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RFK Jr.'s confirmation hearings, MASH drugs, and a controversial obesity ad

Why have drugs to treat the liver disease MASH reached a tipping point? How did Hims & Hers convince Childish Gambino to license his song “This is America” for a Super Bowl ad about compounded GLP-1

STAT+: Takeaways from RFK Jr.'s first day before Congress

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RFK Jr. endorses medications for opioid addiction at confirmation hearing, but misleads on 12-step programs

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has treated the U.S. drug epidemic as a priority, both in his independent bid for president and now as President Trump’s nominee for health secretary. But for all his advocacy

STAT+: Cigna's lower earnings reveal how sick American workers are

The American workforce is getting crushed by serious medical conditions, like cancer and heart problems. Workers and their employers should expect to pay a lot for this surge of illness in the coming years,

At confirmation hearing, RFK Jr. refuses to say that vaccines don't cause autism

WASHINGTON — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. refused to confirm to senators that he believes vaccines do not cause autism during his confirmation hearing Thursday. RFK Jr. is President Trump’s pick to lead the

What models flourished in the first generation of health tech?

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Cargo to lay off staff after CAR-T data show safety concerns

Want to stay on top of the science and politics driving biotech today? Sign up to get our biotech newsletter in your inbox. Good morning, today we look at RFK Jr.’s first day of confirmation hearings

STAT+: Pharmalittle: We're reading about the RFK Jr. confirmation hearings, CMS plans for drug-pricing talks, and more

Top of the morning to you, and a fine one it is. Clear blue skies and chilly breezes are wafting across the Pharmalot campus, where the official mascots are snoozing after foraging for their breakfast and rousing the

What your mouth might say about your stroke risk

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Uganda confirms Ebola case in nurse in capital city

Ugandan health officials on Thursday confirmed a case of Ebola in the capital, Kampala, in a nurse who sought care at a number of facilities. The nurse, a 32-year-old man, died Wednesday at the Mulago National

STAT+: Takeda CEO Christophe Weber to step down following prolonged drop in company shares

Christophe Weber will step down as CEO of Takeda next year, the company announced Thursday, following a dropoff in its share price over the last couple of years. Weber, 59, has led the Japanese pharma company

STAT+: MASH drugs reach a meaningful tipping point for patients and investors

This story first appeared in Adam’s Biotech Scorecard, a subscriber-only newsletter. STAT+ subscribers can sign up here to get it delivered to their inbox. Drugs that treat the liver disease known as

Live updates: RFK Jr., Trump's HHS pick, questioned on vaccine views at second confirmation hearing

WASHINGTON — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. appears before his second congressional committee Thursday, the next step for President Trump’s pick to lead the Health and Human Services Department before confirmation

Live updates: RFK Jr., Trump's HHS pick, faces new interrogations at second confirmation hearing

WASHINGTON — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. appears before his second congressional committee Thursday, the next step for President Trump’s pick to lead the Health and Human Services Department before confirmation

RFK Jr., Trump's HHS pick, interrogated on vaccine views at second confirmation hearing

WASHINGTON — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. appears before his second congressional committee Thursday, the next step for President Trump’s pick to lead the Health and Human Services Department before confirmation

STAT+: Universities fear Trump is using lucrative research grants as leverage to dismantle their DEI programs

Executive orders issued by President Trump in his first days in office are sending a chill through the nation’s colleges, universities, and academic medical centers because they appear to be part of a plan to

Opinion: What I learned about health insurance rage as the nation's first 'HMO czar'

In the immediate aftermath of the shooting death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, “nothing justifies violence but …” became the first four words in nearly every social media takedown of

Universities fear Trump is using lucrative research grants as leverage to dismantle their DEI programs

Executive orders issued by President Trump in his first days in office are sending a chill through the nation’s colleges, universities, and academic medical centers because they appear to be part of a plan to

STAT+: How AI helps drug developers skirt pharma's 'dirty little secret'

Andrew Pierce is the senior vice president of discovery and development at a company that claims to be “first end-to-end AI biotech,” but he admits he doesn’t know the first thing about artificial

STAT+: The 7 big topics RFK Jr. addressed during a fiery confirmation hearing

WASHINGTON — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. rattled off statistics about chronic disease, sparred with Democratic senators, backtracked on his prior support for abortion, and accused senators of twisting his past remarks