Rick 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.