viernes, 31 de enero de 2025
National Science Foundation suspends salary payments, leaving researchers unable to pay their bills NSF payment system remained offline despite the lifting of Trump administration funding freeze
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NSF payment system offline
Postdoctoral researchers who rely on grants from the National Science Foundation are beginning to report that President Trump’s federal funding freeze — announced, then blocked by a judge — nonetheless is having an impact, as the NSF’s online payment system remains down. An NSF email seen by STAT suggested salaries had been suspended to “ensure only eligible activities” are funded.
“If the freeze is not stopped, I might lose my house,” said one biologist doing a postdoctoral fellowship in the Southeast, who spoke on condition that neither his name nor his state of residence be used, out of fear of retaliation. He said he had enough in his bank account to last until March, but had no idea how long the pay stoppage might last.
That suggested that the agency would not be paying any of its grantees until it determined that their work did not conflict with President Trump’s executive orders, including those dismantling diversity initiatives and rolling back protections of transgender rights.
With little fanfare, Biden administration stacked vaccine advisory committee with new members ACIP plays a critical role on issues where RFK Jr., if confirmed, may initiate major changes
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Before leaving office, President Biden’s health secretary added eight new candidates to a critical committee that helps set U.S. vaccination policy — a move that could hinder the Trump administration’s attempt to shape the panel with its own appointees, several sources have told STAT.
“It was very intentional,” a former senior Health and Human Services Department official said. “It was our goal to fill every vacancy on every [federal advisory committee] the department has, with particular focus on ones like [the Advisory Committee of Immunization Practices] where maintenance of our scientific expertise was critical."
The intention was to stack the committee with people who, unlike President Trump’s pick as health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., have not expressed skepticism about vaccines. The moves would seem to deprive Kennedy — should he be confirmed as HHS secretary — of a chance to name new members of the ACIP, which helps the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention determine the appropriate use of vaccines, until 2027. But experts in public health and vaccine law note that people who sit on the committee have at-will appointments — and the next HHS secretary could easily overturn the last one’s best-laid plans.
jueves, 30 de enero de 2025
A common mouth and gut bacteria may be linked with increased stroke risk American Stroke Association International Stroke Conference 2025 - Abstract 106
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What our mouths could teach us about stroke risk
Researchers already know that there’s an association between oral infections and stroke. Two study abstracts being presented at the American Stroke Association international conference next week could further that understanding:
One study of more than 6,200 people without a prior history of stroke or atrial fibrillation found that those who flossed were at significantly lower risk of ischemic stroke (when a blood clot blocks an artery in the brain), cardioembolic heart (when the clot starts in the heart then travels to the brain), and atrial fibrillation. The researchers followed up with participants for 25 years and found a significant dose-effect between flossing and ischemic stroke risk, meaning the more they flossed, the lower their chances of stroke.
The other research is in earlier stages — there’s a common mouth and gut bacteria called Streptococcus anginosis that may proliferate in the guts of people who have a stroke. Researchers analyzed the salivary and gut microbiomes of 189 acute stroke patients and 55 people who hadn’t had a stroke. Over two years of follow-up, survivors with this bacteria in their gut had significantly higher risk of death and major cardiovascular events than those without. Overall, having the bacteria in the gut was associated with a 20% higher odds of stroke. The researchers hope that the findings can someday lead to a test for harmful oral bacteria.
Since 988 launch, mental health crisis services have faltered Study shows the nationwide system is falling well short of its potential, while funding issues loom
Since 988 launch, mental health crisis services have faltered
Study shows the nationwide system is falling well short of its potential, while funding issues loom
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Mental health crisis services faltering after 988
Two and a half years ago, 988 launched as the number anyone across the country could dial in to ask for help with a mental health crisis. It’s one facet of a larger mental health care system, and a key objective of its rollout was to help strengthen an underfunded, patchwork system that left many people alone in times of crisis.
