The top US health director who stood up for science — and was fired www.nature.com/articles/d41...

"Demands for ideological alignment as a condition of employment are irreconcilable with an agency (FDA) whose strength is the pluralism of its expert views." www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

"As former commissioners of the FDA... we are deeply concerned by sweeping new FDA assertions about vaccine safety and proposals that would undermine a regulatory model designed to ensure that vaccines are safe, effective, and available when the public needs them most." www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

"If the estimates and predicted 15 million deaths come to pass, it won’t be because of natural disasters. It will be the result of a distinctly man-made disaster—a calculated bureaucratic choice to put “America First” by leaving the rest of the world to die." contrarian.substack.com/p/the-privat...

"Health care in the United States remains extraordinarily expensive, and the federal government and states must confront the high costs that make it so difficult to cover all Americans." www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/24/o...

The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes. www.newyorker.com/video/watch/...

"Stopping it [cholera] is therefore not a scientific, medical or technical challenge; fundamentally, it’s a political one." Hakainde Hichilema & Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

"Putting JD Vance's friend as an institute director, breaking the normal process for selecting scientific talent, this is really bad," Mark Histed, PhD, chief of a lab on neural computation and behavior at the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). www.medpagetoday.com/washington-w...

"Decommercialized national health insurance: a single, public insurance plan that covers everyone [...] That kind of reform would save both money and lives, and it would put communities, not investors, in control of health care" www.statnews.com/2025/10/21/h...

""The Trump Administration terminated Dr. Marrazzo for her advocacy on behalf of critical health research and for her support of the overwhelming body of evidence that shows vaccines are safe and effective," Ms. Katz said." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/h...

"Medical and science communities cannot change societies alone. But we can set standards of behaviour and create value systems that resist corrosive social and political forces." www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Who Makes Decisions About Vaccine Policy Now? www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

“Compulsory unification of opinion achieves only the unanimity of the graveyard.” www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/o...

Substantial Number of People Ditch Wegovy Within a Year www.medpagetoday.com/meetingcover...

"As is so often the case with Mr. Trump, however, he has both identified a real problem and enacted a set of policies that will worsen that problem. With public health, the damage could be vast. ... rejecting basic medical knowledge and turning back the clock ..." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/o...

“The deliberate destruction of nearly $10 million worth of contraceptives, under the blatantly false pretense that they are abortifacients, is an outrageous act of cruelty,” said Beth Schlachter, director of U.S. external relations for MSI Reproductive Choices. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/h...

Through legal proceedings, Democracy Forward obtained a previously secret grant agreement between the U.S. and El Salvador for holding hundreds of Venezuelans removed under the Alien Enemies Act in CECOT. democracyforward.org/wp-content/u...

The Trump administration has dismantled agencies across the government that sought to protect the integrity of US elections and to combat foreign malign influence at home and abroad. www.ft.com/content/d31b...

Congress should act before this becomes institutionalized. Lawmakers could amend FACA to clarify that any FDA meeting convened to offer regulatory advice — no matter what it’s called — must comply with FACA’s transparency and balance requirements. www.statnews.com/2025/09/05/f...

People take to streets against Trump administration plans to rescind funding for life-saving international programs. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

“It’s like this country at its worst,” Offit said in an interview, recalling how he witnessed a 9-month-old girl die of rotavirus as a medical resident before the vaccine was invented. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

"The men and women who have joined the C.D.C. across generations have done so not for prestige or power.....they deserve a health and human services secretary who stands up for health, supports science and has their back. So, too, does our country." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...

"This amounts to a very dark moment for public health. There is no clear way out other than a new secretary of Health and Human Services — a change that more public health experts and lawmakers are beginning to demand." www.statnews.com/2025/08/28/c...

In a connected world, malaria is affecting all www.gatesnotes.com/work/save-li...

Paul Krugman "Nobody is safe from weaponized government" paulkrugman.substack.com/p/we-are-all...

American Bar Association Resolution "... opposes any efforts by any government actor to punish or threaten to punish lawyers, law firms, or other organizations for representing or having represented any particular client or cause disfavored by the government" www.americanbar.org/content/dam/...

