Are we underestimating alcohol-related liver disease?
Get your daily dose of health and medicine every weekday with STAT’s free newsletter Morning Rounds. Sign up here. Good morning. With so much snow this winter, I gave up on biking to
Match Day results show impact of federal immigration policy
Salutations from San Diego. This is Jonathan Wosen, West Coast biotech & life sciences reporter. We’ve got an outstanding lineup for you today, featuring a look at the tricky choice facing federal
Her son needed a fecal transplant for a fearsome C. diff infection. Getting one required a tortuous journey
Her son had been sick for four months when Blanca Morales started asking about a transplant. It had started with a case of strep throat from Mundo’s first-grade class — routine enough,
STAT+: Automatic enrollment in Medicare Advantage plans under consideration, top Trump health official says
President Trump’s Medicare director said Thursday his team is considering a policy that would automatically enroll Medicare beneficiaries into Medicare Advantage plans, a controversial idea that was touted in the conservative Project
All the highlights from STAT’s Breakthrough Summit East
Good morning and happy Friday. I’m off today, but I’ll talk to you next week. Highlights from yesterday’s summit For me, the top moment from yesterday’s event may have been the seconds-long
Tobacco could get a boost from the farm bill. How does that square with MAHA?
The 2026 farm bill now working its way through Congress contains a number of provisions at odds with the Make America Healthy Again movement, particularly when it comes to pesticides and factory
Judge will rule against Kennedy’s declaration on gender-affirming care
A U.S. district judge in Oregon said he will vacate a declaration made late last year by health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. that asserted gender-affirming care for young trans people does
STAT+: Trump’s Medicare director seeks to rein in expectations for TrumpRx
Chris Klomp, a top official at the federal health department, offered a reality check on President Trump’s drug discount platform, TrumpRx, while speaking at a STAT event on Thursday. Even as Trump
STAT+: Democrats prepare for health care overhaul
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Did we undercount Covid deaths by 155,000?
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