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Brett Kelman

Nashville

Reporter at KFF Health News

Reporter with KFF Health News. Previously: The Tennessean, The Desert Sun and Pacific Daily News. Charisma is my dump stat. 615 218 8496, [email protected]

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  • 1 week ago | oregonlive.com | Brett Kelman

    Adelaide Tovar, a University of Michigan scientist who researches genes related to diabetes, used to feel like an impostor in a laboratory. Tovar, 32, grew up poor and was the first in her family to graduate from high school. During her first year in college, she realized she didn’t know how to study. But after years of studying biology and genetics, Tovar finally got proof that she belonged. Last fall, the National Institutes of Health awarded her a prestigious grant.

  • 1 week ago | kansascity.com | Brett Kelman

    Adelaide Tovar, a postdoctoral geneticist at the University of Michigan, prepares cell samples in a science laboratory on campus. Tovar is one of about 200 young scientists who will lose research funding because the Trump administration abruptly ended the National Institute of Health's MOSAIC grant program. (Mike Hawkins/KFF Health News/TNS) TNS Adelaide Tovar, a University of Michigan scientist who researches genes related to diabetes, used to feel like an impostor in a laboratory.

  • 1 week ago | thebrunswicknews.com | Brett Kelman

    Adelaide Tovar, a University of Michigan scientist who researches genes related to diabetes, used to feel like an impostor in a laboratory. Tovar, 32, grew up poor and was the first in her family to graduate from high school. During her first year in college, she realized she didn't know how to study. But after years of studying biology and genetics, Tovar finally got proof that she belonged. Last fall, the National Institutes of Health awarded her a prestigious grant.

  • 2 weeks ago | arkansasadvocate.com | Brett Kelman

    Adelaide Tovar, a University of Michigan scientist who researches genes related to diabetes, used to feel like an impostor in a laboratory. Tovar, 32, grew up poor and was the first in her family to graduate from high school. During her first year in college, she realized she didn’t know how to study. But after […]

  • 1 month ago | cancertherapyadvisor.com | Rachana Pradhan |Brett Kelman

    Public access to government records that document the handling of illnesses, faulty products, and safety lapses at health facilities will slow after mass firings at the federal Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) swept out staff members responsible for releasing records, according to transparency advocates and health experts. HHS Secretary Robert F.

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Brett Kelman
Brett Kelman @BrettKelman
5 May 25

RT @charlesornstein: Almost unfathomable: This Lender Said Its Loans Would Help Tennesseans. It Has Sued More Than 110,000 of Them. Yes, yo…

Brett Kelman
Brett Kelman @BrettKelman
5 May 25

I'm wading back in to the hellhole that is Twitter to share this story about the hellhole that is payday loans. Tennessee lawmakers are allowing "flex loans" to eat their constituents alive. Story by @TNLookout and @propublica, some of the best. https://t.co/eFZGqGfLTR

Brett Kelman
Brett Kelman @BrettKelman
1 Apr 25

The man responsible for a $1.3 billion fraud scheme. A doctor who gave unnecessary eye injections. A CEO made a fortune on pain and pee. President Trump claims he will stop health care fraudsters. In his first term, he let these fraudsters go. https://t.co/9vG3unX09R