STAT Keeps 'Health Care' as Two Words Despite AP Stylebook Change

STAT will continue to style the term as two words rather than adopt the one-word form recently approved by the Associated Press Stylebook.

Mupo, STAT's director of editorial operations, said the two-word version remains central to the outlet's coverage. She noted that STAT generally follows AP style guidance but made an exception in this case. "'Health care' is such a big word for STAT.

The AP change was presented at the ACES editors conference, where attendees responded with applause. Mupo said her first reaction upon learning of the update was to consider what STAT would do. The discussion took place on an episode of STAT's First Opinion Podcast.

Mupo described weighing the publication's existing practice against the broader shift in style guidance.