Jason Ukman
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Editor at @statnews.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Let us see what @chelseacirruzzo.bsky.social and @danielpayne.bsky.social found in the swag bags at today's MAHA Summit in Washington.
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November 12, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Let us see what @chelseacirruzzo.bsky.social and @danielpayne.bsky.social found in the swag bags at today's MAHA Summit in Washington.
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October 24, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Up, and up, and up: The cost of health insurance for a family jumps to $27,000.
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October 22, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Up, and up, and up: The cost of health insurance for a family jumps to $27,000.
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Hard if not impossible to draw broad conclusions about the FDA drug approval process based on the metrics in a single quarter, but that doesn't mean analyses like this aren't interesting. Via @statnews.com
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October 20, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Hard if not impossible to draw broad conclusions about the FDA drug approval process based on the metrics in a single quarter, but that doesn't mean analyses like this aren't interesting. Via @statnews.com
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A special visitor at #STATSummit — Baby KJ, and in a suit!
His story is here:
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His story is here:
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October 15, 2025 at 1:27 PM
A special visitor at #STATSummit — Baby KJ, and in a suit!
His story is here:
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His story is here:
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On the one hand, these purported comments by an HHS secretary about CDC staff are astonishing. On the other, they echo much of what RFK Jr. has said publicly in the past.
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September 17, 2025 at 3:59 PM
On the one hand, these purported comments by an HHS secretary about CDC staff are astonishing. On the other, they echo much of what RFK Jr. has said publicly in the past.
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Brutal observation about the aftermath of the shooting at CDC headquarters.
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September 3, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Brutal observation about the aftermath of the shooting at CDC headquarters.
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Former FDA commissioner Stephen Hahn is not troubled by the recent agency layoffs, per @statnews.com
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August 20, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Former FDA commissioner Stephen Hahn is not troubled by the recent agency layoffs, per @statnews.com
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Texas declares an end to its very long measles outbreak in the western portion of the state.
August 18, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Texas declares an end to its very long measles outbreak in the western portion of the state.
A former CDC director not mincing words on HHS Secretary RFK Jr. here in @statnews.com. www.statnews.com/2025/08/18/r...
August 18, 2025 at 1:10 PM
A former CDC director not mincing words on HHS Secretary RFK Jr. here in @statnews.com. www.statnews.com/2025/08/18/r...
Very important work here by @statnews.com reporters on how political oversight is gumming up the process of funding for scientific research.
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August 15, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Very important work here by @statnews.com reporters on how political oversight is gumming up the process of funding for scientific research.
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The CDC usually draws attention to annual figures on vaccination rates/exemptions.
"This year, the agency quietly posted the data online and — when asked about it — emailed a statement."
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"This year, the agency quietly posted the data online and — when asked about it — emailed a statement."
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July 31, 2025 at 8:04 PM
The CDC usually draws attention to annual figures on vaccination rates/exemptions.
"This year, the agency quietly posted the data online and — when asked about it — emailed a statement."
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"This year, the agency quietly posted the data online and — when asked about it — emailed a statement."
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Eagle-eyed @helenbranswell.bsky.social notes that, while RFK Jr. accepted an advisory panel's rec to drop thimerosal from flu vaccines, he has NOT accepted a rec that everyone 6 months and older get an annual flu shot.
That is still “under review,” HHS says.
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That is still “under review,” HHS says.
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July 23, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Eagle-eyed @helenbranswell.bsky.social notes that, while RFK Jr. accepted an advisory panel's rec to drop thimerosal from flu vaccines, he has NOT accepted a rec that everyone 6 months and older get an annual flu shot.
That is still “under review,” HHS says.
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That is still “under review,” HHS says.
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July 22, 2025 at 4:23 PM
A CDC “background briefing” on thimerosal — noting evidence doesn't support a link between thimerosal-containing vaccines and autism — was posted to the agency's website Tuesday. Today, it was taken down.
HHS explanation below.
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HHS explanation below.
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June 25, 2025 at 8:52 PM
A CDC “background briefing” on thimerosal — noting evidence doesn't support a link between thimerosal-containing vaccines and autism — was posted to the agency's website Tuesday. Today, it was taken down.
HHS explanation below.
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HHS explanation below.
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AstraZeneca CEO Pascal Soriot tells @matthewherper.bsky.social he believes the company could be somewhat insulated from pharma tariffs — but that any "most favored nation" policy to lower drug prices would be a disaster.
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June 1, 2025 at 5:59 PM
AstraZeneca CEO Pascal Soriot tells @matthewherper.bsky.social he believes the company could be somewhat insulated from pharma tariffs — but that any "most favored nation" policy to lower drug prices would be a disaster.
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A little poetry from President Trump's new surgeon general nominee.
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May 7, 2025 at 10:14 PM
A little poetry from President Trump's new surgeon general nominee.
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The same day President Trump signs an EO intended to, among other things, bolster inspections of drug manufacturing overseas, the FDA's associate commissioner for inspections announces his retirement.
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May 5, 2025 at 10:51 PM
The same day President Trump signs an EO intended to, among other things, bolster inspections of drug manufacturing overseas, the FDA's associate commissioner for inspections announces his retirement.
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Cities and towns across the U.S. have seen a decline in NIH grants during the Trump administration. But some have seen particularly stark drops.
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April 24, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Cities and towns across the U.S. have seen a decline in NIH grants during the Trump administration. But some have seen particularly stark drops.
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New: NIH grants plummeted $2.3 billion in Trump’s first months, as federal-academia partnership crumbles.
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April 24, 2025 at 6:51 PM
New: NIH grants plummeted $2.3 billion in Trump’s first months, as federal-academia partnership crumbles.
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Amid all the turmoil at NIH, an email to staff this week said the agency “has seen a recent uptick in incidents of vandalism.”
Someone, per photo obtained by @jonathanwosen.bsky.social, posted @timothysnyder.bsky.social lessons for fighting tyranny inside a bathroom stall.
Someone, per photo obtained by @jonathanwosen.bsky.social, posted @timothysnyder.bsky.social lessons for fighting tyranny inside a bathroom stall.
April 18, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Amid all the turmoil at NIH, an email to staff this week said the agency “has seen a recent uptick in incidents of vandalism.”
Someone, per photo obtained by @jonathanwosen.bsky.social, posted @timothysnyder.bsky.social lessons for fighting tyranny inside a bathroom stall.
Someone, per photo obtained by @jonathanwosen.bsky.social, posted @timothysnyder.bsky.social lessons for fighting tyranny inside a bathroom stall.
An advocacy group for autistic people of color is not enjoying the way in which health secretary RFK Jr. is putting the focus on autism.
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April 16, 2025 at 3:01 PM
An advocacy group for autistic people of color is not enjoying the way in which health secretary RFK Jr. is putting the focus on autism.
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Pharma won't like everything in Trump's executive order today but drugmakers did get one thing they wanted very badly.
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April 16, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Pharma won't like everything in Trump's executive order today but drugmakers did get one thing they wanted very badly.
Via @tarabannow.bsky.social @aniloza.bsky.social
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After terminating nearly 20% of the FDA's workforce, health secretary RFK Jr. did not mention the layoffs in an address to the agency this morning.
He did, though, talk about the deep state.
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He did, though, talk about the deep state.
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April 11, 2025 at 8:50 PM
After terminating nearly 20% of the FDA's workforce, health secretary RFK Jr. did not mention the layoffs in an address to the agency this morning.
He did, though, talk about the deep state.
Via @lizzylawrence.bsky.social @matthewherper.bsky.social
He did, though, talk about the deep state.
Via @lizzylawrence.bsky.social @matthewherper.bsky.social