NEW—I got an exclusive excerpt from a USAID whistleblower's new book that made me gasp multiple times. It details Trump's dismantling of the humanitarian aid agency & his team/DOGE's shocking ignorance to public health. 'Into the Wood Chipper' by Nicholas Enrich is out tomorrow. Read excerpt here:

New with @pamherd.bsky.social: While never mentioning Trump or political parties, the show’s second season offers an almost-real time commentary on how policy changes are affecting health. Lets take one particular example of Medicaid coverage loss. 🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/what-the-p...

Pulmonary fibrosis-focused biotech Avalyn filed to go public to fund late-stage clinical trials. My dad had IPF so seeing any potential new drugs for this miserable disease is personal. endpoints.news/pulmonary-fi...

Worth reading on Hegseth’s Christian nationalism foreignpolicy.com/2026/04/08/p...

In the latest edition of our healthcare newsletter, InnovationRx, @amyfeldman7.bsky.social and I look at Trump’s pharmaceutical tariffs, the first robotic cataract surgeries in humans, the underbelly of marketing compounded GLP-1s, and more. www.forbes.com/sites/innova...

The Trump admin is quietly seeking unprecedented access to federal workers’ medical records kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

New: 150 unionized ProPublica workers are on strike TODAY over AI, layoff protections, wages, and more. They're asking readers to not visit ProPublica or engage with content on other platforms. It's the first work stoppage of its kind at the newsroom. www.theverge.com/news/908401/...

$2 million per ship — to cross a Strait that was free six weeks ago. @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/04/06/w...

In other words: US doesn’t attack — Iran doesn’t respond. Iran’s military controls the strait. This is worse than what it was before it all started, and there’s no peaceful way out of it. “The Art of The Deal”.

The next test of AI prescribing in Utah: psych med renewals neuralnetworkworld.com/utah-ai-psyc...

The war in Iran has slowed down international shipping, much of which contains medical and humanitarian goods destined for Asia and Africa. n.pr/4c3LUaY

Snake bros 🤦🏻‍♀️ www.wired.com/snake-bros-a...

In this week’s @forbes.com health newsletter, we look at ARPA-H’s plan to use agentic AI to treat heart failure, a disease where few get the right treatment “Can it be better than the status quo? I think the answer is yes,” says program manager Dr. Haider Warraich www.forbes.com/sites/innova...

As Kailera files for an IPO today, my profile of the company last year @forbes.com www.forbes.com/sites/amyfel...

430,000 US households have amassed $30M or more www.wsj.com/economy/weal...

In this week’s @forbes.com healthcare newsletter w/ @thealexknapp.bsky.social: —why the Iran war may make your MRI more expensive —an FDA-approved AI doctor? —Pfizer’s Lyme disease vaccine www.forbes.com/sites/innova...

“I want to fix the ‘I am not a doctor’ problem by building AI that is recognized by the FDA and recognized by the states.” @forbes.com

An average of 50+ U.S. citizen kids *a day* with a parent pulled into detention

Serial entrepreneur Martin Varsavsky built North America’s largest chain of fertility clinics. Now he wants to build the first FDA-approved AI doctor My latest @forbes.com www.forbes.com/sites/amyfel...

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Amazing portraits by Malian photographer Seydou Keita @ the Brooklyn Museum

After 10 years editing the @forbes.com Next Billion-Dollar Startups list, this year @richardnieva.bsky.social is taking it on. Send him your best ideas for companies (in any industry) that could be the next unicorns!

1/ When a little-known Korean company started buying up dozens of tankers, rumors emerged that the purchases were backed by shipping tycoon Gianluigi Aponte. A @forbes.com investigation confirmed that Aponte is indeed the true buyer of many of those ships. www.forbes.com/sites/giacom...

In this week’s @forbes.com health newsletter, @thealexknapp.bsky.social and I look at —the legal ruling against RFK Jr’s vaccine agenda —Roche’s big AI drug development bet —an E. coli outbreak in raw cheddar —and more! www.forbes.com/sites/innova...

“FDA has recommended that RAW FARM, LLC voluntarily remove their raw cheese products from the market, and the firm has declined.” www.fda.gov/food/outbrea...

