campaigns

Politics Sarah Owermohle and Rachel Cohrs

STAT Plus: With Republicans on the verge of congressional control, science is on the line

The Readout LOUD Damian Garde, Allison DeAngelis, and Adam Feuerstein

Listen: Anti-science at the polls, a biotech odd couple, & the stakes of the midterms

Politics Rachel Cohrs

STAT Plus: Republican ideas to reform Medicare could rile health care industry

Politics Sarah Owermohle

On the campaign trail, Republicans ramp up anti-science, anti-Covid, often anti-Fauci messaging

Politics Nicholas Florko

STAT Plus: Tobacco companies shower Black Democrats with campaign cash

Politics Sarah Owermohle

STAT Plus: Despite its threats, PhRMA is still supporting Democrats who voted for Medicare negotiation

D.C. Diagnosis Nicholas Florko

As Congress takes up FDA oversight of dietary supplements, a lobbying showdown looms

Politics Lev Facher

STAT Plus: Dr. Oz peddles medical misinformation — but could his political rise have a silver lining for public health?

D.C. Diagnosis Nicholas Florko

Pharma showers John Thune with campaign cash

Politics Rachel Cohrs

Covid-19 politics force state lawmakers to ponder pharma campaign cash

Politics Maaisha Osman

Can a pro-Covid vaccine, anti-mandate position help a Republican win in a Democratic state?

Health Lev Facher

Politics is derailing a crucial debate over the immunity you get from recovering from Covid-19

Politics Rachel Cohrs

STAT Plus: Vulnerable Senate Democrats escalate a push for Medicare to negotiate drug prices

Politics Rachel Cohrs

STAT Plus: Pharma CEOs, lobbyists showered Democrat with cash after his attempt to torpedo Pelosi’s drug pricing bill

Prescription Politics Lev Facher

More than two-thirds of Congress cashed a pharma campaign check in 2020, new STAT analysis shows

Prescription Politics Lev Facher

Pharma funded more than 2,400 state lawmaker campaigns in 2020, new STAT analysis finds

Politics Nicholas Florko

STAT Plus: Pharma showers Menendez with rare, off-cycle burst of campaign cash as Democrats eye drug pricing reforms 

Politics Lev Facher

STAT Plus: Major health companies and trade groups suspend campaign contributions after Capitol riot

Politics Lev Facher

Biden’s ready to start his pandemic response immediately 

Politics Nicholas Florko

‘Science was on the ballot’: How can public health recover from a rebuke at the polls?

Politics Andrew Joseph, Lev Facher, Kate Sheridan, and Nicholas Florko

Shalala loses — and other 2020 election results that will have big implications for health and science

Politics Lev Facher, Nicholas Florko, Andrew Joseph, and Kate Sheridan

Doctors in Congress, new e-cigarette taxes, stem cells, and abortion rights: Here’s what STAT is watching tonight

Politics Nicholas Florko and Kate Sheridan

STAT Plus: Biden’s policies could spell trouble for biotech — but industry CEOs are backing him anyway

Health Andrew Joseph

Is it safe to lick the ballot envelope? Public health officials take on the new challenge of making voting safe amid a pandemic

Politics Lev Facher

STAT Plus: In a pivotal race in North Carolina, Democrats try to paint the incumbent as ‘pharma’s favorite senator’

Politics Nicholas Florko

STAT Plus: Quinn Nystrom is betting a platform laser-focused on high insulin prices will propel her to Congress

Politics Nicholas Florko

Democrats want to fire Warp Speed’s Moncef Slaoui and overhaul the program. But if Biden wins, should he?

Politics Lev Facher

As election nears, Trump leans on health care agencies to aid his campaign

Politics Lev Facher

For Trump, Covid-19 therapeutics are the new vaccines