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How a new White House proposal could fundamentally change American science
By Anil Oza, STAT The second Trump administration has created upheaval in the biomedical research community. Widespread grant terminations, fast-changing policy changes, and proposals to downsize federal spending have created unease among a group that has largely been able to lean on the government as a partner. In late May, another move caught the attention…
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Funding cuts have hobbled US research with no replacement in sight
The U.S. research machine has been hobbled. What will replace it? Moderator: Gideon Gil, Managing editor, STAT; AHCJ Board President Michael Bronstein, Ph.D., Assistant professor, University of Minnesota Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and the Institute for Health Informatics Sam Gill, President and CEO, Doris Duke Foundation Megan Molteni, Science writer, STAT Heather Pierce,…
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Scientists urge journalists to acknowledge ‘missing Americans’ lost to early death epidemic
‘Missing Americans’: The U.S. early death epidemic Moderator: Linda Marsa, independent journalist. Michelle Williams, professor of epidemiology and population health, Stanford University School of Medicine. Jacob Bor, associate professor of global health and epidemiology, Boston University School of Public Health. Laudan Aron, senior fellow in the Health Policy Division at the Urban Institute and co-director…
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How a reporter from The Atlantic got RFK Jr. to talk
‘The most powerful man in science’: The inside scoop on RFK Jr. Moderator: Eli Cahan, Investigative journalist, Rolling Stone Michael Scherer, Staff writer, The Atlantic By Cheryl Clark, California Health Journalism Fellow How does a reporter convince an embattled federal official to talk when the official thinks he’s “a scorpion,” “part of a conspiracy,” and…
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Protecting vulnerable sources and the public’s trust: A balancing act
Are my sources at risk? Troubleshooting the ethics and law of source privacy, protection and security Moderator: April Dembosky, health correspondent, KQED Public Radio Kevin Stark, senior editor, KQED Science Jane E. Kirtley, Silha Professor of Media Ethics and Law Emerita, Hubbard School of Journalism and Mass Communications, University of Minnesota. By Lynn Arditi/ Rhode…
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States brace for sweeping Medicaid work requirement
Medicaid work rules are coming. Can states handle it? Moderator: Joanne Kenen, journalist-in-residence at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Hemi Tewarson, president and executive director of the National Academy for State Health Policy Kirsten Johnson, secretary for Wisconsin Department of Health Services By Jaymie Baxley/North Carolina Fellow Medicaid beneficiaries in states that expanded…
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Policy experts offer differing views on health care for all at HJ26
Health care for all: Dream, nightmare or one big muddle? Moderator: Jonathan Cohn, Reporter and author, The Bulwark Jeanne Lambrew, Director of health care reform and senior fellow, The Century Foundation Chris Pope, Senior fellow, Manhattan Institute The Affordable Care Act turns 16 this year, and Medicaid covers nearly 70 million low-income Americans. The Trump administration…
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