STAT media bias and reliability
The rating organisations do not give STAT one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are AllSides: Centre; Ad Fontes Media: Centre; Media Bias/Fact Check: Leans left. We have seen it on 26 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is STAT biased?
The rating organisations do not give STAT one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are AllSides: Centre; Ad Fontes Media: Centre; Media Bias/Fact Check: Leans left. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is STAT left or right?
The rating organisations do not give STAT one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are AllSides: Centre; Ad Fontes Media: Centre; Media Bias/Fact Check: Leans left. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Centre.
Is STAT reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for STAT are Ad Fontes Media: Very high factuality; Media Bias/Fact Check: High factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What STAT has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with STAT’s own report linked underneath.
The U.S. Treasury Department has proposed a new rule to restrict American investments in sensitive technologies like artificial intelligence and supercomputing in countries including China, Russia, and North Korea. The move aims to prevent adversaries from using U.S. capital to enhance their military power.
STAT reported it asTreasury proposes major restrictions to U.S. investment in Chinese biotech sector (opens STAT in a new tab)
On 20 Oct 2026 federal, state and local agents raided adult day‑care centres across New York City, citing a joint Medicaid‑fraud investigation. Governor Kathy Hochul and CMS administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz linked the operation to alleged illegal billing, while reports differ on whether two or more than a hundred sites were searched.
STAT reported it asCMS extends fraud crackdown to New York’s adult day care program (opens STAT in a new tab)
President Donald Trump signed an executive order to promote women's health, establishing a new division within the National Institutes of Health and a specialized task force. Melania Trump spearheaded the initiative, which observers noted was accompanied by an apparent attempt to avoid a kiss from the President.
STAT reported it asTrump orders creation of NIH division, task force on women’s health (opens STAT in a new tab)
Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche is reviewing all future investments in Germany, with new projects put on hold. The company's Germany chief cited government healthcare cost-cutting policies and austerity measures as reasons for destroying confidence.
STAT reported it asPharmalittle: We're reading about Roche investments in Germany, a Gilead bowel disease drug, and more (opens STAT in a new tab)
Investments in pharmaceutical companies on behalf of President Donald Trump reportedly increased substantially after his return to the White House. A report from congressional Democrats details a rise in stock holdings in firms that benefited from Medicare drug price negotiation exemptions.
STAT reported it asPharmalittle: We're reading about an HHS peptide push, Trump's pharma stock holdings, and more (opens STAT in a new tab)
Republican Representative Rich McCormick has asked the Trump administration to investigate potential fraud and abuse within the H-1B visa program in the Atlanta metro area. The request comes amid broader immigration enforcement efforts, though no federal agency has confirmed the allegations or announced a probe.
STAT reported it asTrump administration investigates 9 universities for alleged visa fraud (opens STAT in a new tab)
The Food and Drug Administration's safety review of the nation's main abortion pill, mifepristone, will extend into next year, according to a court-ordered update. The agency expects to complete a safety study by mid-December and issue a report by March 2027.
STAT reported it asFDA says its safety review of abortion pill will continue into next year (opens STAT in a new tab)
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced new measures designed to increase transparency in healthcare pricing. The initiative aims to make it easier for patients to see and compare costs for medical services.
STAT reported it asNew Trump regulations would clean up health care pricing disclosures (opens STAT in a new tab)
The Trump administration is cancelling nearly $1 billion in federal spending approved by Congress. The White House announced the move on Friday, citing a rare and contested authority to cut funding for immigrant services and diversity-focused initiatives.
STAT reported it asTrump administration uses rare authority to claw back nearly $1B in spending approved by Congress (opens STAT in a new tab)
The White House has abandoned plans for an executive order that would have given political appointees more control over National Institutes of Health research grants. Bipartisan opposition, led by Senator Susan Collins, appears to have halted the initiative.
STAT reported it asWhite House plan to increase control of NIH grants appears 'dead' (opens STAT in a new tab)
Dr. Heidi Overton, President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Food and Drug Administration, is scheduled for a Senate confirmation hearing. Lawmakers are expected to focus on her positions regarding vaccines and the abortion pill mifepristone.
