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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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STAT is 10!
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Join us in reflecting on a decade of reporting from the frontiers of health and medicine.
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Four scientists and administrators who resigned in protest cite political interference, censorship of research, and a loss of integrity at the NIH. www.statnews.com/2026/01/10/n...
The NIH has lost its scientific integrity. So we left
“We can no longer lend our credibility to an organization that has lost its integrity,” write four scientists and administrators who recently resigned from the NIH.
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January 11, 2026 at 12:10 AM
Four scientists and administrators who resigned in protest cite political interference, censorship of research, and a loss of integrity at the NIH. www.statnews.com/2026/01/10/n...
Desperate for immediate insights into their health, more Americans are ordering lab tests and whole-body MRI scans, and bringing the results to their doctors. www.statnews.com/2026/01/09/p...
As more patients order lab tests online, doctors don't know what to do with the results
Hoping to catch serious illnesses early, more Americans are ordering lab tests online, but their doctors don't know what to do with the results.
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January 9, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Desperate for immediate insights into their health, more Americans are ordering lab tests and whole-body MRI scans, and bringing the results to their doctors. www.statnews.com/2026/01/09/p...
When it comes to vaccine schedules, the U.S. is now the outlier. STAT analysis shows top officials have put the country out of step with peer nations. Read more: www.statnews.com/2026/01/09/c...
January 9, 2026 at 5:31 PM
When it comes to vaccine schedules, the U.S. is now the outlier. STAT analysis shows top officials have put the country out of step with peer nations. Read more: www.statnews.com/2026/01/09/c...
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Next week is the "Super Bowl of biotech," the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco. Big news in the biopharma space often breaks at JPM, so I talked to @statnews.com reporters Allison DeAngelis and Damian Garde about what they're keeping an eye out for at #JPM26
January 9, 2026 at 12:45 AM
Next week is the "Super Bowl of biotech," the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco. Big news in the biopharma space often breaks at JPM, so I talked to @statnews.com reporters Allison DeAngelis and Damian Garde about what they're keeping an eye out for at #JPM26
New data from Eli Lilly suggest its GLP-1 drug Zepbound may also be helpful for psoriatic arthritis. www.statnews.com/2026/01/08/e...
Eli Lilly’s Zepbound, on top of immunology drug, helped reduce psoriatic arthritis symptoms
New data from Eli Lilly suggest its GLP-1 drug Zepbound may also be helpful for psoriatic arthritis.
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January 8, 2026 at 9:35 PM
New data from Eli Lilly suggest its GLP-1 drug Zepbound may also be helpful for psoriatic arthritis. www.statnews.com/2026/01/08/e...
New dietary guidelines limit saturated fats to 10% of total calories, but also encourage full-fat dairy, red meat, and beef tallow. How will that work?
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How saturated fats lost, and won, on new food pyramid
New dietary guidelines limit saturated fats to 10% of total calories, but also encourage full-fat dairy, red meat, and beef tallow. How will that work?
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January 8, 2026 at 9:08 PM
New dietary guidelines limit saturated fats to 10% of total calories, but also encourage full-fat dairy, red meat, and beef tallow. How will that work?
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Women are celebrating at-home cervical cancer screening, but might it lead them to get fewer checkups? www.statnews.com/2026/01/08/h...
Women are celebrating at-home cervical cancer screening, but might it lead them to get fewer checkups?
Women are celebrating at-home cervical cancer screening, but might it lead them to get fewer checkups?
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January 8, 2026 at 7:23 PM
Women are celebrating at-home cervical cancer screening, but might it lead them to get fewer checkups? www.statnews.com/2026/01/08/h...
New Medicaid eligibility rules may cause more than a million missed cancer screenings, and more than 100 preventable deaths, new study says.
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Medicaid restrictions may lead to a million missed cancer screenings over two years: study
New Medicaid eligibility rules may cause more than a million missed cancer screenings, and more than 100 preventable deaths, new study says.
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January 8, 2026 at 4:49 PM
New Medicaid eligibility rules may cause more than a million missed cancer screenings, and more than 100 preventable deaths, new study says.