“The compensation fund, if it’s gone, would impact decisions to proceed or not to proceed,” said David Dodd, president and CEO of GeoVax Labs, a biotechnology company developing vaccines and immunotherapies. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

It should not be partisan to say that political violence is wrong, that corrupting science and manipulating data is wrong and that public service is patriotic. Restoring that shared base line is the only way to safeguard [...] the health of our democracy. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/11/o...

"Sorry, America, but it's not Australia's fault that your healthcare system is failing you" Donald Trump has blamed 'freeloader' countries like Australia for the high cost of medicines. Unfortunately the grim statistics tell a different story www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

"The PBS [Australia] is not up for negotiation," a government spokesperson said. "Our government is getting on with the job of delivering cheaper medicines for Australians." www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

"Under Ms. Healey’s plan, $200 million would go directly toward supporting research projects at hospitals, universities & independent research institutions. Another $200 million would help cover [..] research, partnerships & joint ventures at public universities." www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/u...

"[...] With ICE, the individuals arguing that they need cover are doing so because of actions taken under orders from the state." www.nytimes.com/2025/08/01/s...

"I now question whether that’s a recommendation I can trust. When the F.D.A. commissioner says he wants to change how the agency approves or rejects new treatments, I no longer feel sure that science is driving those decisions." www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/o...

"Sarah Shaw, Associate Director of Advocacy at MSI Reproductive Choices, told Reuters [MSI] had volunteered to pay for the supplies to be repackaged without USAID branding and shipped to countries in need, but the offer was declined by the U.S. government." www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...

"Just as democracy depends on a free and independent press to hold power accountable, medical progress depends on independent journals to vet, challenge and advance science without political interference." www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

"Robert J. Cindrich, who helped found the group, said the country is not yet in a constitutional crisis but that the strain on the courts is immense.[.] “The judiciary is being put under siege. "https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/07/21/trump-court-orders-defy-noncompliance-marshals-judges/

It is imperative that public health professionals, health-care workers, and scientists mobilise in their own communities, raising the alarm .....https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(25)01320-0/fulltext

SOS regarding the FDA should not be overlooked: “There are certain norms that are understood, that shape policy discussions,” Sharfstein told me. “If someone decides those norms aren’t applicable anymore, it becomes very difficult to do the work of the agency.” www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/m...

"Government should only wage war against foreign enemies, not misperceived domestic enemies. The people are not the enemy of the government. Rather, the government that regards the people as its enemy is itself the enemy of the people." Judge J. Michael Luttig www.telos.news/p/luttig-the...

"To be truly radical is to make hope possible, rather than despair convincing" Raymond Williams www.bmj.com/content/390/...

More medicines will be spared from Medicare price negotiations, a change that is projected to wipe out billions in savings for the federal www.nytimes.com/2025/07/03/h...

"Kennedy’s tactics are the anti-vaccine playbook: Focus on flawed research and ignore overwhelming evidence in the opposite direction. [...] Disinformation can kill." www.statnews.com/2025/07/02/r...

"The nearly 200,000 US government-branded boxes are stuck in North Kingston, and Edesia’s founder, Navyn Salem, says she has no idea when—or if—they’ll be shipped. Each box can bring one child back from starvation." www.bostonglobe.com/2025/06/28/n...

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j... Betereinders 🤣

The new data shows 687 private jet flights per 10,000 people in the United States, compared to just 117 in the United Kingdom and 107 in France. Florida and Texas alone generated 543,815 flights - more than the entire European Union. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/06/27/w...

www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/u... On Tuesday evening, the Trump administration took an even more unusual step to kill Judge Russell’s unusual move: It filed a lawsuit against him & the other 14 federal judges who serve on the bench in Maryland, seeking a court order that would block the standing rule.

U.S. researchers are speaking up for science in local newspapers | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

One of the possible models to address funding gaps www.statnews.com/2025/06/16/h...

Exclusive: US seeks to gut UN development goals www.devex.com/news/exclusi...