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STAT+: Up and down the ladder: The latest comings and goings

STAT+: Axsome wins FDA nod for Alzheimer’s agitation

STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about obesity drugs and a compounding list, an AstraZeneca setback, and more

PFAS is still in some infant formula

STAT+: Her daughter Mila got a bespoke medicine. Now she’s starting a new biotech to make more

Opinion: The psychedelic revolution is leaving behind people of color

‘Forever chemicals’ in baby formula? Scientists unpack FDA results

Opinion: America is worrying about fertility again. But it’s not really about families

STAT+: OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma set to dissolve after judge approves its criminal sentence

Remembering J. Craig Venter: a relentless scientist who changed biotech — and was all too easily misunderstood

STAT+: Katherine Szarama named acting director of FDA’s vaccines and biologics center

STAT+: In her own words: Surgeon general nominee Nicole Saphier expresses enthusiasm and caution for MAHA

STAT+: Hair-raising trial results, and Servier’s M&A wishlist

STAT+: As artificial intelligence shows off diagnostic chops, scientists reckon with the way forward

Trump drops Casey Means as surgeon general nominee, opts for radiologist Nicole Saphier

STAT+: FDA wants to exclude weight loss drugs from a compounding list

STAT+: Five-way obesity drug is super effective — in mice

STAT+: DOJ, Elevance spar over access to top exec in Medicare Advantage fraud case

STAT+: Hinge has a new FDA-cleared migraine device

STAT+: Cigna will exit ACA individual markets next year, adding to tumult for patients

STAT+: Democrats go hard on health care affordability

STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about a Supreme Court hearing on ‘skinny labels,’ AstraZeneca U.K. expansion, and more

Smog from wildfires increasingly harmful, data show

STAT+: What does Akeso’s primo plenary spot say about its survival data?

STAT+: New obesity tool aims to predict risk of 18 serious complications

Securing NIH awards is getting more competitive — and confusing

Opinion: Are international medical graduates taking residency spots from Americans? We did the math

Opinion: Congress must hold RFK Jr. accountable after hearings

HHS appeals ruling that stalled many of Kennedy’s vaccine policy changes

STAT+: Supreme Court justices appear to signal ‘skinny labeling’ can survive

STAT+: Why conversations around health AI may be evolving beyond hype

Infant formula largely safe from heavy metals, FDA finds

STAT+: A patent win for Pfizer and BridgeBio

STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about the FDA speeding up trials, a Supreme Court hearing on ‘skinny labels,’ and more

Food safety experts warn of USDA brain drain

Opinion: STAT+: Did Kennedy just stack the deck on FDA oversight of peptides?

Opinion: The medical school nutrition blues

Opinion: Why alternative medicine can feel so much better than mainstream health care

New report shows some health equity wins. Experts fear they will be short-lived

In first meeting, federal autism committee focuses on ‘profound autism’

STAT+: Health system CEOs get off easy at Congressional hearing on affordability 

STAT+: AIDS group sues Trump administration over undisclosed agreement with Gilead

STAT+: FDA launches effort to speed up clinical trials, using AI

Opinion: Healthcare or health care? Help STAT decide

Opinion: FDA commissioner: ‘Smarter,’ real-time clinical trials could transform drug development

Fauci adviser David Morens indicted on charges of concealing emails, avoiding records requests

STAT+: Supreme Court to hear case about ‘skinny labeling’ and generic access

STAT+: Boehringer’s obesity drug shows 16.6% weight loss; more data needed

STAT+: Google’s clinical director on AI challenges

STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about warnings over Trump’s MFN plan, Purdue Pharma sentencing, and more

Predicting consequences of new hepatitis B vaccine recs

STAT+: Eli Lilly enlists AI startup for next-generation gene editors

STAT+: Google clinical director says AI can be a ‘bridge’ for people having a mental health crisis

STAT+: A giant question looms over GOP’s new Medicaid work requirements

Opinion: Why do discussions about ‘brain health’ ignore mental illness?

Opinion: It’s time to seize the rare bipartisan opening to address microplastics

New U.S. recommendation on hepatitis B vaccine will have dire consequences, studies project

Supreme Court grapples with multibillion-dollar wave of lawsuits over Roundup cancer claims

STAT+: Erasca touts strong, though preliminary, results in trial of pancreatic and lung cancer therapy

STAT+: Dems say RFK Jr. has a pattern of failing to answer their questions

Trump administration warns against using federal dollars on fentanyl test strips

STAT+: An insider reveals the real goals of prior authorization

STAT+: Astellas retries XLMTM gene therapy after deaths

STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about a Lilly deal, an Intellia CRISPR rare-disease treatment, and more

What’s the true risk for eating disorders with GLP-1s?

STAT+: Intellia says CRISPR-based treatment for rare disease reduced swelling attacks in pivotal trial

STAT+: Oruka’s long-acting psoriasis therapy posts strong results in mid-stage study

STAT+: Veradermics’ hair loss drug succeeds in late-stage trial

STAT+: Zap in a cap: How one neurotech startup is using a hat to treat depression

NIH-funded research lags in reporting sex differences, new study finds

Opinion: I’m a fourth-year med student, but I only learned one historical example of medical racism

Opinion: Patients seeking mental health treatment are not commodities

What happened to Covid?

STAT+: Doctor, wife of acting U.S. attorney general, appointed to NIH advisory council

Nancy Cox, a CDC veteran and a stalwart in global flu research, dies at 77

Opinion: The podcast telling the stories behind Ambien, Ozempic, EpiPens, and other game-changing drugs

STAT+: FDA to speed up review of three psychedelics as mental health treatments

STAT+: A biotech VC on what Eli Lilly saw in a struggling cancer startup for $3.2B

STAT+: Utah medical board calls for immediate suspension of state’s AI doctor experiment

STAT+: Up and down the ladder: The latest comings and goings

International childhood vaccine campaign grows

STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about a Trump deal with Regeneron, reclassifying medical marijuana, and more

STAT+: Sanofi MS drug gets positive review in Europe following FDA

Opinion: The local news crisis is also a public health crisis

Psychedelics get a boost from the White House

Opinion: I started medical school at 69 and will begin residency at 72. Here’s what I learned

Growing use of guest editors has turned some journals into a ‘playground of bad science’

A CAR-T biotech’s dramatic turnaround, and drugmakers’ tactics to drive more scripts

STAT+: Trump celebrates closing first round of drug pricing deals, promises more ahead

Heart’s beat may help it beat cancer, mouse research suggests

STAT+: Trump’s boosting of psychedelics, cannabis signal a new era in GOP drug policy

STAT+: Legislatures in Colorado and Virginia resist moves to constrain drug affordability boards

Opinion: Dropping the flu vaccine requirement puts U.S. military readiness at risk

STAT+: Sanofi research priorities in flux as new CEO logs in 

STAT+: CMS, FDA team up to fast-track reimbursement for breakthrough devices

STAT+: RFK Jr. backs off some MAHA issues

STAT+: AMA calls for regulatory crackdown on chatbots, wellness AI

Trump reclassifies state-licensed medical marijuana as a less-dangerous drug in a historic shift

STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about cheap telehealth visits, pharma withholding meds in Europe, and more

Across 7 hearings, RFK Jr. talks a new, more moderate MAHA