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Susan Monarez’s resistance to Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s moves to assert control over vaccine guidance is at the center of her dismissal as CDC director ...

Susan Monarez, the first Senate-confirmed director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has been ousted after ...

Daniel Payne reports on how the health industry and Washington influence and impact each other. He joined STAT in 2025 after ...

For AI tools making high-stakes clinical decisions, well-designed, prospective RCTs must be the gold standard.

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. suggested that the CDC suffers from political bias one day after he abruptly fired the agency's director.

Novo Nordisk has taken the next step in selling its drugs directly to patients by pointing them to telehealth providers that ...

Invivyd's CEO doesn’t want to see Covid vaccines disappear, but he does believe the monoclonal antibody candidate his company is developing can be an effective alternative.

The FDA approved updated Covid boosters but ended emergency authorizations in moves that could make the shots more difficult to obtain for kids under 5 ...

Among biotech venture capital firms, Third Rock Venture has generated the best returns on its investments in 2024 and 2025, according to STAT’s annual VC rankings report.

The end of Covid vaccine emergency authorizations may limit the availability of shots for young, healthy kids.

Third Rock Ventures delivered the best returns among 22 prominent biotech venture capital firms analyzed by STAT.