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RFK Jr. is making his closing argument to Americans ahead of the midterms election: Vote Republican and we'll Make America Healthy Again, stick with changing vaccine policy, and crack down on fraud (which, in turn, will lower costs, he says). My latest: statnews.com/2026/10/29/rfk…
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My latest column over @statnews "Is AI more a partner, competitor, or crutch for biomedical scientists?" statnews.com/2026/10/29/ai-…
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#Breaking: A Trump administration rule will force pharmacy benefit managers to disclose fees and compensation details currently kept private. trib.al/GQ87hJh
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Helen Branswell was the most prescient reporter on Covid, and a wonderful colleague and friend. This video she recorded in late summer is an inspiration to us all.
Last night, STAT's Executive Editor Rick Berke accepted, in memory of Helen Branswell, the Kovler Prize for Trust in Life Science Journalism.
Watch this video that Helen recorded in late summer to accept the award.
We miss you, Helen.
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NEW: HHS moves to allow compounding of some unapproved peptides, increasing access to the experimental wellness therapies embraced by many in the MAHA movement statnews.com/2026/10/28/hhs…
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Scoop: Senate candidate El-Sayed tells STAT he wants to ‘grill’ RFK Jr., calls him the ‘most incompetent HHS secretary ever’ statnews.com/2026/10/28/abd… via @statnews @AnilOza16
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Two reporters did what has eluded so many others: penetrating the behemoth that is Epic
“It’s very clear Epic owns the market. Its prices are extraordinary. It has killed innovators left and right — it’s time for a change.” A must-read story from Casey Ross and @brittanytrang, who are investigating the electronic health records giant Epic. statnews.com/2026/10/28/epi…
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This story is a model of deft, sharp-eyed, feature writing
Pennsylvania Dutch country, tired of waiting for biopharma, builds drug company of its own
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Personalized gene therapies have stalled at the FDA. New agency draft guidance would make it easier (and cheaper) for companies to get treatments approved: statnews.com/2026/10/27/fda…
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There is no better reporter anywhere covering rare diseases than STAT's @Jasonmmast. Today, another masterpiece:
Pennsylvania Dutch country, tired of waiting for biopharma, builds drug company of its own statnews.com/2026/10/27/gen…
Pennsylvania Dutch country, tired of waiting for biopharma, builds drug company of its own statnews.com/2026/10/27/gen…
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I spoke with Moderna $MRNA CEO Stéphane Bancel about intismeran and what's next for the cancer vaccine and the biotech he runs.
"We know the clinical impact in the Phase 3 study is real and big, so we need to go and be aggressive. We need to explore the biology. There will be some risk, because it’s not going to work everywhere."
Read the Q&A:
statnews.com/2026/10/26/mod… #ESMO26
"We know the clinical impact in the Phase 3 study is real and big, so we need to go and be aggressive. We need to explore the biology. There will be some risk, because it’s not going to work everywhere."
Read the Q&A:
statnews.com/2026/10/26/mod… #ESMO26
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At #ESMO26, AstraZeneca’s $AZN cancer pursuits get a showcase statnews.com/2026/10/25/esm… via @DrewQJoseph
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After Moderna $MRNA cancer vaccine’s first success, the race is on to expand the impact statnews.com/2026/10/25/mrn… via @DrewQJoseph #ESMO26
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This week's Readout LOUD podcast is one we wish we didn't have to produce: A tribute to STAT's North Star: Helen Branswell.
Please give it a listen, available on all the podcast platforms.
statnews.com/2026/10/23/rea…
Please give it a listen, available on all the podcast platforms.
statnews.com/2026/10/23/rea…
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Rick Berke retweeted
This week on the “The Readout LOUD” podcast, we remember our beloved colleague Helen Branswell, who died last week. We speak with colleagues, family, and public health leaders about her legacy. trib.al/B572CDF
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Breaking…
Detailed data confirm Moderna and Merck cancer vaccine met key endpoints in melanoma trial
By @adamfeuerstein
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A German biotech has big ambitions in cancer. Now it needs to get a medicine approved statnews.com/2026/10/21/imm… via @statnews @DrewQJoseph
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So all the discussion here on X has led me to think -- quite a bit! -- about the new film.
And here is where I landed. The film is, indeed, brilliant. I loved the movie. But I hated myself — and everyone else — for loving it, because I felt like that love demonstrated exactly why Holmes can seem to have such an eerie power over people.
So here's why I wish you didn’t want to see Nathan Fielder’s Elizabeth Holmes documentary
TLDR: Movie is great, humans suck.
statnews.com/2026/10/20/eli…
And here is where I landed. The film is, indeed, brilliant. I loved the movie. But I hated myself — and everyone else — for loving it, because I felt like that love demonstrated exactly why Holmes can seem to have such an eerie power over people.
So here's why I wish you didn’t want to see Nathan Fielder’s Elizabeth Holmes documentary
TLDR: Movie is great, humans suck.
statnews.com/2026/10/20/eli…
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Rick Berke retweeted
More of my thoughts in this free article I published with @statnews statnews.com/2026/10/19/eli…
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No one more capable than @TylerShultz_ to lay bare the true Elizabeth Holmes
statnews.com/2026/10/19/eli…
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