Senate IVF bill fails again as Democrats pressure GOP on reproductive health
WASHINGTON — The Senate failed again Tuesday to advance legislation that would protect access to…
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Vance’s confusing health insurance remarks give Democrats a new attack line
GOP Vice Presidential-hopeful JD Vance made some confusing comments over the weekend about deregulating health…
Trump admits he still doesn’t have an Affordable Care Act replacement plan
WASHINGTON — Eight years after he was elected president on a promise to repeal and…
Trump struggles to find an abortion answer
WASHINGTON — Former President Trump is still struggling to land on an abortion answer that…
Trump keeps losing his train of thought. Cognitive experts have theories about why
In a speech earlier this year, former President Trump was mocking President Biden’s ability to…
Harris’ reported running mate, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, boasts progressive health care record
WASHINGTON — With Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate, Vice President Kamala Harris…
The health care records of 5 leading candidates to be Harris’ VP
WASHINGTON — With less than 100 days until the presidential election, Democratic candidate Kamala Harris is…
STAT+: 7 key people who could shape Trump’s health care policy
WASHINGTON — A second Trump administration would bring a new wave of health policy officials…
Harris health care agenda swiftly hailed by progressives and reproductive rights groups
WASHINGTON — President Biden’s announcement Sunday that he would be dropping out of the presidential…
Kamala Harris, endorsed by Biden to replace him, is left of the president on health care
WASHINGTON — President Biden is ending his bid for a second term in office and…
Where 3 Democrats who could replace Biden atop the ticket stand on health care
WASHINGTON — President Biden’s decision to drop out of the presidential race has left the…
Trump campaign provides new details on his ear wound and treatment
WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump is doing well and required no stitches after a…
Trump rallies his base on bolstering health care, avoiding thorny questions about health rights
WASHINGTON — In a far-ranging, free-wheeling 90-minute acceptance speech for the Republican nomination to the…
STAT+: The pharmaceutical industry keeps losing Washington friends
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STAT+: Drugmakers are losing crucial friends on Capitol Hill
WASHINGTON — Sen. Bob Menendez is the poster child for a pharmaceutical industry ally. He…
Trump’s 2024 platform abandons calls to cut Medicare, broadly restrict abortion
WASHINGTON — Former President Trump says he “will not cut one penny” from Medicare and…
Making sense of the debate’s health care debate
You’re reading the web edition of D.C. Diagnosis, STAT’s twice-weekly newsletter about the politics and…
Biden’s Supreme Court abortion wins could be short lived
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court this month handed President Biden a pair of wins on…
Biden’s FDA is letting Ron DeSantis import cheaper drugs from Canada. Who gets to take credit?
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration has approved Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ plan to import a…
Medicare eligibility is tripping up the GOP presidential candidates
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Robert F. Kennedy is pitching centrism on health care, even on abortion
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The future of health care in the House
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Did you have Obamacare on your GOP debate bingo card?
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Republicans aren’t quite done talking about Obamacare, after all
WASHINGTON — In a far-ranging debate that touched on everything from border control issues to…
STAT+: With Menendez indictment, pharmaceutical industry could lose a key ally
WASHINGTON — With mounting calls for embattled Sen. Bob Menendez to resign, the pharmaceutical industry…
Will a government shutdown stall Medicare drug price negotiations?
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Abortion policy in the spotlight, DeSantis’ importation showdown, and new price hike analysis
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Vivek Ramaswamy’s brashness made waves in the Republican debate. He did the same in biotech
The youngest candidate on Wednesday night’s debate stage didn’t make any friends among his fellow…
Republican presidential candidates spar over abortion bans
WASHINGTON — Republican presidential candidates sparred Wednesday over a question that has haunted the party…
STAT+: Ron DeSantis wants to import drugs from Canada. Biden’s FDA just blasted his plan
WASHINGTON — Florida governor and presidential hopeful Ron DeSantis has ballyhooed a high-profile plan to…
STAT+: Eli Lilly CEO donates big to Mike Pence presidential super PAC
WASHINGTON — David Ricks, who leads Eli Lilly, made a major early donation to a…
Republicans love RFK Jr. What does that tell us about their health platforms in 2024?
WASHINGTON — Republican presidential candidates are polishing off their best barbs and attack lines for…
STAT+: Pharma industry showers House GOP doctor with campaign cash
WASHINGTON — The pharmaceutical industry has been flooding the campaign coffers of Rep. Larry Bucshon, a…
STAT+: From ‘Jeopardy!’ to Politico, the PBM ad wars are taking over D.C.
WASHINGTON – If you live in this city, you’re probably awash in pharmacy benefit manager…
STAT+: Juul execs shower House Oversight chair with campaign cash, just as he launches probe into FDA’s moves on e-cigarettes
WASHINGTON — Juul executives wrote personal checks to the head of the House Oversight Committee,…
STAT+: Pharma executives flood Bill Cassidy with campaign cash
WASHINGTON — Sen. Bill Cassidy’s new perch as the top Republican on the Senate health…
Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla maxed out campaign contributions to Dr. Oz ahead of midterm elections
WASHINGTON — Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla made the maximum possible campaign contribution to Mehmet Oz…
STAT+: PhRMA, once invincible in Washington, has lost its edge
WASHINGTON — PhRMA has a reputation in Washington for might, for money, for scorched-earth tactics,…
In a Republican-led House, anti-science probes top the agenda
WASHINGTON — The Covid-19 investigations are coming. When Republicans take control of the House of Representatives…
White House science adviser Alondra Nelson on the midterms, the cancer moonshot, and a book in the works
Science, according to President Joe Biden’s deputy science adviser Alondra Nelson, is more bipartisan than…
California bans flavored tobacco products, including vapes
WASHINGTON – On Tuesday, Californians overwhelmingly voted to ban all flavored tobacco products in the…
In Arizona’s race for governor, Kari Lake fans Republican fury over Fauci, fentanyl and gender-affirming care
TEMPE, AZ. — On a windy, warm November night, thousands of Arizona Democrats lined the…
Medicare’s midterm punts, MA marketing schemes, and a closer look at the Abiomed deal
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Health and science are on the ballot this election. Here’s what we’re watching
WASHINGTON — The midterm elections this year are centered on weighty topics: the economy looms…
Missouri Senate race shows just how hard it is to campaign on abortion in the heartland
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – If any Senate race should be a referendum on abortion access…
With Republicans on the verge of congressional control, science is on the line
WASHINGTON — In this year’s midterms, the future of federal science policy is in Republicans’…
Listen: Anti-science at the polls, a biotech odd couple, & the stakes of the midterms
Can Covid denialism get you elected? How is the music business like biotech investing? And…
STAT+: Republican ideas to reform Medicare could rile health care industry
WASHINGTON — Democrats are suddenly blasting Republicans on the campaign trail over a surprising new…
On the campaign trail, Republicans ramp up anti-science, anti-Covid, often anti-Fauci messaging
WASHINGTON — Even as the pandemic fades from our daily lives, it is at the…
Tobacco companies shower Black Democrats with campaign cash
WASHINGTON — Tobacco companies generally don’t donate to many Democratic candidates for political office. But…