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STAT is 10!

Join us in reflecting on a decade of reporting from the frontiers of health and medicine.

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STAT 10 Year Anniversary
When we named ourselves “STAT’’ 10 years ago, we conceded, “It takes a bit of chutzpah to name a digital-age life-sciences publication after a buzzword
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At the end of a tense year for science, the American Society of Hematology heard promising data on acute myeloid leukemia, Von Willebrand disease and more. www.statnews.com/2025/12/06/a...
'Remarkable' drug results against an aggressive leukemia
At the end of a tense year for science, the American Society of Hematology heard promising data on acute myeloid leukemia, Von Willebrand disease and more.
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December 6, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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RFK Jr.’s vaccine panel is laying the groundwork for more scrutiny of childhood shots www.statnews.com/2025/12/05/c...
RFK Jr.’s vaccine panel is laying the groundwork for more scrutiny of childhood shots
RFK Jr.’s vaccine panel is laying the groundwork for more scrutiny of childhood shots.
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December 6, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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STAT is on the ground at #ASH25!
Join us TONIGHT in Orlando for STAT@ASH: Standing on Medicine’s Threshold — an evening of conversation with leading voices in hematology and biotech.
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STAT@ASH: Standing on Medicine's Threshold
We’re on the ground at the 67th American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting — join us live.
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December 5, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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His lab was humming with discovery. After one year under Trump, it’s almost silent. John Quackenbush, computational biology pioneer, ‘knew biomedical research was in the crosshairs’
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His lab was humming with discovery. After one year under Trump, it’s almost silent
John Quackenbush built a lab that is at the forefront of human genetics research and bioinformatics. Trump administration cuts have put it in danger of collapse.
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December 5, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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Vinay Prasad, the Food and Drug Administration’s top vaccines regulator, blamed “misleading media narratives” for the escalating criticism of his leadership amid turmoil and plummeting morale at the agency.
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Vinay Prasad, FDA’s vaccine regulator, waves off criticism in closed-door remarks
In a closed meeting, Vinay Prasad pushes back on criticism of his vaccine policy changes, morale issues at the FDA, and his role in recent drug-approval turbulence.
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December 5, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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The CDC's ACIP panel voted to recommend delaying the birth dose of the hepatitis B vaccine, ending a policy that has reined in the virus.
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CDC panel recommends delaying birth dose of hepatitis B vaccine
The CDC's ACIP panel voted to recommend delaying the birth dose of the hepatitis B vaccine, ending a policy that has reined in the virus.
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December 5, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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The FDA plans to begin requiring one clinical study, instead of the standard two, for medical products before consideration for approval. www.statnews.com/2025/12/04/f...
FDA to lower number of trials required for approval of drugs, other medical products
The FDA plans to begin requiring one clinical study, instead of the standard two, for medical products before consideration for approval.
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December 4, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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Trump has "shaken the hell" out of the 80-year research pact between the government and universities. What now?
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Trump has ‘shaken the hell’ out of the 80-year research pact between the government and universities. What now?
Trump has "shaken the hell" out of the 80-year research pact between the government and universities. What now?
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December 4, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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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 👀 🧵

