chronic disease

Biotech Jason Mast

STAT Plus: Vertex says its drug successfully reduced marker of kidney disease in late-stage trial

Health tech Mario Aguilar

STAT Plus: Omada reports first profitable quarter as it seizes broad GLP-1 opportunity

Health Sarah Todd

STAT Plus: More than 50 medical schools will expand nutrition education in agreement with RFK Jr.

STAT Madness Amanda Erickson

From ALS to dental floss: Here are the teams competing in STAT Madness 2026

Adam's Biotech Scorecard Adam Feuerstein

STAT Plus: Xenon’s seizure drug study reads out soon. Here’s what to expect

Health Elizabeth Cooney

Surgeon general nominee and senator face off over vaccines and ‘shared decision-making’

Health Elizabeth Cooney

6 in 10 women will develop heart disease or stroke by 2050, heart association projects

Biotech Adam Feuerstein

STAT Plus: Gossamer lung disease drug fails late-stage study, but company will still seek FDA approval

Adam's Biotech Scorecard Adam Feuerstein

STAT Plus: What to expect from Gossamer Bio’s late-stage lung disease study

Health Annalisa Merelli

Should semen analysis become the Pap smear for men? Some men’s health experts say yes

Biotech Brian Yang

STAT Plus: As China’s drug industry races ahead, its GLP-1 race is accelerating too

Health Sarah Todd

STAT Plus: Kennedy says he’ll act on legal challenge to ultra-processed foods

Health Sarah Todd

We tested the government’s official new AI nutrition tool: Grok

Health Sarah Todd

The push to turn Big Food into the new Big Tobacco

Adam's Biotech Scorecard Adam Feuerstein

STAT Plus: Nektar Therapeutics is trying to stage a comeback. But a big test awaits

Adam's Biotech Scorecard Adam Feuerstein

STAT Plus: Dispute between Corcept Therapeutics, FDA runs deep

Biotech Allison DeAngelis

STAT Plus: FDA officials push for long-term monitoring of autoimmune patients receiving CAR-T therapy

Special Report Lev Facher

STAT Plus: How Opvee, Indivior’s powerful overdose antidote, went bust

Health Sarah Todd

What RFK Jr.’s milk mustache says about the historic power of dairy in the U.S. 

Health Sarah Todd

MAHA says its new food pyramid is affordable and healthy. We asked experts

Health Elizabeth Cooney

State of the union’s cardiovascular health: gains, but not for everyone

First Opinion Thomas Goetz

Do Americans expect too much from drugs?

Health Elizabeth Cooney, Isabella Cueto, and Sarah Todd

Dietary guidelines declare war on processed foods and sugar, encourage more protein and dairy

Health Isabella Cueto

New vaccine schedule adds near- and long-term risks for children, experts warn

Health Elizabeth Cooney, Isabella Cueto, and Sarah Todd

In 2026, Kennedy’s MAHA vision gets put to the test. Here are 3 issues to watch

Health Elizabeth Cooney

Free pass or failing grade for saturated fats? Review sets off scientific and political debate

The MAHA Diagnosis Andrew Joseph

MAHA wants to tackle chronic diseases. This country had that idea decades ago

Special Report Sarah Todd

What West Virginia teens lost when CDC cuts ended their fight against Big Tobacco

Health Daniel Payne and Chelsea Cirruzzo

As vaccine panel prepares hepatitis B review, CDC and industry experts are excluded