Amanda Garces

@amandagarces

Subscriptions/licensing/partnerships for @statnews. Cool mom. Passionate about intersection of health & digital, clean water/food access, & great harmonies

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Amanda Garces@amandagarces · Jul 17

💸 Senators just revealed the millions paid by Lilly & Pfizer to telehealth companies. Read how pharma-telehealth ties are shaping prescriptions & what’s behind lawmakers’ concerns statnews.com/2025/07/17/sen… via @statnews #healthtech #pharma #telehealth

amandagarces's tweet card. Four U.S. Senators released new details of business arrangements between drugmakers and telehealth companies.

Amanda Garces@amandagarces · 11 h

The crisis over Sarepta’s Duchenne therapy is a mess. But the lesson is clear. No matter how the situation is resolved, this is no way to do drug development. statnews.com/2025/07/21/sar… via @statnews @matthewherper

amandagarces's tweet card. The crisis over Sarepta Therapeutics' Duchenne therapy offers a valuable lesson: Listening to critics, and responding with data, is the surest path forward.

Amanda Garces@amandagarces · Jul 16

Medicare is proposing “efficiency” pay cuts for highly paid specialists—shifting dollars toward primary care and reducing the AMA’s influence on physician payment rates #Medicare #HealthcareReform statnews.com/2025/07/16/med… via @statnews

amandagarces's tweet card. Medicare is proposing cuts to how much it pays doctors for many medical procedures, scans, and tests.

Amanda Garces@amandagarces · Jul 15

A well-placed biotech investor says U.S. policies are straining life sciences startups statnews.com/2025/07/15/bio… via @statnews

amandagarces's tweet card. A well-placed biotech investor says U.S. policies are straining life sciences startups — and more disruption is coming.

Amanda Garces@amandagarces · Jul 15

Loving these quotes from our brilliant reporters like Dr. @brittanytrang -- we're happy you chose writing, too!! subscribe: statnews.com/stat-plus/

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Amanda Garces@amandagarces · Jul 15

During confirmation hearings, RFK Jr distanced himself from the anti-vax group he founded, Children’s Health Defense. Now he's hired former prominent members of the group & other vaccine skeptics. @ChelseaCirruzzo tells @statnews readers more: statnews.com/2025/07/14/ant…

amandagarces's tweet card. The growing influence of vaccine critics inside RFK Jr.'s health department is alarming public health experts.

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Adam Feuerstein ✡️@adamfeuerstein · Jul 11

HUGE STAT event announcement: Bill Gates in an exclusive live conversation with @matthewherper Aug. 4 at the Broad in Kendall Sq. Free tickets: statnews.com/event/womens-h…

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Amanda Garces@amandagarces · Jun 28

STAT readers on vaccines, research funding cuts, and organ donation statnews.com/2025/06/28/let… via @statnews

amandagarces's tweet card. STAT readers cheer and criticize recent First Opinion essays on organ donation complications, research funding, and more.

Amanda Garces@amandagarces · Jun 25

“Effective immediately, please do not terminate any additional grant projects. Please unrelease all grant projects that are in the cue to be terminated. Again, do not terminate any additional grant projects.” statnews.com/2025/06/25/nih… via @statnews #NIH #grants

amandagarces's tweet card. The National Institutes of Health is halting further terminations of research grants, an internal email shows

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Amanda Garces@amandagarces · Jun 24

Last updated on June 23, 2025: A running list of senior FDA officials who have left the agency statnews.com/2025/04/03/fda… via @statnews

amandagarces's tweet card. Here is a running list of senior FDA officials who have left the agency recently.

Amanda Garces@amandagarces · Jun 23

Senate Republicans discuss new way to cut Medicaid in Trump’s tax bill statnews.com/2025/06/23/gop… via @statnews

amandagarces's tweet card. The proposal would sharply limit federal spending on the Affordable Care Act's Medicaid expansion.

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Amanda Garces@amandagarces · Jun 20

Sarah Todd noticed during a recent coffee run that the usual panoply of milk options had diminished to almond & whole. Her barista informed her that in recent months she'd seen a wave of customers asking for raw milk: "what’s up with that?" statnews.com/2025/06/20/who…

amandagarces's tweet card. In the nutrition world, the question of how whole milk compares with lower-fat options is the subject of debate. In MAHA world, it's time to embrace full fat.

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Amanda Garces@amandagarces · Jun 20

Six former CDC vaccine advisory committee chairs warn: U.S. risks losing access to life-saving immunizations statnews.com/2025/06/20/aci… via @statnews

amandagarces's tweet card. “We are witnessing a dismantling of the systems that develop, license, recommend, and monitor vaccines,” write six former chairs of the CDC’s vaccine advisory committee.

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Amanda Garces@amandagarces · Jun 18

SVP Market Economics, Intelligence & Influence @cencoraglobal: Despite industry pressure & lower reimbursements, most patients still choose local pharmacies when one closes—showing the strong, lasting value of in-person care. #STATOpenDoors @statnews #Pharmacy #HealthcareTrends

Amanda Garces@amandagarces · Jun 17

Bill Gates: I lost my father to Alzheimer’s. But I’m more optimistic than ever about fighting the disease statnews.com/2025/06/17/bil… via @statnews

amandagarces's tweet card. Bill Gates writes: “We are on the cusp of turning the tide against dementia — which makes this an especially bad time to pull back on research.”

Amanda Garces@amandagarces · Jun 17

Private equity firm will finance Harvard research lab, in possible template for future statnews.com/2025/06/16/har… via @statnews

amandagarces's tweet card. A private equity firm will finance a Harvard University research lab, a possible template for the future as schools nationwide absorb federal funding cuts.