The firing of the CDC's vaccine advisers has put a spotlight on RFK Jr.'s promises to a key Senate Republican health leader during his confirmation process.

NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya faced sharp questions Tuesday about the agency's proposed 2026 budget from Republican and ...

The future of the genetic data owned by 23andMe is uncertain as the company undergoes a court-supervised sale.

The NIH has rescinded a policy requiring recipients of new grants to certify they do not have unlawful DEI programs or ...

Today, the AMA tackles AI. Plus: takeaways from the Omada IPO.

WASHINGTON — Trump administration officials are expected to release more details on their plan to lower prescription drug ...

File it under bureaucratic whiplash: On Monday, the National Institutes of Health rescinded a 7-week-old DEI directive, only ...

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has taken the extraordinary step of firing the expert panel that advises the CDC.

Our nation’s top health official cannot be trusted to protect America’s children and their families,” writes Richard Besser, ...

This is the web edition of D.C. Diagnosis, STAT’s twice-weekly newsletter about the politics and policy of health and ...

The recent downturn in biotech has battered Massachusetts’ world-renowned sector, and the political climate has only made it ...

Merck won FDA approval for a shot that protects against RSV, the most common cause of hospitalization among infants ...