Connie Ballmer, a one-time NPR foundation trustee and the wife of former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, is donating $80 million in a record gift from a living donor, the news organization said Thursday in a statement
When confronted by Rep. Terri Sewell, Kennedy denies ever saying Black children should be "reparented." Sewell was referencing this podcast where he said:
"those kids are going to have a chance to go somewhere and get reparented, to live in a community"
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Kennedy does not include vaccine policies among the key healthcare accomplishments of the Trump administration in his opening remarks. He makes no mention of them at all.
Covering RFK Jr.'s appearance before the House Ways & Means Committee today. As expected, GOP Chair Jason Smith gave Kennedy a warm welcome while ranking member Richard Neal appealed to his history with the Kennedy family and Massachusetts
Some great writing from a former Hill intern Surina Venkat on what's happening with measels.
Many Countries Eliminated Measles. Why Is It Coming Back in the U.S. and Globally?
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A group of policy experts including the Center for Health and Democracy (CHD) and a former head of CMS is putting forth its policy proposal for Democrats, Medicare by Choice.
It allows everyone the option of enrolling in Medicare regardless of age.
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Murphy not only wrote that most of the CDC vaccine panel members appointed by RFK Jr. appear to lack "any meaningful experience" in vaccines, the federal judge names the specific members he believes to have neither the qualifications or the expertise to be on the committee.
U.S. District Judge Brian E. Murphy, a Biden appointee, granted a motion by the AAP for a preliminary injunction against the reduced childhood immunization schedule released earlier this year, along with the remaking of the ACIP for the CDC, invalidating all votes made by the committee since.
Federal court blocks Kennedy’s vaccine changes, invalidates vaccine advisory panel
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Going from 80 degrees to snow in a 24-hour span feels very witchy #DMV #DCweather
What is cychlorphine, the synthetic opioid 10x stronger than fentanyl and causing states across the country to raise overdose and public health alerts? It's undetectable by fentanyl test strips but Narcan is still believed to be effective against overdoses caused by it.
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Readers sometimes say reporters purposefully pick unflattering photos of politicians. I would reiterate that we don't elect supermodels and photogs have to catch people as they're walking and talking.
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According to Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center, building trust has a lot to do with "whether you’re accurately representing what you do and don’t know.”
When it comes to RFK Jr., it's unclear when he acknowledges what is and isn't known.
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TIME cover shows a series of red MAGA hats. The front one says “Make Iran Great Again” The others have different countries
TIME’s latest cover
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The February survey by the Annenberg Public Policy Center (APPC) found that public trust in agencies like CDC, FDA and NIH had fallen by 5 to 7 percentage points in the past year.
38 percent of survey participants said they had some degree of confidence in RFK Jr.
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Estrogen patches harder to find as FDA pushes hormone therapy
The FDA’s shortage list does not list estrogen patches as being in shortage. Manufacturers and physicians say demand has risen in response to the black box removal, in some cases beyond what they can supply.
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CDC staffers deployed to South Carolina to aid measles response
South Carolina’s State Epidemiologist Linda Bell said Wednesday that 990 cases have been confirmed in the state so far, with the vast majority found in unvaccinated individuals in Spartanburg County.
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Over 20 states are actively reducing or considering cutting back on their funding of programs helping people access HIV medications, as federal funding fails to keep up with the costs, according to a new report by @nastad.bsky.social
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Minnesota sues over withheld Medicaid funds
“Unless the deferral is quickly reversed, the state will be irreparably harmed. The Administration has already stated that the deferral will recur every quarter, crippling the state budget,” the suit stated.
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CMS Administrator and VP JD Vance announce a "moratorium" on Medicaid funding to Minnesota
As the hearing winds down, it’s just Cassidy alone on the bench intensely questioning Casey Means about hepatitis B vaccination.
Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) tells Means that her past use of "magic mushrooms" is concerning, when she heard an "internal voice" whisper to her.
"I believe what I would say as a private citizen is in many cases different than what I would say as a public health official," Means said.
One hour into Casey Means's confirmation hearing she has said she is "supportive" of vaccines, defended past comments demonizing hormonal birth control and said she was unaware of the legal issues of a company she promoted on social media in exchange for $10,000
Learning this morning that the conductor of one of the small string orchestras in Bad Bunny's Super Bowl performance was Giancarlo Guerrero, formerly of the Nashville Symphony. I was fortunate enough to have performed with him a few times when I was younger.
What about that same-sex show with the scary Russian and the Asian-Canadian? Oh and they're on opposing sides.
Screenshot of tweet from Huberman that reads: “The other is that dog breeds w/different shaped heads are predictive of their demeanor and intelligence. And while I don’t! believe in Phrenology I now do pay some attention to how the shapes of peoples heads relates to their intellect and steadiness, or lack thereof.”
In response to announcement that he will be a new CBS contributor, Andrew Huberman tweeted “I’ve always gone issue-by-issue on health & science, spoken to experts w/a range of takes & presented where I see the center of (data) mass pointed. I’ll do the same with @CBSNews”. In Sept he posted this:
Saint Paul @mayorher.bsky.social is defending against the occupation of the Twin Cities. Just 3 days into her tenure, Renee Nicole Good was murdered, and now Alex Pretti.
We discuss ICE targeting the Hmong and other AANHPI communities & how Minnesotans are fighting back.
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NBC: Why did administration officials jump to conclusions on Pretti before an investigation had even been conducted?
LEAVITT: This has obviously been a very fluid and fast moving situation
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I commend my colleague @niallstanage.bsky.social for doing his job as a journalist and speaking truth to power. Having worked in the same newsroom as him for 5 years, I know him to be the furthest thing from a “hack.”
