Sandhya Raman

Senior Healthcare Reporter for @BLAW [email protected]
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Update: https://t.co/u6kZlbWYHH

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Belated hello from Baltimore where I’ve been covering today’s hearing where a group is seeking class-wide protections for transgender individuals who received care at 20+ hospitals from a DOJ investigation

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Story here: https://t.co/AMFIKERSPo

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HHS Secretary Kennedy announcing 19 additional medical schools have signed on to the nutrition education pledge

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And here's your update: Judge denied the TRO

https://t.co/28FEUWoRSh

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A federal judge held an emergency hearing today to decide whether or not to temporarily pause an investigation into a group of trans youth who received care at a Calif. hospital.

Judge P. Casey Pitts plans to make a decision “well in advance" of DOJ's June 10 deadline.

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Lawmakers weighed ongoing legal issues in today's Senate HELP hearing or transgender health care for minors.

https://t.co/uFIp8v9zYP

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Scoop: FDA Acting Commissioner Kyle Diamantas is scheduled to have a closed-door roundtable this week with over a dozen groups advocating for rare disease treatments, according to a senior agency official. https://t.co/pikg8tkenu

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The White House is proposing a far-reaching rewrite of the rules on federal grants, consolidating its power over who benefits from federal financial assistance and what they can do with that money.

https://t.co/jq45ieEBzO

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In a new suit, 6 Californian families are seeking to block DOJ’s transgender health probe:
https://t.co/P9oMo5fsdv

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The VA announced a study on MDMA-assisted therapies for PTSD and alcohol use disorder.

More on blaw: https://t.co/1yWi1deX6t

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From this afternoon’s arguments:

https://t.co/n6HeIhHEiW

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Here's our story on the hearing for Bloomberg Law:

https://t.co/9VawSi3YcW

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Good morning from the Senate Appropriations committee where NIH Director Bhattacharya is testifying alongside 5 institute directors on the agency’s budget request.

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The FIFA World Cup kicking off next month will serve as a litmus test for how the US is able to handle potential disease threats.

Learn more: https://t.co/32RoSYXJ0B

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New this morning: My story on the preparations and what is at stake ahead of next month's games. ⚽️

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The FIFA World Cup in the US, Canada, and Mexico will test the US ability to handle potential disease threats amid cuts to the CDC's workforce and funding, a surge in measles cases, and the emerging threat of Ebola. https://t.co/tSow0zcw6j

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If anyone sees a gold and opal ring outside/in the Capitol, it’s mine :(

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HHS announces it plans to reorganize its Office of Civil Rights

https://t.co/FlnE8bHUPq

[Skye Witley @skye_witley]

Scoop: The FDA's new top food official will be Donald Prater, who sources tell me has been selected to replace Kyle Diamantas as acting deputy commissioner for food.

Prater previously led the agency’s food mission in an acting capacity from 2023 to 2024.

https://t.co/tXRYOghlx5