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AP Health Writer focusing on medicine, money and policy. Signal: MattLPerrone.82. Sends tips, docs anonymously: https://t.co/C5bVjIYY3U

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Matthew Perrone
2 months
WH aide Calley Means regularly accuses the nation's top medical institutions of financial corruption. But Means has his own stake in the health system as co-founder of a platform that pushes dietary supplements, herbal remedies and other wellness products
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A top aide to Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has built a following by accusing the nation's top medical institutions of financial corruption.
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Matthew Perrone
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Vaccine experts worry Kennedy’s changes will reflect his history as a leader in the anti-vaccine movement, which has alternately called for abolishing the program or expanding it to cover unproven injuries and illnesses that aren't connected to vaccines.
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Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says he wants to rework the U.S. program for compensating Americans injured by vaccines.
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Matthew Perrone
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FDA officials crack down on kratom-related chemical after complaints from supplement industry .
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U.S. health officials are cracking down on an opioid-related ingredient being added to drinks, supplements and other products.
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Matthew Perrone
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“I’m quite optimistic,” says Rick Doblin of MAPS, whose group has pursued the medical use of MDMA since the 1980s. “But I’m also worried that the message the public might get is ‘Well, RFK likes psychedelics and now it’s approved.’”.
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Matthew Perrone
30 days
For decades, proponents of psychedelic drugs have come to Washington with a provocative message: mind-altering substances like LSD and MDMA should be approved for medical use. A presidential administration finally seems to agree.
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Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and other Trump officials are signaling their interest in approving psychedelic drugs for hard-to-treat mental health conditions.
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Matthew Perrone
2 months
The Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday it has expanded existing warnings on the two leading COVID-19 vaccines about a rare heart side effect mainly seen in young men.
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U.S. health officials have expanded warnings about a rare heart side effect associated with the two leading COVID-19 vaccines.
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Matthew Perrone
2 months
RT @RepAuchincloss: Under questioning about 'radical transparency', @SecKennedy refuses to defend @CalleyMeans' conflict of interest benefi….
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Matthew Perrone
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RT @RoyNemer: LIONEL MESSI FREE KICK GOAL FOR INTER MIAMI VS. FC PORTO AT THE CLUB WORLD CUP!
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Matthew Perrone
2 months
FDA will begin offering ultra-fast reviews to new medicines that Trump administration officials deem as promoting “the health interests of Americans,” under a new initiative announced Tuesday.
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The Food and Drug Administration says it will begin offering faster reviews to new medicines that align with Trump administration priorities for Americans' health.
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Matthew Perrone
3 months
FDA advisers split Thursday on whether drugmakers need to update their COVID-19 vaccines for next season, a decision overshadowed by confusion over a new Trump administration policy that may limit which Americans can get the shots.
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Government advisers are split on whether drugmakers should update their COVID-19 vaccines to better protect Americans this fall and winter.
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Matthew Perrone
3 months
Government advisers are meeting Thursday to decide if COVID-19 vaccines need updating to improve protection this fall and winter — even as a new Trump administration policy has thrown into question who may be eligible for a shot.
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Government advisers are split on whether drugmakers should update their COVID-19 vaccines to better protect Americans this fall and winter.
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Matthew Perrone
3 months
The FDA will no longer routinely approve annual COVID-19 shots for younger adults and children who are healthy. Companies that want to market their vaccines to those Americans will need to conduct large, clinical studies, FDA leaders said Tuesday
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Federal health officials will no longer routinely approve annual COVID-19 shots for younger adults and children who are healthy.
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Matthew Perrone
3 months
APNewsAlert: US regulators say annual COVID-19 shots for healthy younger adults and children will no longer be routinely approved.
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Matthew Perrone
3 months
FDA has cleared the first blood test that can help diagnose Alzheimer’s and identify patients who may benefit from drugs that can modestly slow the memory-destroying disease.
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U.S. health officials have endorsed the first blood test that can help diagnose Alzheimer’s. The test would help identify patients who may benefit from drugs that can modestly slow the memory-destr...
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Matthew Perrone
3 months
The FDA announced plans Tuesday to phase out fluoride-containing supplements sometimes prescribed to strengthen children’s teeth, opening a new front in Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s effort against a chemical mainstay of dental care.
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U.S. health officials are announcing an effort to phase out ingestible fluoride supplements used to strengthen children’s teeth, citing possible health risks.
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Matthew Perrone
3 months
RT @US_FDA: FDA Commissioner Makary sits down for a conversation with the newly appointed director of the Center for Biologics Evaluation a….
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Matthew Perrone
3 months
FDA's vaccine panel will meet Thursday May 22 to make recommendations on COVID-19 strain selection the coming season's shots:
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Matthew Perrone
3 months
Last year Vinay Prasad told Vivek Ramaswamy that Americans would likely be better off without the FDA in its current form: .“If you’re talking about FDA 2024, I think they’d probably be better off as a result of not having the FDA.”
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Matthew Perrone
3 months
The Food and Drug Administration has named a prominent medical contrarian and critic of the drug industry to head its vaccine center, replacing Dr. Peter Marks, who was forced out in March.
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The Food and Drug Administration says that a prominent medical contrarian and critic of the drug industry will head its vaccine center. Dr.
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Matthew Perrone
4 months
For the second time since February, the FDA is bringing back some recently fired employees, including about 20 staffers who handle travel bookings for inspectors. FOIA staff and food scientists have also been informally told they will be reinstated.
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The Food and Drug Administration is again trying to rehire some staffers who were recently fired amid mass layoffs at the agency.
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