Lauren Paige Kennedy
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Deputy Editor, HealthCentral.com
Lover of scientific thinkers, dogs, good manners, funny people, humility, and my kids. (Not necessarily in that order.) I joined Bsky to follow breaking health news from academics, not politicians.
Lover of scientific thinkers, dogs, good manners, funny people, humility, and my kids. (Not necessarily in that order.) I joined Bsky to follow breaking health news from academics, not politicians.
HealthCentral partnered with the American Lung Association to ask leading experts to share important new findings on #longCOVID for this special report.
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March 13, 2025 at 2:09 PM
HealthCentral partnered with the American Lung Association to ask leading experts to share important new findings on #longCOVID for this special report.
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Defying defiance to the laws. Good for NIH!
BREAKING
On Monday, Popular Information broke the news that the NIH had frozen virtually all grant funding in violation of 2 federal court orders
On Wednesday, NIH leadership distributed a memo, acknowledging that its funding freeze was illegal and directing staff to resume issuing grants.
On Monday, Popular Information broke the news that the NIH had frozen virtually all grant funding in violation of 2 federal court orders
On Wednesday, NIH leadership distributed a memo, acknowledging that its funding freeze was illegal and directing staff to resume issuing grants.
BREAKING: NIH admits funding freeze is illegal, will resume issuing grants
An internal memo issued February 12 was obtained by Popular Information.
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February 12, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Defying defiance to the laws. Good for NIH!
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JUST IN:
Federal judges orders HHS, CDC, and FDA to restore “by no later than 11:59 pm” today their websites and datasets to pre-January 30th status.
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Federal judges orders HHS, CDC, and FDA to restore “by no later than 11:59 pm” today their websites and datasets to pre-January 30th status.
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February 11, 2025 at 5:24 PM
JUST IN:
Federal judges orders HHS, CDC, and FDA to restore “by no later than 11:59 pm” today their websites and datasets to pre-January 30th status.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Federal judges orders HHS, CDC, and FDA to restore “by no later than 11:59 pm” today their websites and datasets to pre-January 30th status.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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"The best and the worst thing about vaccination is that it 'makes nothing happen.'
A child successfully inoculated against measles doesn’t fall sick with that condition, doesn’t miss school, doesn’t go to the hospital. They don’t suffer life-changing complications. They don’t die prematurely."
A child successfully inoculated against measles doesn’t fall sick with that condition, doesn’t miss school, doesn’t go to the hospital. They don’t suffer life-changing complications. They don’t die prematurely."
A leading pediatrician was already worried about the future of vaccines. Then RFK Jr. came along
In a new book, pediatric infectious disease specialist Dr. Adam Ratner details the history of measles, a virus that’s often a bellwether for public health disasters.
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February 11, 2025 at 12:01 AM
"The best and the worst thing about vaccination is that it 'makes nothing happen.'
A child successfully inoculated against measles doesn’t fall sick with that condition, doesn’t miss school, doesn’t go to the hospital. They don’t suffer life-changing complications. They don’t die prematurely."
A child successfully inoculated against measles doesn’t fall sick with that condition, doesn’t miss school, doesn’t go to the hospital. They don’t suffer life-changing complications. They don’t die prematurely."
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500 million plastic straws wind up in our oceans every single day from the U.S. alone, a huge source of our microplastics problem—now so bad, scientists are finding microplastics inside our brains. But let’s ban the federal use of paper straws. Genius at work.
500 million plastic straws wind up in our oceans every single day from the U.S. alone, a huge source of our microplastics problem—now so bad, scientists are finding microplastics inside our brains. But let’s ban the federal use of paper straws. Genius at work.
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500 million plastic straws wind up in our oceans every single day from the U.S. alone, a huge source of our microplastics problem—now so bad, scientists are finding microplastics inside our brains. But let’s ban the federal use of paper straws. Genius at work.
500 million plastic straws wind up in our oceans every single day from the U.S. alone, a huge source of our microplastics problem—now so bad, scientists are finding microplastics inside our brains. But let’s ban the federal use of paper straws. Genius at work.
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Musk is rumored to spend $40M on Super Bowl ads with his wildly distorted claims attacking USAID. Don’t believe them.
The last round are debunked below. wapo.st/3ErHBZM
And I'll unpack the reality in this 🧵, too. 1/13
The last round are debunked below. wapo.st/3ErHBZM
And I'll unpack the reality in this 🧵, too. 1/13
Analysis | The White House’s wildly inaccurate claims about USAID spending
Eleven out of 12 claims about the agency’s work are misleading, wrong or lack context.
wapo.st
February 9, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Musk is rumored to spend $40M on Super Bowl ads with his wildly distorted claims attacking USAID. Don’t believe them.
The last round are debunked below. wapo.st/3ErHBZM
And I'll unpack the reality in this 🧵, too. 1/13
The last round are debunked below. wapo.st/3ErHBZM
And I'll unpack the reality in this 🧵, too. 1/13