But while calls to the national hotline continue to increase, new research shows that fewer psychiatric facilities are offering emergency psychiatric walk-in services, mobile crisis response units, and suicide prevention services. “If we don’t actually enhance access to care,” physician Ashwini Nadkarni said, “then one wonders how much we’re actually achieving.”
Read more in my latest on the state of the country’s mental health crisis care system.
Universities fear Trump is using lucrative research grants as leverage to dismantle their DEI programs ‘The point is to get these institutions to back down,’ said a former HHS general counsel
Universities fear Trump is using lucrative research grants as leverage to dismantle their DEI programs
‘The point is to get these institutions to back down,’ said a former HHS general counsel
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How universities and med schools are reacting to Trump’s EO on DEI
Colleges, universities, and medical schools around the country are scrambling to understand exactly what Trump’s flurry of executive actions targeting diversity efforts could mean for their institutions. While orders he made in his first administration targeted education with terms like critical race theory, the plain language of these new orders is sending a chill through campuses.
Federal research grants are the fiscal lifeblood of these academic institutions, a group of STAT reporters write. “If you’re a big institution, you don’t want to be in the crosshairs of the Trump administration threatening to take away your federal funds,” Samuel Bagenstos, a former general counsel for HHS, told STAT.
Read more on how these institutions are — and aren’t — preparing for an apparent plan to leverage federal funding to pressure educational institutions.
As beverages aimed at kids boom, new guidelines recommend water and plain milk Plant-based milks typically don’t contain the same levels of nutrients as cow’s milk
As beverages aimed at kids boom, new guidelines recommend water and plain milk
Plant-based milks typically don’t contain the same levels of nutrients as cow’s milk
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New recs say only water and milk for kids
New dietary recommendations from several major health organizations say that kids ages 5 to 18 should stick to drinking water and plain pasteurized milk. It’s in line with the draft dietary guidelines that an advisory committee created at the end of last year that said we all should mainly just be drinking water.
Some recommendations for kids are unsurprising and uncontroversial, like staying away from sugary drinks. But the guidelines on what types of milk kids should have — skim or 1%, but not plant-based milks — have caused more of a stir. Read more from STAT’s Sarah Todd.
Next dietary guidelines should lead with plant-based foods, scientific advisers say
Report, minus ultra-processed foods, promotes new motto: ‘Eat Healthy Your Way’
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Trump White House rescinds order freezing federal grants after widespread confusion The action comes less than two days after the order sparked legal challenges
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made his first congressional appearance yesterday as President Trump’s pick to lead HHS. At the Senate confirmation hearing, which STAT live-blogged, there were discussions about abortion, Medicaid, Covid-19, and onesies.
RFK Jr. and the case of the onesies: Concerns about vaccine views flare at confirmation hearing
Sen. Sanders pressed HHS nominee on why his former group was profiting off anti-vaccine merchandise
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In an analysis of the hearing, STAT’s Isa Cueto writes that what was missing from Kennedy’s responses to hours of questioning was a concrete plan for how he’d plan to “make America healthy again.” With Rachel Cohrs Zhang and Sarah Owermohle, she also wrote about the seven major topics he did address during the hearing.
The 7 big topics RFK Jr. addressed during a fiery confirmation hearing
The questions spanned vaccines, abortion, Medicaid, and more
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Some of STAT’s previous coverage came directly into play during the hearings. Kennedy was asked about a report from Isa and Rachel Cohrs Zhang that showed his presidential campaign was making money off the HHS freeze. “I don’t think my campaign exists anymore,” he replied. But his campaign sent out another fundraising email during the hearing. Kennedy also cited a JAMA study on fluoride and IQ — Anil Oza covered that study, and why many researchers took issue with it.
