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What a quote. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/h...

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Pfizer revises its DEI webpage to emphasize importance of ‘merit’ Via @elaineywchen.bsky.social @jaspar.bsky.social One of a series of changes here.

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Sen. Bill Cassidy, a physician, has stressed the importance of measles vaccinations amid the Texas outbreak. RFK Jr., whom Cassidy vote to confirm as the nation's health secretary, so far has not. www.statnews.com/2025/02/27/t...

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The Trump administration's messaging on the Texas measles outbreak is atypical — and distressing for public health officials. Excellent, timely story from @statnews.com www.statnews.com/2025/02/27/t...

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The Trump administration's new bird flu strategy so far has barely alluded to spread of the virus in U.S. cattle, a primary concern when it comes to its pandemic potential. #H5N1 www.statnews.com/2025/02/26/t...

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Having postponed a key CDC vaccine advisory meeting, the Trump administration has now postponed a meeting of an FDA vaccine advisory committee meeting. For the public health community, the signs are not reassuring. www.statnews.com/2025/02/26/f...

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The Trump administration takes aim at bird flu. For now, the cattle will have to wait. Via @mmolteni.bsky.social @helenbranswell.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2025/02/26/t...

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In one of his first public appearances since confirmation, HHS Secretary RFK Jr. said that there had been two recent U.S. measles death. He either knows something HHS spox and Texas officials do not know, or he misspoke. www.statnews.com/2025/02/26/t...

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Elon is confirming what the WHO told @statnews.com weeks ago: USAID cuts had an impact on outbreak response on the ground. www.statnews.com/2025/02/01/u...

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New: The measles death in Texas is not only the first in the outbreak, but the first U.S. death from measles since 2015. Via @helenbranswell.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2025/02/26/t...

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A researcher helping to oversee an HIV clinical trial halted bc of the USAID stop-work orders has some thoughts on fellow South African Elon Musk. Q&A via @kathmacphail.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2025/02/26/t...

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New @statnews.com deep dive on UnitedHealth as it grapples with fresh challenges. The company's stock has fallen precipitously. www.statnews.com/2025/02/25/u...

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Patrizia Cavazzoni, former head of FDA’s drug center, joins Pfizer as chief medical officer. News via @matthewherper.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2025/02/24/p...

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Releasing early research on potential vaccine safety issues is critical. These days, it also comes with risk: The findings can be weaponized by anti-vaccine voices. @helenbranswell.bsky.social takes a look at the tightrope walk after one study blows up online. www.statnews.com/2025/02/24/p...

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Imagine being at the FDA, HHS, or any federal agency, and experiencing this chain of events following Elon Musk's call for responses to his request. Story via @lizzylawrence.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2025/02/23/f...

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News: Federal judge extends restraining order on Trump administration’s cap on NIH indirect costs. Via @aniloza.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2025/02/21/t...

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It's a very big day for universities and other research institutions affected by the Trump administration's cut to NIH research payments. @aniloza.bsky.social outlines what will be on the table at this morning's hearing. www.statnews.com/2025/02/20/t...

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HHS ordered the CDC to pull some paid promotional campaigns for vaccines, purportedly over the framing of those campaigns. Vaccine experts fear the proposed re-framing — with more emphasis on "informed consent" — spells trouble. Via @helenbranswell.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2025/02/20/c...

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Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla is at the WH event marking Black History Month. He was introduced by Trump, and booed, loudly.

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News: An upcoming meeting of the ACIP, a key CDC vaccine advisory panel under scrutiny by RFK Jr., is being postponed, @helenbranswell.bsky.social reports. A U.S. official says it will be rescheduled. www.statnews.com/2025/02/20/a...

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A thing about obesity drugs: Pharma companies are pushing for greater and greater weight loss — and, as @elaineywchen.bsky.social notes, that may not always be in patients' best interests, even if so many say the treatments have been life-changing. www.statnews.com/2025/02/20/t...

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Important story from @elaineywchen.bsky.social Some patients in trials for new obesity drugs are losing too much weight, as industry pushes for ever more powerful medicines www.statnews.com/2025/02/20/t...

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New: Universities are pulling back on acceptances for biomedical graduate students and postdoctoral scholars as they grapple with the Trump administration's cut to NIH research funding. Via @mmolteni.bsky.social, @usha.bsky.social, Angus Chen www.statnews.com/2025/02/19/t...

