.Cerevel Therapeutics's Tony Coles tells Matthew Herper at the #STATSummit about Susan Lindquist's deathbed charge to him to advance Yumanity's Parkinson's drug candidate to patients. Tony Coles, MD

Life expectancies have grown across the globe. But Atul Gawande says that it's not just the deaths that matter -- his work at USAID has taught him that it's also life, and public health, and care delivery. Listen to him share at the #STATSummit

Overheard at #STATSummit: "I have to say that STAT has been a real treasure nationally, one of the journalist organizations that's able to actually help people understand what's ... not understandable."

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What the U.S. election could mean for Medicare, drug pricing, and AI statnews.com/2024/10/18/us-… via STAT

I was so impressed with Mark Cuban (of the Dallas Mavericks, Shark Tank and, most relevant to STAT Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company) who came by the “First Opinion Podcast” with Matthew Herper and Torie Bosch. Listen or Watch: statnews.com/2024/10/16/mar…

Perplexing results from Duchenne muscular dystrophy trial raise questions about gene therapies  statnews.com/2024/10/21/duc… via STAT

Medicare Advantage insurers collected $$billions$$ in dubious payments from Medicare by using home visits and medical chart reviews to diagnose patients with conditions for which they received no follow-up care, a federal watchdog found. statnews.com/2024/10/24/hhs… via STAT

Today we have a must-read issue of STAT' free D.C. Diagnosis newsletter: "A health care policy voter guide": statnews.com/2024/10/30/ele…

"I’m the director of the CMSGov. Here’s how we executed the first round of drug price negotiation" statnews.com/2024/10/29/dru… via STAT

#Breaking: Bird flu found in a pig in U.S. for the first time, raising concerns about potential risks to humans trib.al/aRULU7H

As usual, I'm turning to Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 to help me understand a virus/trend. Grab the latest STAT report on #H5N1 #BirdFlu to get quickly up to speed on its potential to spread, its pandemic potential & more. $16 for Subscribers ($20 for non-subs!): reports.statnews.com/products/h5n1-…

How science journals are confronting the ‘existential’ question of politics this election statnews.com/2024/11/01/sci… via STAT

D.C. Diagnosis: Trump and Harris make their closing arguments on health care  statnews.com/2024/11/05/hea… via STAT

Trump has won the presidency. Here's what that means for health care statnews.com/2024/11/06/pre…

With Trump winning the presidency, I wrote about how Trump and RFK Jr. could "go wild" on FDA. Here's what experts are anticipating: statnews.com/2024/11/06/tru…

The often prescient Matthew Herper weighs in: How will Trump’s election change the FDA? History yields some clues statnews.com/2024/11/06/don… via STAT

Fantastic work, and fast, by Isa Cueto.

My letter to STAT readers on why this is a seminal moment for science journalism statnews.com/2024/11/07/let… via STAT

D.C. Diagnosis: RFK Jr. targets the F in FDA statnews.com/2024/11/07/ele… via STAT