Lisa M. Jarvis

1 week ago | dailygazette.com | Lisa M. Jarvis

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1 week ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Lisa M. Jarvis

Amid one of the most significant measles outbreaks in over 30 years, America’s top public health official is using his platform to peddle misinformation and fake cures and push an agenda that is opposed to evidence-based medicine and science. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is steering public health far off course. This diversion becomes more dangerous and difficult to correct each passing week.

1 week ago | union-bulletin.com | Lisa M. Jarvis

Two small studies published recently in Nature offer early, but important validation that stem cell treatments for Parkinson’s disease are viable. They also are a step toward a future where stem cells can be used not just to treat, but ideally to repair or prevent damage to the brain. Getting there will take incredible coordination and a continued commitment to understanding the drivers of neurodegenerative diseases; we can’t fix what we don’t know is broken.

1 week ago | bloomberg.com | Lisa M. Jarvis

Vaccination is the only correct answer. (Bloomberg Opinion) -- Amid one of the most significant measles outbreaks in over 30 years, America’s top public health official is using his platform to peddle misinformation and fake cures and push an agenda that is opposed to evidence-based medicine and science. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is steering public health far off course. This diversion becomes more dangerous and difficult to correct each passing week.

1 week ago | japantimes.co.jp | Lisa M. Jarvis

U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary has had a lot to say lately about COVID-19 vaccines — much of it seemingly intended to undermine confidence and cast doubt on the future of the shots. But a policy shift reported late Wednesday hints at a larger and more disturbing issue: Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who oversees the FDA, intends to set new regulatory standards vaccine manufacturers couldn’t possibly meet.