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Kentucky’s campaign to improve rural cancer care is a national model. Federal cuts threaten its progress

Kentucky has improved rural cancer care access and quality, but looming Medicaid cuts threaten hospitals, screenings, and preventive services

By Ted Alcorn

STAT+ | NIH, FDA plan to reduce animal testing draws mixed reactions among scientists

Alternatives to animal testing promise to transform basic research and hasten drug development. But what about study areas with no viable substitutes?

By Marissa Russo and Jonathan Wosen

A mother’s perspective on Sarepta’s gene therapy halt

STAT reporters discuss how Sarepta's gene therapy halt is affecting families of children with Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

By Adam Feuerstein, Elaine Chen, and Allison DeAngelis