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There are a lot of questions being asked about the awarding of a $500M grant to an #NIH team to develop a new (old) vaccine platform that could be used for a "universal" #flu vaccine. statnews.com/2025/05/03/nih…

.Andrew Joseph on the ground in Milan with this fascinating look at the only charity on the world that has come up with a model to deliver gene therapies to patients when drugmakers cannot statnews.com/2025/05/05/gen… via STAT

#USDA confirmed another #H5N1 #birdful infected dairy herd in Idaho, bringing ID's herd total to 87. It also confirmed infection in another mammal species, but the exact species isn't listed on its website. Seems like it's not cows, alpacas or swine. Anyone know?

The #NIH's Clinical Center has been a mecca for cutting-edge research. But with budget cuts & tanking staff morale, no more. “...you’d look every place you possibly could other than the NIH because of all of the turmoil going on there," said a former center CEO.

#Breaking: Vinay Prasad will be the next director of the FDA's Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, after Peter Marks was forced out. trib.al/fVbnX9G

#USDA says this other herd in Idaho is also a dairy herd. Working to fix the entry online. That would put the state's total to 88, and the cumulative national total to 1,050 herds in 17 states.

Where is #Covid vaccination policy headed? Will kids be able to get Covid shots next fall? How hospitable a market will the U.S. be for vaccines going forward? Lots of tea leaves to read in the writings of the new director of the #FDA 's biologics division.

#USDA reported 2 more #H5N1 #birdflu infected dairy herds in Idaho today, and clarified that the 2 yesterday were both dairy herds as well. Idaho's state count is up to 90 and the cumulative national total is 1052 herds in 17 states. aphis.usda.gov/livestock-poul…

The damage being done to the US scientific enterprise is massive. "For young scientists, the impact of this crisis will ripple forward .... Some will leave science. Others will leave the country, searching for institutions that still believe in their future."

Big news today: Bill Gates will wind down the Gates Foundation in 2045, earlier than previously planned, with accelerated giving over the next 20 years. “There are too many urgent problems to solve for me to hold onto resources that could be used to help people."

How much federal research funding has been axed so far in the new administration? An early estimate is $1.8B, but that's likely an underestimate, anil oza reports. statnews.com/2025/05/08/tru…

This past winter was a tough one for #RSV. Yet a new study reports fewer infants needed hospitalization for the infection than in seasons past, suggesting the new RSV tools — maternal vaccination & monoclonal antibodies for babies 8 months & younger — are working.

#USDA reports another #H5N1 #birdflu infected dairy herd in Arizona, its 4th. Would love to know if the herds there are all connected or if there have been more introductions from wild birds. Cumulative national total: 1053 herds in 17 states. aphis.usda.gov/livestock-poul…

U.S. government research institutions have irreplaceable biological collections that are of immense scientific value. As the custodians of those collections lose their jobs, serious questions arise about what could be lost here. statnews.com/2025/05/09/tru…

#CDC: +10 kids died from #flu this winter, taking the season's death toll to date to 226. Peds deaths are often reported on a delay; this number will likely rise again. CDC says 90% of these kids weren't fully vaccinated; kids need 2 doses the first time they get flu vax.

#CDC reports that as of 5/8, there have been 1001 confirmed measles cases in 31 jurisdictions. There have been 14 outbreaks (≥3 cases) so far in 2025 & 93% of the total confirmed cases are linked to one of the outbreaks. 13% of these cases have needed hospital care.

1000 cases, 3 deaths, dozens of hospitalizations. Almost all in unvaccinated. Those are facts. Call me crazy, but seems like we are in a moment where having health leaders who haven’t sowed mistrust in vaccines would be important to making America healthy again… 🤷🏽‍♂️

Lots of talk among the HHS & FDA leadership of potentially fewer people being offered #Covid boosters going forward. CDC’s vaccines advisory panel, ACIP, has been working on a risk-based plan for a while. statnews.com/2025/05/12/cov…

Milwaukee needs help tracing kids who were exposed to lead in schools. A member of the #CDC lead poisoning team — a team laid off in the the DOGE cuts last month — volunteered to go help. But in these strange times, even an offer of help poses challenges. statnews.com/2025/05/12/lai…

Some parents who never had #measles, never worried about #polio, who don't remember what life was like when kids caught these diseases, fear the vaccines that prevent them instead. STAT 's Torie Bosch spoke to people who remember these foes. statnews.com/2025/05/10/wha…