Life Briefing: Pharmalittle: Trump Drug Pricing Flaw and Gilead Deal Insights Strategic angle: Comments from a top Trump administration health official highlight significant issues in the president’s drug pricing plans. Editorial Staff Mar 24
Life Briefing: Opinion: Every pandemic is followed by amnesia. But Covid’s is very different Strategic angle: In this excerpt from their new book “Whiplash,” David Blumenthal and James A. Morone describe how scientists became villains to MAGA. Editorial Staff Mar 24
Life Briefing: The potential loophole in Trump’s plan to get other countries to pay more for drugs Strategic angle: Diverging messages on the main effort to address U.S. drug prices point to a loophole in Trump's plan. Editorial Staff Mar 24
Life Briefing: What growing up in an end-times church taught a science communicator about dispelling misinformation Strategic angle: A passion for snakes opened a crack in the religious beliefs science communicator Paul Martin Jensen grew up with in a end-times Pentecostal church. Editorial Staff Mar 24
Life Briefing: This bill could make CVS choose between its stores and its pharmacy benefit manager Strategic angle: A proposal in the Tennessee legislature could force CVS Health to sever a core piece of its business model or exit the state entirely. Editorial Staff Mar 23
Life Briefing: NIH Grant Terminations Disproportionately Impact Women Scientists Strategic angle: A new study reveals that women, especially early-career researchers, face greater challenges due to NIH grant terminations. Editorial Staff Mar 23
Life Briefing: STAT+: The intersection of ‘Apprentice’ and the No Surprises Act Strategic angle: A STAT investigation explores how a new company is profiting from the arbitration process in the No Surprises Act. Editorial Staff Mar 23
Life Briefing: 10 Things to Know About Medicaid Managed Care Strategic angle: Our updated explainer provides an overview of comprehensive managed care, the most common way states deliver Medicaid services to enrollees. Editorial Staff Mar 23
Life Briefing: Epic Uncovers Issues in Patient Record Sharing, Calls for HHS Action Strategic angle: A recent lawsuit by Epic reveals a company allegedly posing as a provider to access patient records, raising concerns over oversight. Editorial Staff Mar 23
Life Iran war has not disrupted pharma supply chains. That could change if conflict is prolonged The escalating war in the Middle East so far has not appreciably disrupted global pharmaceutical supply chains, but it could eventually — affecting prices. Editorial Staff Mar 23
Life Briefing: Pfizer’s Lyme Vaccine Results Set Up Tricky Regulatory Path Strategic angle: New results on Pfizer's Lyme disease vaccine raise questions about its regulatory approval. Editorial Staff Mar 23
Life Briefing: Match Day results show impact of federal immigration policy Strategic angle: In today's Morning Rounds newsletter: the high-stakes search for a new CDC director, the impact of immigration policy on budding doctors, and more. Editorial Staff Mar 23
Life Briefing: Doctronic raises $40 million as race to apply AI in clinical care heats up Strategic angle: Doctronic, the startup behind a provocative experiment in Utah to renew drug prescriptions with a chatbot, has raised $40 million. Editorial Staff Mar 23
Life Briefing: Insmed drug benefits patients with rare, bacterial lung disease, study shows Strategic angle: Insmed hopes to convert Arikayce's accelerated approval to a full approval. Editorial Staff Mar 23
Life Briefing: Pfizer’s Lyme vaccine shows efficacy, but misses key statistical hurdle Strategic angle: A new vaccine shows some promise in combating Lyme disease, which affects nearly half a million Americans annually. Editorial Staff Mar 23
Life Briefing: Her son needed a fecal transplant for a fearsome C. diff infection. Getting one required a tortuous journey Strategic angle: A mother's struggle to secure a life-saving treatment for her son amidst challenges. Editorial Staff Mar 23
Life Briefing: Opinion: The AI push in health care is deepening medicine’s trust crisis Strategic angle: Health care’s adoption of AI should move at the speed of trust, not investment, writes Oni Blackstock. Editorial Staff Mar 23
Life Briefing: The President’s Malaria Initiative and Other U.S. Government Global Malaria Efforts Strategic angle: This fact sheet provides a snapshot of global malaria efforts and examines the U.S. government’s role in addressing malaria worldwide. Editorial Staff Mar 23
Life Briefing: Automatic enrollment in Medicare Advantage plans under consideration, top Trump health official says Strategic angle: The idea could be a major win for the health insurance industry, which has seen a crackdown on Medicare Advantage in recent years. Editorial Staff Mar 20
Life Briefing: Sepsis Hospitalizations Triple in Massachusetts: Real Concern or Billing Strategy? Strategic angle: A significant rise in sepsis cases raises questions about the accuracy of hospital billing practices and the role of AI in medical coding. Editorial Staff Mar 20