21 Aug, 2026
WASHINGTON — President Trump and health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are pressing ahead with efforts to change how kids in the U.S. get their shots.  The latest move, a…
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Sanofi, one of Massachusetts’ largest pharmaceutical employers, will lay off 229 workers, according to records the company filed with the state. The workers losing their jobs have been employed with…
Brittany Trang, Ph.D., covers AI in health and medicine: Does it actually work? Who benefits, or might be harmed? She writes the weekly AI Prognosis newsletter. Follow her on Threads,…
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Lawmakers urge HHS to force Lilly to provide 340B drug discounts

Ed’s stories explore prescription drug pricing, affordability and access, as well issues surrounding patents, litigation, and legislation. He is also the author of the morning Pharmalittle newsletter and the afternoon Pharmalot newsletter. Dozens of congressional lawmakers are urging the Trump administration to force Eli Lilly to reinstate mandated price breaks to hospitals that participate in […]

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988 hotline, private ERs, pulmonary hypertension: Morning Rounds

Get your daily dose of health and medicine every weekday with STAT’s free newsletter Morning Rounds. Sign up here. Good morning. An Australian musician recently spent nearly two weeks in an American hospital after breaking her back on tour. Her dispatch is surprisingly heartwarming, except for the quintessentially American medical bill she received.  Inside the lucrative […]

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