Adriel Bettelheim

Wide disparities found in hospitals' drug prices Hospital pricing remains opaque, and the same drug at the same hospital can have a dozen different prices on the same day.

Big disparities found in hospitals’ drug prices www.axios.com/2026/03/05/d...

Axios Vitals - 1 big thing: Medicare's big-money bandage feud

Medicare’s big money bandage feud. www.axios.com/newsletters/...

RFK Jr's Pick For Surgeon General Cashed In Promoting Companies With a History of Unsafe Products RFK Jr's pick for surgeon general promoted in her newsletter companies with allegations of selling unsafe products

Surgeon General nominee Casey Means' newsletter sponsors were accused of selling unsafe products. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Top FDA drug official is trying to hire a friend who's seeking a bold new warning on antidepressants The Food and Drug Administration is reviewing a request for new warnings on antidepressant drugs, and that's presenting an unusual conflict of interest at the agency.

apnews.com/article/hoeg... FDA drug official is trying to hire a friend who's seeking a bold new warning on antidepressants

Axios Vitals - FDA warns telehealth firms on GLP-1 claims

FDA warns telehealth firms about claims on copycat weight-loss drugs www.axios.com/newsletters/...

Axios Vitals - Scientists form own autism advisory panel

Scientists form their own autism advisory panel to counter RFK’s www.axios.com/newsletters/...

Oz doubles down as Minnesota sues over Medicaid freeze Minnesota says the Medicaid freeze violates administrative procedure and congressional spending authority.

Oz doubles down as Minnesota sues over freeze of Medicaid funds. www.axios.com/2026/03/03/m...

The quiet billing shift driving up health costs The so-called coding intensity corresponds with an increase in hospital use of AI to help document patient visits.

The quiet billing shift driving up health costs. www.axios.com/2026/03/03/b...

FDA slammed over rare disease drug decisions. Here's why Some recent agency actions are at odds with its commitment to rare disease, critics say.

FDA slammed over decisions on rare disease drugs. www.axios.com/2026/03/03/f...

Axios Vitals - Trade probe focuses on China's biotech support

U.S. trade investigation focuses on China biotech support www.axios.com/newsletters/...

Trump surgeon general pick hasn't locked down GOP votes Nutrition influencer Casey Means can't lose any Republican votes in the Senate health committee.

Trump’s surgeon general pick hasn’t locked down GOP votes www.axios.com/2026/03/02/t...

Why new doctors aren't specializing in infectious diseases Trump administration moves are putting even more of a damper on a field that took the brunt of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Why new doctors aren’t pursuing infectious disease specialties www.axios.com/2026/03/02/d...

imo the threat posed by CBS News and CNN getting absorbed by pro-regime billionaires isn't that they're going to produce right-wing slop that convinces people to be right-wing, it's the dismantling of newsrooms capable of doing investigative reporting on the administration. Fewer eyes on the street.

Exclusive: Target to eliminate synthetic colors from cereal aisle Target will require every cereal it sells to be made without certified synthetic colors by the end of May, executives exclusively told Axios.

Target to drop synthetic colors from its cereal aisles. www.axios.com/2026/02/27/t...

NSF officials break silence on how AI and quantum now drive agency grantmaking Leaders acknowledge White House role in controversial moves

NSF leaders have just acknowledged what many scientists have long suspected: Presidential directives to boost AI and quantum have upended its traditional way of doing business. www.science.org/content/arti...

Trump-MAHA split complicates midterm agenda Vaccine politics is becoming a trip wire in efforts to overhaul public health before the midterms.

White House-MAHA split complicates Trump’s midterm agenda. www.axios.com/2026/02/27/t...

Opinion | A Vaccine Skeptic for Surgeon General Casey Means won’t restore confidence in public-health advice.

WSJ editorial board is unimpressed with Trump's surgeon general nominee. www.wsj.com/opinion/case...

VP Vance is falsely claiming the Trump Admin somehow has the “inherent” authority to just unilaterally withhold from MN mandatory federal #Medicaid funding to which the state is entitled.

Trump admin cites fraud in freezing Minnesota Medicaid funds The latest move maintains an administration focus on Minnesota's safety net funding.

Trump admin cites fraud in freezing Minnesota Medicaid funds. www.axios.com/2026/02/25/m...

Surgeon general nominee won't say she urges vaccination Nutrition influencer Casey Means faced tough questioning about her vaccine views from senators.

Surgeon general nominee won't say she urges vaccination. www.axios.com/2026/02/25/s...

Democrats plan health oversight blitz if they win midterms Two top targets are the administration's drug pricing deals and its moves to limit vaccine recommendations.

Democrats plot a health oversight blitz if they win midterms. www.axios.com/2026/02/25/d...

Trump touts drug price cuts most Americans may not feel He used his State of the Union address to prod Congress to codify his "most-favored nation" plan.

Trump touts drug price cuts many Americans may not feel. www.axios.com/2026/02/25/t...

Novo Nordisk cuts sticker price of weight-loss drugs The move could help patients whose insurance plans have high deductibles or coinsurance.

Novo Nordisk to lower sticker price of its weight-loss drugs by as much as half next year. www.axios.com/2026/02/24/n...

FDA smooths reviews of rare disease treatments The FDA would evaluate evaluate rare disease treatments that can't be put through traditional clinical trials.

FDA lays out guidelines for CRISPR, other customized treatments for rare diseases. www.axios.com/2026/02/24/f...

The biggest challenge to Trump's drug price claims? Reality It's unclear how many patients will actually pay less under Trump's "most favored nation" deals.

Ahead of SOTU, Trump’s drug price claims get a reality check. www.axios.com/2026/02/24/t...

CDC's Ralph Abraham, vaccine skeptic, steps down The former Louisiana surgeon general had been on the job less than three months.

Vaccine skeptic Abraham stepping down as No. 2 at Centers for Disease Control. www.axios.com/2026/02/23/c...

Axios Vitals - The threat of pharma tariffs hasn't gone away

The threat of pharma tariffs hasn’t gone away post SCOTUS ruling. www.axios.com/newsletters/...

HHS takes another swing at drug discount overhaul The so-called 340B program has been mired in litigation.

Trump admin takes another swing at overhauling the federal drug discount program. www.axios.com/2026/02/23/h...

From @lenasun.bsky.social article: "Three top voice medical experts and Dysphonia International said there is no scientific basis for the claim that the flu vaccine is behind Kennedy’s condition; there is evidence to suggest a potential association between dystonias and certain drug use."

‘The American System Was Tested and It Works’ Says Toy Maker in Tariff Case Rick Woldenberg, the Illinois-based educational-toy business CEO who sued over President Trump’s tariffs, called the Supreme Court’s ruling an exciting precedent that will go down in history. “We feel...

Meet Rick Woldenberg, CEO of the toy company his grandfather started in 1916, and the plaintiff who sued Trump over the tariffs:

“Someone you've never heard of, working for a company you've never heard of, can say: 'I think the laws have been improperly applied.'"

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