Richard L. Berke

1 month ago | statnews.com | Rick Berke |Richard L. Berke

Shortly after sunrise on Tuesday, STAT reporters around the county started their days with a deluge of alarmed, angry, and plaintive texts, emails, and even phone calls from employees across federal health agencies who just learned they had lost their jobs. • An NIH employee: “We are really trying to hold things together with our bare hands.”• A CDC employee: “Just devastated. I loved my job, and I loved my team.

2 months ago | statnews.com | Rick Berke |Richard L. Berke

I’m thrilled to share the news today that four STAT reporters have won the George W. Polk Award, one of the most prestigious honors in American journalism, for their series that highlights how UnitedHealth Group wields its unrivaled physician empire to boost its profits and expand its influence.

Jan 17, 2025 | archive.nytimes.com | Richard L. Berke

Join a Discussion on Election 2000By RICHARD L. BERKE ALO ALTO, Calif. -- Encroaching on political turf that Vice President Al Gore has cultivated for years, Gov. George W. Bush ventured into Silicon Valley Thursday to fatten his already flush campaign treasury and to unveil proposals favored by the technology industry. The Texas Governor departed from his standard text to make an aggressive pitch to the computer titans in the room, a group with growing influence that both political camps are wooing.

Jun 27, 2023 | statnews.com | Richard L. Berke