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RFK Jr.’s allies hope reducing the number of recommended pediatric vaccines opens the door to stripping vaccine makers of the liability shields. www.statnews.com/2026/01/08/v...
Slashing of U.S. vaccine schedule creates new uncertainty on manufacturers’ legal protections
RFK Jr.’s allies hope reducing the number of recommended pediatric vaccines opens the door to stripping vaccine makers of the liability shields.
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January 8, 2026 at 3:53 PM
RFK Jr.’s allies hope reducing the number of recommended pediatric vaccines opens the door to stripping vaccine makers of the liability shields. www.statnews.com/2026/01/08/v...
STAT’s @helenbranswell.bsky.social on the ‘startling’ new U.S. vaccine schedule
‘It’s jaw-dropping for people who work in this field.’
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‘It’s jaw-dropping for people who work in this field.’
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January 7, 2026 at 8:35 PM
STAT’s @helenbranswell.bsky.social on the ‘startling’ new U.S. vaccine schedule
‘It’s jaw-dropping for people who work in this field.’
Read more: www.statnews.com/2026/01/07/k...
‘It’s jaw-dropping for people who work in this field.’
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The industry connections of an advisory panel for the new dietary guidelines are notable, especially in light of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s criticism of corporate influence.
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Panel behind new dietary guidelines had financial ties to beef, dairy industries
The industry connections of an advisory panel for the new dietary guidelines are notable, especially in light of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s criticism of corporate influence.
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January 7, 2026 at 8:06 PM
The industry connections of an advisory panel for the new dietary guidelines are notable, especially in light of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s criticism of corporate influence.
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The MAHA movement claims wins — fewer processed foods and seed oils, more beef and dairy products — as Kennedy discards 421 pages of scientific recommendations.
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Dietary guidelines declare war on processed foods and sugar, encourage more protein and dairy
The MAHA movement claims wins — fewer processed foods and seed oils, more beef and dairy products — as Kennedy discards 421 pages of scientific recommendations.
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January 7, 2026 at 6:52 PM
The MAHA movement claims wins — fewer processed foods and seed oils, more beef and dairy products — as Kennedy discards 421 pages of scientific recommendations.
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David Mitchell, who helped launch Patients for Affordable Drugs to raise awareness of high drug prices and seek to bring them down, died at age 75.
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With political savvy and outrage over drug prices, advocate David Mitchell was ahead of his time
David Mitchell, who helped launch Patients for Affordable Drugs to raise awareness of high drug prices and seek to bring them down, died at age 75.
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January 6, 2026 at 7:16 PM
David Mitchell, who helped launch Patients for Affordable Drugs to raise awareness of high drug prices and seek to bring them down, died at age 75.
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Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has pledged to improve children’s health. But his sweeping changes to the nation’s childhood vaccine schedule will do the opposite, health experts warn. www.statnews.com/2026/01/06/w...
New vaccine schedule adds near- and long-term risks for children, experts warn
Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has pledged to improve children’s health. But his sweeping changes to the nation’s childhood vaccine schedule will do the opposite, health experts warn.
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January 6, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has pledged to improve children’s health. But his sweeping changes to the nation’s childhood vaccine schedule will do the opposite, health experts warn. www.statnews.com/2026/01/06/w...
Subclade K is making its impact felt — why flu seems to be everywhere — even if ‘super flu’ is not a thing www.statnews.com/2026/01/06/f...
Why flu seems to be everywhere — even if ‘super flu’ is not a thing
Welcome to the winter of subclade K.
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January 6, 2026 at 2:40 PM
Subclade K is making its impact felt — why flu seems to be everywhere — even if ‘super flu’ is not a thing www.statnews.com/2026/01/06/f...
Federal appeals court judges upheld a lower court’s ruling preventing the NIH from cutting billions of dollars in support for research overhead
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Federal appeals court upholds ruling blocking NIH cap on research overhead payments
Federal appeals court judges upheld a lower court’s ruling preventing the NIH from cutting billions of dollars in support for research overhead.
