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I emailed my HHS contacts. 35% bounced. • This Labor Day, I’m thinking about the federal health workers who left—and those who are still there.
I emailed my HHS contacts. 35% bounced.
This Labor Day, I’m thinking about the federal health workers who left—and those who are still there.
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Update: CDC removes two measles deaths from internal count. Kennedy wins, for now. • RFK Jr.’s influence is no longer confined to CDC’s public messaging.
Update: CDC removes two measles deaths from internal count. Kennedy wins, for now.
RFK Jr.’s influence is no longer confined to CDC’s public messaging.
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Scoop: CDC’s internal system still counts two Pennsylvania measles deaths. • The agency’s public and internal messaging now differ.
Scoop: CDC’s internal system still counts two Pennsylvania measles deaths.
The agency’s public and internal messaging now differ.
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CDC Director fails first test of independence from RFK Jr. • Her promise to “speak truth to power” seems to have left the building. But it’s even worse.
CDC Director fails first test of independence from RFK Jr.
Her promise to “speak truth to power” seems to have left the building. But it’s even worse.
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New CDC director Dr. Erica Schwartz promises to “speak truth to power.” That’s the wrong goal.
New CDC director Dr. Erica Schwartz promises to “speak truth to power.” That’s the wrong goal.
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“Second trope and go.” • More on patient handoffs and ER lingo.
“Second trope and go.”
More on patient handoffs and ER lingo.
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A day Katie Couric will always forget. (What is Transient Global Amnesia?)
A day Katie Couric will always forget. (What is Transient Global Amnesia?)
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Substack Live: A day Katie Couric will always forget. Today, 5pm E.T. • Katie joins me to discuss her brief experience with a benign form of amnesia, a condition I happen to know something about...
Substack Live: A day Katie Couric will always forget. Today, 5pm E.T.
Katie joins me to discuss her brief experience with a benign form of amnesia, a condition I happen to know something about...
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One graph to shut RFK Jr. up. • The best argument against his nonsense is data. Here it is...
One graph to shut RFK Jr. up.
The best argument against his nonsense is data. Here it is...
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I didn’t love Craig Spencer’s ‘embrace MAHA’ column in The Atlantic. Instead of canceling my friend, I called him. • Even the sharpest disagreements can be civil. Here's my line-by-line response to Dr. Craig Spencer's argument for embracing MAHA.
I didn’t love Craig Spencer’s ‘embrace MAHA’ column in The Atlantic. Instead of canceling my friend, I called him.
Even the sharpest disagreements can be civil. Here's my line-by-line response to Dr. Craig Spencer's argument for embracing MAHA.
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Senator Cassidy should vote no on Dr. Erica Schwartz's nomination as CDC Director. • The nominee demonstrated a lack of preparation, insufficient independence, or both. Even if Trump's next nominee could be worse, the Senate shouldn't abdicate its advice-and-consent role.
Senator Cassidy should vote no on Dr. Erica Schwartz's nomination as CDC Director.
The nominee demonstrated a lack of preparation, insufficient independence, or both. Even if Trump's next nominee could be worse, the Senate shouldn't abdicate its advice-and-consent role.
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Inside Medicine turns 5. Here's where it all began. • Five years ago, I launched Inside Medicine with a deep dive into one of medicine's most common assumptions: that everyone needs an annual checkup. If you've joined us since then, here's that article.
Inside Medicine turns 5. Here's where it all began.
Five years ago, I launched Inside Medicine with a deep dive into one of medicine's most common assumptions: that everyone needs an annual checkup. If you've joined us since then, here's that article.
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Talking points on Pete Hegseth (low testosterone), Lindsay Graham (the aorta), and Mitch McConnell (Stayin' Alive). • Learning opportunities from unexpected news items. Plus, how I really prepare before going on television.
Talking points on Pete Hegseth (low testosterone), Lindsay Graham (the aorta), and Mitch McConnell (Stayin' Alive).
Learning opportunities from unexpected news items. Plus, how I really prepare before going on television.
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She blew it. CDC Director nominee tanks in Senate hearing. • She was supposed to be good. But Senator Bill Cassidy lost his mind in real time as Dr. Erica Schwartz crashed and burned before the Senate HELP Committee yesterday.
She blew it. CDC Director nominee tanks in Senate hearing.
She was supposed to be good. But Senator Bill Cassidy lost his mind in real time as Dr. Erica Schwartz crashed and burned before the Senate HELP Committee yesterday.
