Best Health, Science & Medicine Stories 2025

Best Health, Science & Medicine Stories 2025

December 27, 2025 Dr. Jennifer Chen Health

## Trends and Highlights

To mix the interesting and the critically important:

![Covid illustration for a year-in-review story on top stories of 2025 in health, science and medicine.](https://www.statnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/stat_covid5year_f1_2000x1125_rev-1024×576.jpg)

A favorite ⁤illustration from 2025, this was originally published on a story about the ‌5-year anniversary of Covid. Mike Reddy for STAT
### ⁢Science and Discovery

From “amazing” results on a small study of [CD40 agonist antibodies](https://www.statnews.com/2025/08/14/antibody-drug-tumor-disappearance-cd40-trial/) used against metastatic cancer to a new [understanding of the voices in your head](https://www.statnews.com/2024/10/03/schizophrenia-hallucination-voices-brain-process-research/), science and scientists broke new ground:

###​ All Across the⁤ brand

Our [STATus List](https://www.statnews.com/status-list/2025/) identifies ⁢the movers and shakers of the year.[STAT prodigy](https://www.statnews.com/wunderkinds/) is an annual honor for young, up-and-coming scientists. [STAT Madness](https://www.statnews.com/2025/04/07/stat-madness-2025-baylor-wins-for-memory-research/) is a bracket-style competition for scientists, won two years‍ in a row by the Baylor⁢ College of Medicine.In ‍2025, we launched a new video explainer ‍series, STATus Report. A good example here: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKjoo1aS2Bg](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKjoo1aS2Bg)

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