Detailed data show Pfizer’s monthly obesity drug continues to show potential Therapy acquired from Metsera is being closely watched

https://www.statnews.com/2026/06/06/pfizer-obesity-drug-berobenatide-metsera-results/ By Elaine ChenJune 6, 2026 Chen, a national biotech reporter, is the co-author of The Readout, a newsletter about the business, science, and politics of biotech.

How the Amish think about vaccines, health care costs, and much more The growing Amish population has large implications for public health By Torie BoschJune 6, 2026 Editor, First Opinion

https://www.statnews.com/2026/06/06/amish-public-health-vaccines-autism-interview-transcript/

What stripping civil service protections for thousands of federal workers will mean for HHS ‘Schedule F’ designation makes it easier to fire some grant reviewers, epidemiologists, and policy advisers

https://www.statnews.com/2026/06/05/schedule-f-changes-impacts-nih-cdc-fda/ By Anil Oza, Chelsea Cirruzzo, and Lizzy LawrenceJune 5, 2026

Newer GLP-1s, pushback on research cuts, and a protest You’re reading the web edition of STAT’s ADA in 30 Seconds By Elizabeth CooneyJune 5, 2026 Cardiovascular Disease Reporter

https://www.statnews.com/2026/06/05/newer-glp-1s-pushback-on-research-cuts-and-a-protest-ada-in-30/

I led the U.S. CDC response to the 2014 Ebola epidemic. The new outbreak needs massive, immediate, meticulous action Ebola is an unforgiving enemy, writes a former head of CDC

https://www.statnews.com/2026/06/06/ebola-outbreak-us-aid-response-tom-frieden-action-plan/ By Tom FriedenJune 6, 2026 Frieden was director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from 2009 to 2017.

Tiny HHS office tasked with protecting research participants’ safety is running on fumes By Megan MolteniJune 5, 2026

Tiny HHS office tasked with protecting research participants’ safety is running on fumes OHRP was long beset by understaffing. Under Trump, it has lost half its remaining employees https://www.statnews.com/2026/06/05/hhs-cuts-office-human-research-protections-running-on-fumes/?utm_campaign=daily_recap&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9p1_hXAXmlmYvCI4IqBDvHGGGbkKdFGh680B22SyRj91x74g633ihfpDw1iKsCRD0_CGYankpRudS6AOt3F7XlRVM9LA&_hsmi=422479592&utm_content=422479592&utm_source=hs_email In 2021, the federal office charged with ensuring that the vast research enterprise bankrolled by the Department of Health and Human Services keeps study participants safe, received a report of a death by suicide involving a person enrolled in a study testing a treatment for depression and reduced mobility.

Tracking Implementation of the 2025 Reconciliation Law Medicaid Work Requirements Updated on: Jun 1, 2026

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