New drug pricing policies are here — with the potential for billions in savings. www.statnews.com/2025/12/22/t...

News: The CDC employee who has been advising RFK Jr. on vaccines is getting a new role at the agency: overseeing research on adverse childhood experiences — and aligning it with MAHA priorities. www.statnews.com/2025/12/19/w...

News: White House set to announce largest batch of drug pricing agreements yet www.statnews.com/2025/12/19/t...

The Trump administration intends to make its most forceful attempt yet at restricting gender-affirming care for transgender youth in the U.S. www.statnews.com/2025/12/18/t...

More drugmakers set to sign pricing deals with Trump on Friday www.statnews.com/2025/12/17/p...

Anyway check out the full new @statnews.com STATus Report video to learn all about the new CDC hepatitis B vaccine guidance! Feat @danielpayne.bsky.social youtu.be/43QtKjCnO5c

As CDC approves the new vaccine recommendations, some pediatricians and health systems say they won't follow them www.statnews.com/2025/12/16/h...

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A(nother) must-read from @lizzylawrence.bsky.social on one of the most important storylines in health care today: www.statnews.com/2025/12/11/t...

ACA premium spike looms as Senate votes fail, House bill faces long odds www.statnews.com/2025/12/11/a...

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...

The federal vaccine advisers laid the groundwork this week to reexamine the childhood vaccine schedule broadly. Then, late Friday, Trump himself directed HHS to do exactly that. w/ @chelseacirruzzo.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2025/12/05/c...

RFK Jr.’s vaccine panel is laying the groundwork for more scrutiny of childhood shots www.statnews.com/2025/12/05/c... via @statnews.com @danielpayne.bsky.social @chelseacirruzzo.bsky.social

Next up: ACIP is set to review the childhood vaccine schedule broadly. Aaron Siri, a leading voice in the anti-vaccine movement with ties to RFK Jr., will brief them. More on Siri’s presentation: www.statnews.com/2025/12/05/a...

A panel that advises #CDC on vaccine policy votes to do away with the recommendation all babies should be vaccinated against #hepatitisB at birth. "We are doing harm," said panel member Cody Meissner, who voted against this #ACIP recommendation. www.statnews.com/2025/12/05/c...

This morning, in a 76-slide presentation before federal vaccine advisors, a leading vaccine critic is set to make the case for sweeping changes to childhood shots. www.statnews.com/2025/12/05/a...

More on today's federal vaccine advisory meeting: www.statnews.com/2025/12/04/c...

Top Senate health leader calls CDC vaccine panel ‘totally discredited’ via @chelseacirruzzo.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2025/12/04/c...

New: A new advocacy group will launch today, representing 70,000 independent doctors. The nonprofit (and associated PAC) comes amid increased consolidation among providers. www.statnews.com/2025/12/03/i...

“How they’re approaching this is not how science works,” Sean O’Leary, a doctor who chairs the American Academy of Pediatric’s Committee on Infectious Diseases, said. More from @danielpayne.bsky.social and @chelseacirruzzo.bsky.social at @statnews.com www.statnews.com/2025/12/02/a...

News: Government vaccine advisors have excluded industry and CDC experts from its review of the hep B vaccine Officials have skipped usual safety data consultations with the makers of the shots, which they will review this week w/ @chelseacirruzzo.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2025/12/02/a...

#News: Top drug regulator Richard Pazdur filed papers to retire from the Food and Drug Administration at the end of this month, but could withdraw them www.statnews.com/2025/12/02/r...

U.K. pledges to boost pharma payments, will avoid U.S. tariffs on drugs www.statnews.com/2025/12/01/u...

Trump’s approach on health care — at odds with his party’s laissez-faire philosophy — could reshape Republicans’ health care agenda. www.statnews.com/2025/11/26/t...

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Today's vaccine news is part of a much larger — potentially far more impactful — agenda: www.statnews.com/2025/11/18/t...

The Trump administration has plans for 16 new initiatives at the CDC — many of which match RFK Jr.'s priorities www.statnews.com/2025/11/20/c...

Under RFK Jr. — and despite the evidence — CDC reverses course on stance that vaccines don’t cause autism www.statnews.com/2025/11/20/c...

A must-read profile of RFK Jr., perhaps the most powerful force in American health care in decades: www.statnews.com/2025/11/18/r...

A couple excellent stories from my colleagues today. First up, an inside look into how RFK Jr. is managing HHS, from @chelseacirruzzo.bsky.social, @caseyross.bsky.social, and @sarah-todd.bsky.social: www.statnews.com/2025/11/18/r...

New: The Trump administration is plotting what could be its most disruptive vaccine policies yet. Internally, major vaccine manufacturers are terrified. www.statnews.com/2025/11/18/t...

Inside the closed-door MAHA Summit, where industry executives, wellness influencers, and policymakers plotted their future in Trump's Washington w/ @chelseacirruzzo.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2025/11/12/m...

Come for the 'hush-hush,' stay for the 'eloquent rant,' from Allison DeAngelis and @danielpayne.bsky.social at @statnews.com www.statnews.com/2025/11/11/m...

In a "hush-hush" MAHA summit, top health officials will mingle with industry leaders and activists www.statnews.com/2025/11/11/m...

Children’s Health Defense, the vaccine-skeptical organization once led by now-health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., is playing the long game. www.statnews.com/2025/11/08/r...

How Children’s Health Defense plans to cement its agenda beyond RFK Jr. @danielpayne.bsky.social on the ambitions of a group that is at once at the pinnacle of its success and fiercely opposed by many in medicine. www.statnews.com/2025/11/08/r...

How Children’s Health Defense plans to cement its agenda beyond RFK Jr. www.statnews.com/2025/11/08/r... via @statnews.com @danielpayne.bsky.social

Children’s Health Defense is playing the long game, honing a strategy to cement its agenda beyond RFK Jr.'s tenure. The public health implications are immense. www.statnews.com/2025/11/08/r...

There are plenty of open questions about Trump's GLP-1 deal www.statnews.com/2025/11/06/t...

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

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...

News: Amid a MAHA insurgence in Washington, one health industry group is changing its approach. Inside the Children's Hospital Association's new strategy: www.statnews.com/2025/11/04/c...

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

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

FDA’s top drug regulator placed on leave amid investigation via @lizzylawrence.bsky.social @adamfeuerstein.bsky.social 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...

States reject Dr. Oz’s claims of Medicaid spending on undocumented immigrants Sharp reporting by @danielpayne.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2025/11/01/d... via @statnews.com

Dr. Oz said yesterday that states made $1B+ in illegal Medicaid payments. But several state officials tell me his figures are wrong — and one said CMS has privately acknowledged Oz’s post is incorrect. www.statnews.com/2025/11/01/d...

Health care is set to be a major issue in the midterms. Democrats and Republicans are already testing new lines of attack. www.statnews.com/2025/10/31/g...

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...