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Key takeaways: RFK Jr’s ‘Maha’ report on chronic disease in children
Report ignores common dangers to children, focuses on Kennedy’s favored topics – and will be forcefully opposedDonald Trump’s health secretary and long-time vaccine skeptic, Robert F Kennedy Jr,
Read MoreUncertainty in CRISPR world and the start of more M&A
STAT reporters chat about the mood in the gene editing field, M&A deals in biotech, and leadership changes at Novo Nordisk.
Read MoreReinstated NIOSH Workers Still Don't Feel Secure
(MedPage Today) -- In the wake of sweeping workforce cuts at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), leaders from unions representing many of the affected employees descend
Read MoreOpinion: The FDA is circumventing key roles and procedures for licensure and use of Covid vaccines
The FDA’s recent activities regarding Covid-19 vaccines stray far from the well-established standards of vaccine regulatory processes.
Read MoreFDA asks mRNA vaccine makers to widen age range for rare heart risk warning
Letters to Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech follow tighter booster framework
Read MoreRFK Jr. Releases Much-Anticipated MAHA Report
(MedPage Today) -- A government report released on Thursday covering wide swaths of American health and wellness reflects some of the most contentious views on vaccines, the nation's food supply, pes
Read MoreRFK’s health report omits key facts in painting dark vision for US children
Maha report ignores leading causes of death for children, firearms and crashes, and focuses on lifestyle and vaccinesA new report led by the health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr, lays out a dark visi
Read MoreThe Trouble With 'Do Your Own Research' for Drugs
(MedPage Today) -- Ideally, the approval of a new drug should be exclusively the province of science, but for a more than half-trillion-dollar-a-year industry, it couldn't possibly remain so.
Read MoreTakeaways From the White House’s ‘Make America Healthy Again’ Report
The report echoes many of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s talking points on ultraprocessed foods and vaccines, but with some notable omissions.
Read MoreSTAT+: FDA chief pushes back on senators’ criticism, says Covid booster trials should take ‘roughly a year’
Makary told senators that staffing cuts haven't slowed down the FDA's core mission.
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