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The FDA picked a new strain for the fall Covid shots, a move that will likely require clinical trials for kids and adults under 65 without medical conditions. @berkeleyjr.bsky.social

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Earlier this week, the FDA said that new clinical trials would be needed to give updated Covid vaccines to healthy kids and adults. An FDA advisory panel today recommended keeping the next round of shots the same - so will new clinical trials still be needed? It is unclear! @berkeleyjr.bsky.social

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The FDA said Tuesday that Covid vaccines musto undergo additional placebo-controlled studies before they can be given to healthy kids and adults. @berkeleyjr.bsky.social

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Amid the ongoing measles outbreak in West Texas that's killed two kids and one adult — all unvaccinated — Kennedy has pushed unproven remedies, including the steroid budesonide, the antibiotic clarithromycin and cod liver oil. @berkeleyjr.bsky.social @nbcnews.com

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The anti-fluoride push continues... @erikaedwards.bsky.social

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HHS shut down the CDC's Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee, which gives guidance on preventing the spread of infections in health care facilities. It worked on guidelines for airborne pathogens and drug-resistant infections, among other things. @nbcnews.com

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Kennedy wants all new vaccines to undergo placebo-controlled trials. It sounds like Covid vaccines, which are updated yearly to match the circulating strain, may fall into that category. If that's the case, it's highly unlikely updated Covid shots will be avail by fall. @berkeleyjr.bsky.social

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This is a fascinating study -- a gut toxin, long known to scientists, may explain the rising rates of colon cancer in younger people.

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friday timeline cleanse

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Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. spent a portion of his speech on Friday to FDA staff deriding their past decisions, at one point saying that the agency “became a sock puppet” for the industries it was meant to regulate.

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"Peptides" are increasingly popular in the manosphere. Here's what to know.

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The measles outbreak in West Texas has reignited familiar anti-vaccine tactics: claiming there are readily available treatments for the disease while sowing doubt in the safety of vaccines. There are no approved treatments for measles.

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The federal government is the biggest buyer of prescription drugs through Medicare and Medicaid. So the federal government would some bow be paying a tariff to themselves? www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

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A second child has died in the measles outbreak in Texas. RFK Jr. is expected to attend the funeral. By @erikaedwards.bsky.social

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The exodus of top talent at the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research could hobble the agency’s ability to approve new vaccines and a wide range of other drugs. The administration “has left us decapitated,' one former FDA official said. by @berkeleyjr.bsky.social

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New: HHS Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr. said he wouldn’t take away childhood vaccines. Then he cut $2 billion from state health programs that helps get them to kids. Clinics canceled. Nurses fired. Immunizations stalled—all amid a measles outbreak. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

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He’s perfect???

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NEW: Dr. Peter Marks, the FDA's top vaccine scientist, is out, forced by Kennedy to resign. Marks wrote that undermining confidence in vaccines is “irresponsible, detrimental to public health, and a clear danger to our nation’s health, safety, and security.” by @berkeleyjr.bsky.social

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NEW: The move — along with the CDC’s explanation — is a sign that the nation’s top public health agency may be falling in line under HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a longtime critic of vaccines. By @sheinvestigates.bsky.social

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Some 10,000 federal health workers are expected to lose their jobs today as HHS begins mass layoffs. @berkeleyjr.bsky.social @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social @corkysiemaszko.bsky.social @nbcnews.com

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BREAKING: HHS announced it's planning to cut 10,000 jobs across the department. The move will shutter or downsize a number of divisions, including at CDC. by @berkeleyjr.bsky.social

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HHS tapped David Geier, an anti-vaccine activist and discredited researcher, to study the much-debunked link between vaccines and autism. by @erikaedwards.bsky.social and @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social

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Former CDC comms director on why he resigned: “My first-hand experience over the recent troubling weeks convinced me that Kennedy and his team are working to bend science to fit their own narratives, rather than allowing facts to guide policy.”

