Amy Feldman
@amyfeldman7.bsky.social
Forbes senior editor covering healthcare. Email [email protected], signal amyfeldman.33
In this week’s @forbes.com InnovationRx newsletter w/ @thealexknapp.bsky.social
—RFK Jr. escalates his war on vaccines
—Abbott’s $21B bet on cancer detection
—Vivek Ramaswamy’s soaring wealth
—and more
www.forbes.com/sites/innova...
—RFK Jr. escalates his war on vaccines
—Abbott’s $21B bet on cancer detection
—Vivek Ramaswamy’s soaring wealth
—and more
www.forbes.com/sites/innova...
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Escalates His War On Vaccines
In this week’s edition of InnovationRx, we look at the RFK Jr.’s war on vaccines, Abbott’s $21 billion bet on cancer detection, Vivek Ramaswamy’s soaring wealth, and more.
www.forbes.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:15 PM
In this week’s @forbes.com InnovationRx newsletter w/ @thealexknapp.bsky.social
—RFK Jr. escalates his war on vaccines
—Abbott’s $21B bet on cancer detection
—Vivek Ramaswamy’s soaring wealth
—and more
www.forbes.com/sites/innova...
—RFK Jr. escalates his war on vaccines
—Abbott’s $21B bet on cancer detection
—Vivek Ramaswamy’s soaring wealth
—and more
www.forbes.com/sites/innova...
“long-held theory” 🙄
“He does not get regular exercise, in part because he has a long-held theory that people are born with a finite amount of energy and that vigorous activity can deplete that reserve, like a battery.” 🤦🏽♂️ www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
Shorter Days, Signs of Fatigue: Trump Faces Realities of Aging in Office
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:12 PM
“long-held theory” 🙄
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Metaverse startup Napster earlier this year claimed to have raised a massive $3 billion round from one, unnamed investor, valuing it at $12 billion. Now it claims the money never landed and its working with law enforcement as a “victim of misconduct”.
www.forbes.com/sites/phoebe...
www.forbes.com/sites/phoebe...
Napster Said It Raised $3 Billion From A Mystery Investor. Now That Investor Is Gone
Forbes raised questions about a massive funding round metaverse-turned-AI firm Napster supposedly raised in January. The money is never coming, the company said Thursday.
www.forbes.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Metaverse startup Napster earlier this year claimed to have raised a massive $3 billion round from one, unnamed investor, valuing it at $12 billion. Now it claims the money never landed and its working with law enforcement as a “victim of misconduct”.
www.forbes.com/sites/phoebe...
www.forbes.com/sites/phoebe...
Beware: Googling Obamacare during open enrollment brings up telemarketer ads and “junk insurance”
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www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
Americans Googling Obamacare Are Finding 'Junk Insurance' Instead
During open enrollment, ads from telemarketers are crowding out official health exchanges.
www.bloomberg.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Beware: Googling Obamacare during open enrollment brings up telemarketer ads and “junk insurance”
www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
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🚨NEW🚨 A US AI founder and NVIDIA partner got caught trying to ship the most powerful of the chip maker's processors to China, the DOJ says.
He just got offered a job at another NVIDIA partner as CTO. The offer has been rescinded.
H/T @courtwatch.bsky.social
www.forbes.com/sites/thomas...
He just got offered a job at another NVIDIA partner as CTO. The offer has been rescinded.
H/T @courtwatch.bsky.social
www.forbes.com/sites/thomas...
AI Founder Illegally Shipped Nvidia Chips To China, DOJ Alleges
Prosecutors have accused Brian Raymond, founder of AI infrastructure and consulting company Bitworks, and three others of selling coveted Nvidia chips to unspecified Chinese companies.
www.forbes.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:12 PM
🚨NEW🚨 A US AI founder and NVIDIA partner got caught trying to ship the most powerful of the chip maker's processors to China, the DOJ says.
He just got offered a job at another NVIDIA partner as CTO. The offer has been rescinded.
H/T @courtwatch.bsky.social
www.forbes.com/sites/thomas...
He just got offered a job at another NVIDIA partner as CTO. The offer has been rescinded.
H/T @courtwatch.bsky.social
www.forbes.com/sites/thomas...
ByHeart infant formula behind the botulism outbreak that has sickened 31 babies in 15 states may still be on the shelves despite recall, according to reports received by FDA
www.fda.gov/food/outbrea...
www.fda.gov/food/outbrea...
