Laura Beil
@laurabeil.bsky.social
Podcasts: Exposed, Sympathy Pains, Dr Death, Bad Batch, Vaping Fix. Bylines at ProPublica, Texas Monthly, New York Times, Cosmopolitan. Winner of the Victor Cohn Prize for Excellence in Medical Science Reporting. www.laurabeil.com
This is Erik Giggleman, a 7th generation Texan and an elite U.S. Army veteran who volunteered soon after the Russian invasion. Since the start of the war in Ukraine, thousands of Americans have volunteered to fight, and around 100 have died. He was one of them.
Until today, I had never known the feeling you get when Stephen King calls your work "riveting."
1. In 2018, I reported and hosted a podcast called Dr. Death, about a neurosurgeon who was allowed to keep practicing even when it was clear he was a danger to patients. There have been tens of millions of downloads, and it has brought to light systemic failures of our health care system.
This was one of the most heartbreaking and beautifully done stories I've ever read, written mere days after his family was swept away in the flood.
Texas Monthly@texasmonthly.bsky.social · 3mo agoTexas Monthly senior editor Aaron Parsley has been awarded the Pulitzer Prize for feature writing, for his heartrending, first-person account of his family’s fight for survival during last year’s devastating Central Texas floods.
A woman almost dies after an anti-abortion pregnancy center told her everything was fine. They said her sonogram was for "educational" purposes and not medical care. These centers are all over Texas. Great story from Emily Brindley at @dallasnews.com.
A Texas pregnancy center told her everything was fine. Three days later, she was in the ER
A crisis pregnancy center told a Texas woman that her pregnancy was intrauterine. Three days later, she had emergency surgery for an ectopic, or out-of-uterus, ...
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"Former Columbia President Lee Bollinger, as well as one of the trustees at both Columbia and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, the Columbia-affiliated system where Hadden was an attending physician — had been alerted to Hadden’s arrest the evening it occurred.”
@biancafortis.bsky.social · 5mo agoAnother update: After 2+ years, Columbia University just released its external review that details the “hierarchal institutional culture” that allowed former OB-GYN Robert Hadden to abuse patients for more than two decades. @laurabeil.bsky.social @propublica.org www.propublica.org/article/colu...
ProPublica investigations can resonate for years In 2023, we revealed how Columbia Univ had let an OB-GYN still treat patients despite despite decades of warnings he sexually assaulted them Now, the NY AG is investigating www.propublica.org/article/colu... by @biancafortis.bsky.social
New York Attorney General is Investigating Columbia for Allowing Predatory Doctor to See Patients Despite Warnings
In 2023, ProPublica revealed that Columbia University had ignored women who accused OB-GYN Robert Hadden of sexual assault, enabling the doctor's abuse for decades. Survivors say they hope school offi...
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The latest on our investigation into Columbia, where an OB-GYN sexually assaulted his patients for two decades.
@biancafortis.bsky.social · 5mo agoJust over 2 years after we reported that Columbia University had enabled a predatory OB-GYN to sexually abuse patients for more than 20 years, the New York AG's office is investigating the university’s handling of the case. @laurabeil.bsky.social @propublica.org www.propublica.org/article/colu...
If you need a mental break from all the bleak news, the @texastribune.org has a photos of the Fort Worth monks' entire journey to Washington. www.texastribune.org/2026/02/14/t...
Photos of Fort Worth monks’ 2,300-mile journey to Washington
The Buddhist monks' 15-week walk from Fort Worth to Washington covered roughly 2,300 miles.
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Once again, @katherineeban.bsky.social proves why she's one of the best in the business.
Katherine Eban@katherineeban.bsky.social · 7mo agoEXCLUSIVE: In my 1st @rollingstone.com story, internal @hhsofficial.bsky.social emails show how 2 Danish scientists accused of "questionable research practices" got a $1.6 million grant aligned w/ Sec. Kennedy's theories to study HepB vaccine in Guinea-Bissau: rollingstone.com/politics/pol... /1
A compelling graphic look at all the ways that Trump and his family and friends have been monetizing the White House in his second term to enrich themselves more than any presidential clan has ever done before. @lazarogamio.bsky.social Amy Schoenfeld Walker www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Trump’s Tangled Web of Deal-Making, Policy and Riches
The president, his family and some of their closest associates have engaged in a sprawling campaign of deals that stretches across industries and the globe.
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Addiction is a hungry monster that you can never truly understand until you see it up close.
Peter Sagal@petersagal.bsky.social · 8mo agoA 2016 interview with Scott Simon, in which Rob Reiner and his son Nick talk about a film they made together based on Nick's struggles with addiction. www.npr.org/2016/04/30/4...