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Sources: Top Trump official out at CDC. Agency now without Chief of Staff or Acting Director. • Matthew Buzzelli is out as Chief of Staff. Also, Dr. Jay Bhattacharya is not actually the Acting Director of the CDC, despite his public claims.
Sources: Top Trump official out at CDC. Agency now without Chief of Staff or Acting Director.
Matthew Buzzelli is out as Chief of Staff. Also, Dr. Jay Bhattacharya is not actually the Acting Director of the CDC, despite his public claims.
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The life behind Inside Medicine. • A Boston Globe profile reflects on where medicine, journalism, and public service meet—and why I keep showing up to write this newsletter.
The life behind Inside Medicine.
A Boston Globe profile reflects on where medicine, journalism, and public service meet—and why I keep showing up to write this newsletter.
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Medicine, Music, and AI at Aspen Ideas. • Two sessions on art and healing. I also found myself diagnosing patients against AI. It was one of the most fun weeks I've had in while.
Medicine, Music, and AI at Aspen Ideas.
Two sessions on art and healing. I also found myself diagnosing patients against AI. It was one of the most fun weeks I've had in while.
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The Four Doctors Who Signed the Declaration of Independence. • Nate DiMeo brings the stories of America's four physician-signers to life at Aspen Ideas Health.
The Four Doctors Who Signed the Declaration of Independence.
Nate DiMeo brings the stories of America's four physician-signers to life at Aspen Ideas Health.
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July 1st: The most wonderful day of the year in medicine.
July 1st: The most wonderful day of the year in medicine.
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Summer Reading: Everything Is Tuberculosis, by John Green.
Summer Reading: Everything Is Tuberculosis, by John Green.
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Dispatches from Aspen Ideas Health. Preview and agenda. • AI, art, music, and medicine.
Dispatches from Aspen Ideas Health. Preview and agenda.
AI, art, music, and medicine.
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New England Journal of Medicine editorial board warns OMB proposal could sideline peer review in federal research funding. • Analysis with former NIH official Dr. Elizabeth Ginexi.
New England Journal of Medicine editorial board warns OMB proposal could sideline peer review in federal research funding.
Analysis with former NIH official Dr. Elizabeth Ginexi.
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Breaking: CDC's own reviewer backs home quarantine for hantavirus-exposed passenger seeking release from National Quarantine Unit. • The agency's quarantine officer recommended reversing the agency's previous stance. But no action has been taken yet.
Breaking: CDC's own reviewer backs home quarantine for hantavirus-exposed passenger seeking release from National Quarantine Unit.
The agency's quarantine officer recommended reversing the agency's previous stance. But no action has been taken yet.
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The last hantavirus cruise passenger still locked down by Dr. Jay Bhattacharya and the CDC. • The results of a hearing last week remain in limbo.
The last hantavirus cruise passenger still locked down by Dr. Jay Bhattacharya and the CDC.
The results of a hearing last week remain in limbo.
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Live webinar: Former USAID official discusses flawed US response. • Join us at 1 p.m. ET today.
Live webinar: Former USAID official discusses flawed US response.
Join us at 1 p.m. ET today.
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Scoop: HHS asks confined hantavirus cruise passengers to assist in propaganda.
Scoop: HHS asks confined hantavirus cruise passengers to assist in propaganda.
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A very Trumpy week in US public health. • From abdicating on Ebola leadership to RFK Jr. failures at home, the words weak, incoherent, and ineffectual come to mind.
A very Trumpy week in US public health.
From abdicating on Ebola leadership to RFK Jr. failures at home, the words weak, incoherent, and ineffectual come to mind.
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Live Q&A on Ebola with former CDC Director Dr. Tom Friedan. Today, May 20 at 12:30 p.m. ET.
Live Q&A on Ebola with former CDC Director Dr. Tom Friedan. Today, May 20 at 12:30 p.m. ET.
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Andes hantavirus: The case for quarantine at home. • The CDC initially said MV Hondius cruise passengers did not have to quarantine. Now it won’t even let them decide where they must do so.
Andes hantavirus: The case for quarantine at home.
The CDC initially said MV Hondius cruise passengers did not have to quarantine. Now it won’t even let them decide where they must do so.
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Breaking News: MV Hondius passenger at National Quarantine Unit intends to challenge a quarantine order she received on Monday. • Dr. Jay Bhattacharya signed the order, requiring her to stay put, after she and others on board were exposed to Andes hantavirus.
Breaking News: MV Hondius passenger at National Quarantine Unit intends to challenge a quarantine order she received on Monday.
Dr. Jay Bhattacharya signed the order, requiring her to stay put, after she and others on board were exposed to Andes hantavirus.
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