Ryan Boehm
@ryanboehm.bsky.social
Comms, MassBio 🧬 // Formerly Governor Charlie Baker // Tweets are my own. RTs ≠ endorsements // Weather & beer enthusiast // Suffolk Alum // Rehabilitated Republican // Anglican Christian
"subject matter experts from the CDC [were] effectively sidelined or silenced, and data presentations being made by people with ties to the anti-vaccine community but little expertise in the assessment of vaccine data." www.statnews.com/2025/12/05/c... via @statnews.com
CDC panel recommends delaying birth dose of hepatitis B vaccine
The CDC's ACIP panel voted to recommend delaying the birth dose of the hepatitis B vaccine, ending a policy that has reined in the virus.
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December 5, 2025 at 3:59 PM
"subject matter experts from the CDC [were] effectively sidelined or silenced, and data presentations being made by people with ties to the anti-vaccine community but little expertise in the assessment of vaccine data." www.statnews.com/2025/12/05/c... via @statnews.com
Mr. Hernández’s letter contained all the ingredients that foreign leaders, lobbyists and others who interact with Trump have found effective: flattery, a sense of shared persecution and an appeal to Mr. Trump’s perception of himself as the final arbiter of justice.
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Trump Administration Live Updates: Honduran Ex-President Is Freed From Prison After Pardon
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December 2, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Mr. Hernández’s letter contained all the ingredients that foreign leaders, lobbyists and others who interact with Trump have found effective: flattery, a sense of shared persecution and an appeal to Mr. Trump’s perception of himself as the final arbiter of justice.
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Over just 72 hours, we went from a White House that was fully intact to a White House where one-third of it no longer exists. And no one outside of a small circle of partisan hacks - not the least of which being the American people - had any inclination of what was about to happen. Outrageous.
October 23, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Over just 72 hours, we went from a White House that was fully intact to a White House where one-third of it no longer exists. And no one outside of a small circle of partisan hacks - not the least of which being the American people - had any inclination of what was about to happen. Outrageous.
Trump’s $100,000 visa fee closes off vital pipeline of immigrant physicians who care for America’s most vulnerable
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#H1B #immigration #healthcare
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#H1B #immigration #healthcare
Trump’s $100,000 visa fee closes off vital pipeline of immigrant physicians who care for America’s most vulnerable - The Boston Globe
Since at least the 1960s, the US has not produced enough doctors to meet the demand. Instead, it has relied on the cheaper option of recruiting foreign doctors.
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October 15, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Trump’s $100,000 visa fee closes off vital pipeline of immigrant physicians who care for America’s most vulnerable
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#H1B #immigration #healthcare
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#H1B #immigration #healthcare
My heart weeps for the American systems that are being irrevocablely damaged. Those that have protected our American justice and way of life for centuries. All because eggs seemed a tad expensive. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/u...
Trump Fired a U.S. Attorney Who Insisted on Following a Court Order
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September 27, 2025 at 2:02 PM
My heart weeps for the American systems that are being irrevocablely damaged. Those that have protected our American justice and way of life for centuries. All because eggs seemed a tad expensive. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/u...
From @wsj.com editors: "Legislation that would ensure the #340B program benefits low-income hospitals and patients [has been filed], as it was intended. Memo to President Trump: This is a better way to lower healthcare costs than importing foreign drug price controls." www.wsj.com/opinion/whit...
Opinion | A Good Idea to Cut Drug Costs
Rich hospitals have been gaming a discount drug program for the poor.
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September 24, 2025 at 2:29 PM
From @wsj.com editors: "Legislation that would ensure the #340B program benefits low-income hospitals and patients [has been filed], as it was intended. Memo to President Trump: This is a better way to lower healthcare costs than importing foreign drug price controls." www.wsj.com/opinion/whit...
“The number of false statements made at this ACIP meeting are practically too numerous to keep track of,” said Peter Marks, who served as the nation’s top vaccine regulator before his ouster in March. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Vaccine panel advances more restrictive approach to covid shots
Vaccine advisers on ACIP considered who should receive updated coronavirus vaccines, a highly anticipated decision that influences access to shots.
