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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.
