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July 9, 2025
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STAT+ | HHS backtracks on pledge to disclose new vaccine advisers' conflicts of interest

RFK Jr., a longtime critic of health care conflicts of interest, has not disclosed financial information for his handpicked team of vaccine advisers.

By Isabella Cueto


U.S. sees most single-year measles cases since it declared disease eliminated

Overwhelming majority of cases found among the unvaccinated, CDC says. Expert says unless vaccination rates increase, measles outbreaks will become common.

By Helen Branswell


STAT+ | Kennedy abruptly cancels preventative care committee meeting

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has canceled a meeting of the USPSTF, prompting fears among health groups that the panel may be disrupted further.

By Chelsea Cirruzzo



Adobe

STAT+ | This Ohio health system tested an AI tool to predict sepsis. Here's how it went

Summa Health's early experience with Sepsis Watch, an AI tool, shows how hard it can be to implement AI in a community hospital.

By Katie Palmer


Getting off antidepressants isn't as risky as is widely believed, review suggests

A Kennedy claim comparing SSRIs to heroin raised questions. New review says antidepressant withdrawal symptoms are less common than believed

By Theresa Gaffney


Gilead to provide HIV prevention drug to 2 million people in lower-income countries at cost

Gilead and the Global Fund will provide 2 million doses of its groundbreaking HIV prevention drug. Notably, the deal does not include PEPFAR.

By Jason Mast and Ed Silverman


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Child walks again after receiving experimental treatment for rare genetic condition

NYU Langone researchers help an 8-year-old boy regain mobility using an experimental treatment based on a biochemical discovery partly funded by NIH.

By Marissa Russo


Senate committee advances Susan Monarez to be Trump's CDC director

Monarez is poised to become the first CDC director to pass through Senate confirmation following a 2023 law.

By Associated Press


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