Nicholas Florko, STAT

Nicholas Florko

STAT

Washington, DC, United States

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Past articles by Nicholas:

With an $11 billion price tag, the White House pitches a plan to end hepatitis C

The Biden administration is calling on Congress to fund a more than $11 billion program to eliminate hepatitis C in the United States. → Read More

Science adviser Collins hints at a big White House ask to eliminate hepatitis C

Science adviser Francis Collins hinted Tuesday at a big White House ask for funding to eliminate hepatitis C. → Read More

FDA’s top tobacco regulator is ready to talk about the benefits of e-cigs versus cigarettes

The head of the FDA’s tobacco center wants to do more to tout the health benefits of switching from cigarettes to e-cigarettes, now that youth vaping rates are declining. → Read More

How I found 'Trips Ahoy' and 'Blackberry Diesel' 'weed' vapes in a state where marijuana is very much illegal

With so little regulation, it’s easy to buy chemically altered “weed” like THC-0 and HHC, even where marijuana is illegal. → Read More

FDA fines four companies for selling unapproved vapes

For the first time ever, the FDA has fined four businesses that have ignored its orders to stop selling unapproved vapes. → Read More

Cereal, pasta, and other food companies blast the FDA for a too-strict definition of ‘healthy’

The companies behind America’s favorite culinary indulgences are upset their foods wouldn’t be considered “healthy” under a recent FDA proposal. → Read More

Can food be medicine? Will insurers cover it? And other big questions about a new health movement

There's new enthusiasm in Washington for using healthy food as a medical intervention for chronic diseases. → Read More

Vape maker Elf Bar wants to donate to the American Cancer Society, but it doesn’t want tobacco money

Popular vape maker Elf Bar wanted to donate to the American Cancer Society. But the group doesn’t want the money — and told Elf Bar to stop the “public deceit.” → Read More

Survey: A majority of Americans support banning all tobacco products

If the public supports banning all tobacco products, should public health leaders start pushing for broader change? → Read More

It’s easy to buy flavored vapes in California, even in cities with longtime bans

California cities are supposed to be cracking down on sales of flavored vapes, now illegal across the state. But even cities that have banned such vapes for years are unwilling — or unable — to police the sellers. → Read More

After nearly 4 years of deliberation, FDA punts on how to regulate CBD

The FDA is giving up on trying to figure out a way to regulate CBD on its own, and formally calling on Congress for help. → Read More

South Dakota plans major ramp-up of hepatitis C treatment in prison

The head of South Dakota prisons is pledging to dramatically overhaul how the system treats hepatitis C in the coming year. → Read More

Officials in Nebraska, South Dakota, Oklahoma begin to probe prisons’ hepatitis C treatment efforts

Members of Congress, state legislators, and regulator are calling on prisons to explain their poor hepatitis C treatment rates, after a STAT investigation revealing that more than 1,000 people had died from complications of the curable disease. → Read More

Audit of FDA’s tobacco oversight underscores agency’s struggle to regulate the booming vaping market

A new report finds the FDA's Center for Tobacco Products is lacking clear goals — and that lack of vision is hampering its ability to regulate millions of tobacco products currently on the market. → Read More

Getting hepatitis C treatment opens new doors for the incarcerated

“I have taken a life,” Loisel told STAT, sitting in the visiting room at the Maine State Prison. “At some point you want to give life.” → Read More

For families, grieving an incarcerated person’s death adds complexity to an already painful process

Caring for — and grieving — an incarcerated family member presents unique challenges. → Read More

Despite federal disclosure rules, state prisons hide information on hepatitis C-related deaths

STAT spent more than two years trying to document the number of incarcerated people who died due to complications from hepatitis C. Prison systems fought our attempts at every turn. → Read More

Prisons say they can’t afford to cure everyone with hepatitis C. But some are figuring out a way

State prisons say they can’t afford to cure everyone with hepatitis C. The drug, even after a dramatic price drop, is still expensive. But several systems have figured it out. → Read More

Legal and medical experts say denying hepatitis C care is cruel and unusual punishment, but the courts are still catching up

Legal and medical experts say denying hepatitis C care is cruel and unusual punishment. But the courts are still catching up. → Read More

These 8 states are doing the worst job of treating hepatitis C in prisons

The patchwork of hepatitis C policies underscores how much still is broken about treatment in prisons, more than a decade after curative drugs hit the market. → Read More