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For the record, it is not common for journalists to use AI to draft articles. Certainly not at reputable outlets. I helped draft STAT’s AI policy and we specifically forbid that. www.statnews.com/stat-policy-...

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Boosting this! Please re-skeet! Any intrepid (or highly skeptical) scientists out there using Google's AI co-scientist tool? Would love to talk to you about your experience. ✉️ [email protected] Signal: btrang.01 🧪⚗️⚛️🧬🔭🧫👩‍🔬 #science #chemsky #AcademicSky #AI #journorequest

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SCOOP: The National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, arguably the nation's most powerful scientific organization, is bending to political pressure and removing terms like "health equity" from pending reports. Members are not happy. Story by me: www.statnews.com/2025/02/20/n...

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Tomorrow, 3 cases against NIH regarding indirect costs will have their first hearing — here’s what to look for: 🧪🩺🔬 www.statnews.com/2025/02/20/t...

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Please indulge me, thread incoming about what I am looking for at @STATNews’ opinion section right now—and what I’m not. This is aimed at communications folks, researchers, policymakers, etc. who might be interested in writing.

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On really sad lab days in grad school, I'd tell my labmates they were going to make a mistake, make a serendipitous discovery, and get a Science paper out of it. For one chemist, that happened! An accidental discovery of a new way to recycle Plexiglas! 😍 via @bribarbu.bsky.social: 🧪⚗️ #chemsky

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A double-PhD byline from STAT's immunology expert @jonathanwosen.bsky.social and ...me: What if we could read your diseases from your immune cells? A new machine learning technique brings such a diagnostic, especially aimed at autoimmune disease, closer to reality: More @statnews.com: 🧪🧬🧫💉

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If you're wondering about if this important vaccine advisory committee meeting is still happening, it's not. @helenbranswell.bsky.social with the scoop www.statnews.com/2025/02/20/a...

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a grim but essential read, if you care about American science the system was already under stress from underfunding over many years (nominal increases were sub-inflationary) but this is a sudden and severe shock to the system

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I'm looking to speak with people whose research on disparities in transplantation has been disrupted by the federal funding issues or the executive orders. Signal: eboodman.88. [email protected] Please boost! #journorequest

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I'm looking to talk with VA employees who may be directed to alter gender-related fields in medical records. Signal: palmer.01. Please boost! #journorequest #veterans

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Dr. Oz, Trump's pick to run Medicare & Medicaid, is worth at least $86M. He owns stock in UnitedHealth & HCA, among other health care companies, but he pledges to divest. Oh, he also owns a tree trimming company and cattle farm. More from @tarabannow.bsky.social: www.statnews.com/2025/02/19/d...

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“Freezing US research is like benching Jalen Hurts” Protestors outside HHS

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There are real life consequences to the job cuts and funding pauses that the new administration has put in place. They're creating chaos, fueling anxiety, and for Nancy Hastings of Belle, WVa, they are threatening access to critical medical care. Read this. www.statnews.com/2025/02/18/i...

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If music recs won't sway you, check out my explainer from today's newsletter on how the FDA regulates #AI and how recent layoffs could affect that. All that and more (including juicy industry gossip 👀) at AI Prognosis (sign up link below ⬇️) www.statnews.com/2025/02/19/f...

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Any scientists out there part of Google's Trusted Tester program (or willing to sign up) to try out the AI co-scientist tool? I'm curious whether this could handle the multidimensional thinking my chem PhD work required. I'm now a journalist & looking to speak with people who've used it! 🧪⚛️🧬

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A scoop on the AI bio beat: A slimmed-down version of Atomwise has tapped a biotech veteran Steve Worland as CEO to make some of its lofty claims reality. Now with 28 employees, Atomwise also closed a previously unreported $45M Series C last year: endpts.com/exclusive-ai...

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This week's Song of the Week is a lyrically perfect one from @aplaceforowls.bsky.social Where else are you going to get the latest #AI in #health insights, music recs, & news on my neighbor's garbage disposal? Sign up for next week's AI Prognosis newsletter here: www.statnews.com/signup/ai-pr...