What to know about a controversial new study on fluoride and IQ
The study is likely to further inflame politicized debates over water fluoridation
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Keep an eye out today for more coverage — the live blog will be here — of Kennedy’s second hearing today. And in case you missed this puzzling turn of events: Yesterday, the budget office rescinded its memo freezing all spending on federal grants. But to be clear, that’s the memo that was rescinded, not any of the executive orders directed at federal spending on DEI, climate, transgender people, and more. Read the latest.
Live updates: RFK Jr., Trump’s HHS pick, faces new interrogations at second confirmation hearing
Lawmakers to delve further into vaccine views, abortion stance, and more
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miércoles, 29 de enero de 2025
Trump Signs Order Restricting Gender-Affirming Care For Those Under 19
Researchers reel as Trump administration moves quickly to cut funding and end DEI health programs ‘The work is hard enough to do as it is,’ said one advocate who urged scientists to push back
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Why are cervical cancer death rates so bad in the Mississippi Delta?
While politics over DEI are roiling Washington, work to end racial health disparities continues. This morning, the Southern Rural Black Women’s Initiative for Economic and Social Justice and Human Rights Watch released a report on the findings of 10 community health researchers who spent 18 months interviewing more than 150 women in the Mississippi Delta to understand the factors driving the area's inflated rates of cervical cancer, which are among the nation’s highest.
The mortality rate for cervical cancer is 65% higher for Black women than white women.
The report found that access to gynecological care was a major reason for the disparities. A cascade of factors are to blame, including Mississippi’s refusal to expand Medicaid through the ACA, which has contributed to rural hospital closures and helped fuel a shortage of OB-GYNs in the state. A lack of access to public transportation and racial discrimination from health providers also limited access, which led to less cancer screening and surgical treatment. Poor access to information on sexual and reproductive health, the report said, is another reason the state is ranked last in the nation in rates of uptake of the HPV vaccine which prevents cervical cancer. — Usha Lee McFarling
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Potential Ebola outbreak reported in DRC at a time of strained U.S.-WHO relations Tanzania is separately confronting an outbreak of Marburg fever
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In the midst of a communication pause between the Trump administration and the WHO, there’s a potential Ebola outbreak in a western part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Global health experts told STAT’s Helen Branswell that the news underscored how unwise it is for the U.S. to sever ties with the WHO. On top of that, in Tanzania (which shares a border with DRC) there’s an outbreak of Marburg fever, caused by a related virus. Read more from Helen.
Trump administration suspension of global HIV treatment program sparks chaos and fear of lost lives Pause on PEPFAR funding creates immediate and far-reaching health risks, experts say
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STAT’s Drew Joseph reported early yesterday that the Trump administration’s move to pause foreign aid has thrown PEPFAR — a program that helps provide HIV treatment to some 20 million people around the world — into disarray, with far-reaching consequences for patients. Later yesterday, the State Department issued a waiver to permit at least some funding, though questions about how exactly it applied to PEPFAR remained.
Trump order aims to end federal support for gender transitions for those under 19 It’s the latest push by Trump to reverse policies that protect transgender people and their care
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Trump signed a different executive order last night with the purpose of curtailing gender-affirming care for anybody in the U.S. under age 19. Last week, STAT’s Megan Molteni wrote about the science behind sex and gender after Trump’s initial order on redefining sex. And I’ve written previously about both the clear benefits of gender-affirming care for youth as well as the challenges researchers face in conducting studies on these medications.
As some Medicaid sites freeze up, White House acts to clarify pause on grants and programs Payments system appears to be an issue after budget office issued broadly worded memo
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The latest on executive orders and international health concerns:
As you can surely tell, STAT reporters have been working hard to get answers on issues stemming from the new Trump administration’s executive orders and memos. Here’s the latest:
In a Monday memo, the White House called for a pause in federal grants and loans. A follow-up memo on Tuesday indicated that Medicaid payments should not be affected by these pauses, but states have reported difficulties accessing Medicaid payment portals. A team of STAT reporters sorted out what happened and how states, universities, and other institutions have responded. (And right before the pause was set to be implemented yesterday evening, it was blocked by a federal judge.) STAT is continually updating the story, so read more here.
