Why record numbers of readers are flocking to STAT

Dear Readers,

The news seems unrelenting these days, and when it comes to health and medicine, it's all the more relevant to our daily lives than ever before — affecting the prices of the drugs we take, the potential of the next medical innovation to change what we think is possible, and, of course, the direction of health care companies, other institutions, and the country itself. I am here to tell you STAT covers it all.

I am also here to ask you to join us as a STAT+ subscriber.

Readers are flocking to STAT in record numbers. They tell us they are drawn to our deep, authoritative reporting of the upheaval we're seeing in health and medicine and the reverberations for each and every one of us.

There are no summer doldrums at STAT. We've added 45% more subscribers this summer than the previous summer, and we now have more subscribers than ever in our near 10-year history.

Just last night, we hosted a standing-room-only crowd at the Broad Institute in Cambridge, Mass., where Bill Gates detailed his foundation's plans for its largest gift ever directed toward women's health.

Bill Gates on stage at a STAT event Monday night in Cambridge. Mass.

Jeff Pinette for STAT

Among many other stories, readers in recent weeks have turned to STAT for exclusive analysis of Vinay Prasad's ouster from the FDA; the Trump administration's pause on NIH grants, and then its reversal; and an experimental treatment that may have prevented the onset of ALS for one man. Among our eye-opening stories today is one about an AI tool being used to help diagnose dementia. We have much more coming, including another investigation into UnitedHealth Group and coverage of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his approach to being the nation's top health top official.

We rely on subscriptions to help pay for our ambitious journalism. If you don't have one — which gives you access not only to all of our journalism but subscriber-only newsletters, discounted access to our events, special reports, and more — I hope you'll consider it. Right now, we have a limited-time offer of 50% off an annual subscription.

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We also have a range of flexible plans and special discounts available for students, nonprofits, and more.

We're humbled by the outpouring of support — even passion — for STAT among our readers. As Megan Ranney, the dean of the Yale School of Public Health, told me the other day, STAT is one of her "favorite news sources for all things about health. Grateful for your continued thoughtful, balanced, high-quality journalism."

Please feel free to reach out to me with any feedback. I'm at rick.berke@statnews.com.