Insurance Bob Herman STAT Plus: New Medicare Advantage star ratings give extra bonuses to multiple insurers
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Health Andrew Joseph As bird flu spreads among U.S. cattle, veterinarians find themselves in a familiar position: the frontlines
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Politics John Wilkerson STAT Plus: How U.S. responses to public health emergencies could be hamstrung by the Supreme Court
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Health Lev Facher STAT Plus: Upending Purdue Pharma’s settlement does little to help today’s opioid crisis, advocates say
Politics Lev Facher STAT Plus: Pressed on addiction, Trump and Biden talk border security but don’t mention treatment
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Health Sarah Owermohle STAT Plus: Supreme Court kicks Idaho emergency abortion ban back to lower court
Health Rachel Cohrs Zhang STAT Plus: Q&A: Lessons from the HHS secretary who ran Bush’s bird flu response
Health Isabella Cueto and J. Emory Parker By the numbers: America’s alcohol-related health problems are rising fast
Health Helen Branswell CDC advisory panel opts for a go-slow approach on expanding usage of RSV vaccines
Biotech John Wilkerson STAT Plus: FDA issues long-awaited draft guidance for enrolling more people of color in clinical trials
Health Usha Lee McFarling National Academies proposes reimagining health care to fix ‘fundamental flaws’ that underlie inequity
Health Sarah Owermohle STAT Plus: The Supreme Court appears set to reject Idaho’s near-total abortion ban
Politics Rachel Cohrs Zhang STAT Plus: House panel proposes new strategy for Medicare to cover weight loss drugs Wegovy, Zepbound
Politics Sarah Owermohle STAT Plus: Supreme Court rejects challenge to Biden’s use of bully pulpit to fight Covid misinformation