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September 19, 2025 at 10:30 PM
“The number of false statements made at this ACIP meeting are practically too numerous to keep track of,” said Peter Marks, who served as the nation’s top vaccine regulator before his ouster in March. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Childhood vaccination rates are backsliding across the U.S. // A monthslong NBC News data investigation finds that much of the U.S. doesn't have the protection needed to stop the spread of deadly diseases.
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Data investigation: Childhood vaccination rates are backsliding across the U.S.
A monthslong NBC News data investigation finds that much of the U.S. doesn't have the protection needed to stop the spread of deadly diseases. St. Louis is a window into the problem communities face n...
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September 16, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Childhood vaccination rates are backsliding across the U.S. // A monthslong NBC News data investigation finds that much of the U.S. doesn't have the protection needed to stop the spread of deadly diseases.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
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Some of the studies that underpin the Trump administration’s decision to veer away from mRNA vaccine research are being misapplied, co-authors of the work say. Via @maxbayer.bsky.social for @endpts.com: endpoints.news/researchers-...
HHS says ‘the science speaks for itself’ on mRNA cuts. Some of the scientists it cites disagree
Some of the studies that underpin the Trump administration’s decision to veer away from mRNA vaccine research are being misapplied, co-authors of the work say, muddling the move by HHS and Secretary R...
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August 19, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Some of the studies that underpin the Trump administration’s decision to veer away from mRNA vaccine research are being misapplied, co-authors of the work say. Via @maxbayer.bsky.social for @endpts.com: endpoints.news/researchers-...
'For researchers, this study is a breakthrough in the so-called bench-to-bedside pipeline — taking a basic biochemical discovery and translating it to a promising treatment for a rare and fatal childhood disease.'
And what helped make it happen? A NIH grant.
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And what helped make it happen? A NIH grant.
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Child walks again after receiving experimental treatment for rare genetic condition
NYU Langone researchers have helped an 8-year-old boy regain mobility using an experimental treatment.
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July 16, 2025 at 2:11 PM
'For researchers, this study is a breakthrough in the so-called bench-to-bedside pipeline — taking a basic biochemical discovery and translating it to a promising treatment for a rare and fatal childhood disease.'
And what helped make it happen? A NIH grant.
www.statnews.com/2025/07/09/n...
And what helped make it happen? A NIH grant.
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“It is a dark time in the history of public health when political appointees overrule expert recommendations, pick and choose data to support their ideology, and use their position to advance personal agendas,” @danielgriffinmdphd.bsky.social
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Top F.D.A. Official Overrode Scientists on Covid Shots
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July 2, 2025 at 8:27 PM
“It is a dark time in the history of public health when political appointees overrule expert recommendations, pick and choose data to support their ideology, and use their position to advance personal agendas,” @danielgriffinmdphd.bsky.social
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"Only by restoring what has been cut by the Trump White House can we rescue American science, and time is of the essence. We need all scientists, all universities to sound the alarm." www.statnews.com/2025/06/26/n...
#NIH #research #standwithscience
#NIH #research #standwithscience
Private sector, philanthropy can’t replace Trump administration science cuts
Weak plans that propose alternatives to NIH funding are giving false hope to researchers.
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June 27, 2025 at 5:33 PM
"Only by restoring what has been cut by the Trump White House can we rescue American science, and time is of the essence. We need all scientists, all universities to sound the alarm." www.statnews.com/2025/06/26/n...
#NIH #research #standwithscience
#NIH #research #standwithscience
Six former CDC vaccine advisory committee chairs: "Without immediate action, we risk losing access to life-saving immunizations and the ability to respond to future public health threats. The damage, once done, may not be easily repaired."
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Six former CDC vaccine advisory committee chairs warn: U.S. risks losing access to life-saving immunizations
“We are witnessing a dismantling of the systems that develop, license, recommend, and monitor vaccines,” write six former chairs of the CDC’s vaccine advisory committee.
