The military’s medical corps has a serious recruitment problem To preserve our military medical tradition, structural reforms are necessary

https://www.statnews.com/2026/06/01/us-military-medical-corps-recruitment-incentives/ By Robert KrasnerJune 1, 2026 Krasner is a retired rear admiral, Medical Corps, U.S. Navy, retired professor of medicine, and former attending physician to Congress.

What should hospitals do when patients demand unvaccinated donor blood? A rare but real phenomenon creates new challenges for doctors, blood banks, and medical systems

https://www.statnews.com/2026/06/01/unvaccinated-blood-donor-directed-donation-transcript/ Below is a lightly edited, AI-generated transcript of the “First Opinion Podcast” interview with Deva Sharma. Be sure to sign up for the weekly “First Opinion Podcast” on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Get alerts about each new episode by signing up for the “First Opinion Podcast” newsletter. And don’t forget to sign up for the First Opinion newsletter, delivered every Sunday. By Torie BoschJune 1, 2026 Editor, First Opinion

As FDA misses deadline on electric shock ban, disability advocates speak out The agency has sought to ban its use in the past but had to reverse course after a court intervened

https://www.statnews.com/2026/06/01/fda-misses-deadline-electric-shock-ban-disability-advocates-speak-out/ By O. Rose BroderickJune 1, 2026 Disability in Health Care Reporting Fellow

At ASCO, talk of barriers to cancer care, new treatments, and other big takeaways This is STAT’s ASCO in 30 Seconds newsletter

https://www.statnews.com/2026/06/01/asco-news-day-4-merkel-cell-carcinoma-glp1s-grail/ By Adam Feuerstein, Matthew Herper, Angus Chen, and Katherine MacPhailJune 1, 2026

Eli Lilly warns hospitals to submit claims data in the next five days or lose their 340B drug discounts Drugmakers are trying to reduce what they call duplicate discounts paid to hospitals in the federal program

https://www.statnews.com/pharmalot/2026/06/01/lilly-warns-hospitals-submit-claims-data-or-lose-340b-drug-discounts/ By Ed SilvermanJune 1, 2026 Pharmalot Columnist, Senior Writer

Global coalition to fast-track three vaccines targeting Ebola outbreak with $62 million in funding Trials for drug to combat Bundibugyo in Democratic Republic of Congo probably months away

https://www.statnews.com/2026/06/01/ebola-bundibugyo-vaccine-studies-cepi-62-million-funding/ By Helen BranswellJune 1, 2026 Infectious Diseases Correspondent

The virtual end of the doctor’s office waiting room The tools now exist to design systems that minimize delay rather than assume it

https://www.statnews.com/2026/06/02/doctors-office-waiting-room-telehealth-virtual-care/ By Iyesatta Massaquoi EmeliJune 2, 2026 Emeli is an emergency medicine physician at Emory University.