Beth Marie Mole
@bethmariem.bsky.social
Senior Health Reporter at Ars Technica. PhD in microbiology. Microbes, infectious diseases, public health, questionable puns. (she/her)
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They're lining up because the deals are weak...
"“When you saw the lack of impact to earnings of the initial companies’ deals, for most coming after, it’s a no-brainer,” said Chris Meekins, a managing director at Raymond James.
"“When you saw the lack of impact to earnings of the initial companies’ deals, for most coming after, it’s a no-brainer,” said Chris Meekins, a managing director at Raymond James.
When Trump declared he wanted drug companies to voluntarily cut their prices, few executives wanted to go first. Now, no one wants to be last — and risk the wrath of the president.
At least seven more drug-price deals coming at White House today.
At least seven more drug-price deals coming at White House today.
Drug companies line up to make deals with Trump after initial hesitation
More and more drug companies are making deals with the White House on drugs sold to the government and to Americans through a new website, TrumpRx.gov.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 19, 2025 at 7:29 PM
They're lining up because the deals are weak...
"“When you saw the lack of impact to earnings of the initial companies’ deals, for most coming after, it’s a no-brainer,” said Chris Meekins, a managing director at Raymond James.
"“When you saw the lack of impact to earnings of the initial companies’ deals, for most coming after, it’s a no-brainer,” said Chris Meekins, a managing director at Raymond James.
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I was on an IRB at UW Madison for 6 years, and chair for 2. We would have run this proposal through a shredder, set fire to the detritus, mixed the ashes with concrete, and buried it in a salt mine. It's just outrageous.
December 17, 2025 at 7:03 PM
I was on an IRB at UW Madison for 6 years, and chair for 2. We would have run this proposal through a shredder, set fire to the detritus, mixed the ashes with concrete, and buried it in a salt mine. It's just outrageous.
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If you aren't able to watch this now, make sure to watch it when you can.
Thank you, @bethmariem.bsky.social & @arstechnica.com.
Thank you, @bethmariem.bsky.social & @arstechnica.com.
TODAY: Join us at 2 PM ET for our last #ArsLive of the year, where we'll chat with three former CDC officials about what they saw (and are seeing) at the agency under RFK Jr’s rule, and what it means for the country’s health: arstechnica.com/health/2025/...
December 16, 2025 at 7:36 PM
If you aren't able to watch this now, make sure to watch it when you can.
Thank you, @bethmariem.bsky.social & @arstechnica.com.
Thank you, @bethmariem.bsky.social & @arstechnica.com.
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I can’t tell you how glad I am to be released from the disgrace of Temu ACIP.
I made a commitment to watch and comment on these proceedings. Not sure I’ll do it again.
In summary, ACIP is no longer a legitimate scientific body.
Every U.S. state needs to decouple their vaccine policy from ACIP.
I made a commitment to watch and comment on these proceedings. Not sure I’ll do it again.
In summary, ACIP is no longer a legitimate scientific body.
Every U.S. state needs to decouple their vaccine policy from ACIP.
December 5, 2025 at 8:37 PM
I can’t tell you how glad I am to be released from the disgrace of Temu ACIP.
I made a commitment to watch and comment on these proceedings. Not sure I’ll do it again.
In summary, ACIP is no longer a legitimate scientific body.
Every U.S. state needs to decouple their vaccine policy from ACIP.
I made a commitment to watch and comment on these proceedings. Not sure I’ll do it again.
In summary, ACIP is no longer a legitimate scientific body.
Every U.S. state needs to decouple their vaccine policy from ACIP.
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Dr. Hoeg: I would pay to see the debate between Dr. Meissner and you. Note: She is an anti-vaccine activist, and she just showed it. Not a regulator. She does not have the qualifications, not the ability, and she is just biased.
December 5, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Dr. Hoeg: I would pay to see the debate between Dr. Meissner and you. Note: She is an anti-vaccine activist, and she just showed it. Not a regulator. She does not have the qualifications, not the ability, and she is just biased.
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lol the ACIP committee let Aaron Siri speak for some 90 minutes and cut off CDC experts and scientists off after two minutes (sometime yelling at them to shut them up). Incredible stuff.
The country's biggest anti-vaccine lawyer, the guy behind weakened school mandates in Mississippi and West Virginia, who pulls in millions a year harassing the CDC on behalf of Del Bigtree's anti-vaxx org is ... presenting at ACIP. This panel is anti-vaccine theater. It's a cruel joke.
