Numerous studies show that firefighters’ exposure to smoke and hazardous chemicals released from burning materials may increase the risk of certain types of cancer. Two years after it launched, a NIOSH program to track cancer rates in firefighters is no longer enrolling new participants.

By placing migrants in Social Security’s “death master file,” the Trump administration is seeking to cancel their lawfully obtained Social Security numbers—cutting off their access to credit cards, bank accounts and other financial services.

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/10/u...

Wild details from @owermohle.bsky.social, @lizzylawrence.bsky.social and John Wilkerson on Dave Weldon's CDC nomination getting pulled this AM:

www.statnews.com/2025/03/13/t...

Remarkable reporting from the NYT on the humanitarian crisis already unfolding as the new administration’s deportation machine begins to grind.

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/w...

Nobel laureates: Where are the drugmakers, why aren't they out here defending the NIH-backed university research infrastructure that trains their workforce and uncovers new targets and tools for fighting disease?

The drugmakers:

www.statnews.com/2025/02/11/n... by @adamfeuerstein.bsky.social

Portugal spends far less on health care than the U.S. yet its population is much healthier and longer-lived. This enlightening @usha.bsky.social story explores what they’re doing right, and what the American healthcare system can learn:

www.statnews.com/2024/12/10/u...