Really well written article by Jason Mast worth your read

Being asked by reporters to respond to this announcement. Here are my thoughts: 👇🏽 The decision to remove the COVID-19 vaccine from the CDC’s recommended immunization schedule for healthy children and pregnant women raises significant concerns, as it overlooks both available

So much wrong with this. Anti-vaccine bias promoted by RFK and adopted by Vinay Prasad and Marty Makary for political reasons undermines sensible health policy and excludes large groups from choosing a vaccine. More to follow on the vaccine front. None of it good. Shameful

Dangerous for those working with and caring for immunosuppressed people and others at risk. There is no science based reason for this. More people will get sick, a few may die. A human made tragedy.

Ten years ago a piece in Nature entitled "Do Not Edit the Human Germline" authored by yours truly and colleagues argued against this dangerous and unnecessary application of editing. I thank the august lineup of authors of this timely piece for taking a strong stand on this.

1/ This graph from Jon Bruner tells an important story: America's current dominance in science only began after the mid-1930s, when persecuted scientists began fleeing universities in Germany and then elsewhere in occupied Europe.

My take: With Covid vaccine decisions, RFK Jr. unleashes an unfettered assault on public health   statnews.com/2025/05/28/rfk… via STAT

#ASCO25 when #immunotherapy meets #CountryMusic = Ring That Bell music video is out on YouTube for sharing youtube.com/watch?v=dkOrbj… Apple / iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/album/ring-…… Spotify: open.spotify.com/album/53z1BEHT……

The next chapter in the Fantastic Voyage of CAR T cells has begun- Cancer-fighting immune cells could soon be engineered inside our bodies #Tcell #immunotherapy #invivo Capstan Therapeutics nature.com/articles/d4158…

Let’s fix: “Millions of American lives were saved by the Covid vaccines. And we gotta listen.”

NCI of NIH ordered to stop posting on eve of #ASCO25

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There are outstanding scientific questions still being addressed. Killing a powerful platform technology isn’t the answer. There is currently no other technology that can come close to matching the need for speed and scale in a pandemic response. statnews.com/2025/05/28/mod… STAT

Anti-Science Anti-Healthy

America's biomedical ecosystem has thrived on: 1 NIH funding for basic research 2 Welcoming environment for global talent 3 Entrepreneurial culture that turns innovations into cures Gov't policies are taking a sledgehammer to all of this Ultimately harming the American people

There were disturbing developments this week that will undoubtedly affect your health. But most people didn't notice, because they weren't so splashy, or may not seem like a big deal. But I want to talk to you about each of them, why they matter, and why we should be worried:

We congratulate Mags McCarthy and Bruce Levine, Ph.D. 🇺🇦🥼🔬🧬🧪💉 on the release of “Ring That Bell”—a powerful tribute to cancer patients, advocates & the promise of CAR T-cell therapy. Every bell rung is a milestone worth celebrating. Listen now: brnw.ch/21wT3hP Penn Medicine - Abramson Cancer Center