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STAT+ | Despite its cancer-fighting mission, NCI starts to feel Trump administration budget ax

Trump cuts at NIH reach into the NCI: Closed programs, staff layoffs, disrupted clinical trials raise alarms over U.S. cancer research.

By Angus Chen and Jason Mast

STAT+ | Vinay Prasad is outraged, and now at the FDA. How will biotech deal?

In this week's edition of "Adam's Biotech Scorecard," Adam takes a look at what the new FDA official may mean for drugmakers, treatments, and stocks.

By Adam Feuerstein

STAT+ | Republicans are running out of ways to cut Medicaid as moderates and hard-liners clash

Republicans have a narrow path to pass their tax cut bill, and some are looking at limiting eligibility for Medicaid.

By Daniel Payne and John Wilkerson

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Did Trump’s fentanyl seizures save 258 million lives? Gross exaggeration, experts say

Attorney General Pam Bondi's claim of saving millions of lives with fentanyl busts draws scrutiny; experts call the math implausible, rhetoric misleading.

By Lev Facher

Opinion: ‘It’s not too late to do something’: An open letter from a leading vaccine advocate to Sen. Cassidy about RFK Jr.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. holds his anti-vaccine beliefs with the strength of a religious conviction, writes rotavirus vaccine co-inventor Paul A. Offit.

By Paul A. Offit

Cancer innovation in ‘era of fear’: New AI tools meet old access barriers — and new funding cuts

Advances in AI, genomics, and liquid biopsy are reshaping oncology, but systemic gaps persist in access and funding, experts say.

By Elizabeth Cooney

Opinion: The doctor is in. So is their AI

A doctor who loves her ambient AI scribe and another who is skeptical discuss the value of offloading the tedious part of medicine to technology.

By Torie Bosch

Opinion: What am I supposed to say to this generation of young scientists?

The government says it’s canceling grants to hold universities accountable. But it isn’t institutions that are being punished. It’s the young scientists.

By Daphna Shohamy