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Vera Therapeutics said that its recently approved drug Trutakna stabilized kidney function and reduced the risk of kidney-related death and other complications in patients with a chronic autoimmune kidney disease. https://www.statnews.com/2026/09/15/vera-kidney-drug-trutakna-shows-strong-phase-3-results-igan/

@STAT@newsie.social ##4932385

Scientists have made mice with half a brain, then filled them with human organoids — possibly opening new avenues for research but also raising ethical issues. https://www.statnews.com/2026/09/16/human-brain-organoids-neuro-chimeric-mice-study-published-nature/

@STAT@newsie.social ##4932384

Chris Klomp has already played a major role in the Trump administration and its Make America Healthy Again agenda. https://www.statnews.com/2026/09/16/senators-highlight-chris-klomp-power-rfk-jr-second-in-command/

@STAT@newsie.social ##4932383

RFK Jr. named eight new members to the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, an influential panel of experts who assess the evidence behind a wide array of preventive medical services. https://www.statnews.com/2026/09/17/kennedy-names-eight-new-members-uspstf-task-force/

@STAT@newsie.social ##4932382

Researchers have identified a very rare genetic variant that is associated with higher odds of lung cancer in &quot;never smokers.&quot; https://www.statnews.com/2026/09/17/rare-gene-variant-boosts-lung-cancer-risk-25-fold-in-non-smokers/

@STAT@newsie.social ##4932381

Kennedy, who previously downplayed his anti-vaccine activism, has now made it a key element in midterm elections and central to his legacy as HHS secretary. https://www.statnews.com/2026/09/17/rfk-jr-anti-vaccination-activism-childrens-health-defense-conference/

@STAT@newsie.social ##4932380

Amid a civil war in Sudan, it’s now difficult for people with cancer and other long-term illnesses to receive treatment that was once readily available. https://www.statnews.com/2026/09/18/sudan-civil-war-cancer-treatment-wartime-tom-catena-mother-mercy-hospital/

@STAT@newsie.social ##4932379

&quot;I know what it means to be searching for an explanation to what ails you, and a way to fix it,&quot; writes STAT&#39;s new trust-in-science reporter, Nicholas Florko. https://www.statnews.com/2026/09/21/trust-in-science-nick-florko-on-understanding-growing-scientific-mistrust/

@STAT@newsie.social ##4932378

“We should be strengthening our investment in the NIH, not dismantling it,” writes Reed Jobs. https://www.statnews.com/2026/09/21/nih-budget-double-100-billion-reed-jobs/

@STAT@newsie.social ##4932377

How one state&#39;s governor&#39;s race is a test of whether Robert F. Kennedy Jr.&#39;s MAHA movement has an enduring political draw. https://www.statnews.com/2026/09/21/rfk-jr-maha-movement-gop-midterm-candidates/

@STAT@newsie.social ##4932376

Race between Amy Acton and Vivek Ramaswamy is being shaped by affordable insurance, Medicaid cuts, vaccine policy, trust in science, and lessons from Covid. https://www.statnews.com/2026/09/22/ohio-governor-election-health-care-policy-acton-ramaswamy/

@STAT@newsie.social ##4932375

“Researchers must seize this opportunity to examine how social media — and its regulation — impacts teenagers,” writes Wellcome’s Camilla Iannone. https://www.statnews.com/2026/09/22/social-media-bans-australia-uk-teen-mental-health/

@STAT@newsie.social ##4932374

Other private equity-owned hospital chains have collapsed in recent years, so the stakes are high for Quorum. https://www.statnews.com/2026/09/23/quorum-hospitals-nonprofit-conversion-increases-debt-load/

@STAT@newsie.social ##4932373

Some health insurers push back on a Medicare proposal that would disrupt how doctors can bill for remotely monitoring patients&#39; health. https://www.statnews.com/2026/09/23/unitedhealth-cvs-pushback-medicare-plan-rpm-abuse/

@STAT@newsie.social ##4932372

“The maternal mental health needs of women like me have been badly underprioritized in American society,” writes Meg LeDuc. https://www.statnews.com/2026/09/23/lindsay-clancy-patrick-60-minutes-reproductive-psychiatry-mentally-ill-mothers/

@STAT@newsie.social ##4932371

Exclusive: Heidi Overton plans to tell senators she will speed up biomedical research, working with FDA staff. https://www.statnews.com/2026/09/23/heidi-overton-fda-nominee-opening-statement-senate-hearing-clinical-trials/a

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Random Old Comic: Waste Reclamation https://www.toyboxcomix.com/2022/02/11/waste-reclamation/ Waste Reclamation #Data #GeordiLaForge #StarTrek

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