Woebot Health this week shut down its core product, a pioneering therapy chatbot. Its demise was hastened by the new wave of ...

Defenders of Medicaid cuts point to the Ohio Health Insurance Experiment to argue that the cuts won’t harm people’s health.

The Vaccine Integrity Project will convene experts to assess the evidence on influenza, RSV, and Covid-19 to equip clinicians ...

Daniel Payne reports on how the health industry and Washington influence and impact each other. He joined STAT in 2025 after ...

Generative AI chatbot for doctors called 'Prof. Valmed' earns E.U. approval. In the U.S., FDA is yet to issue guidelines on ...

Mehmet Oz, head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, has played a key role in convincing congressional holdouts ...

A memo that purports to summarize a meeting held by members of a biotech trade group suggests deep concern about RFK Jr.’s ...

Good morning, it’s the third of July. This newsletter will be off tomorrow for the holiday and — surprise — all of next week.

Researchers in Democratic congressional districts stand to have $2.1 billion in NIH grants reinstated, compared to $62 ...

The mood is better than the numbers suggest. The doom-loop panic of March and April is behind us, even though the XBI has ...

Forget tariffs. Another tool of economic statecraft is far better suited to the problem of illegally manufactured fentanyl.

Over 660 million pilgrims gathered at the Maha Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj, India, this past February, and I'm now seeing the ...