I write about cancer and health for STAT news. Formerly NPR. Tips, stories, comments? Signal: Angus.08 angus.chen@statnews.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/angusrohan.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/angusrohan.bsky.social/post/3lzm7sw3b2223We and CNN reported that Anthony Letai of Dana Farber is the leading candidate now to lead the NCI. Word that he'd been tapped to lead the institute spread rapidly, and cancer researchers reacted w relief and optimism over the potential appointment https://www.statnews.com/2025/09/24/national-cancer-institute-anthony-letai-dana-farber/24 Sep 2025 19:56 +0000at://did:plc:fd4brjhc52vtlevskyfovaib/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzm7sw3b2223https://bsky.app/profile/angusrohan.bsky.social/post/3lthrh5d2uc2dHow Republicans sidelined the health care industry and pushed through historic Medicaid cuts https://www.statnews.com/2025/07/08/trump-tax-bill-winners-losers-how-health-care-industry-lobbyists-failed-to-stop-cuts/ via @statnews.com08 Jul 2025 16:57 +0000at://did:plc:fd4brjhc52vtlevskyfovaib/app.bsky.feed.post/3lthrh5d2uc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/angusrohan.bsky.social/post/3lnlfeicegk2bSTAT's been keeping track of the Trump government's actions in his first 100 days. See the timeline here: https://www.statnews.com/2025/04/24/trump-100-days-timeline-science-health-nih-cdc-fda-hhs/ via @statnews.com24 Apr 2025 19:00 +0000at://did:plc:fd4brjhc52vtlevskyfovaib/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnlfeicegk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/angusrohan.bsky.social/post/3lnleuezhvk2zJust my colleagues being the best health journalists on the internet https://www.statnews.com/2025/04/24/trump-100-days-nih-new-grants-cut/ via @statnews.com24 Apr 2025 18:51 +0000at://did:plc:fd4brjhc52vtlevskyfovaib/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnleuezhvk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/angusrohan.bsky.social/post/3ln7pz3yc6k2n@kcmaine.bsky.social hi! I saw your post earlier that your stomach cancer study was shut down? Would you be open to speaking with me about that? Let me know! Thanks20 Apr 2025 03:39 +0000at://did:plc:fd4brjhc52vtlevskyfovaib/app.bsky.feed.post/3ln7pz3yc6k2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/angusrohan.bsky.social/post/3ln24t2cmik2aSupreme Court to hear challenge to ACA rule requiring free preventive care, cancer screenings https://www.statnews.com/2025/04/17/kennedy-v-braidwood-affordable-care-act-challenge-could-upend-preventive-health-care/ from me @statnews.com17 Apr 2025 22:12 +0000at://did:plc:fd4brjhc52vtlevskyfovaib/app.bsky.feed.post/3ln24t2cmik2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/angusrohan.bsky.social/post/3ll7v2rakqc2qNIH cuts halt 24-year program to prevent HIV/AIDS in adolescents and young adults https://www.statnews.com/2025/03/25/nih-cuts-include-hiv-aids-prevention-program-for-adolescents/ via @statnews.com25 Mar 2025 18:19 +0000at://did:plc:fd4brjhc52vtlevskyfovaib/app.bsky.feed.post/3ll7v2rakqc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/angusrohan.bsky.social/post/3ll5avwtwec2pCancer research has held a near-sacred spot in research. Now, experts told me, it's facing an unprecedented threat that's putting science - and lives - at risk. Paywalled, but let me know if you need a discount to STAT+! https://www.statnews.com/2025/03/24/trump-cancer-research-funding-cuts-patients-researchers-worried/24 Mar 2025 17:13 +0000at://did:plc:fd4brjhc52vtlevskyfovaib/app.bsky.feed.post/3ll5avwtwec2phttps://bsky.app/profile/angusrohan.bsky.social/post/3lkeethygcs2dFormer NIH director Francis Collins, once beloved in Washington, now worries for his safety there https://www.statnews.com/2025/03/10/francis-collins-former-nih-director-safety-worries/ via @statnews.com14 Mar 2025 19:46 +0000at://did:plc:fd4brjhc52vtlevskyfovaib/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkeethygcs2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/angusrohan.bsky.social/post/3ljntmprdbs2dJudge issues preliminary injunction blocking Trump cuts to NIH research overhead payments https://www.statnews.com/2025/03/05/nih-indirect-costs-lawsuit-federal-judge-extends-order-blocking-trump-cuts/ via @statnews.com05 Mar 2025 20:40 +0000at://did:plc:fd4brjhc52vtlevskyfovaib/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljntmprdbs2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/angusrohan.bsky.social/post/3ljkux3w5ms2wScientists thought that the govt would honor existing, ongoing grants. But late last week, the NIH terminated ongoing grants for LGBTQ+ research https://www.statnews.com/2025/03/03/nih-terminates-ongoing-grants-for-lgbtq-research/ via @statnews.com04 Mar 2025 16:25 +0000at://did:plc:fd4brjhc52vtlevskyfovaib/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljkux3w5ms2whttps://bsky.app/profile/angusrohan.bsky.social/post/3liwvbmepbk2wThe Trump administration quietly rehires some fired FDA employees. https://www.statnews.com/2025/02/23/fda-fired-employees-rehired-doge/ via @statnews.com24 Feb 2025 17:38 +0000at://did:plc:fd4brjhc52vtlevskyfovaib/app.bsky.feed.post/3liwvbmepbk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/angusrohan.bsky.social/post/3lipog5t6xs2lMass layoffs leave federal employees with disabilities in the lurch https://www.statnews.com/2025/02/21/layoffs-federal-workers-with-disabilities-impacted/ via @statnews.com21 Feb 2025 20:47 +0000at://did:plc:fd4brjhc52vtlevskyfovaib/app.bsky.feed.post/3lipog5t6xs2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/angusrohan.bsky.social/post/3likhyununc24STAT has the scoop on Dr. Oz's ethics report https://www.statnews.com/2025/02/19/dr-oz-ethics-financial-disclosures-net-worth-trump-pick-cms-unitedhealth-hca-stock/ via @statnews.com19 Feb 2025 19:09 +0000at://did:plc:fd4brjhc52vtlevskyfovaib/app.bsky.feed.post/3likhyununc24https://bsky.app/profile/angusrohan.bsky.social/post/3lihxvxhvpk2fFor anyone wondering how the trump policies impact real people, @ericboodman.bsky.social's story today is a MUST READ with his characteristic, poetic style bringing the point home in the very first graf. https://www.statnews.com/2025/02/18/impact-of-trump-federal-funding-freeze-uncertainty-takes-human-toll/ via @statnews.com18 Feb 2025 19:15 +0000at://did:plc:fd4brjhc52vtlevskyfovaib/app.bsky.feed.post/3lihxvxhvpk2f