Reposted by Jeannie BaumannAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/06/2025KELLY: Does HHS's vaccine webpage reflects the department's view on covid vaccines? RFK JR: I haven't seen the website KELLY: It's kind of troubling that you're unaware of what your own department's website states. It says they're safe and effective. 24768471887
Jeannie Baumann @jeannieb.bsky.social · 12/05/2025RARE DISEASES folks: medicaid work requirements were obviously the big news from last night release of the E&C reconciliation bill. But there’s also a pretty big win for rare disease drug makers and groups like @nordrare.bsky.social 120
Reposted by Jeannie BaumannShira Stein @shiramstein.bsky.social · 09/04/2025DOGE head Amy Gleason denied responsibility for mass federal worker firings in a private group chat message obtained by the Chronicle. www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...sfchronicle.comDOGE head denies responsibility for mass firings in private group chat messageThe April 2 message was sent in a nearly 300-person group chat of health care innovators. 021
Reposted by Jeannie BaumannLisa Jarvis @lisamjarvis.bsky.social · 01/04/2025Noticeably silent amid the upheaval at HHS? Big pharma. Every new drug has NIH somewhere in its DNA--and NIH funding supports the training of their workforce. Now they're finding out FDA isn't safe, either. Wrote about how keeping quiet isn't working My latest @opinion.bloomberg.com (gift link):bloomberg.comBig Pharma Needs to Get Off the SidelinesThe industry can’t continue to sit idly by while Robert F. Kennedy Jr. guts the nation’s public health agencies. 40818329
Jeannie Baumann @jeannieb.bsky.social · 27/03/2025Had a peaceful, gorgeous morning viewing the cherry blossoms over sunrise …then I checked my work inbox … 040
Jeannie Baumann @jeannieb.bsky.social · 12/02/2025The mixed response from congressional Republicans to the Trump administration’s cuts for NIH F&A costs could signal reductions for the National Institutes of Health down the line when lawmakers draft spending bills, Nancy Vu reports for @bgov.com news.bgov.com/bloomberg-go...news.bgov.comHealth Research Funds at Risk as GOP Divided on Trump's Cut PlanThe White House’s move to slash NIH grant funding is drawing mixed responses from Republican appropriators, signaling the possibility for more cuts from lawmakers to the agency’s medical research budg... 000
Reposted by Jeannie BaumannBen Penn @benjaminpenn.bsky.social · 11/02/2025Scoop: Trump DOJ removes head of Tax Division, a 40-year veteran who is latest civil servant reassigned to the sanctuary cities office. He's resigned, prompting alarm over how Trump may deploy tax enforcement against enemies. w/ Erin Slowey, David Voreacos news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...news.bloomberglaw.comTrump DOJ Forces Out Top Tax Enforcer in Civil Service Purge (1)The Justice Department’s chief tax official is resigning rather than accept a forced transfer to a new unit, raising fresh concerns about the Trump administration’s aggressive drive to reshape the age... 39935437
Reposted by Jeannie BaumannCharles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 07/02/2025📣 Since the response to my archive index of the CDC & FDA websites has been so positive, I'm tackling a much larger site: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). The CMS site is 10x larger than either the CDC or FDA sites, so this may take awhile... acasignups.net/25/02/07/lin...acasignups.netLinks to archived versions of every CMS.gov page available pre-purgeSince my Internet Archive indexes of both CDC.gov and FDA.gov seem to have gotten a lot of positive responses, I'm following up by tackling a much larger federal healthcare department website: The Cen... 1619257
Reposted by Jeannie BaumannBen Penn @benjaminpenn.bsky.social · 08/02/2025Scoop: DOJ tells all US attorneys to justify retaining any probationary employee who isn't working on immigration, national security or public safety cases. They have until Monday to explain why these recent hires should be allowed to keep their jobs. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...news.bloomberglaw.comUS Attorneys Said to Be Told to Justify Keeping Newest ProsecutorsJustice Department headquarters has given all 93 US attorneys two business days to explain why prosecutors they’ve hired in the past two years who aren’t focused on Trump priorities such as immigratio... 002
Jeannie Baumann @jeannieb.bsky.social · 08/02/2025On the issue of NIH cutting indirect costs down to 15% (which has averaged 27% to 28% over time, according to their grants statement). What does this portend for the Trump 2.0's first budget proposal? some context 👇 111
Jeannie Baumann @jeannieb.bsky.social · 04/02/2025More from @bgov.com’s Nancy Vu on RFK jr’s nomination moving to the Senate floor No floor vote scheduled, but Thune has generally been moving to confirm Trump’s cabinet picks swiftly (he laid out a pathway for it last month) news.bgov.com/bloomberg-go...news.bgov.comRFK Jr. Health Secretary Nomination Moves Forward in SenateRobert F. Kennedy Jr.’s nomination to lead the Health and Human Services Department advanced out of the Senate Finance Committee Tuesday, bringing the pick one step closer to a floor vote. 021
Jeannie Baumann @jeannieb.bsky.social · 04/02/2025Several senators made statements after the vote. Cassidy was not one of them. However, he does have a statement on X. 000
Reposted by Jeannie BaumannSarah Karlin-Smith @sarahkarlin-smith.bsky.social · 04/02/2025So what commitments did Cassidy get from the White House and why does he have any confidence they will follow through on them? 0104