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Your outie knows about all the cool bands and ignores the Spotify algorithms. Your outie has a library card and uses it. Your outie had a jam band phase but still likes indie rock. Your outie is a paying subscriber to No Expectations. www.noexpectations.fyi

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oops www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...

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Looking to talk with federal employees with disabilities who were terminated this weekend, especially folks hired through Schedule A or disabled veterans. Please boost! #disability #journorequest

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“It becomes just rhetoric. If I say chemicals are dangerous in food, but I’ve got nobody who can give me the evidence in my organization, because I don’t have enough people to do it, all you can do is talk about it. You can’t really do anything because you don’t have the resources to evaluate it.”

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If you're a federal health worker and/or been impacted by the recent layoffs across HHS, STAT wants to here from you. We have a form, linked below. You can also reach me on signal: sarah_owermohle.07 www.statnews.com/2025/02/14/f...

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And now, from @lizzylawrence.bsky.social: The government axed the head of medical device safety at the FDA 🩺 www.statnews.com/2025/02/18/f...

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Be like Carrie! Contact me on Signal (usha.22) and end up being the lead of a story even if you aren't sure the info you have is helpful. We are journalists and not inside federal agencies. We don't have magic knowledge. We need you to help us expose what is happening. We'll protect your identity.

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NEW: Drug manufacturer inspections Keeping infected animals out of the country Kicking unauthorized medical devices off of Amazon Issuing device recalls People in all of these jobs were eliminated over the weekend, without actual cause. "I call it 'getting DOGE-d.'" More @statnews.com:

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Um apnews.com/article/doge...

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Honored to have won a Polk Award with @bobjherman.bsky.social @tarabannow.bsky.social @caseyross.bsky.social for our series "Health Care's Colossus" examining the reach of UnitedHealth Group into every aspect of a broken health care system. www.statnews.com/2025/02/17/s...

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Public Service Announcement: If you work for or with the FDA or another U.S. government agency and have something to say about recent cuts, feel free to write me at [email protected] or “drop a dime” and call 973-493-7851. Signal works, too.. Operators are standing by.

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EXCLUSIVE: FDA device center cuts hit the AI division particularly hard. Story has insight from experts on what this means for patients and for industry. Thank you to those who have reached out re HHS layoffs, feel free to keep doing so! www.statnews.com/2025/02/16/f...

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Sat down with former NIH director Monica Bertagnolli yesterday at #aaasmtg to talk about layoffs set to hit the NIH and other agencies “We’re going to lose the next generation, that is the most difficult loss," she said, adding she got very little sleep Friday 🧪 www.statnews.com/2025/02/16/n...

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Hey out there -- if you have information about the job cuts at FDA, CDC, NIH or HHS at large, we'd love to hear from you. We're looking, in particular, for information about exactly what cuts were made. You can reach me on Signal, the encrypted messaging system, at MattHerper.92. DMs are open.

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1. It's Friday, which means FluView. Let's take a look. This has been a very full-on flu season — the worst since well before the #Covid pandemic. #CDC says 2024-25 is now classified as a severe flu season, the first since the very bad 2017-18 season. Red arrow this year, blue arrow 2017-18.

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Remember the heroic Kate Winslet character in the movie Contagion? Well, they just fired the Kate Winslets... CDC cuts expected to devastate Epidemic Intelligence Service, a ‘crown jewel’ of public health www.statnews.com/2025/02/14/t... via @helenbranswell.bsky.social

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Just in: HHS Inspector General Christi Grimm, who was fired along with 7 other IGs by Trump last month, said she found out she was fired while driving. She's been aggressively auditing Medicare Advantage. More than 2,000 investigations now in purgatory. www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...

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Exclusive scoop @statnews.com: Trump administration to fire 5,200 HHS employees this afternoon www.statnews.com/2025/02/14/f...

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I'm on this week's Readout Loud podcast (talking about AI in drug design) along with @jonathanwosen.bsky.social, who gives a great rundown of everything that happened relating to federal funding of science this week. Listen here, or wherever you get your podcasts: www.statnews.com/2025/02/13/r...

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Started the day with a story on how researchers are worried about federal agencies scrutinizing grants for now taboo keywords like “women” …https://www.statnews.com/2025/02/13/trump-dei-ban-banned-words-list-scrambles-research-nih-veterans-affairs/

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