STAT+: Prestigious journal gets U.S. attorney letter, Trump’s HIV cuts slammed

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STAT+: Prestigious journal gets U.S. attorney letter, Trump’s HIV cuts slammed

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Letter of intimidation?

Anil Oza has another scoop about a prestigious medical journal receiving a letter from the top U.S. attorney asking it to respond to allegations of bias. This time it’s the New England Journal of Medicine.

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