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Politics October 17, 2025

Watch: Joe Kennedy III explains his split with his uncle, health secretary RFK Jr.

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STAT Plus: Turkey antitrust regulator fines several big drugmakers for ‘no-poach’ agreements

Health October 17, 2025

California mpox cases raise concerns. But health officials say the risk remains low

Insurance October 17, 2025

States feel crunch of Medicaid work requirement deadline as they await clarity from CMS

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STAT Plus: California takes on pharma giants with plans to sell its own insulin

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In overlooked cellular connections, this researcher charted Zika’s path to the placenta

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The radical democratization of academic medicine

Politics October 16, 2025

Trump announces plan to expand fertility treatment coverage alongside latest pharma deal

Politics October 16, 2025

Former NIH leaders lament ‘constant chaos’ at the agency, and caution it’s not over

Health Tech Newsletter October 16, 2025

Reading between the lines of the latest HLTH announcements

Biotech October 16, 2025

STAT Plus: Biotech leaders say uncertainty at FDA threatens drug development

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AMA president deflects criticism of organization’s restrained approach to the Trump administration

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

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STAT Plus: Lilly CSO defends hiring of ex-FDA chief Peter Marks

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STAT Plus: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about FDA vouchers, an IVF drug pricing deal for TrumpRx, and more

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STAT Plus: Novo strikes $2.1 billion deal with Omeros for rare disease drug

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STAT Plus: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about GSK and leucovorin, China’s API production, and more

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First Opinion October 17, 2025

The radical democratization of academic medicine

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Stop overloading older adults with Medicare plan choices

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STAT Plus: The word ‘dementia’ is about to lose its value

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The long history of euphemisms around the use of animals in lab research

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STAT Plus: German biotech Tubulis raises $358 million to advance cancer treatments

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STAT Plus: Kailera Therapeutics, an obesity drug startup, raises $600 million

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STAT Plus: FDA declares Novo Nordisk plant, key to drug manufacturing for some biotechs, out of compliance

STAT Plus: CEO of GSK plays down its role in FDA effort to approve therapy for autism-related condition

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STAT Plus: CEO of GSK plays down its role in FDA effort to approve therapy for autism-related condition

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STAT Plus: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about an experimental Lilly weight loss pill, a big biotech funding deal, and more

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STAT Plus: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about a troubled Novo plant, pressure on the Novavax board, and much more

Baby KJ’s doctors will ask FDA this winter to OK a clinical trial of pioneering gene editing approach

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Baby KJ’s doctors will ask FDA this winter to OK a clinical trial of pioneering gene editing approach

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STAT Plus: CDC team running top survey on health and nutrition is laid off

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Democratic governors form a public health alliance in rebuke of Trump administration

Politics October 15, 2025

Democratic governors form a public health alliance in rebuke of Trump administration

Politics October 15, 2025

Doctor groups need to ‘step up to the plate’ as CDC guidance becomes harder to trust, former leaders say

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STAT Plus: Deep cuts made to CDC’s flagship MMWR publication reversed hours later

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STAT Plus: As more nurses deliver primary care, an AI startup wants to guide their decisions and training

Health tech October 14, 2025

STAT Plus: As more nurses deliver primary care, an AI startup wants to guide their decisions and training

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STAT Plus: One Mass. health system is turning to AI to ease shortage of primary care doctors. Some don’t like it

Health tech October 9, 2025

STAT Plus: Startups supporting Parkinson’s care pick up new investments and key hospital partnerships

This scientist is revealing the immune system in our nasal passages

In the Lab October 16, 2025

This scientist is revealing the immune system in our nasal passages

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STAT Plus: Funding cuts threaten new generation of cancer immunotherapies, researcher says

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STAT Plus: They advised federal health agencies on the ethics and impact of scientific research. They’re no longer wanted

STAT Plus: Hospitals nab $4 billion in extra Medicaid funds, before Republican cuts take effect

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STAT Plus: Hospitals nab $4 billion in extra Medicaid funds, before Republican cuts take effect

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STAT Plus: Senate GOP proposes steeper cuts to Medicaid funding in tax cut bill

Hospitals June 14, 2025

STAT Plus: Hospitals would be hit hardest by Medicaid cuts in GOP tax bill, report finds

STAT Plus: Medicare Advantage insurers still in retreat as annual enrollment kicks off

Insurance October 13, 2025

STAT Plus: Medicare Advantage insurers still in retreat as annual enrollment kicks off

Insurance September 18, 2025

STAT Plus: Here’s who will be hit with higher premiums if ACA enhanced subsidies expire

Insurance September 17, 2025

STAT Plus: Major health insurer group says members will continue to cover vaccines, a step that may ease anxiety over access

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