Want to stay on top of the science and politics driving biotech today? Sign up to get our biotech newsletter in your inbox. Good morning. In case you missed it, my pal Bob Herman got the Joe Kernan treatment on CNBC’s “Squawk Box” on Friday, where he discussed his excellent new series “Out of Pocket, Out of […]

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration’s pick to oversee preparedness and response to public health emergencies and disasters has questioned the use of the hepatitis B vaccine in infants and raised the disproven link between vaccines and autism in past comments reviewed by STAT. Those comments by Sean Kaufman, nominated to be Assistant Secretary for Preparedness […]

Get your daily dose of health and medicine every weekday with STAT’s free newsletter Morning Rounds. Sign up here. Good morning, everyone. Now that we’ve all narrowly survived a workday without the World Cup, we can at last return to our new normalcy this afternoon for France 3-1 Morocco. A father’s quest to cure his daughter  […]

Get your daily dose of health and medicine every weekday with STAT’s free newsletter Morning Rounds. Sign up here. Good morning, folks. This is Allison, in for Theresa today. I have to say, the recent news on the presidential fitness test sent me down memory lane. I remember the “sit and reach” exam, and I know […]

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 […]

Tara covers the business of health care. Her stories focus on hospitals, doctors, and how their business practices affect patients — especially when private equity gets involved. She also writes about health insurance and ideas for improving our broken health system. You can reach Tara on Signal at tarabannow.70. Medicare wants to slash payments to […]

Get your daily dose of health and medicine every weekday with STAT’s free newsletter Morning Rounds. Sign up here. Hi all, it’s Sarah subbing for Theresa today. If you’re on the East Coast, how are you preparing for the incoming heat wave? Send tips and popsicle recipes to [email protected]. How the alcohol industry puts policy on […]

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 […]

When the Supreme Court handed Monsanto a major win in Roundup litigation on Thursday, the headlines sounded like a scientific event: a case about whether Roundup causes cancer. But Monsanto v. Durnell did not settle that question. The court held that federal pesticide law preempts a state failure-to-warn claim when the Environmental Protection Agency has […]

Katie covers the impact of health technology on patients, clinicians, and businesses. Her stories explore the price tag of clinical AI, digital health at the FDA, and the boom in direct-to-consumer telehealth. Confidential tips can be sent on Signal at palmer.01. The Food and Drug Administration has granted breakthrough designation to two devices that use […]