Has anything like this ever happened?
Scott Gottlieb, MD@scottgottliebmd.bsky.social · 8mo ago12 former commissioners of the FDA came together to write a Perspectives piece for the New England Journal of Medicine; raising our concerns about recent changes to vaccine approval policy at the FDA and its implications for patients and public health.
Great story from @texastribune.org connecting the dots on the people now setting U.S. vaccine policy. www.texastribune.org/2025/11/19/a...
Austin group catapulted some of Trump’s top health advisers
People with ties to Brownstone Institute have significant authority over access to vaccines and scientific research.
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Brought to you by the folks who want to deploy troops to "protect federal buildings."
Reuters@reuters.com · 10mo agoLIVE: Trump East Wing White House demolition in Washington youtube.com/live/7YnMZHW...
Let me help you with that, Speaker Johnson. This is what we documented. www.propublica.org/article/immi...
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 10mo agoQ: What's your message to the 170 US citizens who have been detained by ICE? About 20 of them are children MIKE JOHNSON: I don't know what you're talking about with the children. I haven't seen that so I'm not going to comment on it.
This is an excellent tool from @kffhealthnews.org for anyone who wants to know how much premiums will rise if ACA subsidies expire.
How Much More Would People Pay in Premiums if the ACA's Enhanced Premium Tax Credits Expire? | KFF
The ACA's enhanced premium tax credits are set to expire at the end of 2025. This calculator estimates how much out-of-pocket premiums would increase for families if Congress does not extend the credi...
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I wish every Texas lawmaker would read this @dallasnews.com series about the Texas abortion ban, and what it's doing to the pregnant women of our state.
Two D-FW women had a fatal fetal diagnosis. One had the means to leave, the other carried to term
After their babies were diagnosed with anencephaly, two women faced the lack of exceptions under Texas abortion laws.
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This study was published in Annals of Internal Medicine; the journal is NOT retracting it just because of political pressure from the world's most extreme & dangerous anti-vaxx activist The lead author, Anders Peter Hviid, says "I have not been targeted by a political figurehead in this way before"
Derek Beres@derekberes.bsky.social · 12mo agoA large-scale, government-funded study tracking 1.2M children over two decades found something Kennedy doesn't like, so he wants it retracted. www.reuters.com/business/hea...
With so many awful things in the news, I needed to see this.
The Guardian US investigations team is hiring a science reporter, come work with me and break big news about what is happening to science in this country: workforus.theguardian.com/jobs/795/
The Guardian :: Senior Science Investigative Reporter
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My state already has the highest percentage of people with no health insurance. That's about to get even worse with the new budget bill, as 1.7 million Texans stand to lose coverage. www.texastribune.org/2025/07/18/t...
1.7 million Texans could lose health coverage under expiring tax credits, ACA changes in GOP megabill
Having never expanded Medicaid, Texas avoided most of the looming federal cuts other states will face. But the Affordable Care Act is a different story.
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Bill Moyers meant everthing to me. We both grew up in Marshall TX, a generation apart, but bound by the same sense of place. He encouraged me to become a journalist, and gave this small town girl confidence -- in the beginning and all along the way. RIP Bill.
Bill Moyers, Presidential Aide and Veteran of Public TV, Dies at 91
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“Secretary Kennedy has not hidden his anti-vaccine agenda,” said Dr. Richard Besser, who served as acting director of the C.D.C. in 2009. “He, more than anyone in our country, has worked to undermine people’s trust and confidence in vaccines.” via @nytimes.com
Kennedy Removes All C.D.C. Vaccine Panel Experts
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When we first reported this story, Columbia had not even notified the women that their former doctor was a convicted sex offender. Now there are more than 1,000 known survivors. @propublica.org
ProPublica@propublica.org · last yr.NEW: Columbia University has agreed to a $750M settlement with nearly 600 patients of Robert Hadden, a former doctor who sexually abused them while working at the school. A 2023 ProPublica investigation revealed how the school shielded the OB-GYN for decades.
In other Columbia Univ news, an announcement this week of an additional $750 million settlement with women sexually assaulted by former ob-gyn Robert Hadden. Credit to the survivors for their bravery and persistence. We told full story in @propublica.org in 2023: www.propublica.org/article/colu...
How Columbia Ignored Women, Undermined Prosecutors and Protected a Predator for More Than 20 Years
For decades, patients warned Columbia about the behavior of obstetrician Robert Hadden. One even called 911 and had him arrested. Columbia let him keep working.
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My adult daughter Rachel works everyday, pays taxes, loves going to movies with her friends, and listens to awful (IMO) music. Our U.S. Dept HHS has lost all of its humanity, compassion, and intellectual curiosity
