Vinay Prasad returns to the FDA, weeks after his ouster
HFO HFO Vinay Prasad returns to a top FDA role just weeks after his abrupt dismissal.
BREAKING: Vinay Prasad is returning to the FDA to resume his role overseeing vaccine, gene therapy, and blood product regulation β just two weeks after his ouster. www.statnews.com/2025/08/09/v...
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Work on mRNA therapies was surging. Now Kennedy has rocked the field
Companies in a burgeoning field of mRNA therapeutics express shock at HHS's deep cuts to research funding.
One of the companies targeted by BARDA's winding down of mRNA vaccine research, Tiba Biotech, said it wasn't even working on an mRNA vaccine. A head-scratching detail from this nice story by @marissa-russo.bsky.social for
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HHS backtracks on pledge to disclose new vaccine advisersβ conflicts of interest
RFK Jr. has pledged radical transparency, but his vaccine advisers' financial disclosures aren't public.
On June 18, HHS said it would soon release ethics and conflict-of-interest documents for new vaccine advisers appointed by RFK Jr. to the ACIP. That group's first meeting came and went.
Now, HHS appears to be backpedaling.
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GOP House staffer tells me itβs βhard to sayβ whether some House moderates will go along with the deeper Medicaid cuts in the Senate bill.
Even the larger rural health fund βisnβt going to be enough to address their concerns,β the person said.
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NIH halts grant terminations βeffective immediately,β email says
The National Institutes of Health is halting further terminations of research grants, an internal email shows
NIH is halting further grant terminations β we aren't sure why but it comes days after a federal judge ruled many such terminations were illegal and hours after said judge denied the government's appeal to stay the decision
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A closer look at the new members of the CDC vaccine advisory panel
For more than a half-century, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have relied on outside experts to guide the agencyβs recommendations on how
Hours after RFK Jr. announced a new CDC vaccine advisory panel, 7 (!!) of my @statnews.com colleagues put together this staggeringly thorough breakdown of what we know about the new ACIP members. It's well worth a read.
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