Live updates: RFK Jr., Trump’s HHS pick, testifies at Senate confirmation hearing Lawmakers to grill on vaccine views, business entanglements, and more
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The day before Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Senate confirmation hearing, his niece shared with STAT a trove of private emails between the two in which he expresses his respect for vaccine critics and antipathy toward scientific institutions like the CDC, pharma companies, and health leaders like Anthony Fauci. The emails span more than two years, starting at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Kerry Kennedy Meltzer, a primary care physician, tried to be respectful in her responses to her uncle. “I love you Bobby,” she wrote. “I just wish I could take you to my ICU, and show you how much destruction this disease has caused.” Kennedy picks and chooses his arguments like the lawyer he is, but also includes untrue claims about the dangers of the Covid-19 vaccinations and questions the value of the annual flu shot.
Read more on the illuminating emails. There’s also a follow-up story in which STAT’s Matt Herper contextualizes and fact-checks some of the most notable exchanges.
Kennedy Melter is the second Kennedy relative that has commented on him this week. Former congressman Patrick Kennedy — his cousin — offered an unexpected defense of the HHS nominee yesterday, arguing that, “on addiction policy, I believe he is the leader we need to meet this moment.” Read more on that from STAT’s Lev Facher.
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RFK Jr.’s views on addiction win a surprising endorsement: his cousin Patrick
Letter suggests RFK Jr. would be open to use of addiction medications as well as ‘wellness farms’
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martes, 28 de enero de 2025
DEA unveils telehealth rules for Adderall, buprenorphine, other controlled medications Long-gestating rule calls for registry for prescribers, along with restrictions
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Kids with ADHD and the Adderall shortage
In Oct. 2022, the FDA announced a shortage of Adderall, the go-to treatment for ADHD. Since then, an increasing number of kids have gotten prescriptions for other stimulants, according to a study published yesterday in Pediatrics. The dip in Adderall prescriptions has been offset by an increase for a drug called Focalin.
Researchers analyzed trends in the dispensation of stimulants to kids ages 5 to 17 between 2017 and 2023. Prescriptions declined in the beginning of the pandemic, but they’ve slowly climbed back up to normal, with a few exceptions. Most notably, in December 2023, girls aged 11 and younger had a monthly stimulant-dispensing rate that was 9% higher than pre-pandemic trends predicted. This likely doesn’t mean that more girls have ADHD than before, but perhaps signals that the condition isn’t going undiagnosed in girls as often as it used to.
(In the last days of the Biden administration, the DEA proposed a long-awaited special registration process for prescribers who want to provide controlled substances like Adderall via telehealth. It’s unclear how the Trump administration will move forward on the rule.)
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What can Trump and RFK Jr. actually do on health care? Efforts to ban pharma drug ads and curb water fluoridation could be on the table
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RFK Jr.'s blueprint for questioning vaccine safety
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has insisted he doesn’t want to take away vaccines — he just wants to make sure they’re safe. But in a 2023 book and on the website for a nonprofit he’s worked for, Kennedy sketches out a blueprint that could subject recommended vaccines to renewed scrutiny, redirect research, strip legal protections for vaccine makers, and change how vaccines are advertised. His 7-step plan provides a window into how he could use the levers of power as the top U.S. health official to sow doubt about vaccines at a time when rates of childhood immunizations are already slipping.
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Read more from STAT’s Rachel Cohrs Zhang and Sarah Owermohle. Kennedy’s confirmation hearing with the Senate Finance Committee will take place tomorrow, and vaccines are sure to come up.
