“If I were in charge, for the moment I would forbid the selling of raw milk'

#H5N1

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HHS Deputy Sec Andrea Palm refuses to elaborate on what changed to prompt HHS’ decision on delaying menthol rule, and when she expect this to move forward. She reiterates to Sarah Owermohle three times that Becerra’s statement from Friday stands. (The statement is 47 words.)

Trump teases a statement on abortion pills and the Comstock Act, either in one week or two. Will we actually see something or is this like the health care plan he repeatedly said was two weeks away?

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A quick update: Academics who went looking for genetic traces of H5N1 in store-bought milk from 10 US states found it in nearly 40% of samples. FDA's own investigation, which aims to be a 'large representative national sample,' has found evidence of H5N1 in 20% of milk products.

Excited to share that I'm joining STAT to run business & policy coverage. I've long admired (and envied) STAT's great reporting, and I can't wait to get started. statnews.com/new-leadership…

Congratulations to STAT's Bob Herman and Casey Ross for being named the NIHCM 2024 Investigative and General Reporting Award Winner! #NIHCMAwards nihcm.org/awards/winners…

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For more than two years, Sen. Chuck Schumer has been promising to hold a vote to make insulin affordable for people with all types of insurance. It hasn’t happened. Via Rachel Cohrs Zhang statnews.com/2024/04/16/chu…

Seriously? Grocers are pushing legislation they claim would enhance food safety. Advocates say it would gut FDA rules statnews.com/2024/04/16/fda… via STAT Nicholas Florko

it's my first day as lead writer of STAT's Morning Rounds newsletter! which means I finally got to explain why i have so little hair in my headshot. it also means i can be in your inbox mon-thur mornings if you sign up here: statnews.com/signup/morning…

News: Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra is weighing his exit from the Biden administration — likely after the November election — to run for California governor in 2026.

w/ Dustin Gardiner Adam Cancryn

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More tumult at BIO: The group's top lobbyist exits suddenly, and its new CEO signals that more changes may be on the way statnews.com/2024/04/10/bio…

BREAKING: Former President Donald Trump on Monday said abortion should be left to the states in the post-Roe era, declining to endorse any national limit on the procedure.

The latest here: politico.com/news/2024/04/0…

Congratulations to Casey Ross Bob Herman for being named finalists by IRE and NICAR (Investigative Reporters and Editors) for what judges called a 'tremendous effort (that) exposed an opaque profit-driven strategy that puts American lives at risk.''
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We need to talk about Buddy.

Amid our own mental health crisis, more and more pets are on Prozac and other SSRIs. What that says about our understanding of behavioral health and our resources:
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After Justice Alito's repeated questions Tuesday about who, if anyone, could sue the FDA to restrict a drug label, I asked around about whether it's happened, and when.

The answer: Opioids. Here's how it went:
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BREAKING: Supreme Court mifepristone arguments focus on physicians’ right to sue, not FDA judgment statnews.com/2024/03/26/sup… via STAT Sarah Owermohle

SCOTUS’ abortion pill mifepristone case is really about the FDA statnews.com/2024/03/25/sup… via Sarah Owermohle

A The Boston Globe editorial spurred by Lev Facher's yearlong investigation into addiction treatment barriers for SportsTravelAndTours:

'If we as a society truly believe the science that addiction is a disease, it should be treated as one.'

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