7 big challenges for the next CDC director
Public health experts watching the leadership void at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have been predicting for a while that finding someone to head the agency would be a Herculean
STAT+: Amid focus on food, FDA leader briefs lawmakers on priorities
WASHINGTON — Food and Drug Administration officials briefed senators on the agency’s plans for food policy for 2026, according to a person familiar with the meeting. The agency plans to focus on
The impact of NIH restrictions on foreign institutions
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Decades after Vietnam War, research links Agent Orange exposure to MDS blood cancer
Decades after the Vietnam War, hematologist-oncologist Mikkael Sekeres began seeing veterans in his clinic with myelodysplastic syndromes, a group of blood cancers known as MDS. Many of the vets had been exposed
As political pressure mounts, medical school accreditor drops requirement to teach about health equity
The leading medical school accreditation body in the U.S. has removed language from its standards that had required schools it validates to teach about health inequities. The action comes as initiatives to
STAT+: HHS convenes health care execs, motivational speaker on panel to modernize health care
WASHINGTON — A motivational coach, a venture capitalist who worked with health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s son, and a number of health care executives whose firms span value-based care, mental health,
STAT+: A surprise opening for health care reforms
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White House misses deadline to nominate new CDC director
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STAT+: CDC leadership in limbo as Trump administration set to miss deadline to nominate director
There is no end in sight for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s leadership limbo, with the Trump administration confirming on Wednesday it would not be nominating a new director by
California considers seal of approval for foods that are not ultra-processed
A new California bill continues the state’s efforts to crack down on ultra-processed foods, proposing a front-of-package seal that manufacturers could place on their products to show that they are not ultra-processed.