Rita Rubin
Senior Writer, Medical News and Perspectives at JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association
Lead senior staff writer, Medical News @JAMA_current https://t.co/5Y2pgoYNO1 Mountain Mama (WV native) of 2 daughters, short story author, Medill & Hopkins alum.
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1 week ago |
jamanetwork.com | Rita Rubin
Pediatrician Mark Miller, MD, MPH, first noticed the red flags when he was in medical school a half-century ago: studies consistently showed that consuming foods colored with synthetic dyes could affect some children’s behavior.
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3 weeks ago |
jamanetwork.com | Rita Rubin
The long-time Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) scientist was getting ready to go for a run before work on April 1 at around 5 am when the email message arrived. It said the staffer had been affected by the agency’s reduction in force (RIF) and would lose access to the CDC’s computer system. No one on their team—consisting of 28 full-time employees and 10 fellows—saw it coming.
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1 month ago |
jamanetwork.com | Rita Rubin |Lead Senior
It’s been nearly 30 years since Congress, in the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Modernization Act of 1997, instructed the US Health and Human Services (HHS) secretary to consult with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) director and the pharmaceutical industry to “review and develop guidance, as appropriate, on the inclusion of women and minorities in clinical trials…” In recent weeks, though, such guidance documents and other information about enrolling patients long underrepresented...
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2 months ago |
jamanetwork.com | Kate Schweitzer |Kristin Walter |Preeti Malani |Rita Rubin
In 2000, the US declared that measles had been locally eradicated largely thanks to the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine. But little more than 10 years later, US cases surpassed 200 for the first time since elimination, and in 2019, nearly 1300 cases were confirmed. Now—as an outbreak continues to grow in West Texas and New Mexico—the highly contagious yet preventable disease doesn’t appear to be going away anytime soon.
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2 months ago |
jamanetwork.com | Rita Rubin |Sandro Galea |Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo
For Houston obstetrician and gynecologist Anitra Beasley, MD, MPH, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website has long been her go-to source for up-to-date, evidence-based guidance about reproductive health care and sexually transmitted infections. “If I’m treating someone with a sexually transmitted infection, what do I need to do? I know exactly where to look,” explained Beasley, medical director of Planned Parenthood of the Gulf Coast.
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Is a handshake enough to seal the deal? And just how much do artificial food dyes actually affect how kids act? My latest for @JAMA_current:
The @FDA is aiming to eliminate synthetic food dyes from foods sold in the US by 2026 due to concerns about their impact on children's behavior, seeking voluntary cooperation from the industry instead of legislation. https://t.co/2456uiAmMA
My latest for @JAMA_current
Experts inside and outside the CDC have been left stunned and puzzled by the decimation of a nearly 80-year-old agency that has been a global leader in public health. Learn how decimating the CDC will cost many lives in the US and abroad. https://t.co/bJnWtNCAdJ
My latest for @JAMA_current
"Diversity is not just about race and ethnicity. Diversity is about the diversity of the human condition." This Medical News article discusses how the dismantling of DEI efforts could lead to less representative clinical trials. https://t.co/RW6KpBfpRX