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UnitedHealth cuts back key financial disclosures

March 4, 2026
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STAT+ | UnitedHealth promised transparency. Instead, it's cutting back key disclosures

UnitedHealth cut its listed subsidiaries from nearly 3,100 to 10 in its latest SEC filings, limiting insight into its expanding health care empire.

By Bob Herman


STAT+ | Moderna to pay Roivant up to $2.25 billion to settle patent lawsuit behind mRNA vaccines

The settlement with Roivant, among largest in patent history, settles a long-running dispute and allows Moderna to use LNP technology in its mRNA vaccines.

By Jason Mast


STAT+ | What does malpractice insurance have to do with AI?

In this edition of STAT's AI Prognosis: Brittany Trang dives into what medical malpractice insurance looks like in the age of artificial intelligence, and more.

By Brittany Trang



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STAT+ | Is RFK Jr. coming for your Dunkin'?

AUSTIN, Texas — As Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ticked through a list of ways the Trump administration is trying to clean up the nation's food supply before an appreciative Texas crowd last week, he previewed more to come, including potentially pulling certain ingredients from the market if they can't be proven safe.

And then he singled out a Massachusetts staple.

By Tal Kopan — Boston Globe


Wildfire pollution linked to higher stroke risk

Today's health news includes UnitedHealth's latest SEC filing, a new autism research group and how preschoolers act on an ultra-processed diet

By Theresa Gaffney


Opinion: What Alexis de Tocqueville taught me about recovering from a brain injury

When we are ill, we need expertise more than ever, yet our agency feels fragile. The best clinicians recognize this.

By Scott Hamilton


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