May 5, 2026
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Immigration changes are driving foreign researchers to leave the U.S. — or not come to begin with 

In survey of NIH-funded researchers, 14% said immigration changes had forced scientists, students, postdocs to turn down jobs in their labs.

By Andrew Joseph


STAT+ | Top lawmaker takes aim at doctor lobby, linking AMA’s billing codes to fraud fight

The AMA sets payment codes used industry-wide, including Medicare and Medicaid. Republicans want to know if the codes are helping to fuel fraud.

By John Wilkerson


STAT+ | As artificial intelligence shows off diagnostic chops, scientists reckon with the way forward

Study published in Science finds a large language model from OpenAI can outperform physicians in case-based diagnostic and clinical reasoning evaluations.

By Katie Palmer



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Opinion: Mifepristone court ruling makes drug development riskier for everyone

Recent ruling on mifepristone abortion drug could unwind decades of scientific review and undermine the FDA.

By Grace Colón


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