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href="https://www.statnews.com/2025/04/01/hhs-leaders-offered-transfers-to-indian-health-service/" target="_self" rel=""> <span class="sr-only">STAT Plus: </span>Laid off HHS leaders offered transfers to remote Indian Health Service regions </a> </h3> </div> </article> <article class="topic-block__preview topic-block__preview--basic plus"> <div data-href="https://www.statnews.com/2025/04/01/hhs-layoffs-start-under-rfk-jr-trump-administration/" target="_self" rel="" class="topic-block__preview-link"> <div class="topic-block__preview-img-wrapper"> <img class="topic-block__preview-img" src="https://www.statnews.com/wp-content/plugins/stat-lazy-load/images/328x185-00000000.png" data-src="https://www.statnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/HHS_Inspector_General_66443-768x432.jpg" data-srcset="https://www.statnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/HHS_Inspector_General_66443-768x432.jpg 768w, https://www.statnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/HHS_Inspector_General_66443-1024x576.jpg 1024w, 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Wilkerson</a></span> </span> <h3> <div class="stat-plus-icon" data-tooltip="Subscriber-only"><img src="/wp-content/themes/stat/images/home/statplus.svg" width="19" height="16" alt=""></div> <a class="topic-block__preview-title" href="https://www.statnews.com/2025/03/31/rfk-jr-vaccine-policies-build-pressure-on-louisiana-senator-bill-cassidy-hhs-fda/" target="_self" rel=""> <span class="sr-only">STAT Plus: </span>Cassidy gave himself a difficult task. RFK Jr. isn’t making it any easier on him </a> </h3> </div> </article> <article class="topic-block__preview topic-block__preview--basic plus"> <div data-href="https://www.statnews.com/2025/03/31/rfk-fda-peter-marks-ouster-vaccines-gene-therapy/" target="_self" rel="" class="topic-block__preview-link"> <div class="topic-block__preview-img-wrapper"> <img class="topic-block__preview-img" src="https://www.statnews.com/wp-content/plugins/stat-lazy-load/images/328x185-00000000.png" data-src="https://www.statnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/GettyImages-1231790708-768x432.jpg" data-srcset="https://www.statnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/GettyImages-1231790708-768x432.jpg 768w, https://www.statnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/GettyImages-1231790708-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://www.statnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/GettyImages-1231790708-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https://www.statnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/GettyImages-1231790708-1600x900.jpg 1600w" sizes="(min-width: 540px) and 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class="topic-block__meta-topic" href="https://www.statnews.com/category/adams-take/">Adam's Take</a> <span class="topic-block__meta-by"><a href="https://www.statnews.com/staff/adam-feuerstein/" class="author-name-link author-name author-main">Adam Feuerstein</a></span> </span> <h3> <div class="stat-plus-icon" data-tooltip="Subscriber-only"><img src="/wp-content/themes/stat/images/home/statplus.svg" width="19" height="16" alt=""></div> <span class="icon opinion muted" data-tooltip="Opinion"><svg width="32" height="22" viewBox="0 0 32 22" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><path d="M14.2083 22V8.94563H7.13181L11.9416 0H4.69926L0 8.94563V22H14.2083Z" fill="#99cdd6" /><path d="M31.625 22V8.94563H24.7768L29.4314 0H22.4227L17.875 8.94563V22H31.625Z" fill="#99cdd6" /></svg></span> <a class="topic-block__preview-title" href="https://www.statnews.com/2025/03/30/fda-key-man-peter-marks-out-biotech-investors-deal-with-consequences/" target="_self" rel=""> <span class="sr-only">STAT Plus: </span>FDA’s ‘key man’ Peter Marks is out. Biotech investors will now deal with the consequences </a> </h3> </div> </article> <article class="topic-block__preview topic-block__preview--basic plus"> <div data-href="https://www.statnews.com/2025/03/29/peter-marks-vaccine-regulator-fda-cber-biologics-biotech-reaction/" target="_self" rel="" class="topic-block__preview-link"> <div class="topic-block__preview-img-wrapper"> <img class="topic-block__preview-img" src="https://www.statnews.com/wp-content/plugins/stat-lazy-load/images/328x185-00000000.png" data-src="https://www.statnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/GettyImages-1231789554-768x432.jpg" data-srcset="https://www.statnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/GettyImages-1231789554-768x432.jpg 768w, https://www.statnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/GettyImages-1231789554-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://www.statnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/GettyImages-1231789554-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https://www.statnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/GettyImages-1231789554-1600x900.jpg 1600w" sizes="(min-width: 540px) and (max-width: 767px) 492px, (min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 979px) 348px, (min-width: 980px) 332px, 272px" alt="" width="768" height="432" draggable="true"> </div> </div> <div class="topic-block__preview-content"> <span class="topic-block__preview-meta"> <a class="topic-block__meta-topic" href="https://www.statnews.com/category/lab-dish-paul-knoepfler/">Lab Dish</a> <span class="topic-block__meta-by"><span class="author-name author-main">Paul Knoepfler</span></span> </span> <h3> <div class="stat-plus-icon" data-tooltip="Subscriber-only"><img src="/wp-content/themes/stat/images/home/statplus.svg" width="19" height="16" alt=""></div> <span class="icon opinion muted" data-tooltip="Opinion"><svg width="32" height="22" viewBox="0 0 32 22" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><path d="M14.2083 22V8.94563H7.13181L11.9416 0H4.69926L0 8.94563V22H14.2083Z" fill="#99cdd6" /><path d="M31.625 22V8.94563H24.7768L29.4314 0H22.4227L17.875 8.94563V22H31.625Z" fill="#99cdd6" /></svg></span> <a class="topic-block__preview-title" href="https://www.statnews.com/2025/03/29/peter-marks-vaccine-regulator-fda-cber-biologics-biotech-reaction/" target="_self" rel=""> <span class="sr-only">STAT Plus: </span>Peter Marks’ ouster is an ominous sign for biotech — and for public health </a> </h3> </div> </article> <article class="topic-block__preview topic-block__preview--basic plus"> <div data-href="https://www.statnews.com/2025/03/29/fda-peter-marks-ouster-alarms-biopharma-that-saw-him-as-ally/" target="_self" rel="" class="topic-block__preview-link"> <div class="topic-block__preview-img-wrapper"> <img class="topic-block__preview-img" src="https://www.statnews.com/wp-content/plugins/stat-lazy-load/images/328x185-00000000.png" data-src="https://www.statnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/s3___bgmp-arc_arc-feeds_generic-photos_to-arc_turner060723BIZ08califf274-768x432.jpg" 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