Our Senior Adviser Dr. Wilmot James joins A Moment in Health with Dr. Ashish Jha w/ Ashish K. Jha, MD, MPH to discuss the US's retreat from global health leadership and how it's fueling political strong-arming and a decline in global trust. 🎧 Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/7ks6ti…

Is UnitedHealth just too big? The answer will have "a lot to do with whether policymakers and regulators continue to encourage this vertical consolidation—or start to question it,” says CAHPR @ Brown University School of Public Health Senior Fellow Hayden Rooke-Ley.⤵️ prospect.org/health/2025-07…

As Senators probe the growing partnerships between direct-to-consumer telehealth companies & pharmaceutical manufacturers, CAHPR @ Brown University School of Public Health experts Professors Erin Fuse Brown & Ateev Mehrotra weigh in on this "unusual and strange way for Americans to get health care." statnews.com/2025/07/17/sen…

ICYMI Last week's webinar, Mirror Biology: Global risks, national security concerns, and practical actions, is now on Youtube. Moderated by Wilmot James with panelists Beth Cameron and James Smith from J. Craig Venter Institute 👀 Watch here ⤵️ youtu.be/iOsvFjfIdlw?si…

Listen for this week's episode of A Common Health, from CSIS, in which I had the great pleasure to host the inimitable Richard Hatchett CEO of CEPI. As always, Richard delivers not only wisdom, but also desperately needed optimism. csis.org/podcasts/commo…

In the latest podcast A Moment in Health with Dr. Ashish Jha I discuss a big number: $64.9 Trillion Aluminum, vaccines, and the idea of dose matters And talk to Erin Fuse Brown about what effect corporatization of healthcare is having on healthcare spending podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/can…

I’m up in STAT with a proposal for states to scuttle Republican efforts to drastically cut Medicaid. Tldr is “price parity”: cap runaway private insurance prices and channel the savings into Medicaid, drawing down the federal funds that the Trump admin is targeting.

"Although states cannot fully neutralize the impending Medicaid cuts, they have tools to scuttle the Trump administration’s efforts." Hayden Rooke-Ley, senior CAHPR @ Brown University School of Public Health fellow writes in STAT that states can mitigate Medicaid cuts—if they act boldly. statnews.com/2025/07/24/med…

In EP 10 of our podcast, Dr. Nasike continues her discussion with guests Beth Cameron, Wilmot James & @ahabwe_pharmaon on the challenges presented by the wave of infectious outbreaks, like #Measles, #Mpox & more. 🎧 Listen here ⤵️ …curity-changing-the-game.captivate.fm/episode/part-i…

Per The Guardian: Guidance from scientific groups works to make informed decisions amid an info crisis. Wary of current guidance from agencies like #CDC, the medical community is collaborating on their own recommendations - Scott A Rivkees, M.D. w/ Brown University School of Public Health More ⤵️ theguardian.com/us-news/2025/j…

RFK Jr. cancels almost $500M in #mRNA vaccine contracts based on false claims about their performance Jennifer Nuzzo, DrPH told Apoorva Mandavilli “...the secretary is demonstrating his commitment to his long-held goal of sowing doubts about all vaccines.” The New York Times: nytimes.com/2025/08/05/hea…

From Brown University School of Public Health: Biosecurity Game Changer Sana Masmoudi has been in partnership with CEPI over the last year advancing global standards, supporting CEPI’s #100DaysMission to rapidly respond to the next outbreak and so much more! Read here 👇 sph.brown.edu/news/2025-08-0…

Cutting #mRNA vaccines leaves us exposed to more than just #flu & #COVID “When we take [vaccine programs] off the table and leave nothing in their place, we basically signal to our adversaries that we are no longer interested in defending ourselves” — Jennifer Nuzzo, DrPH More ⤵️

Listen to Brown University School of Public Health Christopher Whaley & ClarifyHealth’s Todd Gottula discuss the importance of data access to illuminate price transparency in health care, and why it matters. buff.ly/B4DBMoQ

The White House inherited a system for handling outbreaks. No one left knows how to use it, Dr. Stephanie Psaki, Beth Cameron, and Jon Finer argue. theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

We left a well-oiled machine. They are - once again - letting it rust. I encourage you to read our take on what it takes to stop outbreaks at the source, save lives, and keep Americans safe from bio threats. Pleased to partner with leaders and friends Jon Finer and Dr. Stephanie Psaki

Out from the The Atlantic an op-ed from our Senior Adviser Beth Cameron , who co-wrote the piece with Dr. Stephanie Psaki and Jon Finer, highlights how the US has dismantled its frontline defense against deadly biological threats, like #ebola. More here ⤵️

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"Excluding pregnant participants from randomized controlled studies is intended to prevent harm to them and their children," Professor Alyssa Bilinski writes in a STAT opinion. "But it may, in fact, achieve the opposite." Brown Biostatistics Health Services, Policy & Practice Department statnews.com/2025/08/12/pre…