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STAT+ | Amid confusion over Pfizer’s emergency penicillin program, newborn is diagnosed with preventable syphilis

Congenital syphilis should be preventable. An Arizona case shows how drug shortages and procedural hurdles are fueling a growing public health crisis.

By Eric Boodman

STAT+ | FDA approves Colorado’s plan to import cheaper drugs from Canada

Florida became the first state to receive such approval from the FDA, in 2024, but has yet to start importing drugs.

By Lizzy Lawrence and Ed Silverman

Covid vaccination cut risk of adverse heart events, large study finds

Covid vaccination was also tied to a nearly 24% reduction in all-cause cardiac events in a study of more than a million veterans.

By Lauren Chan

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WHO director-general is profoundly concerned after visit to Ebola outbreak area

WHO director-general says in the DRC, war and malaria kill more people than Ebola, and people there told him what they want most is peace.

By Helen Branswell

STAT+ | One California politician’s unexpected crusade against ultra-processed food

Before ultra-processed food became a MAHA cause, Gabriel was working to ban dangerous additives and dyes, create new definition and labels for UPF products.

By Sarah Todd

STAT+ | Trump’s obesity drug plan creates a temporary Medicare program that may be hard to end

After July 1, Medicare will offer GLP-1 weight-loss drugs for $50. By benefiting insurers, drugmakers, and seniors, it may not remain a temporary program.

By John Wilkerson

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As states follow Trump’s Medicaid fraud playbook, people with disabilities struggle to find care

Disability advocates say actions in Ohio and elsewhere are straining a home care industry already at its breaking point.

By O. Rose Broderick

Opinion: In many South Asian American families, a child’s autism diagnosis is a secret

In many South Asian American homes, an autism diagnosis is a secret, rather than the start of pursuing care.

By Ritu Goel