Welcome back to the @statnews.com “3 To Watch” series where instead of closing the year with a review of the past, we focus on what's ahead. First up: 3 key issues to watch at FDA as Makary struggles to stabilize the agency. Vaccine policy is #2 💉via @lizzylawrence.bsky.social

🧠✈️ Scientists are leaving the U.S. for Europe due to funding cuts and political challenges. What's next for American innovation? 🌍🔬https://www.statnews.com/2025/12/17/research-cuts-fuel-scientific-brain-drain-american-science-shattered/ via @statnews.com

We've received a wonderfully large number of requests for gift subscriptions to @statnews.com this holiday season. We don't have the ability (yet) to send a nice "Amanda bought this for you!" note, but reach out to subscribers[at]statnews[dot]com and we'd love to help! 🧪 📰

This week's installments to our American Science, Shattered series @statnews.com include a check-in with scientists, federal workers, policy experts, and patients whose stories we brought you earlier this year. www.statnews.com/2025/12/11/a...

We finally have randomized, controlled clinical trial results from ambient AI scribes. But what do these RCTs actually tell us? Look at the below chart. Time savings are often low, but doctors give the technology rave reviews, esp in anecdotes that people tend to believe more than data 👀 🧵 🖥️🩺

STAT will be on the ground at #ASH25. Join us Dec. 5 in Orlando for STAT@ASH: Standing on Medicine’s Threshold — an evening of conversation with leading voices in hematology and biotech. www.statnews.com/event/stat-a...

A new profile of RFK Jr offers fresh insights into how he works, the bond he shares with Trump, & how he's moved HHS “from evidence-based decision-making to decision-based evidence-making." Story by @chelseacirruzzo.bsky.social, @caseyross.bsky.social, & me: www.statnews.com/2025/11/18/r...

Ellen Hengesbach (from USPIRG) has 5 takeaways from her conversation with an AI chatbot therapist. statnews.com/2025/11/15/c.... (#5? She says what is creepier than the chatbot therapist pretending to be human is the fine print from character.ai) @statnews.com

Yesterday, the NIH abruptly placed @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social, who has been a vocal critic of the administration’s changes to the NIH, on leave “It is intended as a threat,” she told me yesterday www.statnews.com/2025/11/14/n...

Love reading feedback like this from @statnews.com readers. www.linkedin.com/posts/josh-f...

Anyway I’m glad that even if James Watson outlived Sharon Begley, he didn’t outrun her.

A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death. Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written." Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating. 🧪🧬🧫

We're hosting a virtual event tomorrow 11/6 @ 1pm ET about the rise & unraveling of Moderna. @jasonmast.bsky.social & Damian Garde will be there to talk about their coverage of the company, and you can ask them any questions - Register here for free: www.statnews.com/event/modern... 🧪

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

Are you a SAMHSA employee who has been RIF-ed? Or are you part of the skeleton crew still left at the agency? I want to talk with you for a story about what's going on. @statnews.com DM me or contact me securely on Signal at rosebroderick.11.

If there are NIH folks who would like to watch our STAT summit (including a panel on the state of the NIH), please reach out and we can get you access

Excited to be moderating a panel at the @statnews.com summit later this week on the upheaval at the NIH this year, and I have the honor of sharing the stage with three people who have helped me make sense of this moment Going to thread some background reading, featuring our three speakers:

& if you don't have access to any of the stories, we are running a promo for STAT+ subscriptions (ends this friday!!) bsky.app/profile/stat...

Ousted CDC director says Kennedy plans to change pediatric vaccine schedule www.statnews.com/2025/09/17/c... via @statnews.com

If you run a life science lab where research has either significantly slowed or shut down completely due to Trump administration policies, I’d like to hear your story. I'm a biotech and life sciences reporter for @statnews.com, and you can reach me at [email protected] #journorequest

STAT is 10! Join us in reflecting on a decade of reporting from the frontiers of health and medicine. We’re proud that since 2015 we’ve delivered urgent, authoritative, and impactful journalism. Celebrate with us: www.statnews.com/stat-10th-an... #STAT10 🧵

Emmie will interact w/ patients within MyChart & help them plan their appointments, get info about diseases, answer billing questions & more. Penny will help back-office staff w/ tasks such as AI-generated denial appeal letters & autonomous coding www.statnews.com/2025/08/20/e... via @statnews.com

For more, tune in virtually, live, for free, tonight at 5pm ET. Register here: www.statnews.com/event/womens...

Kevin Hall, uncensored: Top nutrition scientist on clashing with MAHA and what he actually eats www.statnews.com/2025/07/30/k... via @statnews.com

📽️STAT breaks down the confusing, heartbreaking Sarepta saga: @alexhogan.bsky.social discusses #Elevidys from approval thru Tues PM's news that Vinay Prasad is out at the #FDA. @adamfeuerstein.bsky.social joins, and we hear from a mother whose son has #Duchenne www.statnews.com/2025/07/30/s...

FDA and NIH are moving away from animal testing. Scientists are split on whether that's a good idea, @marissa-russo.bsky.social and I report for @statnews.com after talking with 10+ researchers across academia and biotech. www.statnews.com/2025/07/25/n...

The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine owns a stem cell biobank that was once the largest of its kind in the world. But it's now racing to sell off thousands of samples before many of them are discarded. To understand why, see my latest for @statnews.com www.statnews.com/2025/07/11/s...

