Dear Readers,

This week, like so many others, has demonstrated why I think STAT is so essential.

It’s no secret that President Trump’s comments on autism, Tylenol, and vaccines have been big news. But STAT has arguably had the deepest and most authoritative coverage anywhere. Not only were our reporters undistracted by other major news events outside our purview — the night of Trump’s extraordinary remarks, most major news organizations featured Jimmy Kimmel’s return to the airwaves as their top story — they brought with them the expertise and sourcing on the kinds of scientific issues that are our bread and butter.

We’ve produced 16 stories so far about the reverberations since the White House event on Monday, including:

A detailed review of the clinical evidence the administration

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