A law firm representing health care fraud whistleblowers is suing UnitedHealth Group over its use of a peripheral artery disease test, called QuantaFlo, to increase payments it received from the government Medicare program, after the Department of Justice declined to pursue a case against the nation’s largest health care company.  The DOJ’s decision was revealed […]

WASHINGTON — President Trump on Thursday evening threatened pharmaceutical companies with a 100% tariff unless they build manufacturing plants in the U.S. The tariff would begin on Oct. 1 and could affect all “branded or patented” drugs, the president said in a social media post. Companies could avoid it by building manufacturing facilities in the […]

Angus Chen covers all issues broadly related to cancer including drugs, policy, science, and equity. He joined STAT in 2021 after covering health and science at NPR and NPR affiliate stations. His work has been recognized by national Edward R. Murrow awards, the June L. Biedler prize for cancer journalism, and more. You can reach […]

A Harvard dean and preeminent epidemiologist whose work was cited by top health officials in the Trump administration as justification for severely curtailing Tylenol use by pregnant women due to a supposed link to autism provided expert testimony in a lawsuit against the drug’s maker that a federal judge called “unreliable.”  Andrea Baccarelli, dean of […]

WASHINGTON — President Trump on Monday suggested an overhaul to how children get vaccinated after claiming, without evidence, that many vaccines are unsafe as currently given. The president said he has talked with health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. about his proposed changes. While Trump has occasionally expressed skepticism of some vaccines, the president’s comments […]

The NFL’s 2025 season began with new kickoff rules, a new NFL Players Association executive director, and a new team for Aaron Rodgers. But one thing remains the same: All players’ injuries will still be reported to the public in detail. When a wide receiver tears his Achilles, the public will have the right to know. When a quarterback […]

On Thursday and Friday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention held a meeting of its Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, a key panel that gives the CDC’s director guidance about what vaccines to recommend to the public. The panel, in the end, postponed its most controversial vote and made recommendations that seemed aimed at […]

After months of uncertainty, the Food and Drug Administration offered accelerated approval for an ultra-rare disease drug that had become a symbol of the fraught balancing act between upholding regulatory standards and accommodating desperate patients and their families. The agency endorsed a treatment for Barth syndrome, a rare illness that afflicts about 150 people in […]

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration moved Thursday to shut down a Miami organ donation group, calling it “failing” because of underperformance, unsafe practices and paperwork errors. The Life Alliance Organ Recovery Agency is one of 55 organ procurement organizations, or OPOs, nonprofit agencies around the country that coordinate the recovery of organs from deceased donors […]

Arsenal Bio, one of the few cell therapy companies that was able to raise significant capital amid a prolonged downturn for the field, laid off 50% of its staff, a spokesperson confirmed to STAT. The company, launched in 2019, raised $325 million last November and likely took in more cash three months later, when Bristol Myers […]