Brian Knapp
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U.S. measles cases this year surpassed 2,000, the highest total in a single year since 1992.

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December 30, 2025 at 4:27 AM
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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
In this week’s edition of InnovationRx, we look Nvidia’s collaborations in life sciences and drug development, Cobot’s hospital robots, and more.
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October 29, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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Their new deal with Paramount makes Trey Parker and Matt Stone billionaires, writes my colleague Matt Craig:

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'South Park' Creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone Are Now Billionaires
After signing a new $1.5 billion deal with Paramount, Trey Parker and Matt Stone are part of Hollywood’s most elite club.
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July 25, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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Trump's visa bans are preventing immigrant doctors from working, exacerbating the country's physician shortage.

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Trump’s Visa Ban Is Barring New Foreign Doctors From Entering U.S.
The pause on new J-1 visa appointments had already thrown a wrench in medical residencies, and now M.D.s from 19 countries may not be able to enter the U.S. at all, exacerbating the doctor shortage.
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June 14, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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My latest: I talked to Abel Avellan, whose company AST SpaceMobile is racing the likes of SpaceX and Amazon to a new market: using satellites to let you use your cell phone wherever you are--and to connect the over 2 billion people across the world who don't have regular internet access.
This Billionaire Immigrant Is Racing Elon Musk To Connect Your Phone From Space
Abel Avellan is taking on SpaceX and Jeff Bezos’ Project Kuiper in the battle to provide broadband satellite internet directly to your smartphone.
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May 21, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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"The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has scrapped a plan to offer help curbing measles in Texas schools after some staff working on the agency's response to this year's record outbreak of the virus were warned they could face layoffs"

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CDC scraps plan to help Texas schools curb measles over layoffs, employee says
Some employees working on the CDC's measles response were warned they could face layoffs.
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April 18, 2025 at 12:42 AM
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The Campaign Legal Center filed a complaint asking the inspector general overseeing the Department of Transportation to investigate Musk’s involvement with Starlink's FAA deal to see whether it ran afoul of federal law.

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Elon Musk Hit With First Formal Conflict Of Interest Complaint Over FAA-Starlink Deal
Musk has long faced concerns about his Trump administration work posing a conflict of interest with his private companies.
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March 13, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #71,812!
October 2, 2024 at 5:20 AM