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December 3, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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A new health care advocacy group, which will represent the shrinking number of independent doctors in America, is launching Wednesday with an ambitious policy agenda.
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Independent doctors get a new advocacy group as skepticism of health giants grows
The group, called IndeMed, is focused on issues like prior authorization and payment policies.
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December 3, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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Former CDC official Demetre Daskalakis is taking his skills back to New York, where they were honed in HIV clinics and the city health department
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Former CDC official returns to local health care after resigning
Former CDC official Demetre Daskalakis is taking his skills back to New York, where they were honed in HIV clinics and the city health department
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December 3, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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CDC experts and manufacturers haven't been consulted for an ACIP review of hepatitis B vaccine, raising concerns over any change in the vaccine schedule.
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As vaccine panel prepares hepatitis B review, CDC and industry experts are excluded
CDC experts and manufacturers haven't been consulted for an ACIP review of hepatitis B vaccine, raising concerns over any change in the vaccine schedule.
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December 2, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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Top drug regulator Richard Pazdur set to leave the FDA
@alexhogan.bsky.social has the breakdown
December 2, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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Delaying the timing of vaccinating infants against hepatitis B — which ACIP could vote on later this week — would likely lead to more chronic infections in kids. www.statnews.com/2025/12/02/c...
Expert review finds delaying the hepatitis B vaccine birth dose would increase chronic infections in kids
Delaying the timing of vaccinating infants against hepatitis B — which ACIP could vote on later this week — would likely lead to more chronic infections in kids.
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December 2, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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#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
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Top drug regulator Richard Pazdur set to leave FDA
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.
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December 2, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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CDC is asking employees seeking telework as a reasonable accommodation to return to the office until their requests can be processed under a new HHS policy.
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CDC staff with disabilities feel stranded as HHS implements new policy
CDC is asking employees seeking telework as a reasonable accommodation to return to the office until their requests can be processed under a new HHS policy.
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December 2, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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CMS to end historic dialysis payment experiment two years early after the trial failed to show improvements www.statnews.com/2025/12/01/c...
CMS to end historic experiment to fix kidney failure two years early
CMS to end historic dialysis payment experiment two years early after the trial failed to show improvements
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December 2, 2025 at 2:23 AM
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A new study found that 14% of $4.5 million paid to authors in two leading psychiatry journals were undisclosed and nearly all of the payments were made to researchers conducting randomized controlled trials for pharmaceuticals. www.statnews.com/pharmalot/20...
Top contributors to leading psychiatry journals fail to disclose industry payments, analysis finds
A new study found that 14% of $4.5 million paid to authors in two leading psychiatry journals were undisclosed and nearly all of the payments went to researchers conducting drug trials.
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December 1, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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Patients have been given invasive treatments that their conditions did not warrant to push them higher on the organ transplant waitlist.
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Doctors may be ‘gaming’ the organ transplant waitlist
Patients have been given invasive treatments that their conditions did not warrant to push them higher on the organ transplant waitlist.
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December 1, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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The United States and United Kingdom announced a high-level agreement Monday under which the U.K. is expected to pay more for medicines.
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U.K. pledges to boost pharma payments, will avoid U.S. tariffs on drugs
The United States and United Kingdom announced a high-level agreement Monday under which the U.K. is expected to pay more for medicines.
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December 1, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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I’m a vaccine researcher. And I’m terrified of needles. That fear is precisely why I do the work I do: I study how vaccines work, how they could work better, and how we can make them less frightening. www.statnews.com/2025/12/01/v...
One way to fight vaccine hesitancy: ditch the needles
Benjamin L. Sievers is a vaccine researcher, and he’s terrified of needles.
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December 1, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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December 1, 2025 at 1:16 AM
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The FDA's top vaccine regulator asserted in an email to staff that the Covid-19 vaccine caused at least 10 deaths in children and called for changes to the way the agency regulates vaccines. www.statnews.com/2025/11/29/c...
Experts say top FDA official’s claim that Covid vaccines caused kids’ deaths requires more evidence
The FDA’s top vaccine regulator asserted in a staff email that the Covid vaccine caused at least 10 kids' deaths, but experts told STAT they are skeptical of the “extraordinary” claim because it was n...
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November 30, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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The U.S. government’s failure to acknowledge World AIDS Day takes us back to a troubling time. The federal government had recognized this awareness day every year since its inception in 1988. www.statnews.com/2025/11/29/w...
The U.S. government’s failure to acknowledge World AIDS Day takes us back to a troubling time
Perhaps AIDS activists’ famous slogan, “Silence = Death,” needs an update for this troubling moment.
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November 29, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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Join us as we continue to celebrate STAT turning ten by revisiting some of our favorites.
Here are 10 of our most impactful stories. trib.al/4YBgIS2
10 times STAT coverage reverberated through health and medicine
In its first decade, STAT has led the way in charting seismic events in health and medicine. To mark our 10-year anniversary, take a look back at 10 of our most impactful stories.
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November 27, 2025 at 4:01 PM