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It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of Marvin R. Shanken, founder of M. Shanken Communications and a visionary whose influence on the worlds of wine, cigars and publishing was immeasurable.
We honor his extraordinary life and legacy: cigaraficionado.com/article/…
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SCOOP: A Trump administration plan to give Americans easier access to unproven peptides was opposed by FDA drug staffers, who had limited input in drafting the policy.
apnews.com/article/peptides-…
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Some big news: The White House this morning cleared the FDA's new peptides compounding policy for release.
reginfo.gov/public/do/eoDeta…
It made some changes, based on this notice's language ("consistent with change").
FDA can now release this at any time, so be on the lookout...
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BREAKING: A hacker is attempting to breach the US Federal Election Commission's systems and that agency has had to 'temporarily shut down' its web-facing services as a result, according to an email seen by Reuters reut.rs/4imQyUu
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Protecting young people from the harms of tobacco use requires education, community engagement and policies that prioritize their health.
Advocate Shawna Watley calls on parents, educators and faith leaders to help young people understand the dangers of today’s tobacco products and urges continued investment in community education and youth tobacco prevention.
Read more: washingtoninformer.com/youth…
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SCOOP: The CDC's deputy director is leaving.
Jennifer Shuford, an infectious-disease physician who had been Texas's health commissioner, was hired to help restore trust in CDC.
Now she's out after six months.
w @bylenasun
washingtonpost.com/politics/…
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Scoop: ARPA-H Director Alicia Jackson is on administrative leave, following a Bloomberg Law inquiry into her ethics status.
news.bloomberglaw.com/health…
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“We’ve got to make sure that that process is in place. We’re working really hard to do it,” Kyle Diamantas, acting FDA commissioner, said Monday about the agency's rare disease initiative framework. “It’s a top priority of mine.” news.bloomberglaw.com/health…
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Of the 12 federal government agencies included in Gallup’s survey, the Postal Service (58%) and NASA (53%) receive the highest percentages of “excellent/good” ratings. The Food and Drug Administration (25%) and CDC (26%) receive the lowest.
Full story: on.gallup.com/4z2ZrJY
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Oof.
ADA Admits Mistakes and Issues a Partial Apology - ConscienHealth conscienhealth.org/2026/10/2…
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A watershed for FDA regulation. Every patient on the vaccine arm got a different product, with neoantigens chosen from sequencing of each person's own tumor. So FDA had no single active sequence to review. The IND pre-specified how the product would change for each patient.
#ESMO26 embargo lifted following breach.
Detailed data confirm Moderna $MRNA and Merck $MRK cancer vaccine met key endpoints in melanoma trial
Personalized mRNA therapy reduced disease recurrence by 42% compared to standard treatment
statnews.com/2026/10/22/esmo…
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Look at these numbers for lobbying in the last quarter, via Politico influence. Brian Ballard’s firm is at $35 million for the quarter, almost doubling anyone else in Washington.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced a massive meat recall on more than 1.5 million pounds of hot dogs, deli meat, bacon, bratwurst, and more. wfla.com/news/national/massi…
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@FDATobacco welcomes Jessica Zeller as director of CTP’s Office of Compliance and Enforcement, effective Nov 1. Ms. Zeller has over 20 years of experience leading nationwide compliance and enforcement, and legal and regulatory affairs programs. Learn more: fda.gov/tobacco-products/ctp…
ALT CTP names director for Office of Compliance and Enforcement
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How much snow could your city see this winter? ❄️ Here are our snowfall predictions for a few cities across the United States.
Check out AccuWeather's full winter forecast: bit.ly/3WzhKIo
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Dang. We got Ober Gatlinburg over here sharing snowbird graphics from Facebook. Lmaooo we are so cooked.
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DEFICIT: For the fiscal year through September, the deficit widened to $1.99 trillion, Treasury Department figures showed on Friday. That marks about a 12% increase on the $1.78 trillion gap recorded for last year @theterminal