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What Nobel Prize makes this moment
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Two weeks after President Trump’s second term, and two months after accepting a Nobel Prize, Victor Ambros is concerned that the government structures that made his work possible may not survive in the coming four years. And he’s not alone. It is still unclear what the full impact of different breaks in the field of desk communication, freezing of financing, executive orders, cabinet agreements and more will be in biomedical research. Stat’s Megan Molteni contacted two dozen of the best life scientists in the nation, including 17 Nobel Prize winners, to see what they make of the moment, and what it could mean for the future of science in the US
“Science should not have a political litmus test,” said Cell biologist and 2013 Nobel winner Randy Schekman. Read more from Megan.
What happened on Friday?
On Friday last week, data started from the CDC website. “I fondly downloading the behavioral monitoring system data all morning. I cannot believe that all this is happening, “researcher Ariel Beccia told me that morning in an e -mail. In addition to the YRBS data, collected every other year in surveys to high school students, pages that relate to HIV supervision, an index for social vulnerability that measures how well provinces can respond to disasters, long COVID data and the advisory committee of the Agency on immunization practices were all removed.
On Saturday, top advisors from the agency sent a letter to acting director Susan Monarez asking what the reason was for the deletion, what was done to protect that data and when the access would return. In a statement to Stat, the CDC said that the agency changed its website to implement orders from the White House to remove information regarding “gender ideology” and diversity, fairness and inclusion.
Later that day, some government sites, such as Acip’s, had been restored. But it is unclear when everything will be online again, or how data can be changed when it is. We will keep you informed and contact you if you have information.
How Trump’s rates can influence healthcare
On Saturday, President Trump ordered import tax on goods from Canada, China and Mexico. The relocation can increase costs for consumers in the economy, also in health care.
China is a large and growing producer of pharmaceutical ingredients, and prices can go up for finished medicines if the costs for their ingredients increase. Mexico is the best source of medical devices used in American hospitals, relying on imports for daily supplies such as dresses, gloves and spraying, but also for large ticket items such as CT scanners and X-ray equipment. Read more from Stat’s John Wilkerson about the potential effects.
How the food industry gaga went for gluten -free
Carol Feldman/AP
Despite what the labels tell us, people with celiac disease know that they cannot trust gluten -free food products to be really safe for them to eat. In addition to issues such as inaccurate food labels, American culture often treats gluten -free food as a lifestyle choice instead of a medical requirement.
“A crucial feature of celiac disease is that, unless people have the time, skill, money and tendency to prepare all their meals from basic ingredients, they must rely on an industry that has minimal importance in their well -being,” writes Public Health Professor Emily Abel in her book ‘Gluten Free for Life: celiac disease, medical recognition and the food industry. Sarah Todd van Stat spoke with Abel about the current labeling laws, why gluten -free food often contains higher levels of sugar and salt, and the influence that food manufacturers can have on celiac interest groups. Read the conversation.
NSF recovers payments, but worries continue to exist
Yesterday, after a judge had issued a temporary house ban, the National Science Foundation announced that its payment system was online again, five days after the agency had freezing the financing for researchers. The news was a relief for certain postgraduate fellows, some of whom had to postpone the paid rental and credit card defenses last week because their salary had been suspended. But some remained worried about what they saw as conflicting messages that came from the desk.
For example, the webpage of the agency acknowledged that it is not possible “the payment for active prices not exclusively on the basis of the actual or possible non-compliance with the executive orders”, but said that Identify Identify active grants in the context of recent executive orders . “Read more about the last of Stat’s Eric Boodman.
Is RFK Jr. Suitable to lead?
In an essay of the first opinion, Georges C. Benjamin, the executive director of the American Public Health Association, now argues, now both confirmation hearings for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Beyond are: “We have clear evidence that he is unsuitable to lead the greatest health agency of our nation,” writes Benjamin.
Read more about the reason for Benjamin. And keep an eye on in the coming days for more RFK Jr. -news. The Financial Committee has just set their voice about the appointment for tomorrow at 10 am et.
What we read
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NYU Langone cancels gender-confirming care agreements for Trans-Kinderen, say parents, Hell gate
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Arrest warrant published for New York Doctor charged in Louisiana for prescribing abortus pill, AP
- Stat -readers on vaccines, saving pharmacies and more, Stat
- Measles cases reported in Texas, because vaccine speed against the disease has fallen, Texas Tribune