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Story from @AnilOza16 of @statnews

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In 2020, NIH funded a network of 10 centers intended to “expand knowledge on re-emerging and emerging infectious diseases” — the kind of niche work that could be helpful in the face of an Ebola outbreak. In 2025, their federal grants were terminated.

https://t.co/YrRaE0uSPw

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"Despite their popularity, few patients understand who’s actually taking care of them when they click through a telehealth site."

Via @KatieMPalmer

https://t.co/jyLwPmUCzF

[Adam Feuerstein ✡️ @adamfeuerstein]

Revolution Medicines $RVMD starts shipping experimental pancreatic cancer drug, daraxonrasib.

“We don’t have a set number where we are going to cap it. We want to make sure everybody who needs daraxonrasib for pancreatic cancer will receive it. That’s just very, very important for us to do,” CEO Mark Goldsmith told me last night at our #ASCO26 event.

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Excellent reporting from @_daniel_payne @ChelseaCirruzzo

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NEW: Biden officials prepared extensive plans to be used in the case of disease outbreaks. With Ebola in DRC, the Trump admin has gone its own way, per former CDC officials who previously worked in the Trump admin.

https://t.co/TtPr1XtGoU

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Opening day of #ASCO26 is underway.

Whether you're in Chicago or following from afar, stay up to date with STAT’s reporting, events, and conversations happening throughout the conference. https://t.co/nkzkzMgVgb

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The Trump administration has released a sweeping proposal to overhaul the bedrock regulation for all federal grants. https://t.co/N2G3UZiz58

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NEW: Massachusetts is suing UnitedHealthcare, alleging the company intentionally made low-income seniors appear sicker than they were over the past decade to boost its bottom line. https://t.co/sVFVjrDGfo

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New: As Ebola outbreak in Central Africa grows, the U.S. turns itself into a fortress.

Via @HelenBranswell

https://t.co/LZBOIy2fz5

[Mario Aguilar @mariojoze]

Blood pressure tech floods the market after FDA relaxes wearables oversight https://t.co/tIO1OZBbVg via @statnews

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Some hopeful news to start the day: A "functional cure" for some people with hepatitis B.

https://t.co/lQicc8vBQC

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"‘Are we just going to give up and die like every other generation?’"

@SarahLizChar with a great read on the longevity movement, which is suddenly "more of an industry."

https://t.co/JZItCj3ZEg

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8 former CDC directors: Reform PEPFAR, don’t dismantle it.

https://t.co/rznAEL0nQH

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Congress slashed Medicaid funding to providers. The Trump administration wants to cut even further. Via @TaraBannow

https://t.co/UxZC9PfX0b

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STAT housekeeping note: We'll be on the ground in Chicago next week for #ASCO26.

The STAT@ASCO live event is Fri. May 29. I will be chatting on stage w/ $RVMD CEO Mark Goldsmith. I wonder what we'll talk about?

We also have Rick Pazdur on stage, always entertaining, especially these days...

Register here: https://t.co/93f5sqBpDq

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We are off to a hot start: Sen. Baldwin says that Jeffrey Taubenberger, head of NIAID (second largest institute) is out.

(Bhattacharya did not respond to this)

15 of the 27 institutes currently have acting directors

w/ @HelenBranswell

https://t.co/q7KJeD1zY7

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Breaking from @HelenBranswell @AnilOza16: The acting head of the NIH’s infectious disease institute, NIAID, is reported to have stepped down.

https://t.co/xLOtp5G9uH

[🌸 Chelsea Cirruzzo @ChelseaCirruzzo]

New w/ @_daniel_payne: HHS plans to issue a warning from the surgeon general's office on screen time, according to a draft we reviewed. The report could come just after RFK Jr. assigned a temp surgeon general because there isn't a Senate-confirmed one. https://t.co/2n906k2uwT

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New: RFK Jr. has fired two leaders of a preventive service task force he means to remake, giving him more latitude to accept new members to the nonpartisan. In emails, the two leaders pushed back on the separate explanations they got for being fired. https://t.co/VTRwPPl9qO