Dec 03, 2025

1. Email 1 Summary:

   Subject: A hurricane, a failed transplant, and a silent crisis: What medicine won’t say aloud

   Content: The email is a newsletter from KevinMD highlighting stories about courage, loss, and the hidden systemic battles in healthcare. It includes topics such as a doctor risking life during a hurricane to save a stroke patient, the dedication of love in innocent relationships, the tragic failure of a lung transplant, and the high cardiovascular risks among South Asians in the U.S. The newsletter also touches on private practice threats from private equity, innovations in cancer prevention, the impact of policy bills like The One Big Beautiful Bill on medical careers, and shifts in physician well-being and leadership. Additionally, there is mention of a podcast and CME webinar opportunities.

2. Email 2 Summary:

   Subject: Marion Nestle still believes that ‘calories count’

   Content: From STAT News, this newsletter covers political changes at the CDC vaccine advisory committee, with controversial appointments. It discusses the U.S. government’s silence on World AIDS Day 2025 and implications for HIV/AIDS awareness and global health. It features a Q&A with nutritionist Marion Nestle advocating food system reform and revisiting calorie counting. Also mentioned is the end of Congo’s Ebola outbreak, racial bias in healthcare highlighted through “hard stick” IV access experiences, and other health news like CDC staff with disabilities, Medicaid work rules, and cannabis safety warnings.

3. Email 3 Summary:

   Subject: 🎓 Student loan ruckus

   Content: Axios Vitals covers the controversy over the Department of Education’s plan limiting student loan borrowing for graduate health programs, excluding many advanced practice clinicians like nurses and PAs, potentially worsening healthcare workforce shortages. Also includes news on a US-UK tariff deal exempting UK drug imports from tariffs, hospitals suing over changes to the 340B drug discount program, and Colorado’s emerging industry of psilocybin healing centers as a model for psychedelic therapy. Additional quick updates include CDC vaccine advisory committee controversies and FDA program revivals.

4. Email 4 Summary:

   Subject: Exclusive: Top drug regulator Richard Pazdur set to leave FDA

   Content: STAT exclusive reporting that Richard Pazdur, a top FDA drug regulator, has filed retirement papers intended to leave at the month’s end but may withdraw them. The departure comes shortly after he was urged to take a leadership role by FDA Commissioner Marty Makary. Included are references to other exclusive articles on vaccine regulations and FDA staff issues.

5. Email 5 Summary:

   Subject: This amoeba thrives in heat that would kill anything else

   Content: Nature Briefing introduces the newly discovered ‘Incendiamoeba cascadensis,’ an amoeba thriving at extremely high temperatures (up to 64°C), challenging previous assumptions about eukaryotic cell heat tolerance. Also, machine learning models help detect ancient signs of life in 3.3 billion-year-old rocks, aiding astrobiology. Researchers used drones to sample breath from endangered North Atlantic right whales to assess health via microbial analysis. Features include exploration of GLP-1 diabetes/weight-loss drugs for addiction treatment, the need to rethink student exams in the age of AI, and the 30-year mission of the SOHO solar observatory. An environmental note highlights locust outbreaks exacerbated by war-related farmland flooding in Ukraine.

6. Email 6 Summary:

   Subject: Register now for your front-row seat to biotech’s past and future | Jan. 12s

   Content: A STAT Brand Studio event announcement for January 12, 2026, in San Francisco, celebrating 50 years of the biotech industry. It invites readers to a panel discussion with industry leaders, networking opportunities, and a chance to engage with innovators shaping the future of life sciences. The email references related upcoming STAT events on life sciences and medical conferences.

7. Email 7 Summary:

   Subject: Jan. 12 in San Francisco | Unwind after day 1 of JPM with an exclusive cocktail receptions

   Content: This is a follow-up promotion about the January 12, 2026 biotech 50th-anniversary event in San Francisco produced by STAT Brand Studio with Genentech. It highlights the networking cocktail reception event following the first day of the JPM conference. The email encourages registration to connect with biotech innovators and leaders.

8. Email 8 Summary:

   Subject: 🏥 It’s Time to Gives

   Content: Hospitalogy newsletter focusing on Giving Tuesday 2025 and promoting the Zorya Foundation, which provides direct financial support to women in healthcare (who constitute nearly 80% of the workforce) struggling with childcare and caregiving costs. The newsletter details Zorya’s grant programs, including a new full-year childcare grant fund aimed at supporting more women long-term. It calls for donations and community support to ease the financial burdens and retain women in healthcare careers. Additional content includes upcoming Hospitalogy events, healthcare industry resources, and a feature on behavioral health integration for population health strategies sponsored by NeuroFlow.

Stay Well!