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October 15, 2025 at 3:03 PM
This was one of the key moments for me from the #STATSummit last week.
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At #STATSummit, Doctor Mike says medical organizations like the American Medical Association are losing the information war against health secretary Robert F. Kennedy.
October 24, 2025 at 1:38 PM
During the #STATSummit, Rochelle Walensky talks about the perception of the CDC both globally and domestically.
October 15, 2025 at 11:05 PM
At #STATSummit, Doctor Mike says medical organizations like the American Medical Association are losing the information war against health secretary Robert F. Kennedy.
October 15, 2025 at 8:22 PM
At #STATSummit, @joekennedyiii.bsky.social talks about the impact of community health centers.

"At one point, we sent doctors to communities to treat people. Now, we're sending the National Guard. Why?"
October 17, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Immunotherapy researcher Miriam Merad from Icahn Mount Sinai says the reason that cancer research has slowed is because of funding issues, which is something taxpayers don’t have to accept.

“We fight for patients, we fight for science, and we have to fight for progress.”
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October 15, 2025 at 8:36 PM
At the STAT Summit, the former Democratic congressman from Massachusetts shared his concerns about the recent Medicaid cuts. www.statnews.com/2025/10/17/j...
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Joe Kennedy III split with uncle RFK Jr. over 'grave concerns' about U.S. health
Joe Kennedy III split with uncle RFK Jr. over 'grave concerns' about U.S. health, he said at #STATSummit
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October 17, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Top FDA aide Tracy Beth Hoeg was reportedly involved with the delay in approving Novavax’s Covid-19 vaccine. Former FDA head @robcaliff.bsky.social says allowing political appointees to weigh in on approvals could be opening Pandora’s box:

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May 14, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Kyle Muldoon thought he might never get to watch an Eagles game with his son KJ, who was born with a rare and fatal liver disease that was treated with an individual CRISPR therapy.
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October 18, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Resigning from the National Science Board was a difficult but necessary decision for me.

I spoke at the #STATsummit about this crisis of scientific integrity, the Trump administration's hyper-regulation of AI (yes, you read that right), an ELSI for AI and my Steph Curry theory of tech innovation.
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Alondra Nelson Former Director White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, talked about how her military family and background always instilled the duty to serve — no matter the political party. Then she explained why she ultimately ended up having to leave.
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October 16, 2025 at 7:15 PM
At the #STATSummit, we asked Rochelle Walensky:"What are you most worried about for the next decade in science and medicine?"
Her reply 👇
October 15, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Alondra Nelson Former Director White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, talked about how her military family and background always instilled the duty to serve — no matter the political party. Then she explained why she ultimately ended up having to leave.
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October 16, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Noubar Afeyan founded Flagship Pioneering, best known for its company Moderna, which commercialized mRNA vaccines.

Onstage at the #STATSummit, he lays out why the attack on mRNA undermines facts and science and isn’t going to stop at mRNA.
October 16, 2025 at 8:50 PM
The US is currently a biotech leader, but the inconsistency at the FDA will make it hard to make new medicines.

“I think this is going to kill drug development,” Replimune CEO Sushil Patel told Adam Feuerstein at the #STATSummit.
October 19, 2025 at 10:35 PM
At the #STATSummit, Daniel Jernigan recounts what it was like at the CDC after a gunman had opened fire on the building.
October 23, 2025 at 5:07 PM
October 16, 2025 at 2:54 PM
If people think the attack on scientific advances is going to stop with #mRNA vaccines, they should think again, a co-founder of Moderna warned last week at the #STATSummit. This is going to make it harder to treat a raft of common diseases, Noubar Afeyan warned. www.statnews.com/2025/10/20/m...
Moderna co-founder Noubar Afeyan issues warning: Assault on science ‘isn’t going to stop at mRNA’
Noubar Afeyan tells the STAT Summit that political moves to replace facts with opinions won't stop with mRNA vaccines. "It’s going to go to every medicine."
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October 20, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Worth the trip for this #STATSummit
October 15, 2025 at 2:42 PM
The technology that saved baby KJ was built over decades of basic science. Kiran Musunuru, a researcher at the University of Pennsylvania, breaks down everything that was needed to make sure KJ’s doctors could put together a treatment on demand. #STATSummit
October 18, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Stephen M. Taylor, president of the American Society of Addiction Medicine, talks with STAT’s addiction reporter Lev Facher about medications for opioid use disorder vs. 12-step programs.
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October 18, 2025 at 10:54 PM
October 15, 2025 at 3:24 PM
The U.S. pharmaceutical industry is at a “Sputnik moment,” says Alnylam Pharmaceuticals founder John Maraganore.

“We need to think about the cost of our research and development activities and how to do it cheaper. We have to be competitive with what China is doing.”
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