Lab-developed tests look likely to be removed from FDA oversight. That has to change, writes Walter G. Johnson.

A CAR-T trial is one of several efforts that suggest there’s hope of treating the “worst imaginable childhood brain tumor,” ...

Researchers, public health and health care groups, advocates, industry, and the public must put tackling diet-related disease ...

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Facing with a dialogue with RFK Jr., a top FDA official mounts a public defense of vaccines — and pleads for open minds.

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After a research note raised potential safety concerns with Amgen's lead obesity candidate, the company defended its drug and ...

In choosing Thune, Republicans went with an establishment candidate with close ties to the outgoing and long-time Senate ...

Measles cases rose 20% worldwide in 2023 compared to the previous year, and vaccination rates still haven't recovered to ...

On STAT's podcast, hear about what happened with AbbVie's schizophrenia drug, Amgen's obesity drug and what might happen at ...

For a fifth time this year, the FDA has scolded a pharma company for misleading marketing, this time over a Merz ...