7 burning questions about Trump’s big deal for cheaper weight loss drugs. Via @statnews.com www.statnews.com/2025/11/06/t...

Microdosing GLP-1 drugs? Right now, there's no robust clinical evidence doing so provides benefits. Benefits for the companies *selling* the treatments, however, are definitely confirmed. Via @katiepalmer.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2025/11/04/m...

5,000 steps a day could slow cognitive decline in people with signs of Alzheimer’s, a new study out in Nature Medicine suggests. My latest for @statnews.com www.statnews.com/2025/11/03/e...

In Texas, the nation’s MAHA capital, many are frustrated with the status quo in health care. A great read via @isabellacueto.bsky.social. www.statnews.com/2025/11/03/m...

To summarize: - The FDA's top drug regulator is out. - He and the FDA's top biologics official are in open warfare. - A lawsuit accuses him of extortion, and he accuses a former associate of the same. Via @lizzylawrence.bsky.social @adamfeuerstein.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2025/11/02/f...

The FDA's top drug regulator landed in hot water a month ago after a LinkedIn post in which he questioned the safety of a drug with ties to a former business associate. Today, he told @lizzylawrence.bsky.social: “I was naive about the impact my words would have." www.statnews.com/2025/11/02/f...

Very big news: FDA’s top drug regulator placed on leave amid investigation — as feud with Vinay Prasad becomes public. Via @lizzylawrence.bsky.social @adamfeuerstein.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2025/11/02/f...

Trump says he will help ‘Dilbert’ creator @ScottAdamsSays get cancer drug after report of access issue. Via @chelseacirruzzo.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2025/11/02/s...

New from @lizzylawrence.bsky.social, based on over a dozen interviews with current and former staffers, contractors and regulatory experts. www.statnews.com/2025/10/31/v... via @statnews.com

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

Well, that's maybe a first? www.cnn.com/2025/10/30/h...

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...

New: Eli Lilly, NVIDIA announce they are teaming up to build the “most powerful supercomputer owned and operated by a pharmaceutical company.” Via @brittanytrang.com www.statnews.com/2025/10/28/e...

Great story: Miriam Merad’s 20-year quest to understand one cell is starting to rewrite the rules of cancer immunotherapy. www.statnews.com/2025/10/28/m...

A reminder from @sarah-todd.bsky.social that politics — and policy-making — can have very real consequences for people's lives. www.statnews.com/2025/10/27/s...

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...

Insightful piece from @matthewherper.bsky.social that captures both the hopes being made possible by medical innovation and the concerns facing both drugmakers and the public. It's also in front of the @statnews.com paywall.

In which @dereklowe.bsky.social is fired up. www.science.org/content/blog...

How did these nine companies win priority drug review vouchers? Lizzy has the answers: www.statnews.com/2025/10/24/h...

Some of the companies that received the FDA's new commissioner's priority review vouchers — fast-tracking reviews — didn't even apply for them. Via @lizzylawrence.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2025/10/24/h...

Tear down the wall between neurology and psychiatry. www.statnews.com/2025/10/23/n...

News: Moderna said its experimental CMV vaccine failed in a key trial, a significant setback for a company already facing pressure from Wall Street and Washington. Via @jasonmast.bsky.social @matthewherper.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2025/10/22/m...

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

Companies tout a novel payment model for obesity drugs, other medications in drive to lower costs. www.statnews.com/2025/10/22/s...

Sign of the times: NEJM and public health group are launching rival to CDC’s MMWR publication. Via @aniloza.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2025/10/21/c...

A hopeful story: Efforts to use novel blood tests to guide care for cancer patients — and spare many unnecessary and often difficult treatments — is getting a boost from new research. Via @statnews.com www.statnews.com/2025/10/21/c...

Hard if not impossible to draw broad conclusions about the FDA drug approval process based on the metrics in a single quarter, but that doesn't mean analyses like this aren't interesting. Via @statnews.com www.statnews.com/pharmalot/20...

Some very, very hopeful cancer news, if the results of this research are borne out. www.statnews.com/2025/10/19/m...

