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I wanted to do a longer thread on this story & some of the interesting work being done I began thinking abt this w/ the launch of @ourhealthstudy, which begged the question how much of heart disease risk is attributable to genes — and the answer was there really wasn't the data

SCOOP from @adamfeuerstein, @Jasonmmast: Sarepta’s Duchenne therapy faces an "arduous" path back to market, a senior FDA official says, suggesting the treatment’s license could be revoked statnews.com/2025/07/22/fda…

A recent analysis found the American Academy of Pediatrics, which in 2023 recommended new obesity medications for children, had undisclosed financial ties "at every level" to drugmakers. statnews.com/2025/07/22/stu…

An inside look at how University of Minnesota president grapples with massive cuts in federal funding By @JonathanWosen statnews.com/2025/07/21/uni… via @statnews @UMNews

New @statnews op-ed: We are mothers of Duchenne patients. Recent setbacks with Sarepta Therapeutics must not stop progress. statnews.com/2025/07/18/sar…

Peter Marks, the FDA official who overruled his own staff to approve Sarepta's Duchenne gene therapy, told STAT he agreed with the decision to pause shipments after recent deaths. “It does seem like it makes a fair amount of sense to get a better handle on the issues before…

This week, MAHA celebrated ice cream without artificial dyes and Coca-Cola without corn syrup. Nutrition experts say...uhhh, it's still Coke and ice cream. From @SarLiz statnews.com/2025/07/17/coc…

HHS efficiency review blamed for delaying patient care at Indian Health Service statnews.com/2025/07/15/ind… via @statnews

On this week's episode of "The Readout LOUD": a closer look at the NIH’s grant-cutting legal playbook, FDA transparency questions, and another big biotech acquisition. trib.al/aEFkj9y

Yesterday, the Trump administration announced a change that seems to have mostly flown under the radar... But it could have major implications for community health centers, Head Start, and other state/local health programs that get federal dollars. NEW: statnews.com/2025/07/11/ken…

The DOJ has issued “nearly 20 subpoenas” to clinics that provide gender-affirming care per DOJ's Chad Mizelle, who spoke at an all-day FTC workshop focused how the federal government might continue its crusade against trans health care. I watched: statnews.com/2025/07/09/doj…

News: Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has abruptly canceled a meeting of the USPSTF, the key expert panel that evaluates the nation’s preventative care recommendations. Via @ChelseaCirruzzo statnews.com/2025/07/09/usp…

#CDC reports the confirmed #measles count in the country so far this year has hit 1,288, the highest single year total since 1992 — and the highest since measles was declared eliminated in the US in 2000. statnews.com/2025/07/09/mea…

"Of the 15 employees STAT spoke with, 10 are actively looking for other jobs." Read more below, where @LizzyLaw_ takes the pulse of the FDA in great detail

As courts have struck down #NIH grant terminations, the agency has charted a new path towards cutting that it hopes can withstand court challenges. @AnilOza16 has the scoop. statnews.com/2025/07/06/hhs…

The NIH has paused grant terminations, but it seems that its parent organization, HHS, is gearing up for additional, more legally rigorous terminations in the wake of several legal defeats: statnews.com/2025/07/06/hhs…

Scoop: HHS has devised a legal playbook for future grant terminations, internal memo shows. Via @AnilOza16 statnews.com/2025/07/06/hhs…

SCOOP: HHS devises legal playbook for future grant terminations, internal memo shows statnews.com/2025/07/06/hhs… via @statnews @AnilOza16

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Foreign medical residents fill critical gaps in the health care system -- often in rural and low-income areas. But because of travel and visa delays, many have not been able to start their work on time. For @AP with @DeviShastri: apnews.com/article/intern…

Terminated NIH grants are being reinstated almost entirely in blue states, @statnews analysis shows. Via @AnilOza16 statnews.com/2025/07/03/nih…