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Former FDA leaders, pharma speak out on mifepristone
After issuing a week-long pause on a federal appeals court decision to stop mail orders of the abortion medication mifepristone, the Supreme Court is expected to take further steps in the case by the end of the day Monday. How the court moves forward could have a major impact on the regulatory authority of the Food and Drug Administration as well as on abortion providers and patients.
“The fundamental question is: Who gets to regulate mifepristone?” said Laurie Sobel, an associate director for women’s health policy at KFF. “Can a state go further than the FDA? Is the FDA the floor or the ceiling?”
After issuing a week-long pause on a federal appeals court decision to stop mail orders of the abortion medication mifepristone, the Supreme Court is expected to take further steps in the case by the end of the day Monday. How the court moves forward could have a major impact on the regulatory authority of the Food and Drug Administration as well as on abortion providers and patients.
“The fundamental question is: Who gets to regulate mifepristone?” said Laurie Sobel, an associate director for women’s health policy at KFF. “Can a state go further than the FDA? Is the FDA the floor or the ceiling?”
J. Craig Venter, PhD recently passed away at the age of 79 from complications following a cancer diagnosis. He was well known in both science and industry and was an integral part of sequencing the human genome in the late 90s, competing with the government organized Human Genome Project. Throughout his career, he made many other important contributions in microbiology, with the “minimal cell,” in synthetic biology, and in personalized medicine. GEN editors share anecdotes of their experiences with him, reflect on the impact that his work has had on various fields in biology, in biotech, and in how the world has responded to the disruptions caused by Venter.
Listed below are links to the GEN stories referenced in this episode of Touching Base:
Genomics Pioneer and Life Sciences Entrepreneur J. Craig Venter Dies at 79
GEN, April 30, 2026
J. Craig Venter Describes a Human Genomics Revolution Still In Progress
By J. Craig Venter, PhD, GEN, June 13, 2025
Lessons from the Minimal Cell
By Hana El-Samad, PhD, GEN, August 21, 2023
From Sequencing to Sailing: Three Decades of Adventure with Craig Venter
By Fay Lin, PhD, GEN, March 8, 2023
“Cracking the Genome”
By Kevin Davies, PhD
Touching Base Podcast
Hosted by Corinna Singleman, PhD
Behind the Breakthroughs
Hosted by Jonathan D. Grinstein, PhD
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Opinion: I’m fighting misinformation online. False hantavirus claims follow a now-familiar playbook
I learned about hantavirus misinformation this week in the same way I now learn about most public health misinformation: My followers sent it to me.
Within hours of the first headlines about a hantavirus outbreak linked to the expedition cruise ship MV Hondius, my DMs started filling with screenshots. One was from the account of a Texas doctor who became well known during Covid for promoting ivermectin. She was already telling followers that ivermectin would work against hantavirus, too.
I learned about hantavirus misinformation this week in the same way I now learn about most public health misinformation: My followers sent it to me.
Within hours of the first headlines about a hantavirus outbreak linked to the expedition cruise ship MV Hondius, my DMs started filling with screenshots. One was from the account of a Texas doctor who became well known during Covid for promoting ivermectin. She was already telling followers that ivermectin would work against hantavirus, too.
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