CDC was at the center of much of the questioning of Kennedy today. Catch up on all that's been happening there, via @alexhogan.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2025/09/04/k...
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CDC was at the center of much of the questioning of Kennedy today. Catch up on all that's been happening there, via @alexhogan.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2025/09/04/k...
The big takeaways from health secretary RFK Jr.’s contentious Senate hearing www.statnews.com/2025/09/04/h...
There was shouting. From @danielpayne.bsky.social and @chelseacirruzzo.bsky.social at @statnews.com www.statnews.com/2025/09/04/h...
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And now, Kennedy recounts a very different memory of his meeting with Monarez: The health secretary claimed that he asked the then-CDC director if she was “a trustworthy person.” “She said no,” Kennedy said. Very different from Monarez's memory and other reporting (below)
Remarkable comments from the nation's top health official Kennedy gets animated over CDC allegations, mRNA vaccines, long-respected vaccine expert groups, and much more... All the details: www.statnews.com/2025/09/04/h...
Kennedy addressed the shakeup at CDC: www.statnews.com/2025/09/04/h...
7 burning questions for RFK Jr. as he faces senators’ questions on CDC turmoil and more. Very smart from @chelseacirruzzo.bsky.social and @isabellacueto.bsky.social. Hearing opens tmrw morning. www.statnews.com/2025/09/03/k...
News comes so fast and furious these days it's hard to appreciate the magnitude of developments such as these: An individual who until last week was running the CDC issuing a major warning on the current administration. Latest from @danielpayne.bsky.social. www.statnews.com/2025/09/04/h...
Monarez speaks publicly for the first time since her ouster — plus more key context as RFK Jr. is set to testify before the Senate Finance Committee this morning. www.statnews.com/2025/09/04/h...
NEW: RFK Jr. pushed out Susan Monarez, former CDC director, last week — suggesting it was needed to reform the agency. But many of Kennedy’s reform ideas match a memo Monarez sent HHS leaders nearly a month ago. www.statnews.com/2025/09/03/k...
New: Trump weighs in on the “mess” at CDC www.statnews.com/2025/09/01/t...
How the sweeping changes at CDC are spilling into the real world, via @elizabethcooney.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2025/08/28/c...
Jim O’Neill to be acting director of CDC www.statnews.com/2025/08/28/j...
Lots of crucial reporting today across STAT on the sweeping changes at the CDC over the last 24 hours. Are you in the agency, elsewhere in HHS, or on the Hill? Signal: @danielp.100 / Email: daniel.payne (at) statnews (dot) com www.statnews.com
And while much of the health world focuses on turmoil at the CDC... Health industry giants are plotting a major lobbying push over the coming weeks to extend federal insurance subsidies. Billions of dollars and the coverage of millions of patients are at stake. www.statnews.com/2025/08/28/h...
Here is a closer look at the top-ranking officials who resigned from the CDC this week. www.statnews.com/2025/08/28/p...
Bill Cassidy is calling for next month’s meeting of a federal advisory panel on vaccines to be postponed in the wake of a mass exodus of leaders at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. www.statnews.com/2025/08/28/c...
NEW: Inside the meetings and disagreements over vaccine policy that led to Susan Monarez's ouster at CDC — and a series of other agency leaders' resignations www.statnews.com/2025/08/28/c...
Special Report Inside the CDC director’s ouster: Kennedy demanded acceptance of new vaccine policies; Susan Monarez refused www.statnews.com/2025/08/28/c...
#Breaking: Health secretary RFK Jr. issues harsh critique of CDC after ouster of its director www.statnews.com/2025/08/28/r...
Update: At least three other high-ranking officials in CDC have also resigned. “I am not able to serve in this role any longer because of the ongoing weaponization of public health,” one of the officials said in a note to staff.
CDC Director Susan Monarez is out www.statnews.com/2025/08/27/c...
#Breaking: CDC attacker likely attempted to enter campus days before shooting www.statnews.com/2025/08/21/c...
