Something new: A short video responding to the Trump administration saying that economists whose studies aren’t what they want to hear should be “disciplined” www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzZd...

Paul Krugman "to save American democracy must include a push to reduce the extreme concentration of wealth at the top. We know that this can be done, because it has been done. [...] FDR won that war. Progressive taxation and mass unionization." open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...

Documenting a ‘Drastically Changing’ Scientific Landscape www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/i...

No longer is the FDA a model agency: "The result is that the FDA is soliciting advice after it has decided what to do, rather than deciding what to do after hearing and appropriately considering independent experts’ advice." jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

“When the U.S. government starts to engage in corporate America in a way that tastes of favoritism, I know for most CEOs that I’m friends with, they find it incredibly distasteful,” Griffin said www.wsj.com/business/ken...

The uniqueness of each patient is at the heart of this year’s #WorldCancerDay. 🎧 Louise Chappell and Na’ama Carlin, both cancer survivors, discuss the importance of personalised cancer care and its effect on their bodies and their lives. spkl.io/63328AsBGy

Today is #WorldCancerDay💔 No one should have to choose between survival and financial ruin. www.youtube.com/@A2MIndia/sh...

“Current climate of fear and polarization, which thrives when human dignity is disregarded [and] does not meet the standard set by Christ in the Gospel" www.usccb.org/news/2026/ar...

The start of 2025, the CDC maintained 82 databases that were updated at least monthly. But by the end of October, the study found, 38 had gone stale, with 34 showing no new entries at all in the previous six months. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

House and Senate appropriators endorse NIH budget increase, reject Trump’s proposed cuts www.statnews.com/2026/01/20/n... via @statnews.com

Judge Blocks Government From Reviewing Seized Washington Post Devices www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/b...

"Federal officials acknowledged that Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) employees coordinated with a political advocacy group on a “voter data agreement” aimed at analyzing voter rolls in an effort to challenge election outcomes." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

DeGette Introduces Bill to Protect NIH From Political Interference: "... this administration has shown it's willing to sacrifice science on the altar of politics." degette.house.gov/media-center...

Chinese Universities Surge in Global Rankings as U.S. Schools Slip www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/u...

"The federal judge in the court proceeding Tuesday, Richard G. Stearns, prodded lawyers for the administration to find a way to let Lopez Belloza return to the United States and remain here legally." www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/13/m...

“We are living simultaneously in the utopian age in which a baby born with a genetic death sentence is given a new lease on life thanks to the miracle of gene editing, and the dystopia in which a disease like measles is on the march in the United States,” he said. www.statnews.com/2026/01/12/n...

'An undoing of the scientific method': Flagship CEO warns of government threats to US biotech industry www.fiercebiotech.com/biotech/undo...

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...