Medicare Advantage research machine, A big home health deal
Bob Herman covers health insurance, government programs, hospitals, physicians, and other providers — reporting on how money influences…
Sarepta Says Deaths of Two Elevidys Patients Posted on FDA Database Unrelated to Treatment
Sarepta Therapeutics (NASDAQ: SRPT) said Friday that the deaths of two patients taking its marketed gene therapy Elevidys®…
Health care cuts bode ill for regional economy
Jim Leary  | Worcester Telegram & Gazette Consistent with the old maxim that all politics is local, it…
The SEC Just Quietly Surrendered in Its Biggest Crypto Battle
The crypto world’s biggest and most consequential legal war is finally over. Ripple Labs, a fintech giant, has…
D.C. Diagnosis: Trump’s approach to health care, Sarepta’s lobbyists
You’re reading the web edition of D.C. Diagnosis, STAT’s twice-weekly newsletter about the politics and policy of health…
HHS cites scientific justification for canceling mRNA vaccine work
WASHINGTON — Federal health officials are citing an extensive list of studies purported to document harms caused by…
Apple’s lock on iPhone browser engines gets a December deadline
We might finally see the first iPhone browsers built on top of third-party engines now that Japanese regulators…
Reforming gambling taxation: How to lift half a million children out of poverty
A key priority for the government’s upcoming child poverty strategy should be to remove the two-child limit and…
Voluntary pressure: Mixed results from Trump’s health approach
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration’s unprecedented approach to overseeing the health industry seems to be working — at…
It’s past time for the U.S. to embrace reciprocal drug approval
Domperidone is an important medication used primarily to treat nausea and to stimulate a sluggish gastrointestinal tract. Clinicians consider it…
ChatGPT will ‘better detect’ mental distress after reports of it feeding people’s delusions
OpenAI, which is expected to launch its GPT-5 AI model this week, is making updates to ChatGPT that…
Republicans want to give gig workers benefits. There’s a catch.
Should independent contractors get employment benefits? The question has fueled decades of legal and political battles — and…