“What CITI Program is Reading” is our biweekly blog series which highlights news articles curated by our staff and relevant to research, higher education, healthcare, technology, and more. Follow us on LinkedIn for upcoming editions and more information from CITI Program.
Research
Artemis 2 astronauts celebrate successful return to Earth
Source: Space.com Artemis 2's Victor Glover and Christina Koch are all smiles after splashdown.
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FDA budget proposal: New clinical trial pathway; permanent authorization of rare pediatric disease voucher program
Source: RAPS The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has submitted its budget proposal to Congress, outlining its spending priorities for fiscal year 2027.
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'It's incredible, like science fiction': How a new wave of immunotherapy is eliminating cancers
Source: BBC After nearly 100 years of development, treatments that bolster the body's immune system to fight cancer are coming of age – and saving patients' lives.
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Technology Ethics
The Push for Artificial Inheritance
Source: Undark Experts worry about the risks of editing genes in human embryos. New startups seem poised to throw caution to the wind.
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Scientists invented a fake disease. AI told people it was real
Source: nature Bixonimania doesn’t exist except in a clutch of obviously bogus academic papers. So why did AI chatbots warn people about this fictional illness?
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Why are hospitals throwing away ‘digital gold’?
Source: STAT Health system lawyers are silent on why hospitals don't keep AI scribe transcripts for quality and accuracy research.
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Alarm as acting CDC director delays report showing Covid vaccine benefits
Source: The Guardian Study that reportedly found reduction in ER visits and hospitalizations being reviewed by Jay Bhattacharya.
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Compliance
FDA pushes drugmakers to report missing clinical trial results
Source: STAT FDA officials said an internal analysis found results were not submitted for nearly 30% of studies “highly likely” to fall under mandatory reporting requirements.
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National Partnership of Insurance Brokers and its Former Subsidiary Agree to Pay Over $135 Million For Affordable Care Act Enrollment Fraud Scheme
Source: U.S. Department of Justice AP of South Florida, LLC (APSF), an insurance brokerage company headquartered in Florida, has agreed to plead guilty for its role in an Affordable Care Act (ACA) enrollment fraud scheme.
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Higher Education
More than a quarter of private colleges are at risk of closing, a new projection shows
Source: NPR As one Vermont college finishes its last semester, an estimated 442 others may be in trouble.
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The hottest college major hit a wall. What happened?
Source: The Washington Post Computer science has been a top pick for 15 years. Enrollment data suddenly shows a big drop.
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