The budding scientist had left India for the U.S. for her Ph.D., because as she saw it, no other country offered the same opportunities for researchers. Set to finish her […]
Read MoreTrump budget proposal aims to cut $5 billion from NIH
Megan Molteni reports on discoveries from the frontiers of genomic medicine, neuroscience, and reproductive tech. She joined STAT in 2021 after covering health and science at WIRED. You can reach […]
Read MorePharma companies with Trump deals may avoid Medicare price cuts
Many of the largest drugmakers may be exempt from Medicare pilot programs intended to force them to lower some of their prices, potentially undermining the effort and depriving American patients […]
Read MoreFentanyl a weapon of mass destruction? Experts question Trump order
There is no doubt that, in the wrong circumstances, fentanyl can be an agent of mass destruction. In the last decade, the ultra-potent synthetic opioid has caused hundreds of thousands […]
Read MoreTrump signs executive order to block state AI regulations
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday aimed at blocking states from crafting their own regulations for artificial intelligence, saying the burgeoning industry is at risk of being stifled […]
Read MoreTrump says he’ll release MRI results
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Sunday that he would release the results of his MRI test that he received in October. “If you want to have it released, I’ll […]
Read MoreTrump administration embraces Medicare drug negotiations
WASHINGTON — On Tuesday, the Trump administration celebrated drug price cuts it had secured through a Democrat-created program — despite Republicans’ longstanding antipathy toward the policy. The Inflation Reduction Act, […]
Read MoreVance calls MAHA movement an ‘incredible part’ of Trump success
WASHINGTON — Vice President JD Vance lauded the Make America Healthy Again movement as an “incredible part” of the Trump administration’s success at a mostly closed-door event at the glitzy […]
Read MoreSTAT+: Kennedy, a longtime pharma critic, embraces Trump deal to expand access to obesity drugs
WASHINGTON — Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was uncharacteristically chummy with pharma executives at the White House on Thursday as he cheered the Trump administration’s plan for lowering obesity medication […]
Read MoreSTAT+: FDA moves to ease path for biosimilars as Trump seeks to cut drug costs
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration announced a draft framework Wednesday that officials say will speed cheaper versions of biologic drugs to market with the aim of making medicine more affordable […]
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