Jerome Adams, who served as US surgeon general during President Donald Trump’s first administration, is calling for Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to be fired as controversy continues to swirl over his handling of vaccine approvals. https://cnn.it/47s9lKt

Good news. The House of Representatives stands behind the NIH budget with no cuts.

"At no other time in modern history has a country so throughly turned its back on its core national strengths."— @vermontgmg.bsky.social Gift link www.nytimes.com/2025/08/12/o...

A natural experiment provides evidence for promoting moderate-vigorous physical activity: the importance of walkable cities www.nature.com/articles/s41...

I'd listen to Friedrichs and O'Connell. www.statnews.com/2025/08/07/k...

FDA’s cancer review team overseeing breast and gynecological products has lost about 1/3 of its medical review staff and the malignant heme group will lose about 2/3 of its medical review staff—all to voluntary resignations clustered among seasoned reviewers insights.citeline.com/pink-sheet/a...

A new Journal of Clinical Oncology report calls for a paradigm shift in how cancer drug dosages are determined, concluding that the long-standing practice of using the "maximum tolerated dose" may be outdated, harmful to patients, & ill-suited for modern cancer therapies. Learn more: brnw.ch/21wUp7Q

Falling childhood vaccine coverage and a large outbreak that was kindled in an undervaccinated pocket of West Texas have driven the US to a troubling milestone: There have been more measles cases in the US this year than any other since the the disease was declared eliminated a quarter-century ago

'The decline in vaccine coverage in the US can and will have global consequences'

Nearly 12 million Americans will lose health care coverage under the current iteration of the so-called Big Beautiful Bill www.statnews.com/2025/06/29/1...

Helen Chu is one of the ousted #ACIP members. She spoke to me today about her grave concerns for future vaccination policy and vaccine access in the United States. www.statnews.com/2025/06/10/c...

Oncologists are “losing the battle” against #misinformation. The UK Times on #ASCO25 research @ascocancer.bsky.social including our work showing survivors worry about finding high quality cancer info online & that trust in science is at risk. @thetimes.com 🙏✍️ @poppykoronka.bsky.social

Kennedy unilaterally strikes healthy kids & healthy pregnant people from the list of people who should get Covid boosters per the #CDC's approved schedule. There's a process for doing this, but it was not followed. "He's overstepped his bounds," one expert told STAT. www.statnews.com/2025/05/27/c...

My father was a Nazi hunter, until he was killed in the Lockerbie bombing, when I was four. Now, a man will stand trial for the crime. What does it mean, after nearly forty years, to seek justice for the crimes of history? My new cover story for the Times Magazine: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/20/m...

The nation’s air-safety system suffers from the same malady as much of the federal government: years of underfunding by politicians who somehow expect to get something for nothing, David A. Graham writes in The Atlantic Daily.

The Environmental Protection Agency announced plans to weaken limits on some harmful “forever chemicals” in drinking water. Here are some of the essential things to know about PFAS chemicals and what the EPA decided to do:

It appears Sec. Kennedy is getting ready to over-ride vaccine policy experts & scrub Covid shot recommendations for children, teens & pregnant people. Having a HHS secretary reset vaccine policy without hearings or expert advice is unprecedented, experts tell STAT. www.statnews.com/2025/05/15/c...

Some US biotech companies are considering moving early-stage trials of new medicines outside the United States as worry grows that layoffs and policy changes at the drugs watchdog under the Trump administration may delay regulatory reviews reut.rs/3Fdnjny

The Environmental Protection Agency plans to rescind and reconsider limits on four different “forever chemicals” under a landmark drinking water standard implemented last year by President Joe Biden, according to documents reviewed by The Post.

The Trump administration’s slowdown in science funding has left U.S.-based scientists and researchers scrambling to find homes for promising work that could lead to medical treatments and cures. Now, many are looking abroad.

Infectious diseases and cancer respect no treaties, no boundaries, they have no sovereign. You can not silo the human beings of the USA from the biology of the planet. And to try and silo the knowledge and collaboration of the best minds across the globe is a madness that I will never understand.

NEW: An NIH policy coming in the next week will target — and at least temporarily stop — funding outside the US, threatening thousands of projects and collaborations on topics like infectious diseases and cancer. Some NIH staff have already been told to hold all subaward funds for foreign labs.