Outbreak Investigation of Infant Botulism: Infant Formula
Do not use recalled ByHeart Whole Nutrition Infant Formula. FDA’s Investigation is ongoing.
www.fda.gov
November 20, 2025 at 11:37 PM
ByHeart infant formula behind the botulism outbreak that has sickened 31 babies in 15 states may still be on the shelves despite recall, according to reports received by FDA
www.fda.gov/food/outbrea...
www.fda.gov/food/outbrea...
The eye popping number of $129B in biopharma M&A ytd is already out of date as Abbott agrees to buy Exact Sciences for $21B — Will it hit $200B for the year?
www.forbes.com/sites/innova...
www.forbes.com/sites/innova...
Big Pharma Has Spent Nearly $150 Billion On M&A (So Far) In 2025
In this week’s edition of InnovationRx, we look at the biotech deal frenzy, Recursion’s incoming CEO, the infant formula botulism outbreak, and more.
www.forbes.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:47 PM
The eye popping number of $129B in biopharma M&A ytd is already out of date as Abbott agrees to buy Exact Sciences for $21B — Will it hit $200B for the year?
www.forbes.com/sites/innova...
www.forbes.com/sites/innova...
Profluent, which uses AI to make proteins programmable, raised $106M from Bezos, Altimeter. “The proposition of making biology programmable is going to enable blockbuster drugs … and it’s going to require a lot of capital,” says founder Ali Madani @Forbes.com
www.forbes.com/sites/amyfel...
www.forbes.com/sites/amyfel...
Jeff Bezos Is Backing AI Drug Development Startup Profluent
Profluent has raised $106 million to scale up use of its AI models for biology in drug development and agriculture.
www.forbes.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Profluent, which uses AI to make proteins programmable, raised $106M from Bezos, Altimeter. “The proposition of making biology programmable is going to enable blockbuster drugs … and it’s going to require a lot of capital,” says founder Ali Madani @Forbes.com
www.forbes.com/sites/amyfel...
www.forbes.com/sites/amyfel...
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Exclusive: Calley Means, a confidante to health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., will take on a role as a bridge between the Make America Healthy Again movement and President Trump’s broader MAGA coalition.
Top Kennedy Adviser Calley Means to Join Trump Administration
The MAHA leader will take on a senior role at the Department of Health and Human Services.
on.wsj.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Exclusive: Calley Means, a confidante to health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., will take on a role as a bridge between the Make America Healthy Again movement and President Trump’s broader MAGA coalition.
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Trump to MBS: "I want to just tell you what an honor it is to be your friend and I very much appreciate the investment of now $1 trillion."
November 18, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Trump to MBS: "I want to just tell you what an honor it is to be your friend and I very much appreciate the investment of now $1 trillion."
As health insurance gets more expensive, more people opt for bare-bones plans — that may not cover tens of thousands in surgery costs
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
The cheap health insurance promoted by Trump officials has this catch
As millions brace for higher insurance prices, plans touted by the Trump administration are attracting attention. They are cheaper, but coverage is often skimpy.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:32 PM
As health insurance gets more expensive, more people opt for bare-bones plans — that may not cover tens of thousands in surgery costs
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
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In the latest Current Climate newsletter:
⚡️Data centers, crypto mining to push electricity costs even higher in 2026
🚘 Tesla’s engineering exodus
🚛 Helping the electric truck market expand #renewableenergy #climate www.forbes.com/sites/curren...
⚡️Data centers, crypto mining to push electricity costs even higher in 2026
🚘 Tesla’s engineering exodus
🚛 Helping the electric truck market expand #renewableenergy #climate www.forbes.com/sites/curren...
Data Centers, Crypto Mining To Push Electricity Costs Higher In 2026
This week’s Current Climate newsletter also looks at Tesla’s engineering exodus and helping the electric truck market expand
www.forbes.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:22 PM
In the latest Current Climate newsletter:
⚡️Data centers, crypto mining to push electricity costs even higher in 2026
🚘 Tesla’s engineering exodus
🚛 Helping the electric truck market expand #renewableenergy #climate www.forbes.com/sites/curren...
⚡️Data centers, crypto mining to push electricity costs even higher in 2026
🚘 Tesla’s engineering exodus
🚛 Helping the electric truck market expand #renewableenergy #climate www.forbes.com/sites/curren...
Recursion’s incoming CEO Najat Khan needs to prove that AI drug development can pay off. New from me for @forbes.com www.forbes.com/sites/amyfel...
Recursion’s Incoming CEO Needs To Prove That AI Drug Development Can Pay Off
After a challenging 12 years trying to use AI to create new medicines, cofounder Chris Gibson stepped down as CEO last week. Can R&D chief and new CEO Najat Khan turn it around?
www.forbes.com
November 17, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Recursion’s incoming CEO Najat Khan needs to prove that AI drug development can pay off. New from me for @forbes.com www.forbes.com/sites/amyfel...
