Health care cuts bode ill for regional economy
Jim Leary | Worcester Telegram & Gazette Consistent with the old maxim that all politics is local, it…
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…
Checking in on Hochul’s five-year housing plan
Gov. Kathy Hochul has proudly touted her Housing Compact that she negotiated in 2024 with the goal of…
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…
Nvidia rejects US demand for backdoors in AI chips
Nvidia’s chief security officer has published a blog post insisting that its GPUs “do not and should not…
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…
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…