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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
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Countrywide natural experiment links built environment to physical activity - Nature By analysing the smartphone data of 2,112,288 participants, in particular observing and comparing the activity of the same individual in two different environments, we find that increases in the walka...

A natural experiment provides evidence for promoting moderate-vigorous physical activity: the importance of walkable cities
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Kennedy’s rejection of mRNA vaccines thwarts scientific progress — and threatens national security, experts say Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s decision to discontinue funding for mRNA vaccines has alarmed scientists. But it is also a matter of national security, experts say.

I'd listen to Friedrichs and O'Connell.

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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

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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drug dosages are determined, concluding that the long-standing practice of using the "maximum tolerated dose" may be outdated, harmful to patients, & ill-suited for modern cancer therapies.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

Measles cases surge to record high since disease was declared eliminated in the US | CNN There have been more measles cases in the US this year than any other since the disease was declared eliminated a quarter-century ago.

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' The US secretary of health has completely overhauled the national committee of vaccination experts, appointing individuals without relevant qualifications and, in some cases, with anti-vaccine views. In an op-ed for Le Monde, a group of French experts voices its concerns about the repercussions of the decision.

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

11.8 million to lose health insurance under Senate Republican tax bill, CBO projects Senate GOP version of the tax bill would strip 11.8 million people of health insurance over the next decade, CBO estimated.

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...

Ousted CDC vaccine adviser says RFK Jr.'s message is clear: ‘Scientific expertise is no longer of use’ Terminated CDC vaccine adviser Helen Chu spoke with STAT about her fears for the future of vaccine policy

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...

AMA Calls for Senate Investigation of RFK Jr. 'We do not want to be on the wrong side of history,' one delegate said

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Cancer patients are dying after choosing fad social media ‘cures’ Oncologists report sufferers are delaying treatment to try unproven diets and essential oils

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.

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RFK Jr. rolls back Covid vaccine recommendations for healthy children, pregnant people HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced that he has unilaterally struck the recommendation that healthy children and healthy pregnant people get Covid booster shots.

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 Prosecuted History’s Crimes. Then He Died in One.

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 Mess at Airports Is Part of a Larger Pattern What’s behind the Newark airport fiasco

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.

What you need to know about 'forever chemicals' in drinking water The Environmental Protection Agency plans to roll back limits on some harmful chemicals roughly a year after the Biden administration set national standards.

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:

HHS to stop recommending routine Covid shots for children, pregnant people, RFK Jr. ally says A change in recommending Covid vaccines for children and pregnant women would circumvent an expert panel but please many MAHA fans.

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...

Upheaval at FDA pushes some biotech firms to move early trials out of US Worry is growing that layoffs and policy changes at the drugs watchdog may delay regulatory reviews.

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

EPA plans to weaken rule curbing forever chemicals in drinking water The Environmental Protection Agency will rescind and reconsider drinking water standards for four chemicals that have been linked to a range of illnesses.

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 best and brightest young scientists are looking beyond the U.S. as cuts hit home Top scientists are cutting staff at their labs. Postdocs are leaving the country. Here's how the Trump cuts are playing out at the University of Washington.

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.

Exclusive: NIH to suspend funds for research abroad as it overhauls policy Move by US biomedical agency threatens thousands of projects on infectious diseases, cancer and more.

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.

Trump’s Cuts to Science Funding Could Hurt U.S. Economy, Study Shows (Gift Article) Reducing federal support for research and development could cause long-run economic damage and reduce government revenue.

“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.

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RFK Jr. will require shift in how new vaccines are tested The potential change outlined in a statement would require all new vaccines to undergo “placebo” testing, sparking concerns among medical experts.

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 says tariff uncertainty is deterring further U.S. investment in manufacturing, R&D Unlike other companies grappling with evolving trade policy, Pfizer did not revise its full-year outlook on Tuesday.

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 European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Tuesday invited scientists and researchers from the world over to make Europe their home when the Trump administration is threatening to cut federal funding for Harvard and other U.S. universities.

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‘60 Minutes’ Rebukes Paramount On-Air Over Executive Producer’s Exit The show’s top producer abruptly said last week he was quitting. “Paramount began to supervise our content in new ways,” the correspondent Scott Pelley told viewers.

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.

Clonal Hematopoiesis as a Driver of Solid Tumors | NEJM Clonal hematopoiesis is the expansion of a genetically related population of hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells that disproportionately contribute to blood-cell production.1 Clonal hematopoies...

New evidence @nejm.org today that age-related clonal hematopoiesis (CHIP) has a driver role in evolution of solid cancers
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17 Ways to Cut Your Risk of Stroke, Dementia and Depression All at Once A new study identified overlapping factors that affect your odds of developing these brain diseases late in life.

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.