Breast cancer mortality dropped 58% from 1975 to 2019. Localized, early detected breast cancer has a 99% 5 year survival rate. Modern mammogram tech was developed by NASA for telescopes. Last year, RFK Jr. cancelled 87 research grants on breast cancer. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/16/u...

Roche is rolling out thousands of Nvidia AI chips to develop drugs faster New for @forbes.com www.forbes.com/sites/amyfel...

NEW: Batteries and energy, not robotaxis and humanoid robots, are Tesla’s best business bet #energy #batteries #solar www.forbes.com/sites/alanoh...

In this week's edition of our healthcare newsletter, @amyfeldman7.bsky.social and I looked at the richest five healthcare billionaires, Lilly’s first big AI success, Science Corp.’s brain implants, and more. www.forbes.com/sites/innova...

“I am very concerned this could tip us into a recession if it persists,” says Tim Mahedy, chief economist at research firm Access/Macro who previously worked for the Fed. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/09/b...

How Lilly $LLY used AI to crank up production of its popular GLP-1s. @forbes.com www.forbes.com/sites/amyfel...

Robotic surgery to treat Alzheimer’s sounds like science fiction. But based on research on the brain’s waste clearing system & experimental operations in China, startup MMI is beginning clinical trials that may offer hope for this terrible disease. For @forbes.com www.forbes.com/sites/amyfel...

*NEW* In my latest @forbes.com feature, I wrote about the startup that’s starting early clinical trials to use a miniature robot to treat Alzheimer’s based on experimental operations done in China and elsewhere in Asia. www.forbes.com/sites/amyfel...

In this week’s @forbes.com InnovationRx newsletter, @thealexknapp.bsky.social and I look at: —the looming ‘biosimilars’ void —the Bob Langer startup that signed a $2B deal with Novo —cancer-eating bacteria —and more! www.forbes.com/sites/innova...

An NPR investigation finds the public database of Epstein files is missing dozens of pages related to sexual abuse accusations against President Trump. n.pr/4qTItsU

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In this week's edition of InnovationRx, @amyfeldman7.bsky.social talked to Masimo founder Joe Kiani about the company's $10 billion acquisition. We also looked at using "boring" AI to speed up paperwork, Jennifer Doudna's next CRISPR moves, yet another China drug acquisition by big pharma and more.

NEW for @forbes.com: Nobel Prize winner Jennifer Doudna’s plan to create a gene editing ecosystem to solve major problems in medicine, agriculture and climate. “I don’t want it to be a curio, a topic of academic interest,” she says. www.forbes.com/sites/amyfel...

In today’s @forbes.com InnovationRx newsletter, @thealexknapp.bsky.social and I look at —the FDA’s refusal to review Moderna’s flu vaccine —the healthcare giants on our new Greatest Innovators list —why Garner Health is worth $1.35B www.forbes.com/sites/innova...

New for @forbes.com. Garner Health’s unusual approach to rising healthcare costs: create a network-in-network of top docs then reimburse employees who choose them. Now valued at $1.35B. “We’ve become a bit of a solution to the panic button,” says founder Nick Reber. www.forbes.com/sites/amyfel...

The Chester, NY warehouse that ICE wants for a 1,500-person detention center is owned by an entity controlled by corporate raider Carl Icahn www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/n...

Great story by @iainmartin.bsky.social on VC Masha Bucher and her deep, years-long relationship w/ Jeffrey Epstein @forbes.com www.forbes.com/sites/iainma...

Former executive editor @postbaron.bsky.social says the Post is "a case study in near-instant, self-inflicted brand destruction." www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

When the consequences are swifter at a protein bar company than at CBS www.businessinsider.com/peter-attia-...

Here's our big Sam Altman profile, featuring interviews with Sam, Bob Iger, Masa Son, Jony Ive, Paul Graham and Brian Chesky. Also appearing: a uranium rod, a piece of a Concorde jet engine, a Stone Age hand axe and more … www.forbes.com/sites/richar...

“Credit Suisse or other Swiss banks that later merged with it held accounts for the German foreign office, which helped deport Jews to concentration camps, and for an SS officer who managed funds for the Nazi paramilitary force’s economic arm.” www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/u...

“.. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) informed Senate Judiciary staff of the outbreak over the weekend. At least two cases have been confirmed at the facility as of press time, the attorney said.” @sacurrent.bsky.social www.sacurrent.com/news/san-ant...