What RFK Jr. Might Face in His Nomination Hearings This Week By Arthur Allen January 28, 2025
What RFK Jr. Might Face in His Nomination Hearings This Week
By Arthur Allen
January 28, 2025
https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/rfk-kennedy-hhs-nomination-hearings-senate-finance-help/
Researchers reel as Trump administration moves quickly to cut funding and end DEI health programs ‘The work is hard enough to do as it is,’ said one advocate who urged scientists to push back
https://www.statnews.com/2025/01/27/trump-dei-executive-order-quick-nih-funding-cuts/?utm_campaign=morning_rounds&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--xf55oG3ofcxgZx34EDS-O0GgigL8GHw36Mw2YZfpDyFS7TLsiZv4DyUuVm3BuDBijiWsrHE161e1Yu9BSO_BJUQ60Nw&_hsmi=344409238&utm_content=344409238&utm_source=hs_email
Let’s start with DEI: On Tuesday last week, President Donald Trump issued an executive order to stop any federal programs that promote diversity, equity, and inclusion. Just two days later, scientist Naomi Lee received an email that the NIH was terminating the contract that provided funding for her work with students from underrepresented backgrounds. A team of STAT reporters write about the speed with which the new administration is enacting the order — and the effect such action may have on projects that incorporate the basic idea that more diverse research is more accurate research.
https://www.statnews.com/2025/01/24/trump-restrictions-dei-communications-health-and-science-agencies-nih-cdc-fda/?utm_campaign=morning_rounds&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--BARA-cjFRkotsOUiM6Fui0YgymnL_FDuDCgN_rZEwTQeceQGWH-QYp9ea62mZdHMZeqZ8QmIl3cWNDK9VVKGXmOjIOA&_hsmi=344409238&utm_content=344409238&utm_source=hs_email
The full impact of that executive order is still unclear, partly because of the government freeze on most public communication through Feb. 1. But yesterday, the NIH clarified its restrictions on staff after the initial freeze unleashed confusion across the agency, STAT’s Sarah Owermohle reported in an exclusive story. Right now, NIH employees can start new work on mission-critical research and continue working on ongoing studies, but cannot publicly communicate about it.
https://www.statnews.com/2025/01/27/nih-staff-restrictions-clinical-trials-research-purchasing-travel-eased-trump-freeze-chaos/?utm_campaign=morning_rounds&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9yOpVQxOHpo2F2ATnNOxbMU3MJMY4YwWt3bhblrSH9hfLMkx1UmDtzCF-H395QvOiNhMNplUapbbQkaOloNe2Vk2bBaQ&_hsmi=344409238&utm_content=344409238&utm_source=hs_email
RFK Jr.’s step-by-step blueprint to question the safety of vaccines His plan could change how vaccines are studied, mandated in schools, challenged in court, and advertised Manage alerts for this article Email this article
RFK Jr.’s step-by-step blueprint to question the safety of vaccines
His plan could change how vaccines are studied, mandated in schools, challenged in court, and advertised
https://www.statnews.com/2025/01/28/rfk-jr-vaccines-kennedy-confirmation-hearing-vaccination-policy-hhs-secretary/
lunes, 27 de enero de 2025
‘Where are our patients?’: Three days of searching during the LA fires Most are older than 80, about half have dementia — and I had no idea where many were
https://www.statnews.com/2025/01/27/los-angeles-fires-elderly-patients-assisted-living-dementia-doctors/?utm_campaign=morning_rounds&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--ymR8g4o9QV7j9SEGysU8k5wNuUoJuUmR2SX_28d1t8Gzh8oChqWc6Kr_mjN5IuXS94m6xmasmpGiJELGOmHV4ej-0qA&_hsmi=344205424&utm_content=344205424&utm_source=hs_email
Gabriel Waterman is a primary care physician who helps to run a Los Angeles-area program providing services to thousands of older adults in assisted-living facilities and nursing homes. Most of his patients are at least 80 years old, and half have dementia. So as fires spread across the Pacific Palisades and Altadena neighborhoods, he worried about how his patients and traveling staff members were faring. When he saw news coverage of a Pasadena nursing home being evacuated, he wondered — “Were those our patients?”