STAT reported it asNominee to lead FDA aims to speed up medical research, combat China’s rise (opens STAT in a new tab)
At least six major hospitals have agreed to stop providing gender-affirming hormones and surgery to transgender minors. They will instead make payments to the federal government for patients seeking to reverse these treatments, according to Justice Department settlements.
STAT reported it asThe latest in the legal saga for youth gender-affirming care in the U.S. (opens STAT in a new tab)
The FDA is updating its regulations to remove language that could suggest animal testing is the only way to generate safety information for regulatory decisions. The move aligns with the FDA Modernization Act 2.0 and is part of a broader HHS effort to accelerate human-based research.
STAT reported it asHHS unveils new initiatives to reduce animal testing in drug development (opens STAT in a new tab)
Donald Trump is reportedly seeking to exert greater control over US health research funding. The White House is considering an external commission to validate grants, a move seen as part of a broader crackdown on 'woke' programs.
STAT reported it asMembers of Congress push back on plan to create a commission of political appointees to review NIH grants (opens STAT in a new tab)
The U.S. Treasury Department is developing rules for biopharmaceutical companies investing in China. These regulations are expected to allow most licensing deals for drugs originating in China, with potential restrictions on weaponizable biotechnology or pathogens. The move aims to balance economic interests with national security concerns.
STAT reported it asPharmalittle: We're reading about licensing deals with China, making drugs in space, and more (opens STAT in a new tab)
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. delivered a keynote address at a conference for the anti-vaccine group Children's Health Defense, which he formerly chaired. He told attendees they had a friend in the Trump White House and highlighted administration actions to alter vaccine guidance.
STAT reported it asKennedy renews attacks on vaccines at Children’s Health Defense conference (opens STAT in a new tab)
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has appointed eight new members to the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. This influential panel decides which preventive health services millions of Americans can access for free.
STAT reported it asKennedy names new members to Preventive Services Task Force, after months of vacancies (opens STAT in a new tab)
A genetically modified pig kidney functioned in a human patient for a record 271 days, allowing the individual to avoid dialysis while awaiting a human transplant. The results were published in The Lancet by doctors from Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School.
STAT reported it asRecipients of gene-edited pig kidneys successfully receive human organs (opens STAT in a new tab)
The 36th annual Ig Nobel Prizes awarded ten research teams for studies that are scientifically sound but unusual. This year's ceremony was held in Zurich, marking the first time the event took place outside the United States.
STAT reported it asThe Ig Nobel Prizes, long held in the U.S., head to Europe due to Trump policies (opens STAT in a new tab)
The Trump administration announced new drug pricing agreements with nine pharmaceutical companies. These deals are intended to align U.S. prices with those paid in other developed countries, impacting state Medicaid programs.
STAT reported it asTrump strikes nine more deals with drugmakers to lower prices (opens STAT in a new tab)
Who says so
3 organisations have published a rating for this outlet, in their own words. Where they disagree, the disagreement is the useful part and it is left standing.
How reliably it reports fact
A rating of the newsroom in general, by others, and a different thing from the Trust score we publish on each story, which judges one piece of reporting.
Very high factuality
Who owns it
- The Boston GlobeBillionairedirect owner
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States
- Official site
- statnews.com
- Seen publishing on
- statnews.com
- Access
- Paywalled
- Wikipedia
- Entry
What we have seen ourselves
Counted across the stories this site has published, which is the only denominator a reader can check: every one of them has a page, and every page lists the reports it was written from.
- Stories
- 26
- Reports listed
- 26
- We could read
- 0
- First seen
- 6 August 2026
26 of those reports were paywalled or blocked to us. Our reading of this outlet is built on the 0 we could open, not on everything it published.
A blindspot is measured against one side of the spectrum. STAT is rated centre, so there is no side for it to be counted against and we publish no figure here.
Across the 26 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, we logged no report earlier than STAT’s on 1 of them. Overall it filed a median of 21 hours after the earliest report we logged.
Measured 6 November 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 5 November 2026. Ratings pulled 9 October 2026.
Other outlets rated the same way
Publishers carrying the same published leaning as STAT, also publishing from United States, ordered by how often we have seen them on a story. Sharing a rating is not the same as being alike.
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