Did former congressman Joe Kennedy III hear from his uncle, HHS Secretary RFK Jr., after publicly calling for him to resign? “I’m going to keep [that] between me and him,” the younger Kennedy told @rickberke.bsky.social. www.statnews.com/2025/10/17/j...

In Texas, ex-vegan restaurateurs put MAHA’s vision for farming to the test. Via @isabellacueto.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2025/10/16/m...

NEWS: Medicare payments to doctors paused as government shutdown drags on www.statnews.com/2025/10/15/c...

During a panel discussion on the CDC @statnews event in Boston, the focus of the discussion with Rochelle Walensky and Daniel Jernigan has been on disruption but two names that were not mentioned explicitly: Trump or RFK Jr. #STATSummit

Former CDC director Rochelle Walensky on the future of the agency: "I do believe a rebuild is possible. That said, I don't think we know where the nadir is." #STATSummit

As the Trump administration hails the potential of leucovorin to treat autism, the CEO of GSK, which was asked to submit data on the drug to the FDA, says the company has "no commercial interest" and "no scientific interest" in the effort. #STATSummit

Asked about the conversation about vaccines in the U.S. right now, GSK CEO Emma Walmsley says: "The reality is history shows that when vaccination rates drop in any country in the world, infection rates rise. People die unnecessarily." #STATSummit

Biogen CEO Christopher Viehbacher at #STATSummit on drug-pricing: "The Pfizer deal could be an opportunity for a way forward. 'Most favored nations' on its own is pretty catastrophic for the industry.”

A special visitor at #STATSummit — Baby KJ, and in a suit! His story is here: www.statnews.com/2025/05/15/c...

At a time when conflict and cynicism seem to be shadowing much of health and medicine, @statnews.com is recognizing some of the brightest young minds in their fields this morning. www.statnews.com/wunderkinds/

New: How North Carolina built manufacturing boomtowns for biotech. www.statnews.com/2025/10/15/b...

One of the paradoxes of federal health agencies under RFK Jr. is that govt workers who one might think would be empowered -- in this case CDC employees focused on health and nutrition -- are sometimes fired instead. Via @statnews.com www.statnews.com/2025/10/14/c...

In which @lizzylawrence.bsky.social scoops: The Trump administration's effort to approve leucovorin as an autism treatment caused noteworthy pushback among career officials inside the FDA. www.statnews.com/2025/10/14/f...

Inside FDA, career staffers say "the current level of involvement of political officials in nitty-gritty regulatory matters is unprecedented." www.statnews.com/2025/10/14/f...

“Across all tested groups, the algorithm was not sensitive, meaning that many users with high blood pressure would be falsely reassured with no notifications. The algorithm seemed to also perform worse among younger participants and participants with lower BMIs — the seemingly healthy-appearing”

New: Trump administration makes deep cuts made to CDC’s flagship MMWR publication, a cornerstone of public health. Via @chelseacirruzzo.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2025/10/11/c...

The Trump administration is firing between 1,100 and 1,200 employees at HHS as part of the latest "reduction in force" — while blaming Democrats — more than at any other government department aside from the Treasury. Via @chelseacirruzzo.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2025/10/10/h...

Spot of news from @statnews.com: Amazon, one of the founders of the Coalition for Health AI (CHAI), is out. Meantime, the group is coming under attack by the Trump administration, which is openly dismissive of its stated motives. www.statnews.com/2025/10/09/c...

Weed is stronger and more accessible than ever. Doctors worry that this trend could spell trouble for people with psychosis, whose cannabis use can increase their risk of developing psychosis at an earlier age and with more severe delusions and hallucinations. www.statnews.com/2025/10/08/m...

Peter Marks, the former top vaccine regulator at the FDA, has joined Eli Lilly — a move likely to rile up critics of the revolving door between FDA and industry www.statnews.com/2025/10/07/p...

Supreme Court arguments on conversion therapy mostly went as expected today. But it's worth pointing out how the very idea of medical consensus came under attack multiple times from ADF and DOJ lawyers, as well as some conservative justices. Read my recap: www.statnews.com/2025/10/07/c...

News: Peter Marks, FDA vaccine regulator ousted by HHS Secretary RFK Jr., joins Eli Lilly. Via @lizzylawrence.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2025/10/07/p...