Big scoop from @danielpayne.bsky.social: CDC attacker likely attempted to enter campus days before shooting. www.statnews.com/2025/08/21/c...
News: The man who attacked the CDC in a shooting earlier this month attempted to enter its campus days earlier, investigators believe www.statnews.com/2025/08/21/c...
New: CDC has increased the number of security guards at nearly all its campuses nationwide www.statnews.com/2025/08/21/c...
Eli Lilly said Thursday that it would increase the prices of medicines in Europe and other developed markets “in order to make them lower” in the U.S., in an apparent response to the Trump administration’s calls to do so. from @elaineywchen.bsky.social & @danielpayne.bsky.social at @statnews.com 🩺
Eli Lilly says it will raise drug prices in Europe to ‘make them lower’ in U.S. — in line the Trump administration's agenda w/ @elaineywchen.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2025/08/14/e...
AMA has stayed largely quiet as the Trump administration roils the state of science in the U.S. Now the largest group representing physicians is changing course: “We have to stand up for science,” CEO John Whyte tells @theresagaff.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2025/08/13/a...
We've heard some heartrending stories after Friday's shooting. @danielpayne.bsky.social and report on @statnews.com www.statnews.com/2025/08/12/c...
In the days following Friday’s shooting that targeted the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, employees have voiced new fears about the agency’s security. www.statnews.com/2025/08/12/c...
“Words of sympathy, however sincere, do not substitute for tangible action to ensure that we and our families can feel safe again,” a CDC employee told @statnews.com New from @danielpayne.bsky.social @elizabethcooney.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2025/08/12/c...
News: In internal calls, CDC staff have voiced fears about the agency’s vulnerabilities after last week’s shooting. They’re also increasingly highlighting RFK Jr.'s role in demonizing public health institutions in recent years. w/@elizabethcooney.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2025/08/12/c...
New: In internal call, CDC employees recount shooting, ask about RFK Jr.’s response Agency leaders say new security teams, monitoring, reviews planned w/ @helenbranswell.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2025/08/09/c...
BREAKING: Vinay Prasad is returning to the FDA to resume his role overseeing vaccine, gene therapy, and blood product regulation — just two weeks after his ouster. www.statnews.com/2025/08/09/v...
CDC shaken after gunman attacks its headquarters www.statnews.com/2025/08/08/c...
One of the companies targeted by BARDA's winding down of mRNA vaccine research, Tiba Biotech, said it wasn't even working on an mRNA vaccine. A head-scratching detail from this nice story by @marissa-russo.bsky.social for @statnews.com www.statnews.com/2025/08/07/k...
New: Trump is threatening health care giants with the weight of the federal government. It’s working — sometimes. w/ @sarah-todd.bsky.social @chelseacirruzzo.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2025/08/06/t...
Exclusive: Top White House pandemic preparedness official resigns www.statnews.com/2025/07/30/w...
Pharma firms will face 15% tariffs in Trump’s E.U. trade deal www.statnews.com/2025/07/28/p...
Under pressure of tariffs and price controls from the Trump administration, AstraZeneca announced Monday that it would invest $50 billion by 2030. www.statnews.com/2025/07/21/a...
10 million expected to lose health insurance under Trump’s tax cut law, CBO says www.statnews.com/2025/07/21/c...
On June 18, HHS said it would soon release ethics and conflict-of-interest documents for new vaccine advisers appointed by RFK Jr. to the ACIP. That group's first meeting came and went. Now, HHS appears to be backpedaling. www.statnews.com/2025/07/09/k...
How the GOP, behind closed doors, pushed through health industry fears and passed historic Medicaid cuts www.statnews.com/2025/07/08/t...
Here's how the tax-cut bill that’s headed to Trump’s desk would upend health care www.statnews.com/2025/07/03/t...
The impact, from @statnews.com DC team @danielpayne.bsky.social, @chelseacirruzzo.bsky.social, and John Wilkerson: www.statnews.com/2025/07/03/t...
