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Republican Tom Kean Jr. reveals depression diagnosis after his four-month absence from Congress
New Jersey Republican Rep. Tom Kean Jr. revealed on the House floor Tuesday that he was hospitalized and treated for depression during his unexplained four-month absence, a silence that complicated GO
The world's fastest spider tops 3.5 metres per second
A global study has crowned the jungle huntsman spider from Queensland as the fastest in the world, clocked at 3.59 metres per second — more than double the disputed 1.7 m/s record of the Moroccan flic
Anthropic Launches Claude Science for Labs, Pharma
Anthropic unveiled Claude Science, a new application tailoring its large language model for scientific laboratories and pharmaceutical research operations, with CEO Dario Amodei framing the product as
Rubin Observatory Begins Decade-Long Universe Survey
The Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile has begun its decade-long Legacy Survey of Space and Time, generating roughly 10 terabytes of data every night as it images the southern sky in unprecedented det
Uganda Reports Marburg Outbreak as U.S. Issues Travel Ban
Uganda formally notified the WHO of a Marburg virus outbreak in the country's western region, with a source telling STAT that two cases had been detected, while the U.S. embassy in Kampala issued a le
Babies' innate number sense traced to brain activity
A study using EEG on 21 newborns has identified, for the first time, the neural mechanism underlying babies' innate ability to distinguish quantities within days of birth.
NIH's All of Us Adds Thousands of EHRs via Clinical Networks
The NIH's All of Us precision medicine program is using patient data-sharing networks typically used for clinical care coordination to fill gaps in its electronic health record data, announcing its la
Lawmakers Probe Drugmakers Over China Clinical Trials
A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers has opened national security investigations into whether major drugmakers ran clinical trials in China that aided the country's military, focusing on sites in Xinj
Teen Becomes First Person Saved by CRISPR Base Editing
A teenage T-cell leukaemia patient whose chemotherapy and a bone marrow transplant had both failed became the first person whose life was saved by CRISPR base editing, after joining Professor Waseem Q
Opinion: Florida is the first state to require EKGs for high school athletes. It’s a mistake
A medical student argues Florida's new Second Chance Act — requiring EKGs for all high school athletes beginning in 2026-2027 — will generate false positives and expensive follow-up care rather than p
Trump Admin Gutted Alcohol Research, CDC Program: STAT Probe
STAT's investigation finds the Trump administration downplayed alcohol's health risks and derailed prevention efforts—burying a light-drinking risk report, gutting the CDC's alcohol program, and strip
STAT+: The loophole in Trump’s obesity drug deal with Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk
The Trump administration's November deal with Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk setting a $245 monthly price for GLP-1s in Medicare and Medicaid carried an undisclosed condition: that price only holds if pri
Loan Caps Favor Chiropractic Over Nurse Practitioners
DOE's new RISE rules cap federal graduate borrowing at $20,500 for most students while preserving $50,000 for an 11-degree list that includes chiropractic but not nurse practitioners or physician assi
Arc Protein Carries Alzheimer's Tau Between Neurons
University of Utah Health researchers have identified how the brain protein Arc carries toxic Tau between neurons in Alzheimer's disease via extracellular vesicles, pointing to a new way to slow the i
Creatine Depression Review: Mixed Trial Results
A systematic review of five randomized clinical trials found creatine showed promising but inconsistent results as an add-on depression treatment, with two trials in women reporting benefit and three
Drug-Resistant Gonorrhoea Spreads as Last Antibiotic Fails
Drug-resistant infections are spreading beyond hospital walls into everyday communities, and Europe's surge in untreatable gonorrhoea is the visible edge of a global antimicrobial resistance crisis.
26 States Sue to Block Medicaid Work Requirements
Twenty-six states, including five in New England, sued the federal government Monday to block new Medicaid work requirements that could cost hundreds of thousands of Massachusetts residents their heal
STAT+: Unredacted comments from California hospital lawsuits show stunning admissions and a ‘forced’ McKinsey collaboration
Who controls the Medicaid market, GLP-1 usage and pizza household costs, and more from Health Care Inc.
STAT+: Talawar bets bispecific approach can shake up eczema market
Moderna still bullish on mRNA, Ipsen's acquisition of Kartos, and more biotech news from The Readout
Opinion: STAT+: The U.S.-China biotech crackdown may hurt the scientists America needs the most
A veteran biotech journalist warns that escalating US-China biotech crackdowns could backfire on American science, noting China now accounts for 34% of global clinical-stage drug development — surpass
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