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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 1h

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Adriel Bettelheim @abettel.bsky.social · 7h

UnitedHealth paid AARP $9 billion to sell branded Medicare products. www.axios.com/2025/10/10/u...

UnitedHealth paid AARP $9 billion to sell branded health coverage

The disclosure sheds more light on a partnership dating to the 1990s.

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Adriel Bettelheim @abettel.bsky.social · 9h

Trump set to announce drug pricing deal with AstraZeneca. www.axios.com/2025/10/10/t...

Trump cuts pricing deal with AstraZeneca

AstraZeneca is the latest drugmakers to cut a deal with Trump.

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Adriel Bettelheim @abettel.bsky.social · 10h

Trump admin begins "substantial" federal worker layoffs amid shutdown. www.axios.com/2025/10/10/t...

Trump officials say "substantial" federal worker layoffs have begun

Russell Vought announced the cuts Friday.

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Adriel Bettelheim @abettel.bsky.social · 13h

Senate passes crackdown on Chinese biotech. www.axios.com/2025/10/10/c...

Senate passes crackdown on Chinese biotech

The vote shows how national security concerns are making their way into the health care sector.

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Adriel Bettelheim @abettel.bsky.social · 15h

RFK Jr.'s next vaccine target: aluminum www.axios.com/2025/10/10/r...

RFK Jr.'s next vaccine target

The federal government is poised to reopen the safety debate about aluminum in vaccines.

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Adriel Bettelheim @abettel.bsky.social · 1d

Newsom signs law strengthening Calif. curbs on private equity in health care. www.wsj.com/articles/cal...

California’s Newsom Signs Bill to Curb Private Equity’s Role in Healthcare

The law lets the state punish buyout shops that interfere in healthcare decisions at medical practices they own.

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Adriel Bettelheim @abettel.bsky.social · 1d

60% of Americans are unsure if Trump’s Tylenol warning is true or false. www.axios.com/newsletters/...

Axios Vitals - Most Americans unsure about Tylenol warning

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Adriel Bettelheim @abettel.bsky.social · 2d

Some Democrats are more open to placing an income cap on Affordable Care Act subsidies at the center of the shutdown fight. www.axios.com/2025/10/08/d...

Dems open to income cap on ACA subsidies

An income cap is almost essential to a potential deal.

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Adriel Bettelheim @abettel.bsky.social · 2d

Organ transplant network disrupted by government shutdown. www.axios.com/newsletters/...

Axios Vitals - 1 big thing: Exclusive — Transplant network stalled by shutdown

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Adriel Bettelheim @abettel.bsky.social · 3d

White House says it's found funding to keep the WIC food aid program afloat during shutdown. www.axios.com/2025/10/07/w...

Scoop: White House says it has funding to save food aid program

The administration will transfer funding derived from tariff revenue to keep WIC going for "the foreseeable future."

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Adriel Bettelheim @abettel.bsky.social · 3d

Trump admin cuts federal support for disabled Americans facing homelessness. www.axios.com/2025/10/07/t...

Trump administration ends support for disabled Americans facing homelessness

The cutback is the latest in a series of hits to the poorest Americans from the White House.

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Adriel Bettelheim @abettel.bsky.social · 3d

Supreme Court justices appear skeptical of Colorado conversion therapy ban. www.axios.com/2025/10/07/s...

Supreme Court seems skeptical of conversion therapy ban

A decision could force more than 20 states to revisit their bans on the practice.

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Adriel Bettelheim @abettel.bsky.social · 3d

Young adult suicide rates are rising almost nationwide. www.axios.com/2025/10/07/y...

Youth suicide rates are rising almost nationwide

The numbers underscore the toll of the country's youth mental health crisis.

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Adriel Bettelheim @abettel.bsky.social · 3d

Conversion therapy case lands at Supreme Court with big implications for mental health regulation. www.axios.com/2025/10/07/s...

Supreme Court weighs case on conversion therapy for youth

The case will likely decide the fate of laws in almost half of the states that restrict the practice.

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Adriel Bettelheim @abettel.bsky.social · 4d

CDC formally approves RFK Jr. vaccine panel's recommendations on COVID, MMRV shots. www.axios.com/2025/10/06/c...

CDC signs off on RFK Jr. vaccine recommendations

The new schedule drops a broad recommendation that Americans age 65 and older get a COVID-19. vaccine

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Adriel Bettelheim @abettel.bsky.social · 4d

The shutdown fight explained in two polls. www.axios.com/2025/10/06/g...

The government shutdown fight, explained by two polls

One date to watch is Nov. 1. That's when open enrollment starts for ACA coverage.

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Adriel Bettelheim @abettel.bsky.social · 4d

Home births climb as distrust of hospitals grows. www.axios.com/2025/10/06/h...

More parents are choosing to give birth at home

The rise reflects distrust in the medical system and a push for more personalized care.

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Adriel Bettelheim @abettel.bsky.social · 4d

MAHA faithful see autism message helping drive midterm turnout. www.axios.com/2025/10/03/r...

RFK Jr. allies say autism claims will drive midterm turnout

Kennedy's belief that vaccines or Tylenol cause autism is resonating with a slice of voters.

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Adriel Bettelheim @abettel.bsky.social · 8d

Conservatives rage after FDA approves new generic abortion drug. www.axios.com/2025/10/02/f...

Conservatives rage after FDA approves generic abortion drug

The decision adds to conservative scrutiny of the agency and Commissioner Marty Makary.

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Adriel Bettelheim @abettel.bsky.social · 8d

Gatorade and Cheetos are among the Pepsi products getting a natural dye makeover apnews.com/article/peps...

Gatorade and Cheetos are among the Pepsi products getting a natural dye makeover

Pepsi has a new challenge: Keeping products like Gatorade and Cheetos vivid and colorful without the artificial dyes that U.S. consumers are increasingly rejecting.

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Dan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 8d

The WSJ editorial board criticizes Trump’s threats to the pharma industry as “political extortion” and pans the idea behind the president’s planned “TrumpRx” website.

“Why does the federal government need to become a drug marketer? Doesn’t it already do enough not very well?”