Dr. Oz tries to seal the deal on Trump’s tax-cut bill www.statnews.com/2025/07/02/d...
How the Senate’s bill would reshape health care www.statnews.com/2025/07/02/t...
What it all means, from @danielpayne.bsky.social, @chelseacirruzzo.bsky.social, and John Wilkerson at @statnews.com www.statnews.com/2025/07/02/t...
GOP House staffer tells me it’s “hard to say” whether some House moderates will go along with the deeper Medicaid cuts in the Senate bill. Even the larger rural health fund “isn’t going to be enough to address their concerns,” the person said.
Senate passes Trump’s tax-cut bill that would slash Medicaid spending www.statnews.com/2025/07/01/s...
11.8 million to lose health insurance under Senate Republican tax bill, CBO projects www.statnews.com/2025/06/29/1...
Senate GOP tweaks health care measures in tax bill to win holdouts, please parliamentarian www.statnews.com/2025/06/28/s...
What the parliamentarian's rulings could mean for Republican's Medicaid proposals www.statnews.com/2025/06/26/s...
As Trump’s deadline nears, Republicans have significant differences to work through on their Medicaid cuts www.statnews.com/2025/06/25/h...
NIH is halting further grant terminations — we aren't sure why but it comes days after a federal judge ruled many such terminations were illegal and hours after said judge denied the government's appeal to stay the decision www.statnews.com/2025/06/25/n...
Scoop: Senate Republicans are considering a new provision that would further cut Medicaid funding in the OBBB www.statnews.com/2025/06/23/g...
Inside Senate Republicans' debate — and hospitals' lobbying push — over Medicaid cuts www.statnews.com/2025/06/20/t...
Doctors lose Medicare pay bump in Senate version of tax bill www.statnews.com/2025/06/17/s...
New: The Trump administration is "demanding" pharma companies begin negotiating to lower drug prices www.statnews.com/2025/06/12/t...
Hours after RFK Jr. announced a new CDC vaccine advisory panel, 7 (!!) of my @statnews.com colleagues put together this staggeringly thorough breakdown of what we know about the new ACIP members. It's well worth a read. www.statnews.com/2025/06/11/r...
In Trump's sweeping plan to lower drug prices, details remain elusive www.statnews.com/2025/06/11/t...
RFK Jr.’s new chronic disease agency faces a road block: Congress www.statnews.com/2025/06/11/a...
www.statnews.com/2025/06/10/t...
#Breaking: Health secretary RFK Jr. abruptly fires CDC vaccine advisory panel www.statnews.com/2025/06/09/r...
President Trump’s 2026 budget proposes slashing NIH's central function, awarding grants to universities, academic medical centers, and other institutions, by 43% compared to 2025 levels. Story via me & @danielpayne.bsky.social for @statnews.com www.statnews.com/2025/06/06/n...
Debate over potential Medicaid cuts has led lawmakers to lobby the lobbyists: Democrats asked groups that represent doctors to speak up about the impacts. But Republicans asked them to hold back — and noted the bill includes a pay bump for physicians. www.statnews.com/2025/06/05/t...
A new HHS document released late Friday afternoon offers the most detailed look yet at deep NIH cuts that are part of Trump's budget request. Story via me and @danielpayne.bsky.social for @statnews.com www.statnews.com/2025/05/30/n...
Yesterday, we dove into all the data on chronic disease in the U.S. So, what can actually make a dent in it? Here are 3 big ideas: www.statnews.com/2025/05/21/r...
Blunt Rochester presses RFK Jr. on CDC acting director www.statnews.com/2025/05/20/b...
The Trump administration is "already in negotiation with the drug companies to discern the ways that they’re going to comply,” RFK Jr. tells a Senate panel this morning.
Breaking: Trump administration lays out more details of plan to lower drug prices www.statnews.com/2025/05/20/t...
MAHA has a new think tank. The Trump administration is listening. Thursday, officials joined the MAHA Institute's launch event, soliciting ideas — and resumes. www.statnews.com/2025/05/15/m...
