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RFK Jr. has long criticized an obscure and powerful federal vaccine committee. If senators confirm him as head of Department of Health and Human Services, he would control it. My Tradeoffs article, with episode to come Thursday. tradeoffs.org/2025/01/28/aci…

Tomorrow, RFK Jr. is probably going to tell senators he just wants to make sure vaccines are safe. Sarah Owermohle and Rachel Cohrs Zhang unpacked that claim, showing how as HHS secy he could change how shots are mandated, paid for, and studied statnews.com/2025/01/28/rfk…

Obviously a lot going on today, but don't forget RFK Jr. confirmation hearings start tomorrow. Melanie Evans has a great Tradeoffs story today about how Kennedy, if confirmed, would control a little known but incredibly influential vax committee. tradeoffs.org/2025/01/28/aci…

Pressed by senators on both sides of the aisle, RFK Jr. refuses to say that vaccine do not cause autism: statnews.com/2025/01/30/rfk…

SCOOP: In a move that could hinder RFK jr. if confirmed, Biden administration stacked vaccine advisory committee with new members statnews.com/2025/01/31/vac… via STAT Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 Sarah Owermohle

New: RFK Jr says he’ll amend his ethics agreement after questions about his financial stake in HPV vaccine litigation RFK Jr had denied a possible conflict of interest when pressed by Elizabeth Warren at hearing this week Warren now says it’s grounds to delay the nomination

My latest for Tradeoffs: Patients and Employers Support This GOP Budget Cut. Hospitals Say It’s Too Risky. tradeoffs.org/2025/04/01/pat… via Tradeoffs

NEW VANITY FAIR: When Americans died, were blinded, had eyeballs removed from tainted eye drops, U.S. FDA relied on Dr Timothy Pohlhaus, among its few top sterile drug manufacturing experts. He, thousands more, were fired from US health agencies yesterday vanityfair.com/news/story/the…

CDC division responsible for asthma control and lead poisoning prevention effectively eliminated statnews.com/2025/04/04/cdc… via STAT Eric Boodman

Trump administration declines to expand Medicare coverage for obesity drugs statnews.com/2025/04/04/obe… via STAT

“This is crazy,” said Dr. Phil Huang, director of Health and Human Services for Dallas County, Texas, whose state is the epicenter of a major measles outbreak. “It truly is setting us back decades.” Tradeoffs tradeoffs.org/2025/04/10/how…

Health secretary RFK Jr. declares certain vaccines have ‘never worked,’ flummoxing scientists statnews.com/2025/04/10/rfk… via STAT

In the never-a-dull-moment department: Trump nominates Casey Means, entrepreneurial doctor and MAHA leader, for surgeon general By Isa Cueto statnews.com/2025/05/07/tru… via STAT

Sepsis Rates Vary Widely in Dallas and Houston Under Abortion Ban @ProPublica propublica.org/article/texas-…

Overnight, a team of STAT reporters examines the new members of the CDC vaccine advisory panel statnews.com/2025/06/11/rfk… via STAT

What is the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices? This week’s Tradeoffs brings you answers to that question from people who served on ACIP or who rely on its decisions. We also get into RFK Jr.'s decision to replace the panel. tradeoffs.org/2025/06/12/rfk… via Tradeoffs

Trump’s Policies Could Undermine the Fight to End America’s HIV Epidemic tradeoffs.org/2025/06/19/tru… via Tradeoffs

At #AspenIdeasHealth opening session, Atul Gawande just made a pitch for community primary care as a way to improve health outcomes in the U.S. Tradeoffs dove deep on the research, opportunities and challenges behind this model. Aspen Ideas tradeoffs.org/2024/06/06/nei…

At #AspenIdeasHealth, former HHS Sec. Sylvia Burwell speaks to projected health insurance losses under Congressional Republicans’ budget plan. To understand what that could mean, Tradeoffs looked at research that suggest Medicaid saves lives. tradeoffs.org/2025/05/15/new…

Tradeoffs reporters Melanie Evans & Ryan Levi are at Aspen Ideas to talk with health policy leaders about the future of health policy research. We’ll be asking them the big questions, and we want to bring you along, too. What do you want to know? #aspenideashealth