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June 20, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Six former CDC vaccine advisory committee chairs: "Without immediate action, we risk losing access to life-saving immunizations and the ability to respond to future public health threats. The damage, once done, may not be easily repaired."
www.statnews.com/2025/06/20/a... via @statnews.com
www.statnews.com/2025/06/20/a... via @statnews.com
“We call it a clinical trial-in-a-dish,” Robert DiFazio, CEO and co-founder of the Cambridge, Mass.-based Parallel Bio, said.
Organoid startup raises $21M to test drugs and vaccines in human lymph nodes-in-a-dish
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Organoid startup raises $21M to test drugs and vaccines in human lymph nodes-in-a-dish
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Exclusive: Organoid startup raises $21M to test drugs and vaccines in human lymph nodes-in-a-dish
Parallel Bio, a startup that figured out how to grow miniature human lymph nodes in a dish, has raised $21 million in Series A funding for its alternative to animal models.
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June 12, 2025 at 11:40 AM
“We call it a clinical trial-in-a-dish,” Robert DiFazio, CEO and co-founder of the Cambridge, Mass.-based Parallel Bio, said.
Organoid startup raises $21M to test drugs and vaccines in human lymph nodes-in-a-dish
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Organoid startup raises $21M to test drugs and vaccines in human lymph nodes-in-a-dish
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"Removing ACIP'S entire membership in one day, under the guise of restoring 'public trust,' destroys the firewall between science and politics." www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/o...
Opinion | I’m a Vaccine Expert. Here’s What Keeps Me Up at Night About Kennedy’s Policies.
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June 11, 2025 at 10:56 PM
"Removing ACIP'S entire membership in one day, under the guise of restoring 'public trust,' destroys the firewall between science and politics." www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/o...
Bruce A. Scott, the president of the American Medical Association, said, “With an ongoing measles outbreak and routine child vaccination rates declining, this move will further fuel the spread of vaccine-preventable illnesses.”
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RFK Jr. purges every vaccine adviser on CDC panel; will pick replacements
Kennedy said the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, a group of experts who recommend vaccines, has been "plagued with persistent conflicts of interest."
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June 10, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Bruce A. Scott, the president of the American Medical Association, said, “With an ongoing measles outbreak and routine child vaccination rates declining, this move will further fuel the spread of vaccine-preventable illnesses.”
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What was said gives hope to industry & patients for positive changes. As jasonmast.bsky.social summarized, "determined optimism about the technology" and "a push for a new system that would allow companies and academic centers to make bespoke treatments at scale."
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FDA reassures rare disease advocates that ‘being flexible’ is plan for gene therapy
Trump health officials signal eased FDA rules for rare disease gene therapy, but concerns linger over safety, oversight, and speed of new drug approvals.
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June 6, 2025 at 7:11 PM
What was said gives hope to industry & patients for positive changes. As jasonmast.bsky.social summarized, "determined optimism about the technology" and "a push for a new system that would allow companies and academic centers to make bespoke treatments at scale."
www.statnews.com/2025/06/06/f...
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Bono may very well be the most authentic Christian amongst famous people with lots of adoring fans. So glad I saw this interview on the second go 'round on ABC.
May 31, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Bono may very well be the most authentic Christian amongst famous people with lots of adoring fans. So glad I saw this interview on the second go 'round on ABC.
“Still, families are left in limbo, waiting on a treatment that medical experts, patient experiences and common sense overwhelmingly support."
FDA has talked the talk on streamlining #raredisease approvals. Now's the time to walk the walk. Patients are waiting.
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FDA has talked the talk on streamlining #raredisease approvals. Now's the time to walk the walk. Patients are waiting.
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A rare disease drug is rejected, even as the FDA talks about new approval pathway
Instead of approving Stealth BioTherapeutics' drug for Barth syndrome, the FDA withheld its endorsement, but decided it may be possible for Stealth to pursue accelerated approval.
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May 30, 2025 at 1:34 PM
“Still, families are left in limbo, waiting on a treatment that medical experts, patient experiences and common sense overwhelmingly support."
