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Apoorva Mandavilli

@apoorvanyt.bsky.social

Science and global health reporter for The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/by/apoorva-mandavilli Signal: amnyt.91

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Apoorva Mandavilli@apoorvanyt.bsky.social · 4d ago

RFK Jr. has hired an Army doctor with a history of questioning the safety of Covid vaccines to investigate unsubstantiated claims that more than 2,500 U.S. service members died after receiving the shots. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/04/u...

Kennedy Hires Army Doctor Who Opposed Covid Shots to Investigate if They Killed 2,500 Troops (Gift Article)

In a legal deposition, the doctor, Theresa Long, compared immunizing service members against Covid to Nazi doctors experimenting on concentration camp prisoners.

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Apoorva Mandavilli@apoorvanyt.bsky.social · last wk.

Erica Schwartz, the new CDC director, ordered agency officials to challenge two measles deaths reported by PA, shunning the agency’s normal procedure of accepting state data and amplifying comments made by her boss, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/31/h...

C.D.C. Director Challenges Pennsylvania’s Report of Two Measles Deaths (Gift Article)

Questioning a state’s investigation is highly unusual for the public health agency, but reflects tensions between the Trump administration and many states over health issues.

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Apoorva Mandavilli@apoorvanyt.bsky.social · 4w ago

The city of Belém in northern Brazil was overwhelmed by an outbreak of dengue two years ago. An all-out municipal effort has reduced cases and may offer lessons to American cities. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/13/h...

A City Mobilizes Against a Stubborn Health Threat: Mosquitoes (Gift Article)

The city of Belém in northern Brazil was overwhelmed by an outbreak of dengue two years ago. An all-out municipal effort has reduced cases and may offer lessons to American cities.

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Apoorva Mandavilli@apoorvanyt.bsky.social · 4w ago

There is no evidence that the MMR vaccine is dangerous or that splitting it into its three components is any safer or more effective. It would take 5-10 yrs to make new individual vaccines in any case. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/12/h...

Trump Wants the M.M.R. Vaccine Split Into Three Separate Shots. Doctors Say It’s a Bad Idea. (Gift Article)

President Trump is calling for immunizations for measles, mumps and rubella to be given in individual jabs in three different appointments instead of the standard combination shot.

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Apoorva Mandavilli@apoorvanyt.bsky.social · 4w ago

Signing a new EO, President Trump suggested falsely that vaccines were linked to autism and that the combined measles, mumps and rubella shot could be lethal, among other claims. Here’s what the evidence actually shows. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/10/w...

Fact-Checking Trump’s Claims About Childhood Vaccines After Executive Order (Gift Article)

Mr. Trump signed an executive order on Monday calling to scale back the number of vaccinations American children receive.

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Apoorva Mandavilli@apoorvanyt.bsky.social · 4w ago

A little to post this here but: for the third time in less than a year, President Trump on Monday issued an executive order that calls for American children to be routinely immunized against fewer diseases, as they are in countries like Denmark. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/10/w...

Trump Signs Executive Order Calling for Fewer Childhood Vaccines (Gift Article)

It is not clear whether the order, the president’s third to address the topic in less than a year, has any legal power.

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Apoorva Mandavilli@apoorvanyt.bsky.social · last mo.

SCOOP: The CDC has linked six additional states to a large outbreak of cyclosporiasis associated with iceberg lettuce — Arkansas, Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire and North Carolina — bringing the total tally to 15. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/w...

C.D.C. Expands Cyclospora Outbreak to More States (Gift Article)

Arkansas, Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire and North Carolina are now among the states linked to the outbreak associated with iceberg lettuce.

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Apoorva Mandavilli@apoorvanyt.bsky.social · last mo.

The Senate health ​committee on Thursday advanced the nomination of Dr. Erica Schwartz, President Trump’s pick for director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, for a full Senate vote. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/30/u...

Erica Schwartz, Trump’s Nominee for C.D.C. Director, Advances to Full Senate Vote (Gift Article)

A vote to confirm Dr. Erica Schwartz, who has publicly supported childhood vaccines, will take place in the full Senate.

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Apoorva Mandavilli@apoorvanyt.bsky.social · last mo.

The Trump administration’s plan to stop funding the Pan American Health Organization will leave Americans more vulnerable to infectious disease threats, more than 100 U.S. leaders in health and national security warned in an open letter. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/30/h...

Former Officials Protest U.S. Plan to Defund Pan American Health Organization (Gift Article)

The group of former health and national security officials warned that Americans will be more vulnerable to infectious disease threats.

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Deb Houry@drdebhoury.bsky.social · 2mo ago

“It’s certainly mind-blowingly hypocritical for the nation’s most prominent advocate of quote-unquote medical freedom to now be abusing his public health authority to jail American citizens,” said Jonathan Slifkin, 30, a birder from New York. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/21/h... @apoorvanyt.bsky.social

The Ordeal of a 42-Day Hantavirus Quarantine: ‘I Felt Like a Prisoner’ (Gift Article)

Eighteen Americans were isolated for weeks in a Nebraska quarantine facility after being exposed to the deadly virus on a cruise ship. Many found the experience traumatic.

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Apoorva Mandavilli@apoorvanyt.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Seven American aid workers are being quarantined at a recently built US facility on an air base in Kenya — the first to be monitored at the site — even as the Trump administration announced a new Ebola-related travel ban this week. 🎁 🔗 www.nytimes.com/2026/07/17/w...

7 Americans Sent to Disputed Kenya Ebola Site After New Trump Travel Ban (Gift Article)

The aid workers were on the frontline in the fight against the outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and have shown no symptoms, their employer said.

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Apoorva Mandavilli@apoorvanyt.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Dr. Erica Schwartz, nominee for CDC director, told senators in a confirmation hearing that she did not think Robert F. Kennedy Jr. or President Trump would ask her to do anything to hurt public health. Some senators were incredulous. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/15/h...

Trump’s Latest C.D.C. Nominee Vows Not to ‘Betray the Science’ (Gift Article)

Dr. Erica Schwartz told senators in a confirmation hearing that she did not think Robert F. Kennedy Jr. or President Trump would ask her to do anything to hurt public health. Some senators were incred...

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Apoorva Mandavilli@apoorvanyt.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Dr. Erica Schwartz is facing the Senate health committee right now as part of her confirmation as CDC director. “I will never betray the science,” she declared. But she also said she didn’t think RFK Jr. or President Trump would do anything to harm the public’s health.

Ursula Hofer@hoferu.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Love that the article starts off with "There is too little data yet to be certain". Excellent science communication. Have heard this anecdotally too, symptoms might be atypical/milder. Would be good for individual patients, but tracing much, much harder.

Apoorva Mandavilli@apoorvanyt.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Doctors treating Ebola patients in the DRC say the symptoms may be milder than in previous outbreaks of the disease. That is good news for patients, but may make it harder to control the outbreak. 🎁 🔗 www.nytimes.com/2026/06/23/h...

Eric Umansky@ericumansky.bsky.social · 3mo ago

The Trump admin is moving public health aid away from public health experts (CDC). And they are stopping public health aid, and instead making countries pay “fee for service.” As in, “Can’t afford the pandemic package? Sorry come back later!”

Apoorva Mandavilli@apoorvanyt.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Even as the world is racing to contain the deadly Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Trump administration is moving ahead with a plan that could decimate support for programs that detect and snuff out exactly such outbreaks. 🎁 🔗 www.nytimes.com/2026/06/17/h...