{
  "id": 3269613,
  "title": "STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about RFK Jr. vaccine disclosures, a Merck loss over Medicare prices, and more",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/stat-pharmalittle-were-reading-about-rfk-jr-vaccine-disclosures-a",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-25T13:23:22.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "STAT News",
    "slug": "stat-news",
    "url": "https://www.statnews.com/pharmalot/2026/08/25/rfk-vaccine-disclosure-merck-court-loss-over-medicare/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "U.S. senators have questioned Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s explanation for disposing of a financial stake in litigation involving Merck's Gardasil vaccine, reports Reuters. A group of Democrats sent a letter to the secretary, questioning whether his son received his share of the $50 million Merck settled for in Gardasil vaccine litigation. They also inquired if Kennedy agreed to recuse himself from HHS decisions related to Gardasil or other vaccine-related policymaking. The FDA has approved a new treatment, Imaavy, for a rare blood disorder called warm autoimmune hemolytic anemia (wAIHA). Imaavy is the first FDA-approved drug for treating wAIHA in patients aged 12 and older who have previously been treated with steroids. The approval is based on a mid-to-late-stage study involving 115 adults, and the drug is administered via intravenous infusion every four weeks at a dose determined by the patient's weight.",
  "summary": "Democratic senators said RFK Jr.'s recent explanation of how he disposed of a financial stake in Gardasil litigation conflicts with his earlier answers",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "STAT News",
        "title": "STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about Medicaid obesity-drug coverage, a Regenxbio gene therapy, and more",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/stat-pharmalittle-were-reading-about-medicaid-obesity-drug-coverage-a",
        "published": "2026-08-24T13:36:21.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}