#statnews reporting that USA childhood vaccine schedule might be changing to match Denmarks schedule.

Still trying to determine efficacy of vaccine and dose-pattern specific comparisons. And if th AAP wil follow suit.

I don’t foresee the USA having rh same success given our lack of universal healthcare. They should have started with that before adding more stress and confusion to the USA medical system.

https://www.statnews.com/2025/12/23/trump-rfk-vaccine-schedule-healthcare-sector-considers-response/?utm_campaign=rss

#CDC #RFKjr #trump #trumpadministration #medicine #vaccines

Trump administration’s plan to shrink vaccine schedule sends health sector scrambling

The health sector is working to navigate what could be the most significant changes to the U.S. vaccine program in decades.

STAT

If you’ve been wondering about flu (influenza) and the viruses in circulation, especially the H3N2 “subclade K” variant that emerged after the 2025 flu vaccine was formulated, check out this short video from STAT news:

https://youtu.be/Z5L6H59GfRY?si=y6M9vC4o2V4WSAvL

And remember: a mis-matched vaccine still primes the immune system, and the evidence says that is better than not prepping the old immune system in the first place.

#influenza #h3n2 #SubcladeK #vaccine #disease #statnews

Will flu variant 'subclade K' worsen flu season?

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@STAT

Oh, hi STAT. I'm not a regular reader of your publication. Today, a news story from you showed up in my newsfeed. I clicked on it, started to read, and was soon presented with a "give us your email or else" prompt to be able to read the entire article.

Well...

This won't do. Not only did I not give you my email, but you are now banned from my newsfeed.

The last thing I need is more spam in my mailbox, from an organization I don't really care about.

So long, and thanks for nothing.

#STATNews #newspaper #email #newsfeed #spam #ban

#StatNews: Gilead drug reduces HIV risk by 96% in new study. https://www.statnews.com/2024/09/12/hiv-gilead-prep-lenacapavir/
Gilead’s twice-yearly antiviral protects against HIV infection in second large trial

Gilead said Thursday that its twice-yearly antiviral reduced the risk of HIV infections by 96%.

STAT
Spoke at the #StatNews #BreakthroughSummit yesterday. Much of what I talked about I wrote about here: https://www.thenation.com/article/society/act-up-fda-lessons/
Patient Rights Groups Are Learning the Wrong Lessons From ACT UP

These groups are invoking ACT UP’s legacy to push for further deregulation of the FDA. Here’s why they’re wrong.

The Nation
Pleased to be able to speak at the #StatNews #BreakthroughSummit today. Happy I get to do it with my friend and colleague Cathy Collet. https://www.statnews.com/2024/summit/2024-breakthrough-summit-east/
2024 Breakthrough Summit East - STAT

At 2024 Breakthrough Summit East, we gather industry leaders & patients to find real answers on how to make sure that science is benefiting the ones who desperately need it.

STAT

How a major hospital shows just how inflated hospital list prices are

“Total deductions, which mostly include those negotiated or mandated discounts, were more than $8.6 billion in that same quarter. That means more than 84% of Cedars-Sinai’s gross charges disappeared into the ether.”

#hospital #healthcare #profit #statnews #healthinsurance
#health https://www.statnews.com/2023/11/20/cedars-sinai-hospital-list-prices

How a major hospital shows just how inflated hospital list prices are

Hospitals’ list prices always come with massive discounts. Financial documents at one L.A. hospital show just how large those discounts are.

STAT
For awareness, US corporations #ProtoCall and #Lyssn earlier this year received a $2.1M US federal grant from NIMH to research & implement an "AI" system within the state of New Mexico 988 Lifeline crisis line response. With the usual assurances that all is well. I, of course, am opposed to such utter disrespect for human beings & intend, with help, to put a stop to it. I'm working on some things. Protocall is a #988Lifeline provider approved by nonprofit #Vibrant, fed agency #SAMHSA's grantee administrator. #CrisisLines
#StatNews article Mario Aguilar June 2023
https://www.statnews.com/2023/06/22/988-suicide-hotline-lyssn-protocall-artificial-intelligence/
Lyssn press release:
https://www.lyssn.io/nimh-awards-lyssn-first-of-its-kind-988-grant/
A 988 operator, faced with a flood of calls, turns to AI to boost counselor skills

"Giving people the constant feedback that they need to improve is going to be the difference between people getting really good care, or potentially not getting good care and nobody realizing it."

STAT

"Logic and reason dictate that acute SARS-CoV-2 infection causes long Covid.

Or, more accurately, acute Covid-19 triggers ME/CFS in the same way many other infectious agents trigger ME/CFS.

'Triggers' means a temporal association, temporal association, but not 'cause' in a mechanistic sense — at least not identifiable with currently available scientific tools."

2/2

#LongCovid #MEcfs #StatNews

Interesting article on #measles and the increasing threat we will see over the next few years, on #StatNews, via #HelenBranswell.

Babies are most at risk, but there are now many pockets of adults who are susceptible to this incredibly contagious virus.

https://www.statnews.com/2023/08/02/adult-measles-infection/

Measles was once seen as a childhood disease. Increasingly, adults are susceptible, too

The growing susceptibility of adults to measles worries infectious disease experts who know how difficult this infection can be when it is experienced in adulthood.

STAT