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"The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, one of the most powerful lobbies in Washington, has selected former Majority Leader Eric Cantor as its next president." https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/29/pharmas-new-top-lobbyist-is-a-former-house-majority-leader-01097057 #healthcare #PhRMA #AI #technology #biomedical #business #HealthPolicy #UScongress

"The Trump administration has effectively shut down most of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s activities, closing the spigot on federal funding estimated to have saved thousands of lives and billions of dollars over the past 27 years by improving medical practice." https://kffhealthnews.org/news/ahrq-funding-grants-trump-healthcare-safety-research-agency-hobbled/ #healthcare #biomedical #science #research #grants #funding #PatientSafety #quality #AHRQ #USPSTF #HHS #USpol

"On the betting websites Kalshi and Polymarket, people can now wager on whether the Food and Drug Administration will decide this year to approve medicines for cancers of the lung, breast, pancreas and blood. Kalshi also plans to allow users to bet on whether drug trials will succeed." https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/business/kalshi-polymarket-prediction-market-drugs.html #healthcare #FDA #drugs #biomedical #science #research #gambling

“These experiments take decades to build and require sustained, cooperative international investment,” University of Chicago physics professor David W. Miller wrote in a public comment. “The experiments will continue, without American leadership. … The United States will not just fall behind. It will step aside.” https://www.propublica.org/article/federal-science-grants-russell-vought-omb via @ProPublica@newsie.social#science #biomedical #research #grants #funding #OMB #USpol

"Texas spent billions recruiting scientists from around the world to turn the state into a cancer-research powerhouse. Now, nearly six months after Gov. Greg Abbott restricted public institutions’ use of the H-1B visa program, cancer advocates and immigration attorneys warn the policy could undercut that strategy." https://www.texastribune.org/2026/07/22/texas-cancer-research-greg-abbott-h1b-visas-md-anderson/ #healthcare #biomedical #science #research #immigration #visas #texas

“Now, with a public relations crisis firm in tow, the ADA has emailed advocacy messages opposing federal policies and is taking strong stances on proposed changes that would be harmful to diabetes patients and research,” Selvin and Anderson wrote in their article. “These are the very things we have been writing about in the journal. The irony is not lost on us.” https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/07/troubling-new-details-emerge-on-diabetes-ouster-controversy/ via @arstechnica@mastodon.social#healthcare #biomedical #science #academia #diabetes #censorship

"In the report titled 'Robert F. Kennedy Jr. vs. Public Health,' shown first to The Hill, Protect Our Care highlights the secretary’s actions on vaccines, medical research, food as well as his apparent aims of mobilizing his 'Make America Healthy Again' base as a key voting block ahead of the midterms." https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5831996-protect-our-care-kennedy-report/ #PublicHealth #healthcare #HHS #NIH #MAHA #immunizations #biomedical #research #food #diet

"As well as revealing the extent of the [clitoral] nerves that are crucial to orgasms, the work shows that some of what medics are learning about the anatomy of the clitoris is wrong, and could help prevent women who have pelvic operations from ending up with poorer sexual function." https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/mar/29/full-network-clitoral-nerves-mapped-out-first-time-women-pelvic-surgery #healthcare #biomedical #research #women #WomensHealth #SexualHealth