December 5, 2025 at 6:41 PM
lol the ACIP committee let Aaron Siri speak for some 90 minutes and cut off CDC experts and scientists off after two minutes (sometime yelling at them to shut them up). Incredible stuff.
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Attorney Siri applauds his client RFK Jr.’s change to the CDC website which now claims that vaccines may cause autism.
He is showing his cards. IMO the change was made to make it easier to file lawsuits, and I suspect it was done in collusion with Siri.
He is showing his cards. IMO the change was made to make it easier to file lawsuits, and I suspect it was done in collusion with Siri.
December 5, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Attorney Siri applauds his client RFK Jr.’s change to the CDC website which now claims that vaccines may cause autism.
He is showing his cards. IMO the change was made to make it easier to file lawsuits, and I suspect it was done in collusion with Siri.
He is showing his cards. IMO the change was made to make it easier to file lawsuits, and I suspect it was done in collusion with Siri.
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“I will just say we have heard ‘do no harm’ is a moral imperative. We are doing harm by changing this [recommendation],” Cody Meissner, pediatrician and voting member of ACIP said as he voted against the change.
arstechnica.com/health/2025/...
arstechnica.com/health/2025/...
Without evidence, RFK Jr.’s vaccine panel tosses hep B vaccine recommendation
There is no data supporting a delay and no evidence of harm from a birth dose.
arstechnica.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:20 PM
“I will just say we have heard ‘do no harm’ is a moral imperative. We are doing harm by changing this [recommendation],” Cody Meissner, pediatrician and voting member of ACIP said as he voted against the change.
arstechnica.com/health/2025/...
arstechnica.com/health/2025/...
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Sen. Bill Cassidy, who cast the deciding vote to confirm RFK Jr. as health and human services secretary, disapproves of what Kennedy's handpicked panel has done to limit access to hep B vaccines.
December 5, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Sen. Bill Cassidy, who cast the deciding vote to confirm RFK Jr. as health and human services secretary, disapproves of what Kennedy's handpicked panel has done to limit access to hep B vaccines.
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Dr. Malone thinks he's the resident expert on immunology. No evidence we need does 2 and 3 to get longterm immunity.
CDC member: fair hypothesis. No data to show it's in fact the case for hepatitis B.
CDC member: fair hypothesis. No data to show it's in fact the case for hepatitis B.
December 5, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Dr. Malone thinks he's the resident expert on immunology. No evidence we need does 2 and 3 to get longterm immunity.
CDC member: fair hypothesis. No data to show it's in fact the case for hepatitis B.
CDC member: fair hypothesis. No data to show it's in fact the case for hepatitis B.
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Note: In the past, the #ACIP did not just make up schedules based on whether they make sense. They chose specific dates (at birth, at 2 months, etc) becuase clinical trials showed these times were the safest and most effective. The dates recommended were based on science, not conjecture
December 5, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Note: In the past, the #ACIP did not just make up schedules based on whether they make sense. They chose specific dates (at birth, at 2 months, etc) becuase clinical trials showed these times were the safest and most effective. The dates recommended were based on science, not conjecture
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Dr. Levi still misrepresents the data and said he appreciates her "beliefs" - reminder: she's an expert in this. He is not.
December 4, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Dr. Levi still misrepresents the data and said he appreciates her "beliefs" - reminder: she's an expert in this. He is not.
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Can't beat the 🩺 headlines from @arstechnica.com
Factual, and to the point
Factual, and to the point
December 4, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Can't beat the 🩺 headlines from @arstechnica.com
Factual, and to the point
Factual, and to the point
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Meissner makes a motion to postpone all votes on the HBV vaccine birth dose until tomorrow because no one understands the actual text of the vote.
Seconded by Hibbeln.
Seconded by Hibbeln.
December 4, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Meissner makes a motion to postpone all votes on the HBV vaccine birth dose until tomorrow because no one understands the actual text of the vote.
Seconded by Hibbeln.
Seconded by Hibbeln.
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"There is no significant evidence of horizontal transmission" because I can't read the article and can't evaluate the data is not, actually, a good argument, inexpert #ACIP.