FDA has talked the talk on streamlining #raredisease approvals. Now's the time to walk the walk. Patients are waiting.
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FDA has talked the talk on streamlining #raredisease approvals. Now's the time to walk the walk. Patients are waiting.
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Unless we reverse NIH cuts & improve FDA rather than gut it, we'll be handing bio leadership to China on a silver platter.
"China has become a linchpin in global drug development, the result of a decade-long national strategy to develop a biopharmaceutical industry."
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"China has become a linchpin in global drug development, the result of a decade-long national strategy to develop a biopharmaceutical industry."
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China's biotech boom leaves U.S. playing catch-up
China has passed the U.S. in clinical trials, marking a turning point in the race to dominate life sciences.
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May 29, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Unless we reverse NIH cuts & improve FDA rather than gut it, we'll be handing bio leadership to China on a silver platter.
"China has become a linchpin in global drug development, the result of a decade-long national strategy to develop a biopharmaceutical industry."
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"China has become a linchpin in global drug development, the result of a decade-long national strategy to develop a biopharmaceutical industry."
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@matthewherper.bsky.social calls out RFK Jr.'s "bulldozing of safeguards intended to keep public health officials honest and their decisions transparent" and trampling on "individuals’ ability to make their own decisions about medical evidence." www.statnews.com/2025/05/28/r...
With Covid vaccine decisions, RFK Jr. unleashes an unfettered assault on public health
RFK Jr.'s unilateral decision to revise Covid booster guidance represents a bulldozing of safeguards, our columnist writes
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May 28, 2025 at 9:00 PM
@matthewherper.bsky.social calls out RFK Jr.'s "bulldozing of safeguards intended to keep public health officials honest and their decisions transparent" and trampling on "individuals’ ability to make their own decisions about medical evidence." www.statnews.com/2025/05/28/r...
"destroying Harvard..would be like pulling a crucial piece out of a Jenga tower. The odds are that the whole structure of the Greater Boston edu & innovation ecosystem would collapse..America would lose all Greater Boston does to advance & enrich our nation." paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-econom...
The Economic Consequences of Destroying Harvard
Freedom is on the line. But so are jobs.
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May 26, 2025 at 5:44 PM
"destroying Harvard..would be like pulling a crucial piece out of a Jenga tower. The odds are that the whole structure of the Greater Boston edu & innovation ecosystem would collapse..America would lose all Greater Boston does to advance & enrich our nation." paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-econom...
The U.S. seems to be sleepwalking into a transport dead end, slashing $ for public infrastructure & firing transit workers. Long-distance public transport in America may be heading toward a choice: fast, exclusive & environmentally ruinous or slow, tortuous & run-down www.nytimes.com/2025/05/18/o...
Opinion | Europe Built Trains. America Built Highways and Regret.
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May 18, 2025 at 6:44 PM
The U.S. seems to be sleepwalking into a transport dead end, slashing $ for public infrastructure & firing transit workers. Long-distance public transport in America may be heading toward a choice: fast, exclusive & environmentally ruinous or slow, tortuous & run-down www.nytimes.com/2025/05/18/o...
May 16, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Unconscionable.
“Entire labs are unraveling, and young scientists on training grants may be suddenly adrift; work that could change lives — or save them — is being brought to a standstill.”
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“Entire labs are unraveling, and young scientists on training grants may be suddenly adrift; work that could change lives — or save them — is being brought to a standstill.”
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‘A bloodbath’: Trump administration moves to terminate scores of federal grants at Harvard - The Boston Globe
Harvard researchers who rely on federal grants to study cancer, infectious diseases and a range of other topics began receiving termination notices en masse on Thursday from a number of federal agenci...
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May 16, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Unconscionable.
“Entire labs are unraveling, and young scientists on training grants may be suddenly adrift; work that could change lives — or save them — is being brought to a standstill.”
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/05/16/m...
“Entire labs are unraveling, and young scientists on training grants may be suddenly adrift; work that could change lives — or save them — is being brought to a standstill.”
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/05/16/m...