Usha Lee McFarling
National Science Correspondent at STAT
Covering Health Equity for STAT News, Pulitzer Prize Winner, Defender of LA, Gardener, Mom. Mastodon: @[email protected] Post: @ushamcfarling
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3 weeks ago |
statnews.com | Usha Lee McFarling
Amid the layoff notices sent to stunned employees of the Department of Health and Human Services Tuesday was yet another surprise: some of them, including top National Institutes of Health officials, were offered the chance to transfer to the Indian Health Service. “The Indian Health Service (IHS) has an untenable vacancy rate of approximately 30%.
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3 weeks ago |
statnews.com | Matthew Herper |Helen Branswell |Usha Lee McFarling |Lizzy Lawrence |Jason Mast
Peter Marks, the top Food and Drug Administration official who oversaw vaccines, gene therapies, and the blood supply, resigned Friday after being told by Trump administration officials he would be fired if he did not step down, according to press reports and people familiar with the situation. In his resignation letter, which was obtained by STAT, Marks said that he had attempted to answer the concerns of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F.
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3 weeks ago |
flipboard.com | Matthew Herper |Helen Branswell |Usha Lee McFarling |Lizzy Lawrence |Jason Mast
11 hours agoFederal judges in two separate cases have temporarily blocked a White House effort to punish the law firms Jenner & Block and WilmerHale, with one judge calling the effort "disturbing" and the second calling it a "constitutional harm." In the case of Jenner & Block, Judge John Bates with the federal …
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1 month ago |
statnews.com | Usha Lee McFarling
Do scientists put themselves at risk by speaking out against the Trump administration? “Hell yes,” said Jonathan Jackson, a national expert on increasing diversity in clinical trials who was answering the question of an audience member at the STAT Breakthrough Summit East Thursday. “I might lose the grants I have by the middle of next week” just by being on this stage, he added, an answer that silenced the crowd.
NIH nominee is 'convinced' vaccines don't cause autism, but won't rule out more studies on the issue
1 month ago |
autism.einnews.com | Andrew Joseph |Jonathan Wosen |Usha Lee McFarling |Jason Mast
Jay Bhattacharya, President Trump’s nominee to lead the National Institutes of Health, stated during his confirmation hearing Wednesday that he’s “convinced” by the data showing there is no link between the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine and autism, but nevertheless left the door open to funding further studies investigating the question, clearly frustrating a key Republican senator.
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I wrote about this new analysis that shows it’s really worth digging into state level data when we think about disparities. Outcomes differ widely by state and by racial groups within states. https://t.co/MsNYB3w2Ig via @statnews
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Thankful to @ushamcfarling for this story on #datadisaggregation. It’s doable. #dataequity @uclachpr @UCLAFSPH @RWJF @JAMAHealthForum @AcademyHealth @Filxao_CHA https://t.co/7rWvVGCtvt
