Opinion: What’s going on in Joe Biden’s brain?
At the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Monday night, President Biden took the stage…
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STAT+: Former Biden White House health official joins Flagship Pioneering
WASHINGTON — Raj Panjabi has made a career out of taking on some of public…
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…
Opinion: Listen: Anthony Fauci on presidents, bird flu, and turning down a multimillion-dollar job
Anthony Fauci can’t pinpoint the most meaningful dinner he’s ever had — every time you…
Opinion: President Biden must take a cognitive screening test. Voters deserve to know the results
In the aftermath of President Biden’s debate with former President Trump last week, many of…
After Biden debate performance, experts reflect on difference between ‘normal aging’ and something more
In the days after Thursday’s presidential debate, one of the questions that was asked on…
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…
Opinion: CNN debate moderators could provide the cognitive tests that Biden and Trump have been avoiding
The two primary contenders for the presidency of the United States — President Joe Biden…
Biden and Trump are fighting to claim credit for $35 insulin. It was actually a pharma giant’s idea
WASHINGTON — Both President Biden and former President Trump love to claim credit for getting…
Biden administration announces new partnership with 50 countries to stifle future pandemics
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s administration will help 50 countries identify and respond to infectious…
Supreme Court mifepristone arguments focus on physicians’ right to sue, not FDA judgment
WASHINGTON — Supreme Court justices on Tuesday seemed to question physician’s right to sue the…
Supreme Court questions restricting government efforts to limit Covid-19 misinformation
WASHINGTON — Most of the Supreme Court’s justices on Monday seemed to question states’ arguments that…
STAT+: Biden’s SOTU highlights pharma’s biggest political problem: It is terrifyingly, awfully alone
If you’re a drug company executive, you probably feel like you got up on the…
Biden calls for election wake-up call on abortion rights — but new upheavals are fast approaching
WASHINGTON — President Biden started his sprawling national address Thursday night with a warning to…
In his State of the Union, Biden takes clear aim at ‘Big Pharma’
WASHINGTON — Often, a president’s State of the Union address is a staid affair, with…
STAT+: Pharma giants, government spar in court over Medicare drug price negotiation
TRENTON, N.J. — Pharma industry giants including Bristol Myers Squibb, Johnson and Johnson, Novartis, and…
Biden to propose expanding Medicare drug price negotiation in State of the Union
WASHINGTON — President Biden wants to more than double the size of Medicare’s new drug…
Biden ‘continues to be fit for duty,’ his doctor says, after president undergoes annual physical
BETHESDA, Md. — President Joe Biden “continues to be fit for duty,” his doctor wrote Wednesday…
Opinion: I’ve reported on the health of every president since Reagan. Here’s what I think about Trump and Biden
When I interviewed Ronald Reagan about his health in 1980, he was 69 and poised…
CDC and social media: The new misinformation war
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White House pharmacy under the microscope
You’re reading the web edition of D.C. Diagnosis, STAT’s twice-weekly newsletter about the politics and…
STAT+: Pharma’s attack on Medicare drug price negotiation might benefit Biden
WASHINGTON — Pharmaceutical companies are doing anything they can to stop President Biden’s Medicare program…
The White House has a pharmacy — and it’s been a mess, a new investigation found
There’s a pharmacy in the White House — or, at least, there’s a sign that…
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STAT+: Biden changes will force health insurers to speed up and get more specific if they want to deny care
The Biden administration moved Wednesday to force insurance companies to give specific reasons for denying…
STAT+: Copay coupons for some drugs must count toward deductibles, after Biden court move
WASHINGTON — Insurers will have to count drug copay coupons toward deductibles and patient spending…
STAT+: The new NIH director is walking a tightrope on Biden’s drug pricing vision
WASHINGTON — President Biden has promised to require fair prices from drugmakers that use federally…
STAT+: HHS’s Xavier Becerra, once an ‘invisible’ secretary, is racing to cement a clearer legacy
WASHINGTON — He’s been called the “invisible” secretary. So far removed from the White House…
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…
What the new health counsels at FTC, DOJ, and HHS might do
Three major government agencies are adding new officials to investigate price-gouging in health care —…
Opinion: The Biden administration’s plan to use march-in rights to address drug prices would kill future world-changing innovations
The Bayh-Dole Act is widely credited with kickstarting a new era of American innovation involving the…
STAT+: Cancer drug shortages won’t get better under Biden’s latest plan
WASHINGTON — President Biden’s new plan to curb drug shortages by boosting domestic drug production…
STAT+: Biden admin proposes fixes to No Surprises Act’s dispute resolution process
The Biden administration dropped a new proposal Friday designed to fix the controversial dispute resolution…
STAT+: HHS dispatches millions to next-generation Covid targets, including intranasal vaccine
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration announced Friday that it is investing in three potential vaccines…
STAT+: Hearing on Medicare drug price negotiation gets unusually heated
WASHINGTON — Republicans and Democrats fought it out over Medicare drug price negotiation Wednesday at…
STAT+: What to make of Biden’s latest cancer moonshot efforts
WASHINGTON — The next chapter of President Biden’s moonshot to end cancer has landed. While…
STAT+: White House touts efforts to stem cancer drug shortages
WASHINGTON — The White House says it’s working to end shortages of three key generic…
STAT+: Astellas withdraws lawsuit after evading Medicare drug price negotiations
WASHINGTON — Astellas was so sure that one of its drugs was going to be…
STAT+: Humana sues Biden administration over Medicare Advantage audit rule
Humana sued the federal government Friday, arguing that this year’s new rule to claw back…
STAT+: Winners and losers from Medicare’s list of drugs subject to price negotiation
On Tuesday morning, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services unveiled its long-awaited list…
Here are the 10 drugs that will be up first for Medicare price negotiation
WASHINGTON — Medicare on Tuesday announced the first 10 drugs selected for a new drug…
STAT+: Drug makers already bet big on mRNA for cancer. Why is Biden going in, too?
WASHINGTON — President Biden’s fledgling health agency, designed to accelerate under-funded research, just set its…
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…
Biden announces an advanced cancer research initiative as part of the bipartisan ‘moonshot’ effort
WASHINGTON — President Biden’s administration on Thursday announced the first cancer-focused initiative under its advanced…
Biden launches a new push to limit health care costs hoping to show he can save money for families
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Biden on Friday rolled out a new set of initiatives to…
Opinion: Biden promised a ‘war on cancer’ — but declared war on the cure instead
When then-Vice President Biden launched the Cancer Moonshot in 2016, there was reason to be…
Biden plans to pick Mandy Cohen to lead CDC
WASHINGTON — President Biden plans to tap longtime federal and state health official Mandy Cohen…
STAT+: New Biden science agency ARPA-H launches first program, targeting bone regrowth
WASHINGTON — A multibillion-dollar science agency tasked with slashing through research bureaucracy will start its…
Who’s in charge of the White House Covid response after the emergency ends?
WASHINGTON — The White House isn’t quite ready to launch its new pandemic response office…