In combative hearings, Kennedy defends HHS cuts, backtracks — and lashes out www.statnews.com/2025/05/14/r...
While praising the MAHA agenda, some Republicans share concerns with RFK Jr. about his sweeping changes at HHS www.statnews.com/2025/05/14/r...
And we’re off! @matthewherper.bsky.social begins our #STATBreakthrough Summit with a conversation with @robcaliff.bsky.social
New: What lawmakers plan to ask RFK Jr. as he heads to two hearings today on the Hill www.statnews.com/2025/05/14/c...
www.cnbc.com/video/2025/0...
So many questions, some answers, from @danielpayne.bsky.social and Ed Silverman www.statnews.com/2025/05/12/t...
Trump’s drug pricing order leaves lots of unanswered questions. Here’s where policy experts and industry representatives are focusing their attention: www.statnews.com/2025/05/12/t...
From @danielpayne.bsky.social at @statnews.com www.statnews.com/2025/05/12/t...
New details on the White House's sweeping drug pricing executive order: www.statnews.com/2025/05/12/t...
Trump confirms he will sign ‘most-favored nation’ executive order in bid to lower drug prices www.statnews.com/2025/05/11/t...
Here’s how Trump might approach his drug pricing plan www.statnews.com/2025/05/09/t...
Exclusive: In his first address to FDA staff on Wednesday, new CBER director Vinay Prasad emphasized his commitment to evidence, his admiration for agency employees, and his desire to serve the American public. Read more, based on a recording obtained by STAT: www.statnews.com/2025/05/07/v...
Republicans are running out of ways to cut Medicaid as moderates and hard-liners clash www.statnews.com/2025/05/07/m...
News: Provider and patient groups escalate their fight against Medicaid cuts this week: 800+ provider execs — some in key GOP districts — ask Congress to reject cuts 1,100+ hospital reps head to the Hill 5 advocacy groups announce a new collaboration www.statnews.com/2025/05/05/g...
Trump proposes billions in cuts to federal health agencies from NIH to CDC www.statnews.com/2025/05/02/s...
#Breaking: GOP Senator Collins says Trump’s layoffs of scientists, cuts to biomedical research ‘must be reversed’
It's been 100 days since President Trump took office. Here's how he's impacted health and science, seen through five lives. www.statnews.com/2025/04/25/t...
Nearly 100 days into Trump 2.0, the health industry's lobbyists and lawyers are fearing "existential" threats to their clients, rewriting their playbooks, and thinking about how they might align themselves with the MAHA agenda. www.statnews.com/2025/04/25/h...
How Trump's first 100-ish days changed health care www.statnews.com/2025/04/24/t...
“He’s the same Bobby Kennedy, 100%,” said Mary Holland, CEO of Children’s Health Defense, the anti-vaccine group Kennedy founded. “I think that he’s on the right track.” How RFK Jr.’s past anti-vaccine rhetoric returned in his first months at HHS www.statnews.com/2025/04/16/r...
Kennedy just spoke at length about how HHS is about to launch studies aimed at finding out the origins of autism. But he'll need a team first, and nobody's sure who that will be. @isabellacueto.bsky.social and @danielpayne.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2025/04/16/r...
RFK Jr. is touting new autism research, promising answers by September. But experts at 10 specialized autism research groups across the country haven't been approached about it. via @isabellacueto.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2025/04/16/r...
RFK Jr. plans changes to vaccine injury reporting system www.statnews.com/2025/04/15/r...
#Breaking: RFK Jr. suggests some vaccines are risky or ineffective, downplays measles threat
The nation's top health official this week suggested some vaccines are risky or ineffective and downplayed the threat of measles in the U.S. www.statnews.com/2025/04/10/r...
Health secretary RFK Jr. is overseeing the termination of 10,000 workers. The Senate wants to hear from him, but it might be a minute. Via @danielpayne.bsky.social, John Wilkerson www.statnews.com/2025/04/07/r...