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anil oza @aniloza.bsky.social · 17h

If there are NIH folks who would like to watch our STAT summit (including a panel on the state of the NIH), please reach out and we can get you access

Theresa Kim, PhD, MS @tyk314.net · 1d

And many of us at #NIH are furloughed right now, so we cannot afford it or attend. We hope it's a successful panel.

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Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 @helenbranswell.bsky.social · 3d

100s of #CDC employees were notified Friday they were being fired — RIF'd. The firings cross multiple parts of the agency, endangering its core mission of keeping Americans safe.
Saturday, some were informed they were RIF'd in error.
Hard to imagine how this happens www.statnews.com/2025/10/11/c...

CDC battered by government shutdown firings, while some are rescinded

The White House’s mass firing of CDC staff on Friday has decimated offices related to injury prevention, respiratory disease surveillance, and chronic disease, according to four people familiar with t...

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anil oza @aniloza.bsky.social · 1d

Excited to be moderating a panel at the @statnews.com summit later this week on the upheaval at the NIH this year, and I have the honor of sharing the stage with three people who have helped me make sense of this moment

Going to thread some background reading, featuring our three speakers:

Flyer advertising talk at STAT summit, in various shades of teal. Called "featured session: Inside the upheaval at NIH" and including speakers Jeremy Berg, formerly of NIGMS, Eric Green who led NHGRI, and Mallory Harris of SciMap with moderator Anil Oza. October 15-16

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Brittany Trang @brittanytrang.com · 5d

"In an age when government efficiency has been used to justify sharp cuts to scientific funding, the science Nobels offer a case for plodding curiosity: that esoteric, seemingly useless exploration can lay the bricks for a road to places we cannot yet see."

Katrina Miller on basic science Nobels:

Nobel Prizes This Year Offer Three Cheers for Slow Science

www.nytimes.com

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Brittany Trang @brittanytrang.com · 5d

Have any tips about why HHS is suddenly so focused on CHAI? Ping me: [email protected]

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Brittany Trang @brittanytrang.com · 5d

Scoop at STAT: Amazon, a founding partner of the Coalition for Health AI, has dropped out of the org.

The Trump admin also seems to be mounting an attack on CHAI, with FDA and HHS Secretary RFK Jr warning that CHAI must be stopped from becoming a "cartel."

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Coalition for Health AI faces escalating attacks by Trump officials, loss of founding member Amazon

The Trump administration is escalating its efforts to weaken a tech industry-funded group seeking to help shape the nation’s use of AI in health care.

www.statnews.com

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Jason Mast @jasonmast.bsky.social · 5d

Parents of children with rare diseases ask: How long until our CRISPR miracle?

www.statnews.com/2025/10/09/c...

Parents of children with rare diseases ask: How long until our CRISPR miracle?

How to better manage expectations around gene editing drugs for families of children with rare diseases.

www.statnews.com

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Brittany Trang @brittanytrang.com · 5d

Turns out Karly Hartzman can write more than just songs.

A really intimate look (that she owed no on)e at the process of recording one song and the vividly described piece of life behind it:

www.vulture.com/article/wedn...

‘I’m Poking Roadkill With a Stick. Making It Twitch.’

Wednesday’s Karly Hartzman and MJ Lenderman broke up. A month later, she writes in this personal essay, she had to record a love song for him.

www.vulture.com

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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 6d

Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE

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Brittany Trang @brittanytrang.com · 6d

Can't believe MOFs finally won. Congrats to all of porous chemistry today ❤️

www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemi...

Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025 was awarded to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi “for the development of metal-organic frameworks.”

www.nobelprize.org

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Brittany Trang @brittanytrang.com · 12d

FDA Commissioner Makary and deputy HHS secretary Jim O'Neill said they "believe CHAI is a Biden administration creation that aims to stifle health tech startups," with O'Neill warning that the Coalition for Health AI could become a "cartel."

From Politico's Ruth Reader:

Trump to the health and tech giants: AI is not your ‘cartel’

The Coalition for Health AI has enlisted big names in health and tech to evaluate artificial intelligence tools that are now mostly unregulated.

www.politico.com

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Brittany Trang @brittanytrang.com · 12d

Smart story from @katiepalmer.bsky.social about UpToDate getting its lunch eaten on AI for physician reference, but also what its AI launch says about the problems it, OpenEvidence, and Doximity face: 🖥️🩺
www.statnews.com/2025/10/02/u...

A long-trusted physician’s reference finally catches the AI wave

Decades-old clinical resource UpToDate has launched Expert AI, a chatbot-like feature that offers quick answers to medical questions.

www.statnews.com

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Brittany Trang @brittanytrang.com · 15d

I haven't heard news this good in a long time. Reading Rainbow is coming back and Mychal the Librarian is hosting!!

