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So many incredible parts from this @sarah-todd.bsky.social dispatch at a longevity conference, including organ replacement and her survey of how long these people think they'll live. www.statnews.com/2026/05/27/l...
The news here (Taubenberger out as head of NIAID) tells you a lot about the chaos reigning at top science institutions in the US. 16 of 27 NIH institutes now have acting directors.
And the second paragraph tells you about the chaos journalists face trying to get government responses…
The latest piece in our series, "The Deadliest Drug," about preventable alcohol-related harms in the US: the continuing issue of alcohol use during pregnancy, which is more widespread than it seems, and how we're falling short on efforts to minimize its damage: www.statnews.com/2026/05/19/d...
Potentially coming to an ACA marketplace near you: Health insurance that isn't even really insurance. www.statnews.com/2026/05/18/t...
On Jan. 6 this year, Trump's stock pickers bought some Eli Lilly. It was the beginning of a series of stock buys.
All while the agencies he oversees undertook an agenda boosting GLP-1s, Lilly's flagship product. My latest for @kffhealthnews.org: kffhealthnews.org/health-indus...
RFK Jr. did what kffhealthnews.org/public-healt...
STAT's new multi-part investigation, "The Deadliest Drug," is out. @levfacher.bsky.social and I have spent months examining the country's unchecked epidemic of injuries, diseases and deaths caused by excessive alcohol, and why the U.S. is ignoring its biggest substance use problem. @statnews.com
The Trump administration wants low-income people who have cancer, kidney failure, and other complex conditions to prove they can't work in order to keep their Medicaid coverage. www.statnews.com/2026/06/03/m...
NEW: The FDA has started to rehire after losing thousands of employees last year. But it will be difficult to replace what was lost. Read our profile of six of the folks who left, featuring video portraits filmed by @alexhogan.bsky.social:
www.statnews.com/2026/05/07/f...
NEW: Massachusetts is suing UnitedHealthcare, alleging the company intentionally made low-income seniors appear sicker than they were over the past decade to boost its bottom line. www.statnews.com/2026/05/29/u...
Jeffery Taubenberger, the acting head of the NIAID, the NIH’s infectious disease institute, is reported to have stepped down.
More than 1 in 8 pregnant women report drinking. Doctors warn fetal alcohol disorders may be more common than many realize, perhaps more common than autism.
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New ethics disclosures show the president invested in Eli Lilly and a company that manufactures injectable devices as his health agencies implemented policies that benefited them.
