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Science & Health Policy Reporter @ notus.org. @MIT alum. Email me [email protected] or Signal margaretmanto.61
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News: The CDC launched a new site listing conflicts of interest of members of its vaccine advisory committee. Sec. Kennedy has previously said that he would remove industry influence from the health agencies. www.notus.org/health-scien...

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FDA nominee Marty Makary is called to answer for recent changes to the FDA during his hearing before the Senate HELP committee: www.notus.org/health-scien...

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NIH nominee Jay Bhattacharya appears before a senate committee this morning. He's walking a thin line between his scientific background and the MAHA movement that got him nominated. Here's how senators are responding: www.notus.org/health-scien...

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Exclusive: Democratic lawmakers send RFK Jr. a letter warning that HHS cuts are "devastating" for medical research www.notus.org/congress/dem...

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Exclusive: NIH acting director tells agency staff to comply with OPM “what did you do last week” email www.notus.org/health-scien...

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News: MAHA Action, a PAC tied to RFK Jr., has hired one of the earliest QAnon influencers to serve as its “editor-in-chief.” www.notus.org/health-scien...

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CDC officials “have been told very clearly to curtail some of their communications,” one state epidemiologist told me. “But in the meantime, us states aren’t going to just sit back and be at the mercy of this. We’re going to take it into our own hands.” www.notus.org/policy/bird-...

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The Senate just took the penultimate step towards confirming RFK Jr. Only one vote now remains between Kennedy and the most powerful public health job in the country. How did he do it? New from me for @notusreports.bsky.social: www.notus.org/senate/rober...

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DOGE put NIH grant funding on the chopping block last week. Not so fast, said some GOP Republicans. New from me and the inimitable @benmause.bsky.social:

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“There’s a mountain of data I’m concerned about,” said one researcher. Read more here: www.notus.org/healthcare/h...

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