Terrific in-depth takedown of sadly persistent antivax tropes Amy Maxmen, PhD 4 Ways Vaccine Skeptics Mislead You on Measles and More kffhealthnews.org/MTg1MzU1MQ via @kffhealthnews

🧵New H5N1 story gives covid flashbacks: “It’s important to know if this is contained on farms, but we have no information because we aren’t looking,” said Helen Chu She & others lay out a testing strategy in my latest w Arthur Allen KFF Health News nbcnews.com/health/health-…

1/ Love this quote on Ozempic from Jens Holst, who was one of the inventors: So you don’t eat through GLP-1 therapy because you’ve lost interest in food. That may eventually be a problem, that once you’ve been on this for a year or two, life is so miserably boring ...

2/ ... that you can’t stand it any longer and you have to go back to your old life." wired.com/story/obesity-…

Accusers’ bad math: NIH researchers didn’t pocket $710 million in royalties during pandemic | Science | AAAS science.org/content/articl…

To become a pandemic, the H5N1 bird flu virus would need to spread from person to person. The best way to keep tabs on that possibility is by testing people. Via Amy Maxmen, PhD & Arthur Allen kffhealthnews.org/news/article/b…

Reminiscent of CIA/polio vaccine fiasco in Pakistan. Global public health? Doesn't seem high on the list for these defense/intel operatives. Pentagon ran secret anti-vax campaign to undermine China during COVID pandemic reuters.com/investigates/s… via @SpecialReports

Jeremy Farrar For people who say, Flu A tests *are* widely available! Well. In theory. I wrote a story w Arthur Allen about why not. kffhealthnews.org/news/article/b…

Medicaid for Millions in America Hinges on Deloitte-Run Systems Plagued by Errors kffhealthnews.org/MTg1MzkxMQ via @kffhealthnews

A healthcare rant: husband in ER overnight for hydration and low blood counts cause of chemo. TY EPIC for reams of less-than-useless discharge papers this morning. Here’s what they included: 1/10

NEW: Outbreak experts say CDC is gambling in its decision not to offer livestock vets & farmworkers bird flu vaccines. Amy Maxmen, PhD & Arthur Allen report. ⤵️ kffhealthnews.org/news/article/b…

The lobbying industry is lurid, corrupt — and surprisingly small wapo.st/4bGQPfA

Novo Nordisk and Lilly can’t keep up with demand for their weight loss drugs. But they object to specialty pharmacies making their own cheaper versions to fill the gap — providing as much as 30% of those drugs sold in the U.S. Arthur Allen, KFF Health News & CBS News

Association of Shingrix vaccine with different types of dementia, including Alzheimer's The diagnosis-free time is comparable to the beta-amyloid monoclonal drugs (<-a small effect) nature.com/articles/d4158…

CDC center directors' testimony makes zero mention of gun violence, leading cause of US childhood death energycommerce.house.gov/events/health-…

SCOOP 1 today: The nation's largest labor union, the National Education Association, is in a dispute with its own workers' union. It tried a hardball tactic from corporate America to force a deal: threatening to cut off health benefits. By Phil Galewitz kffhealthnews.org/news/article/n…

The CDC's bird flu test works – but the only ones available have issues. The situation ignites scrutiny of the agency's go-it-alone approach in testing for emerging pathogens. Arthur Allen and Amy Maxmen, PhD report ⤵️ californiahealthline.org/news/article/b…

Could cow vaccines help halt the spread of bird flu in U.S. herds? Experts are divided statnews.com/2024/07/29/bir… via STAT

Rural Hospitals Built During Baby Boom Now Face Baby Bust kffhealthnews.org/MTg3OTg5NA via @kffhealthnews

🚨Breaking: New study lends weight to suspicions of undiagnosed bird flu infections in people. Nearly 15% of farmworkers had antibodies agst H5N1 in a small study. A lack of surveillance is a problem for all of us. My latest KFF Health News +NPR npr.org/sections/shots…