RFK Jr. confirms he ordered CDC website changes on vaccines and autism
Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., personally ordered the Centers for Disease Control to alter language on a webpage that said vaccines do not cause autism, he told The New…
STAT+: CDC moves to end telework for employees, including those with medical needs
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has ended full-time telework agreements for reasonable accommodations, employees say.
How Mark Cuban plans to ‘f— up’ health care
This week on "The Readout LOUD," STAT reporters have an in-depth chat with Mark Cuban about the direct-to-consumer trend and why he thinks TrumpRx is good.
STAT+: Cassidy and other Republicans have little to say about change to CDC’s position on vaccines and autism
RFK Jr. broke another promise to Sen. Bill Cassidy this week.
STAT+: Trump administration lists 16 new CDC initiatives, from hepatitis B testing to bolstering workforce
The list offers a view into the administrations plans for the CDC, an agency battered by job cuts and resignations.
STAT+: FDA approves Paradromics’ brain-computer interface trial for speech restoration
Paradromics received regulatory approval to test its BCI device in a small clinical trial to assess its safety and efficacy.
STAT+: South Africa is urged by advocates to issue a compulsory license for Gilead’s HIV prevention drug
Patient advocacy groups urged the South African government to issue a compulsory license for a groundbreaking HIV prevention treatment.
Under RFK Jr., CDC reverses course on stance that vaccines don’t cause autism
A CDC website now promotes the debunked idea of a link between vaccines and autism.
STAT+: Function Health has won over consumers. When will it publish evidence?
In this edition of STAT Health Tech: Function Health's $300 million fundraise, K Health's primary care play, new AI startup from Berkeley, and more.
STAT+: Pfizer’s mRNA-based flu shot offered better protection than standard vaccine
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