🧵🧪📰(1/2) A few weeks ago @elaineywchen.bsky.social spoke w/ former Novo Nordisk insiders about how the company's cautious culture led to lost leadership in the obesity drug market: www.statnews.com/2025/06/05/n...

Senate Republicans discuss new way to cut Medicaid in Trump’s tax bill www.statnews.com/2025/06/23/g... via @statnews.com

Disagreements over Duchenne therapy, management style may have led to ouster of key FDA official www.statnews.com/2025/06/20/f... via @statnews.com

🚨 RFK Jr. replaces entire CDC vaccine advisory panel 🧪 New members include prominent vaccine skeptics & scientists. Details unfolding 📉 www.statnews.com/2025/06/11/r... via @statnews.com

“We’re pulling the fire trucks while the fire is still burning.” RFK Jr.’s new chronic disease agency would cut prevention programs — even those showing results. www.statnews.com/2025/06/07/r... via @statnews.com 🧪

An internal doc drafted in advance of UnitedHealth Group’s shareholder mtg this week reveals how the company’s leadership sought to downplay complaints about its business practices and assure investors that it will return to maximum profitability. www.statnews.com/2025/06/04/u... via @statnews.com

STAT's #ASCO2025 recap is live at 1 p.m. ET to discuss key themes from the week: evolving treatment strategies, policy concerns impacting funding, the scientific workforce, & the future of cancer research. Register for free: www.statnews.com/event/asco-r...

Hey NY - come hang this Thurs statnews.com/event/stat-l... STAT Locals NYC Where West End Labs Rooftop 125 West End Avenue New York, NY 10023 When Thursday, June 5, 2025 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. EDT

🧪 The FDA's new agency-wide AI tool, Elsa, rolls out this week (ahead of schedule). Leadership says Elsa will help speed up regulatory reviews & more, but some employees feel the launch is rushed & capabilities are overhyped. #FDA #AI #HealthTech www.statnews.com/2025/06/02/f... via @statnews.com

‘Corrupt’ medical journals have to change, RFK Jr. says, or the NIH will publish in-house www.statnews.com/2025/05/27/r... via @statnews.com 🧪

🧵1/ RFK Jr. has declared war on chronic disease. But what should the battle plan look like? A deep new investigation by @statnews.com lays out 9 ways to tackle the U.S. epidemic — and the stakes could not be higher. Here’s what you need to know: 🧪👇 www.statnews.com/2025/05/20/k...

In ~15 mins #STATBreakthrough West Summit kicks off. We'll immediately dive in w/ @robcaliff.bsky.social. Proud of the @statnews.com team for crafting such a robust agenda with fascinating & important topics: Pharma’s AI Ambitions, Investing in AI, Denied by AI, AI in Cancer Care & more.

White House unveils sweeping plan to try to lower U.S. drug prices www.statnews.com/2025/05/12/t... via @statnews.com

How well do "AI scientists" work? Are they able to do tasks that scientists would actually want an AI for? I'm a chem-PhD-turned-health-AI-journalist. I tested the first openly available science agents (very fun to think about chemistry again). My evaluation: #chemsky #sciencesky 🧪⚗️🖥️🩺

Belated HUGE congratulations to my @statnews.com colleagues @tarabannow.bsky.social @bobjherman.bsky.social @lizzylawrence.bsky.social and Casey Ross on their 2025 George Polk Award for Health Care Reporting for their series “Health Care’s Colossus”. Read here: www.statnews.com/unitedhealth... 📰🏆🧪

Have you ever had a vaccine-preventable illness? I'm collecting stories for First Opinion on @statnews.com. Email me a paragraph about your experience at [email protected].

🧵 As @theresagaff.bsky.social put it, yesterday was an all-hands-on-deck day at @statnews.com. Read the need-to-know rundown of how it all went down: “Terminations hitting … on April Fools’ Day. So cruel,” one HHS employee who didn’t lose their job said to STAT: www.statnews.com/2025/04/01/h...

If you're affected by layoffs across federal health agencies, @statnews.com would like to speak with you. You can reach our reporters on Signal (ex: ztracer.17 is @ztracer.bsky.social) or contact our newsroom: statnews.com/2025/03/27/h... We won't use your info without your permission. 🧪⚗️⚛️🧬 #science

So @statnews.com has had a LOT of coverage of the ouster of the FDA's Peter Marks. The news: statnews.com/2025/03/28/f... Analysis from @adamfeuerstein.bsky.social statnews.com/2025/03/30/f... Analysis from @matthewherper.bsky.social statnews.com/2025/03/31/r...

Today on @STATNews' First Opinion, I published two pieces by people whose work has been affected by recent cuts.

Have you been affected by the mass layoffs and restructuring at HHS or its sub-agencies? Please fill out the form at the link below to share your experience with STAT’s reporters. We will not share your name or story without your permission. www.statnews.com/2025/03/27/h... 🧪

The First Opinion Podcast's new season starts today! I had to miss this episode because I was sick, but guest host @mmolteni.bsky.social's conversation with @carlzimmer.com is absolutely fascinating

A missed opportunity to help educate health care providers and technology developers on the government’s policies and priorities, at a time of uncertainty for the health technology sector, @brittanytrang.bsky.social reports: www.statnews.com/2025/02/27/g... via @statnews.com