“Cutting federal funding for scientific research could cause long-run economic damage equivalent to a major recession. A 50% reduction would lower GDP 7.6%. A 75% cut would reduce it 11.3% — a larger decline than in any recession since the Great Depression. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/30/b...

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. intends to shift the way vaccines are tested, a move that medical experts fear could limit access to vaccines and undermine the public’s trust in immunization depending on its implementation.

Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla says uncertainty around President Trump’s planned pharmaceutical tariffs is deterring the company from further investing in U.S. manufacturing and research and development.

EU's von der Leyen invites scientists, researchers to make Europe their home reut.rs/44L6OJM

In an extraordinary on-air rebuke, one of the top journalists at “60 Minutes” directly criticized the program’s parent company, Paramount, in the final moments of its Sunday night CBS telecast, its first episode since the program’s executive producer, Bill Owens, announced his intention to resign.

New evidence @nejm.org today that age-related clonal hematopoiesis (CHIP) has a driver role in evolution of solid cancers www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.... www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

New research has identified 17 overlapping factors that affect your risk of stroke, dementia and late-life depression, suggesting that a number of lifestyle changes could simultaneously lower the risk of all three.

President Donald Trump’s promise to impose tariffs on pharmaceutical imports is raising red flags among generic drugmakers and industry experts, who warn that such a move could lead to increased drug shortages and higher prices

Could or is crumbling? @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Millennials are worried they are about to experience a “once-in-a-lifetime” recession. Again.

NEW: Of the 7,837 disputed procedures in the lawsuit, involving 1,680 patients, Blue Cross paid this breast cancer center about 9 cents on the dollar, paying $43M on invoices totaling $500M. Some 60% of the claims weren’t reimbursed at all.

'Europe failing to take over from the US as it challenges science would open the door wide to China'

Another $2.6 billion in cuts to NIH are coming by next Tuesday www.statnews.com/2025/04/03/n... The shredded image fits

Do not underestimate the enormous blow to U.S. soft power from the U.S. President sparking a global economic crisis of choice: “The risk of recession in the global economy this year is raised to 60%, up from 40% earlier” - JP Morgan Note: “in the *global* economy”

Fifty years ago, life expectancy in the U.S. and wealthy European countries was relatively similar. That began to change around 1980. As European life expectancy steadily increased, the U.S. struggled to keep pace — and its life expectancy even began declining in 2014.

Hungary shows us the endgame of autocratic populism: poverty and corruption www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

This 👇 "Reimagining public health is essential. But tearing it down with no plan to rebuild isn’t transformation. It’s sabotage." via @kkjetelina.bsky.social yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/why-we-kee...

#FDA "as we know it is finished.... I believe that history will see this as a huge mistake." — @robcaliff.bsky.social, former agency director, says of the sweeping cuts leveled today at #HHS & its agencies. www.statnews.com/2025/04/01/h...

One consequence of tolerating pseudoscience is that people die when its legitimatization becomes baked into our culture, health care systems, and institutions.

When the FDA’s top vaccine official says the following about the HHS Sec RFK Jr, the country should be concerned: “It has become clear that truth and transparency are not desired by the Secretary, but rather he wishes subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies.”

Dr. Peter Marks, the FDA’s top vaccine regulator, has resigned, an HHS official says. A person familiar with the matter tells NBC News that Marks was forced out of his position.

As the censorship and gutting of American #science and medical research continues, I've heard many talk about leaving. It's especially hard for #earlycareer folks, who are facing exceptionally bleak options in the US #sciencesky #medsky www.nytimes.com/2025/03/25/e...

Shameful to see our government do this. It's unethical and a violation of the Declaration of Helsinki. Investigators often spend years working with communities on research agendas, this completely destroys trust in science and research. I feel for everyone affected by these terminations.

Breaking News: The Trump administration plans to end vaccine funding in developing countries, documents obtained by The New York Times show. Some HIV and TB aid will be kept. nyti.ms/4iPA9as

“Borrowers have the right to be in payment plans that count for cancellation, that are affordable, and that’s been denied. Delaying the processing of these applications will only cause more harm.”

Breaking News: The Trump administration cut over $12 billion in grants that states use for infectious disease tracking, addiction treatment and other services.

“Vitamin A is not an effective way to prevent measles…two doses of the [MMR] vaccine are about 97 percent effective. …vitamin A can cause liver damage…doctors at West Texas hospitals have said they’ve seen patients with yellowed skin and high levels of liver enzymes…both signs of a damaged liver.”