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January 6, 2026 at 12:02 AM
Federal appeals court judges upheld a lower court’s ruling preventing the NIH from cutting billions of dollars in support for research overhead
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#Breaking: The number of recommended childhood shots drops from 17 to 11. www.statnews.com/2026/01/05/c...
Federal health officials slash recommended childhood vaccinations under Trump’s directive
The number of recommended childhood shots drops from 17 to 11.
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January 5, 2026 at 7:18 PM
#Breaking: The number of recommended childhood shots drops from 17 to 11. www.statnews.com/2026/01/05/c...
“Public health data should be just as available and intuitive as a weather app,” Deborah Birx writes.
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Public health data should be as available as the weather forecast
“Public health data should be just as available and intuitive as a weather app,” Deborah Birx writes.
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January 5, 2026 at 4:08 PM
“Public health data should be just as available and intuitive as a weather app,” Deborah Birx writes.
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Neuralink, a leader in the fledgling field of brain implants, is hurting the industry's efforts to develop useful medical devices, rivals say.
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What does Neuralink want — to help people with paralysis, or prepare for a war with AI?
Neuralink, a leader in the fledgling field of brain implants, is hurting the industry's efforts to develop useful medical devices, rivals say.
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January 5, 2026 at 2:44 PM
Neuralink, a leader in the fledgling field of brain implants, is hurting the industry's efforts to develop useful medical devices, rivals say.
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Headed to #JPM26 — or following along from afar? We’ve gathered everything you need to stay engaged with STAT during the conference in one place.
Explore STAT@JPM → www.statnews.com/jpm-conferen...
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STAT@JPM
Jan 12–14 | San Francisco, CA Reporting live from the annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference It’s biotech’s biggest week, when the industry sets the
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January 3, 2026 at 5:35 PM
Headed to #JPM26 — or following along from afar? We’ve gathered everything you need to stay engaged with STAT during the conference in one place.
Explore STAT@JPM → www.statnews.com/jpm-conferen...
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A deal between the federal government and groups that sued the Trump administration over National Institutes of Health research grant proposals consigned to bureaucratic limbo because of anti-DEI policies is already bearing fruit. www.statnews.com/2025/12/30/n...
NIH begins review of thousands of delayed research proposals, funding 135 on first day
A deal between NIH and groups that sued the Trump administration over delayed DEI-related grant proposals is already bearing fruit
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January 2, 2026 at 9:32 PM
A deal between the federal government and groups that sued the Trump administration over National Institutes of Health research grant proposals consigned to bureaucratic limbo because of anti-DEI policies is already bearing fruit. www.statnews.com/2025/12/30/n...
Babies who don’t get their first round of vaccines on time at 2 months of age are much less likely to get vaccinated against measles, mumps, and rubella by age 2, according to a new study. www.statnews.com/2026/01/02/m...
Missed first vaccines make babies far more likely to miss measles shot, study finds
Babies who don’t get their first round of vaccines on time at 2 months of age are much less likely to get vaccinated against measles, mumps, and rubella by age 2, a new study finds.
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January 2, 2026 at 4:32 PM
Babies who don’t get their first round of vaccines on time at 2 months of age are much less likely to get vaccinated against measles, mumps, and rubella by age 2, according to a new study. www.statnews.com/2026/01/02/m...
NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya told a podcaster that DEI-related grants restored under a court order won't be renewed in 2026
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NIH director says DEI-related grants that were restored under a court order won’t be renewed
NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya told a podcaster that DEI-related grants restored under a court order won't be renewed in 2026
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January 1, 2026 at 8:45 PM
NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya told a podcaster that DEI-related grants restored under a court order won't be renewed in 2026
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Adam Hayden, a prolific observer of his own condition, took a bad situation and did ‘good things with it’ www.statnews.com/2025/12/22/a...
An advocate who offered a window on the experience of living with brain cancer dies at 43
Adam Hayden, a patient advocate and the subject of an earlier profile in STAT, has died at age 43.
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December 31, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Adam Hayden, a prolific observer of his own condition, took a bad situation and did ‘good things with it’ www.statnews.com/2025/12/22/a...