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New ethics disclosure docs show Dr. Oz, Trump's CMS nominee, is worth at least $86 million: Big bets on UnitedHealth Group, HCA Healthcare, and, well, a tree-trimming business. Via @tarabannow.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2025/02/19/d...

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A loophole lets untested additives into Americans’ food. Can RFK Jr. and the MAHA movement close it? Story via @sarah-todd.bsky.social @lizzylawrence.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2025/02/19/r...

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This is ... unusual. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

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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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Jim Jones, the FDA's top food official until yesterday, does not mince words when it comes to the reasons for his resignation. Interview by @matthewherper.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2025/02/18/f...

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An excellent @ericboodman.bsky.social story on the human impact of government funding cuts: A thread gets pulled and the rest of the fabric may rip. www.statnews.com/2025/02/18/i...

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Who was fired from U.S. health agencies by the Trump administration: Drug inspectors, AI experts, maternal health workers, and many others. www.statnews.com/2025/02/17/t...

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Op-ed: The abrupt end of USAID-funded clinical trials is profoundly unethical. www.statnews.com/2025/02/16/u...

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New: A growing number of federal health agencies are combing grants for taboo words, unnerving researchers. www.statnews.com/2025/02/13/t...

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Back in November, @isabellacueto.bsky.social assembled a list of MAHA names to know for @statnews.com subscribers. A good time to get reacquainted with that list. www.statnews.com/2024/11/07/w...

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How did RFK Jr. move from being an outsider to being the nation's health secretary? @owermohle.bsky.social and @levfacher.bsky.social have some ideas. www.statnews.com/2025/02/13/r...

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HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. www.statnews.com/2025/02/13/r...

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NEWS: Second top NIH official, who oversaw awarding of research grants, departs abruptly. Via @owermohle.bsky.social @levfacher.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2025/02/13/n...

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A big WHO-led gathering that helps determine the makeup of annual flu shots, including in the U.S., is coming up. It's unclear if the Trump administration will show up. Via @helenbranswell.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2025/02/13/w...

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Not just changes on transgender issues. Medicare is removing sexual orientation questions from enrollment forms, too. New from @bobjherman.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2025/02/12/m...

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Trump policies spark fears of brain drain, threatening to undermine U.S. dominance in biomedicine www.statnews.com/2025/02/12/t...

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NEWS: Larry Tabak, NIH’s longtime second-in-command, to retire. Via @levfacher.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2025/02/12/n...

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Learned a lot here about seed oils, the backlash against them, and why not everyone is convinced they're so terrible. “Do I think that seed oils are bad for you? The real answer is I don’t really know.” www.statnews.com/2025/02/12/a...

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What MAHA’s crusade against seed oils reveals about flaws in America’s food system. Via @sarah-todd.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2025/02/12/a...

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Even if courts have, for the time being, blocked cuts to "indirect costs" payments by the NIH, the Trump administration's move is already taking a toll on some researchers. Via @mmolteni.bsky.social @jonathanwosen.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2025/02/11/j...

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Pharma, a major beneficiary of biomedical research at U.S. universities, has been largely silent on the Trump administration's cuts to NIH research payments, @adamfeuerstein.bsky.social notes. www.statnews.com/2025/02/11/n...

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News from @jonathanwosen.bsky.social: Halt on the Trump administration’s cuts to NIH research payments is expanded nationwide. That makes two restraining orders against the administration on this front. www.statnews.com/2025/02/11/j...

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Signs of at least some GOP discontent with the Trump administration's move to limit NIH payments to universities, medical centers, etc. Via @statnews.com www.statnews.com/2025/02/10/k...

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NEW: Federal judge halts Trump administration cuts to NIH research payments in 22 states. Via @statnews.com www.statnews.com/2025/02/10/n...

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BREAKING: 22 states sue to block Trump administration cuts to NIH research payments. www.statnews.com/2025/02/10/n...

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“If science collapses because the government doesn’t provide funding, a generation will pay for that." @statnews.com takes a closer look at just how hard some universities would be hit if new NIH policy on indirect costs sticks. www.statnews.com/2025/02/09/n...

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