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The three 22-year-old cofounders of Mercor became billionaires last month. Now workers say they canned an AI project that involved thousands of contractors, then offered to rehire workers at a lower hourly rate.
www.forbes.com/sites/iainma...
www.forbes.com/sites/iainma...
Mercor Contractors Allege The AI Company Slashed Their Wages
Mercor allegedly canned an AI training project with thousands of contractors just weeks after hitting a $10 billion valuation.
www.forbes.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:48 AM
The three 22-year-old cofounders of Mercor became billionaires last month. Now workers say they canned an AI project that involved thousands of contractors, then offered to rehire workers at a lower hourly rate.
www.forbes.com/sites/iainma...
www.forbes.com/sites/iainma...
Penn Station is the absolute worst. And the history is so depressing www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Why Is It So Hard to Fix Penn Station?
The nation’s busiest transit hub stands as a symbol of a condition that afflicts so many attempts to get big things done in America: inertia.
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Penn Station is the absolute worst. And the history is so depressing www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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NEW: Trump says America needs more foreign workers.
His company requested a record 184 of them for 2025.
me, for @Forbes
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His company requested a record 184 of them for 2025.
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Trump Organization Sought Record Number Of Foreign Workers In 2025
Labor Department data show President Donald Trump’s businesses applied to hire at least 184 foreign workers for seasonal jobs at golf courses, a winery and Mar–a-Lago.
www.forbes.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:29 PM
NEW: Trump says America needs more foreign workers.
His company requested a record 184 of them for 2025.
me, for @Forbes
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His company requested a record 184 of them for 2025.
me, for @Forbes
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In this week's edition of InnovationRx, @amyfeldman7.bsky.social and I look at:
💵 The Senate punting on Obamacare subsidies
🧪 Diagnostics company BillionToOne's IPO
🧬 Lilly's deal with MeiraGTx for a gene therapy to treat a form of blindness
And more!
www.forbes.com/sites/innova...
💵 The Senate punting on Obamacare subsidies
🧪 Diagnostics company BillionToOne's IPO
🧬 Lilly's deal with MeiraGTx for a gene therapy to treat a form of blindness
And more!
www.forbes.com/sites/innova...
Senate Punts On Obamacare Subsidies To End Shutdown
In this week’s edition of InnovationRx, we look at BillionToOne’s IPO, China’s biotech power couple and Lilly’s eye drug deal.
www.forbes.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:37 PM
In this week's edition of InnovationRx, @amyfeldman7.bsky.social and I look at:
💵 The Senate punting on Obamacare subsidies
🧪 Diagnostics company BillionToOne's IPO
🧬 Lilly's deal with MeiraGTx for a gene therapy to treat a form of blindness
And more!
www.forbes.com/sites/innova...
💵 The Senate punting on Obamacare subsidies
🧪 Diagnostics company BillionToOne's IPO
🧬 Lilly's deal with MeiraGTx for a gene therapy to treat a form of blindness
And more!
www.forbes.com/sites/innova...
You can’t pay for health insurance with an FSA. And if you get cancer or need surgery and don’t have insurance, your FSA won’t come close to covering the bill.
"A development that appeared to break the logjam: Republicans proposed that healthcare funding be provided directly to households rather than used to pay for a 1-year extension of ACA subsidies. That involves sending federal money into FSAs instead of insurance companies" www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Republicans Pitch Alternative to ACA Extension to End Government Shutdown
A proposal by GOP senators to send money directly to consumers’ health accounts rather than to insurance companies showed signs of breaking a stalemate on negotiations.
www.wsj.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:55 PM
You can’t pay for health insurance with an FSA. And if you get cancer or need surgery and don’t have insurance, your FSA won’t come close to covering the bill.
Reposted by Amy Feldman
Interesting story from @forbes.com @amyfeldman7.bsky.social on IPO of a biotech company doing non-invasive prenatal tests. up next: new diagnostic products including those that could be used in early detection of cancer, one of the holy grails of testing.
Today’s hot IPO: a medical diagnostics company that hit $5.8B market cap after share soared 80%+ @forbes.com
www.forbes.com/sites/amyfel...
www.forbes.com/sites/amyfel...
