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Upcoming Conference: Public health and technology -- NextMed Health, March 30-Aug 2

Thu, 2025-03-06 07:56 — mike kraft

Conference alert: NextMed Health is a unique cross-disciplinary international conference exploring the use of accelerating technologies, and their potential to improve the future of health and medicine, including community public health, worldwide. It is being held March 30-April 2nd at the historic Hotel del Coronado located on the beach in San Diego, California.

Sessions include the use of technology to improve “Public, Global and Planetary Health,” and “Accelerating Health Access and Equality.” Among the distinguished faculty speakers are famed epidemiologist Larry Brilliant of the Skoll Foundation, Prof. Chris Mason of Cornell Weill, and Eric Topol of Scripps. Learn more at NextMed Health 2025 and use registration code 'Resilient' to save $500.

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Trump's nominee for NIH testifies he is committed to supporting research despite budget cuts

Thu, 2025-03-06 08:17 — mike kraft

Trump’s NIH pick makes pitch for good science – in this administration? Jay Bhattacharya tells hearing he is intent on protecting research, even as president takes axe to federal funding The Guardian

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Measles Outbreak: Pediatricians and Parents reactions

Wed, 2025-03-05 08:31 — mike kraft

Pediatricians walk a delicate line with parents in measles vaccination debate Anxious parents are begging for early vaccinations, while others are refusing the shot. Many holdouts are unfazed by the deadly measles outbreak in Texas. NBC News

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Analysis: Public health efforts nationwide hurt by CDC firings

Tue, 2025-03-04 10:02 — mike kraft

CDC firings undermine public health work far beyond Washington | CNN The Trump administration’s sudden firing of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention employees gutted training programs across the nation whose participants bolstered the workforce of state and local public health departments that for decades have been starved of resources. CNN

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Trump administration imposes new restrictions on retaining senior scientists

Thu, 2025-02-27 13:14 — mike kraft

NIH ban on renewing senior scientists adds to assaults on its in-house research

The Trump administration has imposed a new restriction on employment that could push out thousands of NIH’s senior scientists: The agency cannot retain scientists in 1-year to 4-year positions that have long been routinely renewed.

It’s the Trump administration’s latest blow to NIH’s $5.2 billion intramural program. Less well known than the agency’s $39 billion extramural program, which gives grants to researchers at outside institutions, it includes basic research labs and a research hospital that treats patients with rare diseases—and helps showcase NIH’s work and build support from Congress, those familiar with it say.

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US FDA asks fired scientists to return, including some reviewing Musk’s Neuralink

Mon, 2025-02-24 09:45 — mike kraft

US FDA asks fired scientists to return, including some reviewing Musk’s Neuralink

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is asking some of its recently fired scientists if they will come back to their jobs, including some employees reviewing Elon Musk's brain implant company, Neuralink, multiple sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.

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