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Adriel Bettelheim @abettel
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🐂 Fighting a political pest: Trump’s screwworm response axios.com/newsletters/axios-… #axiosam

Axios AM - 🐂 Fighting a political pest

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The drought is OVER 🏆 53 years later, the Knicks are champions again!
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The fight over America's vaccine future axios.com/2026/06/13/kennedy…

The fight over America's vaccine future

A pivotal series of decisions in the next few months will determine the shape of U.S. vaccine policy for years to come.

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The official @HHSGov acct is claiming this new sunscreen ingredient is “more effective”. You can read the docs yourself. That’s not what @US_FDA said. If the co made this claim abt their product FDA would require evidence but I guess not @hhs. fda.gov/news-events/press-an…

FDA Expands Sunscreen Options for the First Time in 20 Years

Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration added bemotrizinol to the list of permitted sunscreen active ingredients, marking a significant milestone in the agency's efforts to advance sunscreen...

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☀️ HOT BEMOTRIZINOL SUMMER ☀️ Thanks to the leadership of President Trump and @SecKennedy, Americans finally have access to a new UV filter in sunscreen for the first time in 20 years.
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“For all of the ways AI could meaningfully improve patients' lives, making care more affordable isn't one of them” axios.com/2026/06/12/health-…

How AI is making health care even less affordable

For all of the ways AI could meaningfully improve patients' lives, making care more affordable isn't one of them.

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Scoop: HHS plans to appoint ER doc Mark Shirley as chair of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. He was picked by his daughter, HHS employee Malia, who has been in charge of screening USPSTF candidates. notus.org/healthcare/hhs-us-…

A Top Aide to RFK Jr. Selected Her Father to Chair an Influential Health Panel

The Trump administration plans to install osteopathic doctor Mark Shirley as chair of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force.

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Mapped: States with legislation affecting menopause care or coverage axios.com/newsletters/axios-… #axiosvitals

Axios Vitals - Mapped: States with menopause legislation

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Home care costs grow much faster than inflation axios.com/2026/06/11/home-ca…

Home care costs grow much faster than inflation

Most older adults will need such personal care services, which aren't covered by Medicare.

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Health fraud crackdown can help pay for Iran war, House GOP says axios.com/newsletters/axios-… #axiosvitals @PeterSullivan4

Axios Vitals - 1 big thing: Fraud crackdown can help pay for war, GOP says

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OG ANUNOBY WITH THE PUTBACK. KNICKS COMPLETE THE 29-PT COMEBACK FOR THE WIN. LARGEST COMEBACK IN NBA FINALS HISTORY 🤯
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Medicare trust fund to run out in first half of 2033 axios.com/newsletters/axios-… #axiosvitals

Axios Vitals - Medicare trust fund to run out in 2033

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States begin to see big ACA coverage drops axios.com/newsletters/axios-… #axiosvitals

Axios Vitals - States begin to see big ACA coverage drops

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Concern about a China pharmaceutical choke point intensify axios.com/2026/06/10/america…

The looming China pharma choke point

U.S. drug development is heavily dependent on China, and a new report says little is changing.

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FDA is expanding sunscreen options for the first time in 20 years, adding to the list of permitted active ingredients fda.gov/news-events/press-an…

FDA Expands Sunscreen Options for the First Time in 20 Years

Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration added bemotrizinol to the list of permitted sunscreen active ingredients, marking a significant milestone in the agency's efforts to advance sunscreen...

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The iPhone lowered the birth rate, new paper finds axios.com/2026/06/09/iphone-…

The iPhone lowered the birth rate, new paper finds

Researchers and policymakers have been scrambling to pinpoint why exactly birth rates are falling in the U.S. and around the world.

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Waiving copays increased patients’ willingness to have AI clinical scans axios.com/newsletters/axios-… #axiosvitals

Axios Vitals - Waiving copays increased clinical AI use

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1 big thing: How health data sharing can allow bad actors to scoop patient records axios.com/newsletters/axios-… #axiosvitals @TreedinDC

Axios Vitals - 1 big thing: How health data sharing exposes patients

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Scoop: White House pre-blames Europe for any World Cup Ebola axios.com/2026/06/09/white-h…

Scoop: White House pre-blames Europe for any World Cup Ebola

The implied message: Any outbreak of the Ebola virus in the U.S. would be Europe's fault.

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White House reclassifies federal epidemiologists and other scientists from civil servants to ‘at-will’ hires | Scientific American scientificamerican.com/artic…

White House reclassifies federal epidemiologists and other scientists from civil servants to...

The long-anticipated “Schedule F” order strips job protections meant to safeguard federal employees from political interference

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Cities sue to freeze Trump’s latest Obamacare changes axios.com/newsletters/axios-… #axiosvitals

Axios Vitals - Cities sue to freeze new ACA controls

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