December 4, 2025 at 2:10 PM
"There is no significant evidence of horizontal transmission" because I can't read the article and can't evaluate the data is not, actually, a good argument, inexpert #ACIP.
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Chairman of Senate’s health committee with his sharpest words yet as CDC’s vaccine advisers meeting gets underway.
The question is what does Cassidy do now, beyond issue rebukes.
The question is what does Cassidy do now, beyond issue rebukes.
December 4, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Chairman of Senate’s health committee with his sharpest words yet as CDC’s vaccine advisers meeting gets underway.
The question is what does Cassidy do now, beyond issue rebukes.
The question is what does Cassidy do now, beyond issue rebukes.
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Absolutely unconscionable: Dr Prasad won't share details, data, evidence, or proof of causality. We just have Dr Tracy Beth Høeg's vibes - that's the assessment.
AND:
"FDA vaccine staff disagreed with the assessment that the reported deaths were caused by vaccines"
endpoints.news/fda-says-it-...
AND:
"FDA vaccine staff disagreed with the assessment that the reported deaths were caused by vaccines"
endpoints.news/fda-says-it-...
FDA says it won't release details of claimed Covid vaccine deaths in 'near term'
Details from an investigation by CBER Director Vinay Prasad into 10 alleged child deaths related to Covid-19 vaccines won't be coming soon, an FDA spokesperson told Endpoints News on Wednesday.
endpoints.news
December 4, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Absolutely unconscionable: Dr Prasad won't share details, data, evidence, or proof of causality. We just have Dr Tracy Beth Høeg's vibes - that's the assessment.
AND:
"FDA vaccine staff disagreed with the assessment that the reported deaths were caused by vaccines"
endpoints.news/fda-says-it-...
AND:
"FDA vaccine staff disagreed with the assessment that the reported deaths were caused by vaccines"
endpoints.news/fda-says-it-...
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At a time where most outlets are delicately avoiding naming things like racism, war crimes, and unconstitutional actions, huge props to Ars' @bethmariem.bsky.social for calling it like it actually is.
December 4, 2025 at 12:46 AM
At a time where most outlets are delicately avoiding naming things like racism, war crimes, and unconstitutional actions, huge props to Ars' @bethmariem.bsky.social for calling it like it actually is.
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Martin Kulldorff gained prominence during the COVID-19 pandemic, when he criticized public health responses to the crisis and co-authored an open letter advocating for letting the deadly virus spread unchecked through the population.
Meet CDC’s new lead vaccine advisor who thinks shots cause heart disease
Milhoan has a history of touting unproven COVID cures while disparaging vaccines.
arstechnica.com
December 2, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Martin Kulldorff gained prominence during the COVID-19 pandemic, when he criticized public health responses to the crisis and co-authored an open letter advocating for letting the deadly virus spread unchecked through the population.
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The destruction of the legitimacy of ACIP is so complete that the vague agenda on the left is all they have up for tomorrow’s meeting.
It looks like no CDC scientists will present. No materials are posted.
Usually ACIP posts a detailed agenda which includes materials (see example on right).
It looks like no CDC scientists will present. No materials are posted.
Usually ACIP posts a detailed agenda which includes materials (see example on right).
December 3, 2025 at 2:04 PM
The destruction of the legitimacy of ACIP is so complete that the vague agenda on the left is all they have up for tomorrow’s meeting.
It looks like no CDC scientists will present. No materials are posted.
Usually ACIP posts a detailed agenda which includes materials (see example on right).
It looks like no CDC scientists will present. No materials are posted.
Usually ACIP posts a detailed agenda which includes materials (see example on right).
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🚨The Trump administration just WITHDREW a proposed rule to make sure cosmetics products are tested for cancer-causing asbestos.
Does exposing more Americans to asbestos Make America Healthy Again??
I wrote the law that required this testing—this move is dangerous and wrong.
Does exposing more Americans to asbestos Make America Healthy Again??
I wrote the law that required this testing—this move is dangerous and wrong.
November 25, 2025 at 7:04 PM
🚨The Trump administration just WITHDREW a proposed rule to make sure cosmetics products are tested for cancer-causing asbestos.
Does exposing more Americans to asbestos Make America Healthy Again??
I wrote the law that required this testing—this move is dangerous and wrong.
Does exposing more Americans to asbestos Make America Healthy Again??
I wrote the law that required this testing—this move is dangerous and wrong.