Tag: Public health crisis
Kennedy’s Intervention Halts IHS Layoffs, Tribal Leaders Concerned About Worsening Native American Health
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been talking a big game about his concern for Native American communities, but it...
NIH Prepares for Budget Cuts and Centralized Control
The National Institutes of Health are bracing for significant budget cuts and centralized control, sending ripples of fear and confusion through the scientific community....
Impact of Trump’s USAID Freeze on HIV Vaccine Development in Africa
The Impact of USAID Freeze on HIV Vaccine Development in AfricaIn recent news, a groundbreaking Phase 1 clinical trial for two experimental HIV vaccines...
Mass Layoffs Expected at Health Agencies Under Trump Administration
As the sun rose over Washington, D.C., on a Friday morning, thousands of federal health care workers across public health and science agencies braced...
Chaos Ensues as Trump Imposes Restrictions on Health and Science Agencies
Trump's Restriction on Health and Science Agencies Triggers ChaosIn a surprising turn of events, chaos has erupted in the health and science community as...
Lessons Learned from Covid-19 and Their Impact on Future Pandemics
Lessons Learned from Covid-19 and Their Impact on Future PandemicsFive years ago this week, STAT was interviewing nervous infectious disease scientists about a mysterious...
Combating MPOX Misinformation: DRC Vaccine Rollout Update
Combating MPOX Misinformation: DRC Vaccine Rollout UpdateDoctors and nurses in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are not only battling the mpox virus itself...
Mysterious MPOX Outbreak in Africa: WHO Seeks Global Emergency Determination
The World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General announced that he will be seeking advice from independent experts to determine if the current spread of the...
Tim Walz’s Covid-19 Response: Key Issue in 2024 Election
Tim Walz, the governor of Minnesota, is facing scrutiny over his controversial Covid-19 response as he joins Vice President Kamala Harris as her running...
Uncovering the Impact of the Coronavirus Lab Leak Hypothesis
The Covid-19 pandemic that originated in Wuhan, China in late 2019 has sparked heated debates about its origins. While the zoonosis hypothesis suggests that...
Uncovering the Truth: Sonya Massey’s Death, Vaccine Injuries, and More
First Opinion is STAT’s platform for interesting, illuminating, and maybe even provocative articles about the life sciences writ large, written by biotech insiders, health...
BREAKING NEWS
CDC Continues Publishing Papers Despite Firing Scientists: Flagship Journal Controversy
North Carolina Kids Find Lead in Applesauce: A Closer LookIn Hickory, North Carolina, the lead-poisoning-from-applesauce case started with two little kids showing concerning blood...