In a new First Opinion essay, Waterman details three days of harrowing work to find and treat patients during the raging fires. Read his on-the-ground account.
Duration in Immigration Detention and Health Harms
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2829506?utm_term=012425&utm_campaign=ftm_links&utm_medium=referral&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-92rpsTZz4VEwBZ-ttlKTvLkTPntw7SRVhevW9IRWjRm9hKTqGBVsJqVg6UGM-jIyEDoF837eicmLqOKFLaktSh3ufBuQ&_hsmi=344205424&utm_source=For_The_Media
Long stays in immigration detention are especially harmful
People kept in immigration detention for six months or longer have significantly higher prevalence of mental health problems, PTSD, and poor or fair self-rated health than those kept for less time, according to a study published Friday in JAMA Network Open. Among 200 participants, there were high rates overall of these health problems, but lengthened stays exacerbated the problems.
About half of people detained for six months or longer had poor or fair self-rated health, compared to just 30% of those who stayed for less time. And 60% met screening standards for PTSD, as opposed to about 35% of those with shorter stays. The data published the same week that Trump re-entered the White House and made a number of policy changes to increase immigration enforcement and deportations. Such action could have wide-reaching health impacts for immigrant families all over the country, the health policy organization KFF noted.
https://www.kff.org/quick-take/president-trumps-recent-immigration-actions-could-affect-immigrant-families-health/?utm_campaign=morning_rounds&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9t2tbuoBuUpq_CaNa2MN0zlO3XUKiuVaVhLgDun7Z_Up5CNvwz7k2CME-GPH7dp1W3Iwvvz_kPkNEhcclmlb55_EcncA&_hsmi=344205424&utm_content=344205424&utm_source=hs_email
Historical redlining and survival among children, adolescents, and young adults with cancer diagnosed between 2000–2019 in Seattle and Tacoma, Washington
https://acsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/cncr.35677
More young people die of cancer in historically redlined areas, per study
Almost a century after people living in certain neighborhoods around Seattle and Tacoma, Washington were systemically denied financial services — a discriminatory, racist practice known as redlining — young cancer patients in those areas are dying at higher rates than those who live in unaffected areas.
An association between historic redlining and survival of adult-onset cancers has already been shown, but the data on adolescent and young-adult cancers come from a study published today in CANCER. Researchers analyzed data from 2000 to 2019 in those Washington cities on more than 4,300 patients aged 40 or younger, along with homeowners’ loan data and recent census tracts. They found that five years and 10 years after diagnosis, fewer people in previously redlined neighborhoods were still alive than those unaffected. (That’s about 85% vs. 90% five years out and 81% vs. 88% after ten years.)
The disparity in deaths remained even after adjusting for factors like poverty. It emphasizes the importance of contextualizing today’s health disparities, the authors write, as well as the impact discrimination can have generations down the line.
Q&A: Why this health AI startup is shutting down Maia Hightower, CEO of Equality AI, on what went wrong
https://www.statnews.com/2025/01/27/equality-ai-maia-hightower-artificial-intelligence-local-validation/?utm_campaign=morning_rounds&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9sQwfb35nrYhu_pmRWM4r_kkqOrvNTN2IMlWvEf9XtL6cnXb8nEXShhVsmXolPdAh__RhPm5YB5ZVMWogT_pb52DX1sQ&_hsmi=344205424&utm_content=344205424&utm_source=hs_email
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Chaos in science as Trump changes take effect
One week into the second Trump administration, the president’s restrictions have sparked chaos across federal health and science agencies. At academic conferences, mid-level health officials cancelled appearances or suddenly logged off virtual meetings that were already in progress. Committees tasked with deciding which scientific research to fund postponed key meetings.
