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The latest stories related to vaccines, including development and production issues.

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Health Anil Oza

People from India remember life before the polio vaccine. They don’t want to go back

Health Isabella Cueto

‘We just dismiss people like RFK Jr.’: Infectious disease expert on how — and how not — to rebuild trust

Politics Sarah Owermohle, John Wilkerson, and Rachel Cohrs Zhang

STAT Plus: Republicans show no signs of blocking Trump’s health secretary pick RFK Jr. so far

Politics Lizzy Lawrence

STAT Plus: Truth-teller or reflexive contrarian: Which Marty Makary would run the FDA?

First Opinion Larry Schlesinger

My oral cancer shows the deep connections between chronic and infectious disease

Morning Rounds Theresa Gaffney

The bird flu mystery that might never get solved

D.C. Diagnosis Sarah Owermohle

STAT Plus: Budget negotiations heat up as ACA subsidy extension, BIOSECURE get dropped

Health Isabella Cueto

STAT Plus: Cracks appear in Kennedy’s ‘MAHA’ coalition as Trump chooses his team

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Politics Rachel Cohrs Zhang

STAT Plus: Trump’s FDA director pick has a history of criticizing the agency. Here are seven examples

Matt's Take Matthew Herper

STAT Plus: Prognosis: Under Trump, the CDC is in big trouble, but the FDA might be OK

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Politics Sarah Owermohle, Matthew Herper, and Rachel Cohrs Zhang

STAT Plus: Trump selects Dave Weldon, former congressman with ties to vaccine critics, to lead CDC

Health Anil Oza

Why whooping cough cases are spiking across the U.S.

Matt's Take Matthew Herper

STAT Plus: What could Trump mean for the business of health? Scenarios for an RFK Jr. HHS

Morning Rounds Brittany Trang

Autism advocates respond to RFK Jr.; a trip to the nipple factory; a new water pollutant (don’t panic)

First Opinion Caitlin Gilmet

I’m a vaccine activist — and I’m optimistic about the future right now

Politics Andrew Joseph

STAT Plus: Top FDA official says Trump and RFK Jr. will mean ‘vigorous dialogue’ on vaccines

Pharma Andrew Joseph

STAT Plus: With RFK Jr. looming as health secretary, pharma execs try to project stability

Health Isabella Cueto

STAT Plus: The many legal fronts of RFK Jr.’s fight against vaccines

First Opinion Jonathan M. Berman

STAT Plus: RFK Jr. says he isn’t an anti-vaxxer. He’s wrong

Morning Rounds Timmy Broderick

How RFK Jr. could upend decades of policy on vaccines

Politics Sarah Owermohle, Usha Lee McFarling, Anil Oza, and Lev Facher

STAT Plus: What to know about RFK Jr.’s views on food, vaccines, abortion, and the FDA

Politics Rachel Cohrs Zhang

STAT Plus: How RFK Jr. could strip legal protections from vaccine makers as HHS Secretary

Health Helen Branswell

Measles cases rose 20% worldwide in 2023, per new report

Health Matthew Herper

Facing a dialogue with RFK Jr., a top FDA official mounts a public defense of vaccines

Health Lizzy Lawrence and Timmy Broderick

What Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. might do to undermine vaccines — and what they likely can’t

Health Helen Branswell

A Q&A with the FDA’s top vaccine regulator amid a fresh wave of disinformation

Exclusive Sarah Owermohle

STAT Plus: Ted Kennedy Jr. expresses concern about Trump’s ‘flagrant disregard’ for public health

First Opinion Tom Frieden

What Trump and RFK Jr.’s ‘Make America Healthy Again’ gets right — and very wrong

Pharma Andrew Joseph

STAT Plus: Sales of GSK’s RSV vaccine down dramatically from last year