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Reading Rainbow🌈 | Official Trailer 🎬 | Educational Videos for Kids |‪@Kidzuko

YouTube video by Reading Rainbow (Official)

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STAT @statnews.com · 18d

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Daniel Payne @danielpayne.bsky.social · 20d

This story shouldn’t get lost in the rush of health policy news this week:

Hospitals get dinged for reporting too many infections. In some cases, the solution is not to test

Via @tarabannow.bsky.social

www.statnews.com/2025/09/22/h...

Hospitals get dinged for reporting too many infections. In some cases, the solution is not to test

A STAT Investigation: To avoid fines for reporting excessive hospital-acquired infections, some facilities are discouraging testing.

www.statnews.com

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Megan Molteni @mmolteni.bsky.social · 20d

Smart story from @jonathanwosen.bsky.social and @angusrohan.bsky.social on the dangerous new territory Trump waded into Monday as he issued direct medical advice regarding the use of Tylenol. Almost makes one nostalgic for the days of some light bleach-pushing.

www.statnews.com/2025/09/23/t...

In dispensing advice on Tylenol and autism, Trump takes on a new role: doctor in chief

Trump repeatedly and forcefully issued direct medical advice during his autism announcement, in ways that went beyond presidential precedent.

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Dan Buckland @danbuckland.me · 20d

Just subscribed to Brittany's newsletter and this was a good one. I agree with the message. "HIPPA-compliant" is equivalent to a company saying "you can trust me, I'm a good dude."

Brittany Trang @brittanytrang.com · 20d

When I called lawyer and ex-HHS-HIPAA-enforcer Iliana Peters recently, the first thing she said to me was:

“‘HIPAA-compliant’ is not real thing.”

In AI Prognosis this week, we break down three myths about health privacy you probably believe: 🩺🖥️

www.statnews.com/2025/09/24/h...

The ‘HIPAA-compliant’ myth and other health privacy fallacies

In this week's AI Prognosis newsletter: Health AI companies claim to be "HIPAA-compliant," but what does that really mean?

www.statnews.com

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Brittany Trang @brittanytrang.com · 20d

Thanks so much for subscribing and sharing! That means a lot!

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Brittany Trang @brittanytrang.com · 20d

If you're looking for good news, here's some good news!

STAT @statnews.com · 20d

An experimental gene therapy from Uniqure slowed the progression of Huntington’s disease by 75% after three years
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Experimental gene therapy for Huntington’s markedly slowed disease progression in key trial

An experimental gene therapy slowed the progression of Huntington’s disease by 75% after three years — study results likely to support the first approval of a genetic treatment for the condition.

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Brittany Trang @brittanytrang.com · 20d

Confused about all of the organizations setting standards for AI?

CHAI, the Joint Commission, URAC, the CTA, the list goes on.

Who's in the race to establish standards? Or is everybody running in entirely different events?

Read more at STAT: 🖥️🩺

www.statnews.com/2025/09/24/a...

6 groups vying to lead the charge on health AI standards

Health AI has grown significantly in recent years, but it can be hard for health systems to know which new products to adopt. These groups want to help.

www.statnews.com

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Brittany Trang @brittanytrang.com · 20d

If you're having trouble accessing, try our limited-time 10th anniversary subscription sale: 10 months of STAT+ for $10/mo.

We'd love to have you join us at STAT and at the subscriber-only AI Prognosis newsletter!

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Brittany Trang @brittanytrang.com · 20d

When I called lawyer and ex-HHS-HIPAA-enforcer Iliana Peters recently, the first thing she said to me was:

“‘HIPAA-compliant’ is not real thing.”

In AI Prognosis this week, we break down three myths about health privacy you probably believe: 🩺🖥️

www.statnews.com/2025/09/24/h...

The ‘HIPAA-compliant’ myth and other health privacy fallacies

In this week's AI Prognosis newsletter: Health AI companies claim to be "HIPAA-compliant," but what does that really mean?

www.statnews.com

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Brittany Trang @brittanytrang.com · 21d

I haven't been able to keep up with the coverage, but head over to @statnews.com for all your Trump x autism questions

and hit up our 10th anniversary sale if you have problems accessing any of the stories: marketing.statnews.com/stat-10th-st...

anil oza @aniloza.bsky.social · 21d

If you have a question about Trump's autism announcement ... it's probably answered somewhere here

Screenshot of STAT's homepage with several stories about Trump's autism announcement

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Brittany Trang @brittanytrang.com · 22d

A really good story about what's happening with newer types of fertility preservation for kids with cancer who haven't gone through puberty yet

www.sciencenews.org/article/chil...

Cancer patients froze reproductive tissue as kids. Now they’re coming back for it

Saving reproductive tissue from kids treated for cancer before adolescence could give them a chance at having biological children later in life.

www.sciencenews.org

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STAT @statnews.com · 22d

A STAT Investigation: To avoid fines for reporting excessive hospital-acquired infections, some facilities are discouraging testing.
www.statnews.com/2025/09/22/h...

Hospitals get dinged for reporting too many infections. In some cases, the solution is not to test

A STAT Investigation: To avoid fines for reporting excessive hospital-acquired infections, some facilities are discouraging testing.

www.statnews.com

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