HHS Deputy Sec Andrea Palm refuses to elaborate on what changed to prompt HHS’ decision on delaying menthol rule, and when she expect this to move forward. She reiterates to Sarah Owermohle three times that Becerra’s statement from Friday stands. (The statement is 47 words.)

Taylor Gourmet and Foxtrot now will go down in DC lore.

Once an eagle, always an eagle. twitter.com/chelseacirruzz…

They just wanted to learn about his plan to make cheap generic drugs! Right, Mark Cuban?

My suggested headline of “D*** Pic for Diagnosis” might have been rejected by the powers that be, but Lizzy Lawrence still has the most clickable (and terrifying) story in STAT history statnews.com/2024/04/02/heh…

George Yancopoulos, the future hero of the bodybuilding community?

I had to do a double take when the 2025 HHS budget claimed there was a new proposal to eliminate Hep C in America...because the same proposal was included last year. Can we please not call ideas that have been proposed in years past a 'new proposal?'

I've spent about 40 minutes in Lawrence throughout the course of my life, and somehow ended up picking this place at random for breakfast...and I still miss it.

Goodbye to the most confusing Yankee prospect ever

My colleague Lev (who has decamped from this hellscape) has been working on this incredibly impressive investigation for a year. It can’t be overstated how much goes into a project like this. Please read part one here. statnews.com/2024/03/05/opi…

The new Status List is out, y'all should check it out! statnews.com/status-list/20…

Come to learn something about how Washington really works, stay for a Juul lobbyist cracking jokes in an internal email about how lax our campaign finance laws are. statnews.com/2024/02/15/juu…

ICYMI from today's DC Diagnosis: I reported that the congressman with primary responsibility to regulate vaping had dinner at the Juul CEO's home. Juul's CEO donated $20,000 to the congressman, E&C Chair Greg Walden, that morning. statnews.com/2024/02/06/cdc…