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Managing editor @statnews (https://t.co/6OjVu2lE3Q); former @bostonglobe health & science editor; @ahcj veep and board member; Mastodon: @[email protected]
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The prospect that mRNA technology could be improved is a rationale for further investment in research, not abandonment of this production method via @statnews.
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NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya offered an explanation for the cancellation of mRNA vaccine contracts that didn't align with that of his boss, health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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“This tragedy is not an isolated event. It is a dire reflection of ever-escalating threats public health workers face in a climate increasingly shaped by misinformation, politicization, and inflammatory rhetoric” - former surgeon general via @statnews.
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“When influential figures amplify falsehoods, they legitimize the anger that leads to violence,” writes former Surgeon General Jerome Adams.
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In internal call, CDC employees recount shooting, ask about RFK Jr.’s response via @statnews.
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After a gunman shot up CDC headquarters, employees had harrowing stories and questions about "disinformation that caused this issue."
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Vinay Prasad returns to the FDA, weeks after his ouster via @statnews.
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HFO HFO Vinay Prasad returns to a top FDA role just weeks after his abrupt dismissal.
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Claiming to fight waste, Trump administration slashes potentially cost-saving research via @statnews.
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Claiming it wants to cut waste, the Trump administration has terminated grants for research testing ways to save the health care system money.
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Superagers’ brains offer clues to cognitive resilience, and possible treatments, researchers say via @statnews.
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Some octogenarians have exceptionally sharp memories, even sharper than people who are decades younger. A new analysis of their brains could help explain why.
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Work on mRNA therapies was surging. Now Kennedy has rocked the field via @statnews.
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Companies in a burgeoning field of mRNA therapeutics express shock at HHS' deep cuts to research funding.
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As mRNA falls out of favor for HHS, are cancer vaccines next? via @statnews.
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Cancer vaccines in development rely on mRNA technology under attack by RFK Jr. “I am concerned that this could bleed over," an oncologist says.
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Health secretary RFK Jr. shuts door on U.S. investment in mRNA vaccine research via @statnews.
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Vaccine experts and people steeped in pandemic preparedness expressed horror at the news that RFK Jr. has shut the door in U.S. investment in mRNA vaccine research.
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Gates Foundation pledges $2.5 billion to women’s health initiatives via @statnews.
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Breaking: The Gates Foundation said it would commit $2.5 billion through 2030 to support women’s health initiatives, its largest funding commitment ever to the issue.
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Revealing piece from @caseymross @john_wilkerson: MAGA influencers take a sudden interest in Medicare Advantage reforms, echoing a dark money group via @statnews.
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It's not clear why right wing influencers are suddenly pushing back against Medicare reforms.
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Jay Bhattacharya once studied health disparities. As NIH director, he’s allowed such research to wither: Agency workers, academics, and even a federal judge are baffled, angry via @statnews.
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Jay Bhattacharya’s tenure as NIH director has seen health disparities research swept up in the Trump administration’s attack on DEI
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Inside the fall of Vinay Prasad at the FDA via @statnews.
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Prasad's departure followed a campaign by a right-wing activist and a controversy over a rare disease drug.
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Using mRNA, scientists overcome a key challenge to HIV vaccines via @statnews.
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Scientists used a mRNA-based vaccine to reliably trigger antibodies that block HIV infection in people and monkeys
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Exclusive: Top White House pandemic preparedness official resigns, officials say: White House Pandemic Preparedness office has no remaining staff via @statnews.
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Exclusive: A top White House pandemic preparedness official has resigned, officials tell STAT, in a sign of broader disarray.
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Breaking: Vinay Prasad out at the FDA via @statnews.
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Vinay Prasad, a top FDA official, is out after less than three months on the job.
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White House and OMB blocks NIH from awarding any research grants and contracts via @statnews.
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The order applies to the entirety of new and, possibly, ongoing research grant dollars that go to universities and academic medical centers.
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Cellular ‘trash bins’ might be a key to reviving multi-cancer early detection tests via @statnews.
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Researchers are turning to a new approach for early cancer detection, making use of nanoscale biological structures called extracellular vesicles.
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At National Cancer Institute, R01 grants will be awarded to only 1 in 25 applicants:.NIH is shrinking the number of research projects it funds due to a new Trump policy via @statnews.
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NIH plans to shrink the share of grant applications it will award for the remainder of the fiscal year, in some cases by more than half.
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A cut to Medicare that could affect millions is buried in Trump’s tax law via @statnews.
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Trump's tax law adds red tape to Medicare Savings Programs, risking coverage losses for low-income seniors.
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