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New: HHS confirms to that CDC just pulled $11.4 billion in funds allocated to state and community health departments, nongovernment organizations and international recipients in response to the pandemic. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

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“Measles is going to find those pockets of unvaccinated individuals." by @erikaedwards.bsky.social @nbcnews.com

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It’s rare, but in some cases a bite from a lone star tick can cause a person to develop an allergy to red meat. Two case reports published this week, however, suggest that two other ticks, found elsewhere in the country, may also trigger the allergy.

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What a harrowing story from @suzykhimm.bsky.social on the realities of bird flu on a chicken farm -- "They began piling the bodies outside in the snow. Most lay dead on the coop floor. A few had died inside the red nesting boxes with their heads sticking out."

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In a phase 1 clinical trial, 21 patients got CAR-T therapy for a rare and aggressive brain tumor. The median survival was about 20 months — nearly double the expected prognosis. Gavin has lived even longer: At 6 years old, he's lived four times longer than doctors initially predicted.

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RFK Jr just said on Hannity that bird flu doesn’t hurt wild birds I- 😶

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In addition to eschewing vaccines, many families affected by the West Texas measles outbreak are opting for unproven remedies instead of conventional medical approaches. @erikaedwards.bsky.social and @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social report

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The CDC launched a "database" listing current and former ACIP members and what it describes their conflicts of interest. This comes several weeks after HHS abruptly cancelled a meeting of the committee. by @berkeleyjr.bsky.social

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198 cases have been reported in West Texas, plus another 30 in New Mexico. @erikaedwards.bsky.social reports

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NEW - Dr. Marty Makary, Trump's FDA pick, said at his Senate confirmation hearing that he would review a Biden-era rule that allowed patients to get mifepristone without seeing a health care provider in person. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

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A person in New Mexico tested positive for measles after their death. Is this the second death of the outbreak?

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Bhattacharya said that he doesn’t “generally believe” there’s a link between vaccines and autism. But he didn’t rule out devoting funding to new research, citing public distrust of vaccines and unknowns about why autism rates are rising. @berkeleyjr.bsky.social reported from the hearing

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A budget resolution adopted by House Republicans could jeopardize the health insurance coverage of millions of low-income and disabled people who rely on Medicaid if lawmakers follow through with their proposed spending cuts, experts warn. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

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It took the CDC several week to say anything publicly about the measles outbreak in Texas. When it finally did, it mentioned vitamin A, which has been long touted by antivax groups for measles. Here's what to know:

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Always read @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social on RFK Jr.!

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'Thousands' possibly exposed to measles in Texas as outbreak grows by @erikaedwards.bsky.social @nbcnews.com

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Why is the flu so bad this year? by @katie-cam.bsky.social

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Yesterday, the FDA's vaccine advisory committee meeting to select flu shot strains was canceled, raising concerns that the U.S. won't have enough supply of the vaccine for next flu season. @berkeleyjr.bsky.social @nbcnews.com

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look at this lil guy and his spring

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NEWS: The FDA abruptly canceled its upcoming advisory committee meeting to select the strains for next year's flu shot. by @berkeleyjr.bsky.social

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After the first measles death of a child HHS Secretary Kennedy seemed to downplay the Texas outbreak saying outbreaks were "not unusual," and the 18 kids hospitalized were "mainly for quarantine." A pediatrician on the ground said they couldn't breathe. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

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The first measles death has been reported in the West Texas outbreak by @erikaedwards.bsky.social

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As the measles outbreak in Texas keeps spreading, parents who previously chose not to vaccinate their children are now lining up to get their kids the shots needed to protect them. by @erikaedwards.bsky.social

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The Trump administration is reinstating some employees in the FDA's medical devices division after dozens were laid off as part of a government-wide cost-cutting initiative led by billionaire Elon Musk and his DOGE, according to two people familiar with the matter. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

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