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…
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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…
White House’s Jha isn’t predicting a holiday Covid surge this year
Ashish Jha, the White House Covid-19 coordinator, predicted Tuesday that the United States will not…
Medicare’s midterm punts, MA marketing schemes, and a closer look at the Abiomed deal
You’re reading the web edition of Health Care Inc., STAT’s weekly newsletter following the flow…
Free sunscreen, ear plugs — and Covid shots? At the NASCAR race, vaccinations are still a tough sell
AVONDALE, Ariz. — Under the bright lights of the Phoenix Raceway, as a hundred thousand…
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…
STAT+: Q&A: A health justice lawyer and new MacArthur ‘genius’ on pharma’s patent games
Priti Krishtel has had it with the patent tricks up pharma’s sleeves. The co-executive director…
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…
Medicare is going to cap patients’ spending on drugs. But there’s no such limit for hospital or doctor bills
By 2025, people on Medicare who take expensive medications will feel significant financial relief: They…
FDA, DOJ sue 6 vape shops for ignoring warnings about selling illegal products
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is suing six vape shops after the companies ignored Food…
In new White House plan, Biden administration outlines ambitious strategy to prevent and prepare for pandemics
The Biden administration on Tuesday unveiled a new national biodefense strategy, aiming to adapt lessons…
Biden officials scramble for a backup as Covid variants threaten a key therapy for immunocompromised people
WASHINGTON — Biden health officials are bracing for the prospect that the country’s sole preventive…
A minuscule new HHS office has a mammoth goal: tackling environmental justice
WASHINGTON — Ask 10 people how a federal health care agency might tackle “environmental justice,”…
STAT+: Medicare tasks a senior adviser with staffing its new drug pricing division
WASHINGTON — Medicare has tasked a senior adviser at the agency with assembling a small…
STAT+: Errors have plagued insurance directories of doctors. The government wants to clean them up with its own
The federal government wants to create a national directory that houses accurate, up-to-date information for…
STAT+: Medicare lays out the bureaucracy it will need to negotiate drug prices
WASHINGTON — New documents obtained by STAT outline how Medicare is planning to build out…
STAT+: Democrats concede to clean user fee agreement to fund FDA
WASHINGTON — Democrats have conceded to Republican demands and agreed to fund the Food and…
STAT+: White House pitches drug pricing reforms as a way to extend cancer patients’ lives
WASHINGTON — The White House is pitching an added benefit to Democrats’ recent drug pricing…
Coors, Mondelez, and other big food companies want to sell CBD-filled food and drinks. The FDA is staunchly opposed
WASHINGTON — Major food makers are ready to cash in on selling CBD-filled foods and…
U.S. to spend more than $2 billion to launch Biden’s biomanufacturing initiative
The federal government is pledging more than $2 billion to launch President Biden’s new national…
With a promising new plan to pay for pricey cures, two states set out to eliminate hepatitis C. But cost hasn’t been the biggest problem
WASHINGTON — For nearly a decade, many experts assumed the biggest obstacle to eliminating hepatitis…
STAT+: Doctors, seniors groups flag concerns with Medicare Advantage
Doctors, patients, and seniors groups are airing new grievances about Medicare Advantage, arguing the growing…
New Covid vaccines are hitting pharmacy shelves. What happens to the original shots?
WASHINGTON — Senior Biden officials are in discussions about what to do with millions of…
The Biden administration is pushing another round of Covid boosters. Who’s listening?
WASHINGTON — Federal health officials are starting to push new, variant-targeting vaccines that they say…
STAT+: In a new lawsuit, pharma-backed patient groups fight federal rule around copay coupons
Three patient advocacy groups are suing the Biden administration to challenge a federal regulation they…
White House directs agencies to make federally funded studies free to access
The White House on Thursday directed health and science agencies to make federally funded studies…
What Fauci’s exit tells us about the ongoing fight against Covid
There was a time when Anthony Fauci thought he would retire when the Covid-19 pandemic…
The FDA stands by as the vaping industry flouts its orders
WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration has spent more than four years trying to…
STAT+: Biden administration largely stands firm on its method for resolving surprise billing disputes
The Biden administration largely stood firm on its plan for resolving disputes over surprise medical…
In an effort to address its missteps during Covid, CDC plans an ‘ambitious’ agency overhaul
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, an agency that has had its reputation battered…
STAT+: Unpacking the drug pricing policies that Congress just approved
WASHINGTON — Medicare coverage for prescription drugs will look very different when President Biden signs…
STAT+: Health care industry swarms Washington as surprise billing rules get ironed out
Solving surprise medical bills was supposed to be straightforward. It has been anything but. Already,…
In a massive victory for Democrats, Medicare is poised to negotiate drug prices
WASHINGTON — President Biden is on the verge of his own crowning health care achievement…
Democrats dramatically narrow their ambitions for lowering insulin costs
WASHINGTON — Democrats’ high hopes to lower insulin costs for patients with insurance got downsized on…
A chaotic sprint to lower insulin prices and AIDS activists go after Biden on monkeypox
You’re reading the web edition of D.C. Diagnosis, STAT’s twice-weekly newsletter about the politics and…
The view on drug pricing from Wall Street, a pharma-friendly Dem holds firm, and what’s next for a big telehealth bill
You’re reading the web edition of D.C. Diagnosis, STAT’s twice-weekly newsletter about the politics and…
Biden picks renowned cancer surgeon Monica Bertagnolli as NCI chief
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration has selected Monica Bertagnolli, a renowned surgical oncologist, as the…
Biden tells Dems to quickly pass pared-down economic package
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden seemed to bow Friday to Sen. Joe Manchin’s demand…
Biden signs order on abortion access after Supreme Court ruling
WASHINGTON — President Biden signed an executive order Friday to protect access to abortion as…
STAT+: Here’s what Democrats changed in their latest drug pricing bill
WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats have put final tweaks on their drug pricing proposal, as they…
STAT+: In the search for an ARPA-H director, the White House is zeroing in on DARPA veterans
WASHINGTON — The White House is zeroing in on former DARPA officials as candidates to…
Biden administration to widen access to monkeypox vaccine
The Biden Administration announced Tuesday that it will broaden availability of monkeypox vaccine as it…
STAT+: Despite fanfare, the FDA’s step toward lowering nicotine levels in cigarettes is a very early one
WASHINGTON — When the Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday it would eventually lower the…
STAT+: Congress is closer than ever to formally authorizing ARPA-H. But the details aren’t as final as they seem
WASHINGTON — It seemed like the debate over President Biden’s new high-stakes science agency, ARPA-H,…
Biden picks former DARPA director Prabhakar as next science adviser
WASHINGTON — President Biden will soon nominate Arati Prabhakar, a physicist and former DARPA director,…
On Covid messaging, Biden is caught between politics and public health
WASHINGTON — When it comes to Covid-19, President Biden is walking a tightrope. The midterm…
STAT+: New Jersey hospitals scrap merger after FTC challenge
Two New Jersey hospital systems have called off their proposed merger less than two weeks…
STAT+: Klobuchar, Porter call for FTC to investigate price hikes by Janssen, Bristol Myers Squibb
WASHINGTON — Two prominent Democratic lawmakers are requesting that the Federal Trade Commission investigate whether…
Francis Collins on his new life as White House science adviser
WASHINGTON — Francis Collins’ 2022 hasn’t exactly gone according to plan. The mustachioed, Harley-riding geneticist…
STAT+: The FTC says it’s getting tougher on hospital consolidation. Antitrust experts aren’t buying it
After the Federal Trade Commission’s flashy announcements last week that it was suing to block…