“Prior restraint on publication…is considered the most serious of 1st Amendment violations. The gov’t cannot prohibit journalists from public information merely by claiming it’s a secret or even a nat’l security threat.” -Seth Stern, Freedom of the Press Foundation www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/b...

"President Trump added $3 billion to his wealth over the last year, leveraging the presidency for profit" www.forbes.com/sites/danale...

NEW: Sweden's Volvo Cars isn’t a global giant by sales, but Chief Sustainability Officer Vanessa Butani, a #ForbesSustainabilityLeaders honoree, wants it to be a circular business leader with aggressive reuse of metals, batteries and climate-neutral auto plants www.forbes.com/sites/alanoh...

ICYMI, @amyfeldman7.bsky.social and I wrote about how tomorrow's ACIP meeting seems poised to restrict crucial vaccines even further. www.forbes.com/sites/alexkn...

In this week’s @forbes.com InnovationRx newsletter, @thealexknapp.bsky.social and I look at: —possible pain treatments from cannabis —risks of new vaccine restrictions —Mayo Clinic’s virtual clinical trials —GSK’s $30 billion U.S. manufacturing commitment —and more! www.forbes.com/sites/innova...

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This week’s key CDC immunization advisory meeting—packed with RFK Jr.’s hand-picked advisors—seems poised to put further restrictions on key vaccines. @thealexknapp.bsky.social and I look at the risks to public health and vaccine makers for @forbes.com www.forbes.com/sites/alexkn...

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This Pharma Billionaire Is Developing A Cannabis Painkiller To Replace Dangerous Opioids @forbes.com www.forbes.com/sites/willya...

Nearly 200 of 600 Planned Parenthood clinics at risk of closing after court ruling www.huffpost.com/entry/court-...

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The Trump Admin destroyed $10M of contraceptives in limbo in a Belgian warehouse after the US cut foreign aid even tho the Gates Fdtn and the Children’s Investment Fnd Fdtn offered to buy or accept a donation of them. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/h...

In this week’s @forbes.com InnovationRx newsletter, @thealexknapp.bsky.social and I look at AI tools spreading medical scams, Enveda’s $150M fundraise, Summit Therapeutics recent miss, and more. www.forbes.com/sites/innova...

This is seriously headspinning. If the administration wants to support the US pharmaceutical industry the answer isn't protectionist executive orders again Chinese biotech. It is to support *MORE* basic research in the US which is the engine that drives new medicines www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/b...

If you live in a state where Covid vaccines are restricted / require prescriptions, would you travel to a different state to get one?

1/ Today, @forbes.com launched its 44th annual Forbes 400 list, chronicling the wealth of the 400 richest Americans. They're collectively worth a record $6.6 trillion and it now takes a record $3.8 billion net worth to make the cut. Let's dig into the numbers. www.forbes.com/forbes-400/

In this week’s @forbes.com InnovationRx newsletter w/ @thealexknapp.bsky.social: —inside the crisis at the CDC —Walgreens new CEO —Alnylam’s blood pressure therapy —a new startup for cardiovascular disease prediction and prevention —and more! www.forbes.com/sites/innova...

Terrible news for public health www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

9 CDC Directors going back to 1977 speak out. What RFK Jr has done to our nation’s public health system "should alarm every American." It "is unlike anything we have ever seen at the agency, and unlike anything our country has ever experienced." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...

CDC vax chief Daskalakis on quitting: “I am v, v worried abt the safety of our country + our health. I have to say it out loud… the data is going to be compromised + the science is not going to be the science. It’s going to be some Frankenstein of science + ideology.” www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/p...

PSA to all the entitled idiots with strollers on the running path. There are 800+ acres of other places to go in the park.

Since Trump took office, the Justice Department has purged > 2 dozen prosecutors assigned to hold the Jan 6 rioters accountable — roughly 1:4 million of the total www.nytimes.com/2025/08/24/n...

In this week’s @forbes.com InnovationRx newsletter, @thealexknapp.bsky.social and I look at: — Nike founder Phil Knight’s $2B cancer donation —Medallion’s nationwide doctor credentialing clearinghouse —a new treatment for fibromyalgia —and more! www.forbes.com/sites/innova...

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Pay attention to the ACA subsidy cliff. It’s coming back under Trump and will greatly increase costs for middle-income households who rely on ACA for health insurance.

This week’s Current Climate newsletter also looks at plans to save California’s troubled bullet train and designing next-generation EVs in the age of Trump

The best way to rescue childhood mortality among poverty-stricken families, according to a new decade-long study: Give them $1,000. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/h...

Healthtech startup Medallion is setting up a national clearinghouse to streamline a healthcare credentialing process that costs $1B+ annually @forbes.com www.forbes.com/sites/amyfel...

The latest edition of InnovationRx is here. In it, @amyfeldman7.bsky.social and I take a look at: 💉 The role vaccine misinformation played in the CDC shooting 🐕 Making longevity drugs for dogs 🧬 Programmable mRNA to treat cancer 💻 Building AI models of cells for drug discovery And more!

