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Briefing: Overview of President Trump’s Executive Actions on Global Health

Strategic angle: This guide provides an overview of executive orders and other executive actions made by the Trump Administration since January 21, 2025 that directly address or affect U.S. global health efforts.

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Briefing: How Does U.S. Life Expectancy Compare to Other Countries?

Strategic angle: This chart collection examines how life expectancy in the U.S. compares to that of other similarly large and wealthy countries.

editorial-staff Mar 31

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Briefing: Baby KJ Scientists Hit Speed Bump in Quest to Scale Custom Gene Editor

Strategic angle: The scientists who treated Baby KJ say the FDA's strict standards will make it much harder to create bespoke gene editing for others.

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Briefing: STAT+: OpenEvidence inks deal with major health system

Strategic angle: OpenEvidence partners with a significant health system to enhance health record sharing.

editorial-staff Mar 31

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Briefing: Pharma Delays Launches in Europe Amid U.S. Pressure

Strategic angle: Drugmakers are postponing the release of new medicines in Europe due to shifting pricing policies and pressures from the U.S.

editorial-staff Mar 31

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Briefing: A new survey examines mental health outcomes of gender euphoria

Strategic angle: Lead exposure and heart disease, promoting psychedelics on YouTube, and other health news from Morning Rounds

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Briefing: Psychedelic Biotechs Under Scrutiny for YouTube Promotions

Strategic angle: Biogen and Eli Lilly make takeover moves, while Doctors Without Borders criticizes Gilead amidst growing concerns in the biotech sector.

editorial-staff Mar 31

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Briefing: Whoop, maker of health and fitness tracking wristbands, valued at $10 billion after latest fundraising

Strategic angle: Whoop raised $575 million from investors including the Mayo Clinic and the sovereign wealth fund of Qatar.

editorial-staff Mar 31

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Briefing: Public Opinion on Prescription Drugs and Their Prices

Strategic angle: An in-depth look at the public's attitudes toward prescription drugs and their prices based on recent KFF poll findings.

editorial-staff Mar 31

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Briefing: Biogen to acquire immunology biotech Apellis for $5.6 billion

Strategic angle: Biogen is buying Apellis Pharmaceuticals for $5.6 billion upfront as it looks to expand its immunology business.

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Briefing: Biotech VCs Move Upstream in China's Scientific Pipelines

Strategic angle: U.S. venture capital firms are proactively investing in Chinese biotech, shifting their strategy as competition intensifies.

editorial-staff Mar 31

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Briefing: Opinion: How the next CDC director can win back America’s trust

Strategic angle: “The CDC stands at an inflection point,” write Charles J. Lockwood, Robert C. Gallo, and Sten H. Vermund.

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Briefing: Pharma giant Takeda to lay off nearly 250 workers in latest job cutting

Strategic angle: Takeda Pharmaceuticals, the largest biopharma employer in Mass., will lay off 250 workers in Cambridge beginning in July.

editorial-staff Mar 30

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Briefing: Doctors Without Borders calls Gilead ‘unconscionable’ for refusing to sell HIV prevention drug

Strategic angle: The organization criticized Gilead Sciences after months of negotiations for a limited supply of lenacapavir.

editorial-staff Mar 30

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Briefing: Why this Stanford psychiatrist thinks diet can influence serious mental health disorders

Strategic angle: Shebani Sethi is at the vanguard of metabolic psychiatry, a field that investigates the link between diet and serious mental health disorders.

editorial-staff Mar 30

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Briefing: Tracking Implementation of the 2025 Reconciliation Law: Medicaid Work Requirements Data and Policies

Strategic angle: Detailed state and national data related to the 2025 Reconciliation Law Medicaid Work Requirements

editorial-staff Mar 30

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Briefing: Early signs of Alzheimer’s often go undetected. These researchers want to change that

Strategic angle: Using AI to analyze changes in brain scans can predict Alzheimer’s with nearly 93 percent accuracy, scientists say.

editorial-staff Mar 30

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Briefing: Lead still raises risk of heart disease, years after exposure, study warns

Strategic angle: A JAMA study details how lead lingers in the body and how it can elevate blood pressure, harm blood vessel lining, and raise risk of heart attack.

editorial-staff Mar 30

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Briefing: The omnipresent power of health care jobs

Strategic angle: The American workforce has grown in large part thanks to the health care industry, but one key sector is cutting back.

editorial-staff Mar 30

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Briefing: Biogen Lupus Drug Shows Promise in Mid-Stage Study

Strategic angle: The drug demonstrates improved skin clearance, marking a significant advancement in lupus treatment.

editorial-staff Mar 30