https://www.statnews.com/2025/01/24/trump-nih-grant-review-freeze-alarms-scientists-fears-grow-dei-order-impact/?utm_campaign=morning_rounds&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8pSma-pgih50FW6jQnUG6M0z8MqOhjGuUR8divqXKL7umJULK63fjttVA_CCrxe5CCT-wyqyMFN43m0UolpnofrRQskA&_hsmi=344205424&utm_content=344205424&utm_source=hs_emailAt the FDA, staff scrambled to remove information online about the agency’s diversity efforts — not just programs related to its workforce, but also those meant to ensure clinical trials enroll participants of all races and ethnicities. Researchers at institutions across the country told STAT that the chaos has left many early-career scientists in limbo, unsure if they’ll have money to pay lab members’ salaries or run experiments.
https://www.statnews.com/2025/01/23/fda-purges-pages-clinical-trial-diversity-after-trump-dei-ban/?utm_campaign=morning_rounds&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9XwQjjRYUj48DTxZg9Lzj6nD_fZ5usLepG8bN1LN_WBjfPWaoxI63MZShjYbSSXIPSVZ4N-N9uP2kb5plQJ_YMMCiI2w&_hsmi=344205424&utm_content=344205424&utm_source=hs_email
“People feel completely off-balance, especially in public health,” researcher Michael Osterholm told STAT. “Right now, I have no idea who’s driving the truck, or for that matter, if we even have gas in the tank.” Read more about how Trump’s moves are interrupting basic but critical work at health agencies. And if you’ve been affected by the Trump administration’s pause on communications, science meetings, and reviews, or by the executive orders to stop diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts, we’d love to hear about your experience.
https://www.statnews.com/2025/01/24/trump-restrictions-dei-communications-health-and-science-agencies-nih-cdc-fda/?utm_campaign=morning_rounds&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_NGHBHwwvzrwnF5Gcg8CgBDuCgstwBDJrzww4LIU3Xh6Yt2FjqcMqxyi14OYGNXhZ4Hn5KKPs_lcO2YZ6dfc_qX1VziQ&_hsmi=344205424&utm_content=344205424&utm_source=hs_email
One more thing — even the private sector has been affected by the changes already. STAT’s Brittany Trang spoke with Maia Hightower, the CEO of Equality AI, about the company’s decision last week to shut down. Trump’s executive order was the “final nail,” Hightower told Brittany. Read more of their conversation.
https://www.statnews.com/2025/01/25/trump-pause-science-meetings-communications-research-tips/?utm_campaign=morning_rounds&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8skBGDSGDCkkEAoF3sIJmuT1MOlssUP_hBXH1wnp7ojO-XShyzhluTS4UkWG0DasB8an1NCE0bqz1rRuyzNPYJ7809eQ&_hsmi=344205424&utm_content=344205424&utm_source=hs_email
domingo, 26 de enero de 2025
sábado, 25 de enero de 2025
As States Diverge on Immigration, Hospitals Say They Won’t Turn Patients Away By Vanessa G. Sánchez and Daniel Chang January 23, 2025
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Hi, I’m Vanessa G. Sánchez, a KFF Health News reporter based in California. I once considered becoming an immigration lawyer but have found writing about immigrant health policies equally important. Do you have a tip? Email me at vsanchez@kff.org.
By Vanessa G. Sánchez
In his return to the White House this week, President Donald Trump issued a flurry of executive orders on immigration, including declaring an emergency at the U.S.-Mexico border, suspending refugee admissions, and calling to roll back birthright citizenship.
His administration rescinded a long-standing policy not to arrest people without legal status at or near sensitive locations, including hospitals. That has left states offering starkly different guidelines to hospitals, community clinics, and other health facilities for interacting with immigrant patients.
California is advising health care providers to avoid including patients’ immigration status in bills and medical records and telling them that, while they should not physically obstruct immigration agents, they are under no obligation to assist with an arrest. The guidance from Democratic Attorney General Rob Bonta also encourages facilities to post information about patients’ right to remain silent and provide patients with contact information for legal-aid groups “in the event that a parent is taken into immigration custody.”
