Alex Hogan

3 days ago | statnews.com | Alex Hogan

In this week’s episode of a new video series from STAT, reporters Casey Ross and Lizzy Lawrence discuss their recent story on Semler Scientific, a medical device company that pivoted its focus to bitcoin speculation. The story is part of their ongoing investigative series into UnitedHealth Group, and it’s a pretty fascinating saga. Ross also discusses what it’s like to be the recipient of a confidential document that UnitedHealth inadvertently emailed to him during the reporting process.

1 week ago | statnews.com | Alex Hogan

This week a U.S. District Court judge ruled that hundreds of NIH grants termination were “void and illegal.” The decision came as a relief to the broader scientific community, which has been deeply impacted by billions of dollars in funding cuts by the Trump administration in recent months. The relief may only be temporary, as the ruling could be appealed. Proponents of these funding cuts often cite that what they consider trivial research is a waste of taxpayer money.

2 weeks ago | statnews.com | Chelsea Cirruzzo |Alex Hogan

WASHINGTON — On Monday, health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. gutted the panel of experts that advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on vaccines. That’s put the spotlight on a key Senate Republican health leader who sharply criticized Kennedy’s views on vaccines, then decided to support him anyhow.

1 month ago | statnews.com | Alex Hogan

A constellation of social media wellness influencers, YouTubers, and podcasters have been extolling the health benefits of peptides. There seems to be a peptide for just about anything you could dream of. Want to lose weight? There are GLP-1s, of course. Would you like to have a year-round tan? You could give melanotan a shot. Have a nagging sports injury?

2 months ago | yahoo.com | Elizabeth M. Pritchett |Alex Hogan

Russian-American ballerina Ksenia Karelina, who has been wrongfully detained in Russia for more than a year, is on her way back to the United States, Secretary of State Marco Rubio confirmed early Thursday. Moscow released Karelina in exchange for German-Russian citizen Arthur Petrov, who was arrested in 2023 in Cyprus at the request of the U.S. on charges of exporting sensitive microelectronics, The Wall Street Journal reported.