Brittany Trang

🚨 Excited to officially announce I'm writing a new newsletter for @statnews.com! AI Prognosis starts Feb 12. It's all about AI in healthcare, medicine & biotech. (If you sign up before Jan 20, you'll get the first 4 issues free, even if you don't have STAT+!) www.statnews.com/signup/ai-pr...

I've done a bit of personal writing over the years. Today I published by far the most difficult essay I've written. On @statnews.com today, I share the story of my mother, Regina Bosch. She was brilliant--three Ivy degrees--and funny and charismatic. She was also seriously mentally ill.

A more accurate name would be “You Can See Everything That We Chose To Point The Camera At,” Theranos whistleblower Tyler Shultz writes. https://www.statnews.com/2026/10/19/elizabeth-holmes-theranos-whistleblower-tyler-shultz-insider-review/

JOB ALERT: STAT is hiring a biotech reporter www.statnews.com/careers/biot...

Nearly half of Americans get health insurance through work, but rising costs are straining businesses and trapping workers in jobs they don’t want. We hear from a whistleblower who risked everything to challenge the system and urge employers to act. #STATSummit

Really excited for this afternoon of day two of the #STATsummit, where I get to nerd out on brain organoids with one of the field’s pioneers, Paola Arlotta.

It's day one of #STATSummit! Follow along for live updates. Explore the agenda: https://www.statnews.com/stat-summit-boston/2026-agenda/

We open day one of #STATSummit by remembering STAT's Helen Branswell, who passed away yesterday. "She would've hated us making a big fuss about her," reporter Andrew Joseph noted — but she earned it. Read her story: https://www.statnews.com/2026/10/13/helen-branswell-stat-reporter-obituary/

It feels like I've been kicked in the chest several times today, first by the initial news of @helenbranswell.bsky.social's passing, and then again and again in this beautiful Andrew Joseph obit. You must read until the end. What a huge loss.

"Currently, about three-fourths of everything in the landfill shouldn't be there. Food and corrugated cardboard are the landfill's top culprits by weight..." "When you throw something away at home, it doesn't actually go away. It comes here." www.dispatch.com/story/news/l...

"I worry about calls to direct research funding primarily toward work with [immediate] applications...The most consequential research is often about what is not obvious. If scientists must know the practical outcome before asking the question, they’ll never ask some of the most important questions."

Be my colleague! STAT is hiring for a pharma reporter (suggested amount of experience: at least 5 years covering biopharma/business of health). Remote within the U.S. is okay (though we have offices in Boston and DC); salary is $74,911 – $120,000. #journojobs #journalismjobs #journalism

Apply to the AAAS Mass Media Fellowship! It changed my life! I've reviewed applications for the MMF a couple times and have compiled advice for applying, as well as my applications (one successful, one failed) and links to others' applications. Hope it's helpful! brittanytrang.com/aaas-mass-me...

For all my fellow Ohioans out there (and those looking on but thankfully not subject to the onslaught of political ads in the mail and on YouTube.) From Ohio native @sarah-todd.bsky.social: www.statnews.com/2026/09/22/o... 🩺 #health #healthcare #medicine #ohio #governor #acton #ramaswamy

Scientists have made mice with half a brain, then filled them with human organoids — possibly opening new avenues for research but also raising ethical issues. www.statnews.com/2026/09/16/h...

New documents reveal how rough the Medicare AI approvals pilot has been. One vendor didn't know Medicare Part A from Part B. Another warned CMS that choosing not to delay the launch meant it would launch with an unfinished product. And provider feedback shows how patients have suffered. More: 🖥️🩺

A @statnews.com exclusive from me: Marc Tessier-Lavigne, who resigned as Stanford president in 2023 after a misconduct investigation, has posted more than 3,000 words and released emails to refute claims he published fraudulent results and orchestrated a cover-up. www.statnews.com/2026/08/27/m...

STAT's @brittanytrang.com is headed to Epic headquarters, where it's welcoming thousands of customers for its annual meeting amid executive departures and antitrust interest from the FTC. Reach out to her if you're there.

Breaking: Three sources confirmed to @statnews.com that the FTC and a group of attorneys general are looking into EHR giant Epic's practices for potential antitrust action. Read more about the context, including the counts that the FTC is probing on, from me and Casey Ross: 🖥️🩺

One Commure customer says he went without a paycheck for 20 weeks because its AI billing software was so bad. Others call it "magic." What gives? Read my & @caseyross.bsky.social's months-long investigation into a $7B company trying to transform health care, only at @statnews.com: 🩺🖥️

reposting this story because .... www.statnews.com/2025/09/26/t...

The CDC officially has a director again. www.statnews.com/2026/08/05/s...

Absolutely sobbing by the end of this story. A must-read. Very interested to see what impact this has on the gene-editing field. www.science.org/content/arti...

"The concept of prior authorization is not understandable to even a 4-year-old" is a real sentence I uttered in my attempt to learn from Advanced Machine Intelligence CEO / Nabla chief AI officer Alex LeBrun what "world models" are. Find out the context, and learn more, at STAT:

Seeing @ratboysband.bsky.social last night at Pritzker Pavilion on a 74°, sunny evening encapsulates everything that is good and perfect about peak summer Chicago. It makes me miss living here.

Our series, "The Deadliest Drug," captured the American drinking problem. Today we turn to solutions. Here are a dozen ways the U.S. can start addressing excessive drinking and its many harms. (No paywall!) www.statnews.com/2026/07/14/a...

Are you a @statnews.com reader? We're asking for feedback: Tell us what you like and don't like, what you want more of, and what new features you'd be interesting in us offering 👀

Really important new series from @bobjherman.bsky.social, chronicling the quiet erosion of U.S. employer health insurance system and what it means for everyday Americans. www.statnews.com/health-insur...

STAT's @bobjherman.bsky.social talks about his new project 'Out of Pocket. Out of Reach.' A multipart series on the soaring costs of health insurance for America’s workers and businesses. Explore: www.statnews.com/health-insur...

NEW: Anthropic buried the lede in its Claude Science event today: It's going to start developing its own drugs. Details are scarce, but @matthewherper.bsky.social and I talked to Anthropic executives to bring you some exclusive tidbits about the program: #AI #pharma #artificialintelligence