Meanwhile, Florida and Texas are requiring health care facilities to ask the immigration status of patients and tally the cost to taxpayers of providing care to immigrants living in the U.S. without authorization. Still, patients can refuse to answer questions about their immigration status without losing access to care.
Some health care providers fear immigration authorities will disrupt their work at health facilities and cause patients, particularly children, to skip medical care. They point to examples from Trump’s first term, when agents arrested a child during an ambulance transfer, a young man leaving the hospital, and a woman waiting for emergency surgery.
“You are instilling fear into folks who may defer care, who may go without care, whose children may not get the vaccines they need,” said Minal Giri, a pediatrician and the chair of the Refugee/Immigrant Child Health Initiative at the Illinois chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics.
On Tuesday, Trump directed the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate state and local officials who don’t cooperate with immigration enforcement.
But no matter the guidelines that states issue, hospitals around the U.S. stress one thing: Patients won’t be turned away for care because of their immigration status.
“None of this changes the care patients receive,” said Carrie Williams, a spokesperson for the Texas Hospital Association, which represents hospitals and health care systems in the state. “We don’t want people to avoid care and worsen because they are concerned about immigration questions.”
viernes, 24 de enero de 2025
This startup fights malaria by releasing more mosquitoes
Diptera.ai believes that the key to culling disease-carrying mosquito populations is by unleashing carefully sorted, sterilized male mosquitoes.
https://www.israel21c.org/this-startup-fights-malaria-by-releasing-more-mosquitoes/
SmartAID regional officer describes lifesaving efforts in LA
https://www.israel21c.org/smartaid-regional-officer-describes-lifesaving-efforts-in-la/
The Israel-based international humanitarian organization helps disaster-stricken communities access electricity, Internet, and telecommunication.
Sacklers reach new $7.4 billion settlement over opioid crisis Family members will not receive immunity from future lawsuits +++++
https://www.statnews.com/pharmalot/2025/01/23/purdue-pharma-opioid-settlement-sackler-family-to-pay-billions-more-oxycontin-litigation/?utm_campaign=breaking_news&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--XxVFRJdAFYQ7keqe8_gc-8baP0Q1N9gepCOEKhfd9oEeTWR87pD-u6N-clZFr5UsKpwDQVsfG401PbJz1QSiueCgdSA&_hsmi=343873229&utm_content=343873229&utm_source=hs_email
Purdue Pharma and members of the Sackler family that own the company have agreed to a $7.4 billion settlement in principle with 15 states to resolve thousands of lawsuits filed over the role they allegedly played in fomenting the long-running opioid crisis in the U.S.
The tentative agreement in a federal bankruptcy court adds $1.4 billion to a previous deal that had been scuttled last year by the U.S. Supreme Court over the insistence of some Sackler family members who sought immunity from future lawsuits.
FDA approves Purdue Pharma’s controversial new overdose-reversal medication
Lev Facher
By Lev Facher
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Purdue’s Richard Sackler proposed plan to play down OxyContin risks, and wanted drug maker feared ‘like a tiger,’ files show
Casey Ross
By Casey Ross
https://www.statnews.com/2019/12/02/purdue-richard-sackler-proposed-plan-play-down-oxycontin-risks/?utm_campaign=breaking_news&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9NrVtsXYH7e8j-AKvVm0QTnD68Nr6Qh7jWPHnymhQoJtlZVtB8v6l664Xf39QbryFKJI3PYlOflM8mrfzX-ScXUGqZBw&_hsmi=343873229&utm_content=343873229&utm_source=hs_email
Biden administration moves to expand, preserve access to addiction treatments as term expires
Biden oversaw a historic shift toward harm reduction for addiction
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An NYC nonprofit has reversed 1,700 overdoses since 2021. Under Trump, it faces an uncertain future
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By Lev Facher
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