link to report:

https://oversightdemocrats.house.gov/imo/media/doc/2026-06-23cogrdemspublichealthreport.pdf

Meaning This study found that 2025-2026 COVID-19 vaccines were associated with additional protection against medically attended COVID-19 beyond individuals’ existing immunity, suggesting that adults can reduce their likelihood of severe COVID-19–associated outcomes by obtaining a 2025-2026 COVID-19 vaccination.

Editorial on the study methodology:

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2850669

The study drew attention in April 2026 when the Washington Post reported it was delayed and then subsequently rejected from the CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR).2 The decision drew attention because MMWR has historically served as a mechanism for rapid dissemination of public health findings, such as routine vaccine effectiveness estimates from CDC-funded surveillance networks. Despite the fact that the VISION network was established by the CDC to support timely vaccine effectiveness monitoring, the study’s design has now come under scrutiny.

Massachusetts, North Carolina, Washington, Illinois, Oregon and Connecticut all cited budget constraints in their reasons for not attending. Maine’s tourism office told a local ABC News station it declined the invitation because of scheduling demands during a “busy summer season.” Additionally, a spokesperson for Pennsylvania’s tourism board told The Hill on Wednesday that the state is still making a determination about whether it will participate.

Illinois’s Peoria Riverfront Museum volunteered to showcase the state’s history at the fair…. North Carolina will be represented by vehicle company Spevco and NASCAR team Richard Childress Racing.

“On July 4th, at The Lincoln Memorial and Washington Monument, in beautiful and safe Washington D.C., we are going to host the most spectacular TRUMP RALLY of them all…..”

Many Star Trek guests

from the study itself:

Among patients with cancer, prescribing rates were over 2.5 times higher from January 1, 2025, to July 31, 2025, compared with January 1, 2024, to July 31, 2024

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2848862?guestAccessKey=eac21d23-2f79-4327-9990-0f4531109b52

results as of last night; McDuffie conceded

OMG

Good luck, everybody 🫤

The Wall Street Journal reported BDT & MSD Partners, a merchant bank and the current leaseholder, paid $80 million for the building and the land at 1100 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, and is already in discussions to sell the property for as much as $400 million.

GSA said total taxpayer revenues from the property over the last 10 years, including the current sale, are expected to exceed $110 million.

“It remains business as usual at Waldorf Astoria Washington DC. Our team members continue to welcome guests with our signature hospitality,” a Hilton spokesperson told WTOP.

Officials from Oregon, Washington, Massachusetts and North Carolina told CNN they declined an invitation from the Trump administration to showcase their states at the giant fairgrounds being built on the National Mall. Pennsylvania has yet to decide whether it will participate.

While officials said their states’ decisions were largely due to costs, a spokesperson for Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek, a Democrat, pointed to concerns about the partisan nature of the event, set to open June 25 and last about two weeks.

And the gas prices were just starting to come down….

Concern 1: An anti-science agenda is disrupting research for health advances and cures….

The study, finally released on Tuesday in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, found no benefits to moderate levels of drinking.

It recommends that adults should limit themselves to one drink or less per day, and researchers say these findings should have informed the latest Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA).

“No protective effect of drinking was observed even at low levels, and a lifetime risk of 1 alcohol-attributable death per 1,000 people occurred at roughly 7 drinks per week for both males and females, with risks rising sharply beyond this level,” the study stated.