/31/s...

Lilly bets big on AI-driven drug development www.axios.com/newsletters/...

Hospitals feel the heat over anticompetitive contracting www.axios.com/2026/03/31/h...

Obamacare premium costs up after subsidies expire www.axios.com/newsletters/...

Medicare sued for details on AI experiment www.axios.com/newsletters/...

Health program cuts eyed to help pay for Iran war www.axios.com/newsletters/...

Trump’s first surgeon general tries to stop nominee from becoming his second. Jerome Adams says his disagreements with Casey Means are “operational, not personal.” “The irony would be the nation’s doctor wouldn’t even be in the corps as a doctor,” Adams told @washingtonpost.com. (Gift link)

And the NYTimes reports that OSU isn’t the only medical school under investigation. The Trump administration has also opened investigations into admissions policies at Stanford and UC-San Diego. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/26/u...

Senators revive push for monthly insulin cap www.axios.com/newsletters/...

ChatGPT faulted in response to psychosis www.axios.com/newsletters/...

Effort to classify COVID vaccine injuries gains momentum www.axios.com/2026/03/26/c...

As the FDA cracks down on Los Angeles Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong's cancer drug claims, new reporting from Status reveals how the newspaper’s studio arm has been entangled in promoting them—raising ethical alarms among staff. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/patrick-so...

White House delays permanent CDC director pick www.axios.com/2026/03/25/w...

Telehealth abortions rose in states with bans. www.axios.com/newsletters/...

Kennedy ally presses administration to expand vaccine injury table www.axios.com/2026/03/25/h...

Top Trump health vacancies could bring course shift www.axios.com/newsletters/...

Andy Schneider latest explainer unpacks the Trump Administration’s surprising retreat on one front of its war on Minnesota. CMS Weaponizes Fraud Against Medicaid in Minnesota: An Unexpected Development ccf.georgetown.edu/2026/03/24/c... via @georgetownccf.bsky.social

Lyme disease vaccine effort to move forward www.axios.com/newsletters/...

Trump’s immigration freeze sidelines foreign-born doctors www.axios.com/2026/03/24/t...

“Arrington has also floated using tariff revenue and changes to Affordable Care Act cost-sharing reduction payments as potential offsets.” Republicans seek elusive path to restoring DHS funding www.axios.com/2026/03/23/d...

Most hospital revenue isn’t from patient care www.axios.com/newsletters/...

How AI-enabled drugs and therapies are changing health care. www.axios.com/2026/03/23/a...

People arrested while protesting ICE say federal agents took samples of their DNA. It's legal, but experts say the practice raises questions about what the government is doing with that genetic data. n.pr/4lyzEDy

Cost not hindering weight-loss drug use: Axios-Ipsos poll www.axios.com/newsletters/...

Hawley’s abortion pill fight puts GOP in a bind. www.axios.com/newsletters/...