Archive - Inside Medicine

Our money or our lives? Congress somehow votes for neither.

H.R.1, a.k.a. the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act," is headed for President Trump's desk for Sharpie™️ sign-off.

Jul 4 •

Jeremy Faust, MD

This list of terminated USAID awards should break your heart. New study finds cuts will cause 14 million deaths by 2030.

Plus six other stories, including a rundown on the healthcare impacts of the tax cut bill passed by the Senate yesterday.

Jul 2 •

Jeremy Faust, MD

June 2025

RFK’s New Vaccine Committee Has Voted—Now What? Debriefing and looking ahead with Dr. Katelyn Jetelina and Dr. Jeremy Faust.

A recording from Jeremy Faust, MD's live video

Jun 27 •

Jeremy Faust, MD

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Katelyn Jetelina

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Vaccines under attack. With Dr. Atul Gawande and Dr. Jeremy Faust. US to stop funding Gavi, the global vaccine program.

A recording from Jeremy Faust, MD's live video.

Jun 26 •

Jeremy Faust, MD

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29:51

Chaos at CDC's vaccine meeting. One member resigns. Some scientific materials not vetted by agency experts. American Academy of Pediatrics…

It's going great.

Jun 25 •

Jeremy Faust, MD

RFK's handpicked CDC vaccine committee to vote on US policy Wednesday. Senator Cassidy calls for a delay.

Plus, the updated meeting agenda includes presentation on thimerosal from a known anti-vaxxer Kennedy ally.

Jun 24 •

Jeremy Faust, MD

This week in public hell—um, health. June 20, 2025. (But also some good news!)

A big round-up here of six items you’ll want to know about—including two pieces of good news.

Jun 20 •

Jeremy Faust, MD

News: The CDC vaccine committee is set to vote on thimerosal in influenza vaccines. Vote revives and elevates a longstanding anti-vaccine…

Also: No Covid votes are scheduled at the June 25-27 meeting, leaving fall policies unclear.

Jun 18 •

Jeremy Faust, MD

A grand unified theory on what the hell is going on with the CDC's power vacuum.

Secretary Kennedy has the agency right as he wants it: Under his power and increasingly unable to function properly.

Jun 17 •

Jeremy Faust, MD

Will RFK’s new ACIP re-vote on vaccines the prior committee approved in April?

Update: I changed the headline here because I’m now hearing that ACIP may not be revoting on the April votes, as per the original headline on this post.

Jun 13 •

Jeremy Faust, MD

Jetelina & Faust on RFK Jr.'s sudden removal of all seventeen voting members of the CDC's vaccine advisory committee.

Yesterday, HHS Secretary Robert F.

Jun 10 •

Jeremy Faust, MD

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Katelyn Jetelina

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Alert: RFK Jr. entirely vacates CDC's expert vaccine panel.

Duly elected members learned of terminations by reading the news.

Jun 9 •

Jeremy Faust, MD

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