Reposted by Jeannie BaumannSarah Karlin-Smith @sarahkarlin-smith.bsky.social · 31/01/2025Yes. I 've mentioned it before and it is so important. The government is filling in a key market failure and we still have huge gaps and needs to new antibiotics to address resistance etc. 112
Jeannie Baumann @jeannieb.bsky.social · 31/01/2025Following up on RFK’s confirmation hearing comments in which he repeatedly said to senators that NIH spends so much money on infectious disease at the expense chronic disease. He told Sen. Collins yesterday (who is also chair of Appprops so obviously she knows how spending works) 110
Jeannie Baumann @jeannieb.bsky.social · 29/01/2025RFK jr said he wants to spend about 20% of NIH’s budget on replication. Reproducibility is a well known challenge in research and NIH for sure but…that’s more than $9 billion a year on reproducibility, more than any one IC gets NCI gets about $7.2billion annually 064
Jeannie Baumann @jeannieb.bsky.social · 29/01/2025 Whenever NIH makes grant policy changes, they typically issue a notice explaining what’s up and why. But it looks like the freeze on public statements means they can’t talk about the impact of the federal funding freeze. Last update I see is Jan 13. grants.nih.gov/policy-and-c...grants.nih.govNotices of NIH Policy Changes | Grants & Funding 000
Jeannie Baumann @jeannieb.bsky.social · 29/01/2025Happy covering RFK jr nomination hearings day (part one) to anyone who’s participating. We’ve got Nancy Vu & Ian Lopez on the ground for @bgov.com + Madison Muller for Bloomberg News (Neither are on Bluesky yet, but friendly reminder that I always love a good news tip!) 020
Jeannie Baumann @jeannieb.bsky.social · 27/01/2025Lisa does a great job breaking down why a freeze on NIH grant reviews (among other things) is a really big deal that could have a domino effect and delaying medical research. 👇👇 253
Reposted by Jeannie BaumannBen Penn @benjaminpenn.bsky.social · 25/01/2025JUST IN: Trump DOJ reassigns 2 civil rights officials to newly-formed sanctuary cities group, per five people familiar. They headed the appellate section, which adopts litigating stances on trans rights, policing, race discrimination, hate crimes. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...news.bloomberglaw.comTrump DOJ Said to Remove Two Top Civil Rights OfficialsThe Trump Justice Department has reassigned two senior civil rights officials overseeing the government’s litigating positions on transgender rights, police misconduct, affirmative action, and other a... 058
Jeannie Baumann @jeannieb.bsky.social · 27/01/2025Do sanctions still count if you misspell the name of the country you’re sanctioning? …or is Columbia, Mo., (or S.C) in for one heckuva surprise? (To be fair, POTUS spelled it correctly in his post) 010
Reposted by Jeannie BaumannDan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 20/01/2025Late-night scoop DOROTHY FINK set to be interim HHS secretary while RFK Jr awaits confirmation HOUSTON PARK, retired Palm Beach County fire captain, is Trump’s pick to run health agency that leads emergency response JOHN KNOX, firefighter who sued over Los Angeles vax mandate, is Park’s deputywashingtonpost.comTrump team taps Dorothy Fink to serve as interim HHS secretaryHouston Park and John Knox, trained firefighters, are also in line for roles helping oversee the nation’s emergency preparedness and response. 44822
Reposted by Jeannie BaumannBloomberg Government @bgov.com · 20/01/2025Donald Trump will be at the zenith of his political power when he takes office, but the clock will also immediately start ticking on his second — and final — term.news.bgov.comWhat to Know in Washington: Trump is Back But With Little TimeDonald Trump will be at the zenith of his political power when he takes office, but the clock will also immediately start ticking on his second — and final — term. 002
Jeannie Baumann @jeannieb.bsky.social · 18/01/2025Important issue here that could impact coverage/access to GLP-1s, if it’s considered a treatment for obesity (which has been classified as a disease since 2013 ) vs taking it for vanity reasons (hello MMA coverage bans) 000
Jeannie Baumann @jeannieb.bsky.social · 17/01/2025NIH Director Monica Bertagnolli and NCI Director Kimryn Rathmell officially stepped down today as expected. Bertagnolli was the first woman to run NCI ever, and only the second Senate-confirmed woman to run NIH. 11710
Jeannie Baumann @jeannieb.bsky.social · 17/01/2025🧵As the Biden administration wraps up, my colleagues on the @bloomberglaw.com health team have conducted a flurry of exit interviews: 1) Califf reflects on his second tour as FDA commissioner. Nyah Phengsitthy has the story news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-a...news.bloomberglaw.comFDA’s Califf Applauds Workforce Talent Ahead of Trump’s ReturnFDA Commissioner Robert Califf is giving credit to his talent-filled federal workforce at the end of his tenure as the agency braces for a Trump administration that has teased major changes to the nat... 100
Jeannie Baumann @jeannieb.bsky.social · 17/01/2025Hello! Going to try to be better about posting on here 020
Reposted by Jeannie BaumannStacie Dusetzina @dusetzinas.bsky.social · 17/01/2025Notice, this is targeting Medicare drug price negotiation (costing $20B): "Reform the Inflation Reduction Act’s prescription drug policies to discourage price setting on innovative drugs treating rare patient populations" 051