Covering health policy & politics for @nytimes. Former Congressional & White House Correspondent (Bush & Obama). Peloton aficionado, amateur painter, mom of 2 awesome young adults. Tips: [email protected]
Sheryl Gay Stolberg
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BREAKiNG: Cassidy Lost His Primary
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Barney Frank was one of a kind. I remember him as outspoken, irascible, cutting, funny, pointed, smart, and most of all unafraid. Lovely obituary by my @nytimes.com colleague @kitseelye.bsky.social
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Poul Thoreson is accused of diverting CDC grant money to buy cars, houses, etc. Funds were to study possible connections between vaccines and autism. Thoreson was extradited to US, faces charges stemming from 2011 indictment.
#IDsky #pediatrics #ethics #Medsky
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A Danish scientist specializing in autism and vaccine research has been extradited to the US to face federal wire fraud and money laundering charges.
NEW: Major posts are vacant. Waves of scientists are gone. Ebola looms. My look at how RFK Jr. manages HHS:
“If the C.E.O. lacked deep expertise in the company’s business and the leaders of its most important divisions were missing, investors would revolt."
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SCOOPLET: The FDA says it is studying the safety of the abortion pill Mifepristone. But the study hasn't started & has been held up for months by bureaucratic delays at HHS, per 2 people familiar.
+ Trump is mum & in a political bind.
w/ @pambelluck.bsky.social
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With some trepidation, I agreed to be interviewed by @brindabee.bsky.social and her team at Why Should I Trust You on what it is like to cover RFK Jr. and MAHA in these polarized times. These are my honest, albeit imperfect, reflections. Please be kind. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
Ok, eating my words. Marty Makary has resigned under pressure as FDA commissioner. @by-cjewett.bsky.social has the scoop: www.nytimes.com/2026/05/12/u...
SCOOP: RFK Jr.'s top spokesman, Rich Danker, quit in protest over Trump admin's vaping policy -- one day after FDA chief Makary resigned for the same reason.
NOW VACANT at HHS: Surgeon General. CDC director. FDA commissioner. Asst. Sec for Public Affairs
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Why the lack of US leadership could make this Ebola outbreak one of the worst ever. @apoorvanyt.bsky.social
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NEW: RFK Jr. has appointed a temporary Surgeon General -- without Senate confirmation -- and granted her the authority to issue advisories.
Dr. Stephanie Haridopolos "will take on the honorific title Director of Health Communications for the Office of the Surgeon General."
An Ebola outbreak is spreading in parts of Africa with over 170 deaths and about 750 infections, according to the World Health Organization. Our global health reporter Apoorva Mandavilli explains how ...
Who wants to bet that Makary survives? I may eat these words, it's just a hunch, but this feels like a trial balloon. Something tells me the FDA commissioner is being hung out to dry -- but not pushed out the door. @by-cjewett.bsky.social
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