Red states hit hardest by reduced NIH funding
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STAT+: After fight over cancer clinicians, Dana-Farber and Brigham are playing nice again
In the breakup between Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Mass General Brigham, the sides have decided to go with conscious uncoupling rather than an acrimonious divorce. At least for now. In a joint email
Leucovorin lacks evidence to use as autism treatment, FDA says
The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday approved a drug to treat a rare brain disorder that resembles autism, while pulling back from previous statements made by top health officials that “hundreds
Amid dueling autism meetings, HHS cancels
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Removing race from kidney function algorithm helped more Black patients access transplants
Several years ago, nephrologists attempted a first-of-its-kind effort: remove race from a key clinical algorithm, and attempt to undo the harms of the race-based equation for those who were still being negatively
Fresh turmoil at the FDA with Prasad’s exit
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STAT+: As controversial decisions mount, FDA shuns public advisory meetings
WASHINGTON — On Thursday, the Trump administration organized a private press conference so that a senior Food and Drug Administration official could anonymously criticize an experimental Huntington’s disease treatment made by the
Federal autism advisory board cancels first public meeting since overhaul
A federal committee that advises scientists, health agencies, and Congress on autism issues has canceled its first public meeting since new members were appointed earlier this year, according to a spokesperson. No
Americans trust Fauci more than RFK Jr.
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In its campaign against gender-affirming care, Trump administration seeks to clear a big legal hurdle
In a memo issued last spring, Attorney General Pam Bondi rallied federal law enforcement to join President Trump’s crusade against pediatric gender-affirming care. “Gender ideology, masked as science,” she wrote, “has infected