Diagnostics Company BillionToOne Valued At $5.8 Billion In Public Offering
Turkish immigrant Oguzhan Atay started the company in 2016 with a focus on prenatal testing. Now, he’s expanding to cancer tests.
www.forbes.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Interesting story from @forbes.com @amyfeldman7.bsky.social on IPO of a biotech company doing non-invasive prenatal tests. up next: new diagnostic products including those that could be used in early detection of cancer, one of the holy grails of testing.
Today’s hot IPO: a medical diagnostics company that hit $5.8B market cap after share soared 80%+ @forbes.com
www.forbes.com/sites/amyfel...
www.forbes.com/sites/amyfel...
Diagnostics Company BillionToOne Valued At $5.8 Billion In Public Offering
Turkish immigrant Oguzhan Atay started the company in 2016 with a focus on prenatal testing. Now, he’s expanding to cancer tests.
www.forbes.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Today’s hot IPO: a medical diagnostics company that hit $5.8B market cap after share soared 80%+ @forbes.com
www.forbes.com/sites/amyfel...
www.forbes.com/sites/amyfel...
In this week’s @forbes.com InnovationRx newsletter w/ @thealexknapp.bsky.social
—the multibillion dollar battle for Metsera’s obesity drugs
—SNAP benefit cuts are harmful to health
—the FDA’s top drug regulator is out
www.forbes.com/sites/innova...
—the multibillion dollar battle for Metsera’s obesity drugs
—SNAP benefit cuts are harmful to health
—the FDA’s top drug regulator is out
www.forbes.com/sites/innova...
The Multi-Billion-Dollar Battle For Metsera
In this week’s edition of InnovationRx, we look at the battle for Metsera, the departure of FDA’s top drug regulator, Kimberly-Clark’s $40 billion Kenvue deal, and more.
www.forbes.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:40 PM
In this week’s @forbes.com InnovationRx newsletter w/ @thealexknapp.bsky.social
—the multibillion dollar battle for Metsera’s obesity drugs
—SNAP benefit cuts are harmful to health
—the FDA’s top drug regulator is out
www.forbes.com/sites/innova...
—the multibillion dollar battle for Metsera’s obesity drugs
—SNAP benefit cuts are harmful to health
—the FDA’s top drug regulator is out
www.forbes.com/sites/innova...
Reposted by Amy Feldman
New edition of our healthcare newsletter, InnovationRx, is here. In it, @amyfeldman7.bsky.social and I take a look at:
🧠 What to know about President Trump's cognitive test.
💻 New Nvidia collaborations in healthcare.
🤖 How robots can save time and manpower at hospitals
And more!
🧠 What to know about President Trump's cognitive test.
💻 New Nvidia collaborations in healthcare.
🤖 How robots can save time and manpower at hospitals
And more!
What To Know About President Trump’s Cognitive Test
In this week’s edition of InnovationRx, we look Nvidia’s collaborations in life sciences and drug development, Cobot’s hospital robots, and more.
www.forbes.com
October 29, 2025 at 6:10 PM
New edition of our healthcare newsletter, InnovationRx, is here. In it, @amyfeldman7.bsky.social and I take a look at:
🧠 What to know about President Trump's cognitive test.
💻 New Nvidia collaborations in healthcare.
🤖 How robots can save time and manpower at hospitals
And more!
🧠 What to know about President Trump's cognitive test.
💻 New Nvidia collaborations in healthcare.
🤖 How robots can save time and manpower at hospitals
And more!
Reposted by Amy Feldman
@bsky.app If you get your coverage through an ACA Marketplace--or just want to why tax subsidies are such a big issue in the government shutdown--a great explainer. Particularly scary for early retirees. www.forbes.com/sites/kellyp...
The Big Changes To ACA Premiums At The Heart Of The Government Shutdown
Health care coverage through the Marketplaces will be more expensive in 2026. Premiums are going up and the enhanced premium tax credits are scheduled to expire.
www.forbes.com
October 29, 2025 at 3:13 PM
@bsky.app If you get your coverage through an ACA Marketplace--or just want to why tax subsidies are such a big issue in the government shutdown--a great explainer. Particularly scary for early retirees. www.forbes.com/sites/kellyp...
At least 420 state bills attacking public health protections like vaccination, fluoridation and milk safety
apnews.com/article/vacc...
apnews.com/article/vacc...
Anti-science bills hit statehouses, stripping away public health protections built over a century
More than 420 anti-science bills attacking longstanding public health protections – vaccines, milk safety and fluoride – have been introduced in statehouses across the U.S. this year.
apnews.com
October 22, 2025 at 8:56 PM
At least 420 state bills attacking public health protections like vaccination, fluoridation and milk safety
apnews.com/article/vacc...
apnews.com/article/vacc...