How Trump is pushing psychedelics reform through the health agencies Trump directed the federal government to rush access to psychedelic treatments and reevaluate their status as controlled substances.

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CMS proposes rolling back breakthrough device payment flexibilities CMS is proposing to repeal a pathway that allows breakthrough devices to get supplementary payments.

CMS proposes rolling back breakthrough device payment flexibilities

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Everyone agrees AI scribes are increasing health care costs. No one agrees what to do about it Behind closed doors, health insurers and hospitals agree that AI scribes are bumping up health care costs. But, they don't agree on a solution.

First, it was a hypothesis: AI scribes might be driving up medical bills. Now, @brittanytrang.com reports, there's consensus.

But What can you do when technology, typically a deflationary factor, acts like an inflationary agent in health care?

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UnitedHealth Group is making a $3 billion bet on AI. What does it mean for patients? UnitedHealth Group is rapidly deploying artificial intelligence tools across its operations. What does it mean for patients?

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Could fake X-rays become a problem? YouTube video by STAT

Check out the full video here! youtu.be/DT373mt-o6g

I took a quiz to see if I could spot the difference between real X-rays and AI deepfakes. Check out this week's STATus Report to to learn more about why this quiz was made from my @statnews.com colleague @katiepalmer.bsky.social

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Please reshare! Two more #scicomm resources: "The beginner's guide to a career in science writing, 2.0," and a guide to applying to the AAAS Mass Media Fellowship. 🔗👇

Five years ago today (pictured), I found out that I got the AAAS MMF, which changed the course of my life.

Who's Telling the Stories of Older Americans? Meet Newmark's 2026 Aging Beat Cohort - Newmark J-School The Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY has selected nine working journalists from across North America to participate in its second

Thrilled to be chosen as one of the journalists for CUNY’s Aging Beat fellowship in May!

Truly so excited to be in the company of such talented writers and to learn from some of the health journalism greats about such a critical topic.

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Insilico Medicine CEO on how best to use AI in drug development In this edition of STAT's AI Prognosis: How to be a 'productive' biotech AI company, with Insilico Medicine CEO Alex Zhavoronkov, and more.

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Why this Stanford psychiatrist thinks diet can influence serious mental health disorders Shebani Sethi is at the vanguard of metabolic psychiatry, a field that investigates the link between diet and serious mental health disorders.

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AI drug developer Insilico Medicine and Lilly ink commercialization deal worth up to $2.75 billion Lilly has signed a deal with AI drug developer Insilico that’s worth $115 million up front and approximately $2.75 billion in biobucks

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Trump administration says home care fraud is ‘rampant.’ What do the data show? The Trump administration claims there's widespread fraud in home-based care, but officials haven't offered any evidence.

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Can you spot a deepfake X-ray? Neither can your radiologist Deepfake images can mislead viewers, upend elections, and instigate violence. They can also, researchers say, disrupt medical care.

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Epic says it has uncovered rot in patient record sharing. Will HHS act? A recent Epic lawsuit revealed a company allegedly posed as a provider to access patient records for law firms, prompting a call for increased oversight.

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Doctronic raises $40 million as race to apply AI in clinical care heats up Doctronic, the startup behind a provocative experiment in Utah to renew drug prescriptions with a chatbot, has raised $40 million.

Doctronic's core service uses a chatbot to talk to patients about symptoms and health concerns before transferring them to a clinician over telehealth for diagnosis and treatment.

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At #STATBreakthrough, Medicare head Chris Klomp got fired up about patient record ownership, data blocking, telehealth, site neutral, and more. Listen:

Independent autism committee kicks off efforts to counter RFK Jr., influence Congress A group of autism scientists kicked off efforts Thursday to influence Congress, and the research agendas of private organizations.

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Our @statnews.com survey of NIH-funded researchers drew nearly 1,000 responses from 45 states (plus DC and Puerto Rico). Here's a short thread on 5 scientists' whose labs and lives have been deeply impacted by federal policies 🧵

Trump’s Medicare director seeks to rein in expectations for TrumpRx The Trump administration is counting on its drug pricing efforts to help with the midterm elections.

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National survey of NIH-funded researchers shows precarious state of U.S. science — ‘This is like the Titanic’ A nationwide STAT survey of NIH-funded researchers reveals that, a year after Donald Trump's return to the White House, many scientists are reeling

@statnews.com conducted a national survey of NIH-funded researchers and found that, a year after Trump's return, many scientists are reeling, with some closing labs entirely. ‘This is like the Titanic,' one respondent told me. For full details, see our special report
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As Trump administration cracks down on health care fraud, people with disabilities feel singled out As the Trump administration goes after fraud in health care, advocates say the disability community feels singled out.

Efforts to ‘crush’ fraud in Medicare and Medicaid will leave disabled Americans with fewer services, advocates worry
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For decades, they've set the record straight in biology. Next up: science's reproducibility crisis A group of researchers are launching an effort to validate big scientific claims, with help from artificial intelligence.

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FDA grants 'breakthrough' status to generative AI chatbot for surgical patients The FDA's decision on a chatbot for patients recovering from surgery could offer clues on how the agency plans to regulate generative AI tools.

What FDA's consideration of a generative AI chatbot says about how the agency's regulation of generative AI based devices

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2026 STAT Madness 2026 bracket Welcome to STAT Madness, a bracket-style contest to find the best innovation in science and medicine. Explore groundbreaking innovations from

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#STATMadness is back! Our bracket-style contest to find the best innovation in science and medicine.
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How can HHS drive clinical AI adoption? The industry wish list is starting to take shape What leading health tech firms and AI startups want HHS to do to speed up clinical AI adoption.

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Digital twins, the holy grail of preventative health, are still only a ‘Frankensteinian proof of principle’ AI advances and new data on genomics, patient outcomes, and drug performance have pushed the idea of “digital twins” closer to reality than ever before.

“Digital twins” can transform preventative medicine, making health care less reactive. But, it still remains a concept rather than a solution for the health care sector, @ravindranize.bsky.social reports:

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A provocative proposal asks the FDA to let some AI devices on the market without review A provocative new proposal has offered the FDA a way to let a broad swath of potentially risky AI devices flood the market.

An interesting industry petition could shift the burden of evidence to post-market monitoring for six AI product types

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Key study of Grail’s cancer detection test fails in setback for company Grail's blood test for detecting cancer early failed to meet its main goal in a giant study being conducted with England’s NHS, the company said.

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FDA taps AI executive to lead digital health center FDA has tapped a former executive from a health AI company to lead its digital health center.

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