“I think the general public will be blown away when they realize they can go to the vet and get a drug to extend their dogs’ lifespan. Then they’ll be like, ‘Why can’t I do this for my grandma?’” @forbes.com

At Apex’s HQ in L.A., meeting spaces are named after predators: eagle, caiman, orca. It’s an expression of the richly funded startup’s ambitions to claw its way to the top of the food chain in satellite manufacturing. Trump's Golden Dome could be its big opportunity. www.forbes.com/sites/jeremy...

Dogs don’t live long enough. Loyal’s Celine Halioua has raised $135M from top investors to develop canine longevity drugs. The first beef-flavored pill could be on the marker next year — and lead to longevity drugs for humans eventually. My latest @forbes.com feature. www.forbes.com/sites/amyfel...

And this year’s @forbes.com Next Billion-Dollar Startups list is out. Twenty of the 25 companies this year are AI-focused with applications in healthcare, finance and the military. www.forbes.com/sites/amyfel...

💰 The New Yorker puts a number on it— $3.4 billion That’s how much Trump & his family have profited from his presidency, estimates David Kirkpatrick. (Mentions my reporting too.) www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

Strand Therapeutics is working at the bleeding-edge of cancer research with programmable mRNA. In early-stage clinical trials its first therapeutic shrank tumors in patients who were out of options. “It shocked even us,” CEO Jake Becraft said. @forbes.com www.forbes.com/sites/amyfel...

It's not just crypto. Yet another example of Trump's "willingness to grant access and preferential treatment to people and companies that fill the coffers of his political groups." www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/u...

“It’s just egregious that they’re willing to waste $9 million worth of contraceptives that are so desperately needed.” www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/w...

Strand Therapeutics raises $153M to make cancerous tumors light up. The deal follows early clinical results showing its programmable mRNA shrank patients’ tumors who were out of other treatment options. “It shocked even us,” says Strand’s Jake Becraft. @forbes.com www.forbes.com/sites/amyfel...

In the latest edition of our healthcare newsletter, InnovationRx, @amyfeldman7.bsky.social and I look at: 💸 Trump's escalating demands on drug prices 🧬 An entrepreneur's quest to cure a genetic disease 🧪 New tech that could replace animal testing 💉 RFK cuts support for mRNA vaccines And more!

“As great as the idea was, when somebody comes and says, ‘I want to put gene therapy in a gel on a wound at home,’ it’s like somebody saying today, ‘I want to have a house on Mars.” @forbes.com

My latest - there's been a big push from regulators and legislators to eliminate animal testing during the drug development process. The industry wants this, too. But it's easier said than done. I took a look at a few of the companies developing technologies that might make it possible one day.

Longtime drug developer Suma Krishnan was 51 when she cofounded Krystal Biotech to develop a topical gene therapy for “butterfly skin” disease. Now the company $KRYS is worth $4.4B and has one drug on the market and more in the works. My latest @forbes.com profile www.forbes.com/sites/amyfel...

In the latest edition of our healthcare newsletter, InnovationRx, @amyfeldman7.bsky.social and I look at: 💊 Why the EU tariff deal means higher drug costs 🤖 Robotic valve replacements without open heart surgery 🎓 The One Big Beautiful Bill threatens college students' health insurance And more!

In the last generation of startups it took years for even the best companies to hit $100 million of revenue. Sweden's new AI unicorn Lovable got there in just eight months... Here's the inside story of how this Stockholm-based team outpaced Wiz, and Deel www.forbes.com/sites/iainma...

The Administration wants to turn the program that saved tens of millions from dying of AIDS worldwide into an effort to detect disease outbreaks and market American products www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/h...

In this week’s @forbes.com InnovationRx newsletter w/ @thealexknapp.bsky.social: —Sarepta blinks in its showdown with the FDA —Moderna’s use of quantum computers —a new top drug regulator at the FDA —Arch Venture’s latest biotech company —and more! www.forbes.com/sites/innova...

Trump had promised to focus on rounding up immigrants with criminal records during his 2024 election campaign. Government data shows that actual ICE arrests skew heavily towards immigrants without criminal convictions. www.ft.com/content/bba4...

👀 A push for organ donations has led to people enduring rushed and premature attempts to remove their organs www.nytimes.com/2025/07/20/u...

America250’s MAGA ties include a 25-yr-old exec dir who previous worked as a Fox News producer and spent 6 months in the first Trump admin, mostly as an intern. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

In the latest edition of our healthcare newsletter, InnovationRx, @amyfeldman7.bsky.social & I look at: 🩺 Josh Hawley's bill to reverse Medicaid cuts 👨‍⚕️ How building AI for doctors made OpenEvidence founder Daniel Nadler a billionaire 🤝 How group coaching can help doctors avoid burnout And more!