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Alexander Bois-Spinelli 🏳️‍🌈

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This Memorial Day, go beyond the headlines. 🧬 Save big on STAT+ and unlock award-winning journalism, deep industry insights, and more. Start your subscription today: trib.al/vhprvUm

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Really wild to think that 5 years ago I wrote this story in STAT! Remember antibody testing? Recovery from Covid-19 is filled with uncertainty. An antibody test offered me a little comfort statnews.com/2020/05/21/rec…

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Incredible story here on Brad Smith, the architect of the Trump administration's massive cuts at HHS and all the agencies under its umbrella. As Tara Bannow writes, also the man "you haven’t even heard of." statnews.com/2025/06/02/bra…

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Eagle-eyed Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 notes that, while Secretary Kennedy accepted an advisory panel's rec to drop thimerosal from flu vaccines, he has NOT accepted a rec that everyone 6 months and older get an annual flu shot. That is still “under review,” HHS says. statnews.com/2025/07/23/ken…

Eagle-eyed <a href="/HelenBranswell/">Helen Branswell 🇨🇦</a> notes that, while <a href="/SecKennedy/">Secretary Kennedy</a>  accepted an advisory panel's rec to drop thimerosal from flu vaccines, he has NOT accepted a rec that everyone 6 months and older get an annual flu shot.

That is still “under review,” HHS says.

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#Breaking: Vinay Prasad, a top official at the Food and Drug Administration, has suddenly departed after a series of controversial decisions about a treatment for boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy. trib.al/vfYBVjn

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CDC leaders tried to reassure staff during an all-hands meeting today, following Friday's shooting. Staff, though, described the meeting as brief — 13 minutes long — and chaotic. Via Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 🌸 Chelsea Cirruzzo statnews.com/2025/08/12/cdc…

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Very important work here by STAT reporters on how political oversight is gumming up the process of funding for scientific research. statnews.com/2025/08/15/ins…

Very important work here by <a href="/statnews/">STAT</a> reporters on how political oversight is gumming up the process of funding for scientific research.

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“Kennedy would be less hazardous if he decided to do cardiac surgery. Then he would kill people only one at a time,” writes former CDC Director William Foege. trib.al/wK4DyM4

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MAHA turned 1 over the weekend, and it's hard to believe it's only been one year since Kennedy endorsed Trump and kickstarted this movement. I talked with nearly two dozen people to try and make sense of all that has happened — or not. statnews.com/2025/08/25/rfk…

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Well. I have the absolute best news for fans of STAT. Quite simply: Damian Garde is returning. Damian will be working with me on STAT's events, including our Summits. He'll also be writing the kind of amazing profiles that are his stock in trade. I'll include a few in a

Well. I have the absolute best news for fans of <a href="/statnews/">STAT</a>. Quite simply: <a href="/damiangarde/">Damian Garde</a> is returning.

Damian will be working with  me on STAT's events, including our Summits. He'll also be writing the kind of amazing profiles that are his stock in trade. I'll include a few in a