Had a great conversation with John last week about how the Trump admin has gutted SAMHSA/the ramifications for dismantling the fed agency overseeing mental health and addiction treatment. Here's the story we talk about, written/reported w/ @levfacher.bsky.social: www.statnews.com/2025/10/30/s...

What an amazing essay from the former chair of Africana Studies at Bowdoin. I'll share a few sections in the reply but seriously, read the whole thing. It's all insightful and beautifully written. lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...

everyone buy this book!! she's fun and flirty and witty and wise a joy to read for transsexuals and cissexuals alike

TRIBECA ALREADY EMPTY. THOUSANDS OF PATAGONIA VESTS ABANDONED. SOHO HOUSE TAKEN OVER BY EXOTIC ZOO ANIMALS. BATTERY PARK SHAKE SHACK NOW A BISEXUALS-ONLY CERAMICS STUDIO

i have a piece coming out for teen vogue this week and i gotta say, never had both editors on a piece fired in the middle of an edit before. so that was new for me...

if you quote Eugene Debs in your victory speech, you will break CNN

Two of the most significant politics editors in Teen Vogue’s history were working class trans people from Ohio and Philly, and their tireless, fearless work is a huge part of why so many people are mourning its demise now. @satansjacuzzi.bsky.social and @leximcmenamin.com you will always be famous

What does all this chaos at FDA mean for biotech and for patients? @matthewherper.bsky.social and I talked to experts, and have more on the drama between the drug and biologics center leaders — "We now have FDA "Mean Girls" burn books out in the open," a source said. www.statnews.com/2025/11/04/f...

New: I spent a week in Texas to see what people thought of MAHA, Secretary Kennedy and health care. To some, this state is the heart of the movement. I was consistently surprised by what I heard, and moved by how Texans are grappling with poor health. Come w/ me: www.statnews.com/2025/11/03/m...

errol garner referencing mendelsshon's wedding march while playing the lady is a tramp is so fucking funny

Goodbye, SAMHSA? After the Trump administration's latest layoffs at the federal agency for mental health and addiction treatment, the agency is in shambles. On the sacking of SAMHSA and what it means for the country's behavioral health, w/ @levfacher.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2025/10/30/s...

exceptional reporting from @ellenbarry.bsky.social + Jason DeParle on the new homeless policy shifts in Salt Lake City — which the Cicero Institute casts as “a harbinger of the future.” gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/u...

gender-affirming care is everywhere for those with the eyes to see it www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/m...

EXCLUSIVE: One Saturday afternoon in October, my phone lit up with a notification. I glanced down at the message. “Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began. So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...

My interview with @humbertobasilio.bsky.social @sciam.bsky.social www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-...

Things are at a standstill with the govt shutdown, the year has been one of 'constant chaos' at the NIH — & the worst may be yet to come folks said on my panel Read a recap of our talk w/ @jeremymberg.bsky.social @malar0ne.bsky.social & Eric Green here www.statnews.com/2025/10/16/f...

Today's story, reported with @oriion.bsky.social, shows the consequences of the administration's actions on intersex advocates and anti-FGM/C advocates. 19thnews.org/2025/10/anti...

Are you a SAMHSA employee who has been RIF-ed? Or are you part of the skeleton crew still left at the agency? I want to talk with you for a story about what's going on. @statnews.com DM me or contact me securely on Signal at rosebroderick.11.

Such a brilliant series. Kudos to the @theverge.com for making space for trans writers to imagine our own futures

Update: CMS said late Wednesday that it was not pausing all Medicare payments to doctors, after a statement earlier in the day stated it would.

NBC Out has had some of the best coverage of LGBTQ+ news in the last few years. In a time when the Trump administration takes historic assaults on transgender people's rights, this feels short-sighted. Good journalism is good business. www.thewrap.com/nbc-news-lay...

SCOOP: Mental health workers supporting CDC employees after the August shooting at the agency's headquarters were among those laid off last week. Read the story here: www.notus.org/health-scien...

my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵) www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...

NEW: Following public outcry, the Department of Education has reversed its decision to cut funding for students who have both hearing and vision loss, opting instead to reroute grants to an organization that will provide funding to these students.

Jay Shetty built his brand as a health influencer. But his relationship to science is murky. Great story from STAT's Alexa Lee! www.statnews.com/2025/10/10/j...

after the 10th radioactive shrimp recall in 7 weeks, i decided to do some digging little did i know it would lead me to an underreported industrial accident that may have released an airborne plume of radioactive debris over swaths of indonesia www.consumerreports.org/health/food-...

To be clear, none of the 13 studies just funded by the NIH will be looking at this. Here's what they will be studying: www.statnews.com/2025/10/03/n...

sigh *goes to Google scholar and types: "circumcision" AND "autism"*

NEW EP ALERT🎉🧪 We are tackling SUGAR. RFK Jr. has said it's "poison" — but we're also told that not all kinds are created equal. So, what's the science? Does high-fructose corn syrup deserve its bad rap? Should you switch to agave ... honey ... maple syrup??👂👇 open.spotify.com/episode/6AXH...

Weed is stronger and more accessible than ever. Doctors worry that this trend could spell trouble for people with psychosis, whose cannabis use can increase their risk of developing psychosis at an earlier age and with more severe delusions and hallucinations. www.statnews.com/2025/10/08/m...

I'm writing the newsletter this week on a question I think a lot of us have been pondering: When is it really time to leave the country? The newsletter is our primary perk for Assigned Members, free to them but not available otherwise. It's the single best way for readers to support our reporting.

First take out of arguments: Despite efforts by Sotomayor to put off a decision, it appeared the Supreme Court will subject Colorado’s conversion therapy ban to strict scrutiny under the First Amendment, with a majority likely to strike it down outright. More to come at Law Dork:

Last week, NExTRAC met for the last time. The group advised NIH on emerging biotechnologies of concern. Without it, the US govt is "closing its eyes to the future," one member told @aniloza.bsky.social and me. It's just one of 47 HHS ad comms terminated this year: www.statnews.com/2025/10/07/h...

She’s left us no choice. It’s time for Isaac Chotiner to interview Bari Weiss.

The Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments for Chiles v Salazar today. If you want to get caught up on what this Supreme Court case means for conversion therapy), STAT's very own @theresagaff.bsky.social has you covered. www.statnews.com/2025/10/06/s...

LOTS of news in the vaccine space today first — CDC director signs off on ACIP's recommendations from over two weeks ago, from @chelseacirruzzo.bsky.social & I www.statnews.com/2025/10/06/c...

Tremendous reporting from @katiepalmer.bsky.social about how telehealth companies transformed from helping patients access doctors to helping companies sell drugs. www.statnews.com/2025/10/06/t...

The NIH is making a $50 million bet: environmental "exposures" are critical for understanding why some people have autism www.statnews.com/2025/10/03/n...

For the November/December issue of @motherjones.com, I dove into the history of the word "able-bodied"—including how it's been harmful to disabled Americans since the 1930s and it most certainly will be when Medicaid work reqs come into play again. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

THE MEME IS REAL

One of the full-circle moments? In high school, I was friends with Rebecca Smith. I was diagnosed as autistic. Now, she learned she's autistic and is a teacher down in Texas and I interviewed her about how she helps students accept others. @the-independent.com www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Medicaid work requirements are just bad. But, as I wrote for @motherjones.com, there’s an extra level of vileness going on with them being implemented as more work-from-home jobs disappear. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Reed is pathetic and your piece is incredible

A growing number of Americans believe that gender-affirming care will become less accessible in their lifetime, a new 19th News/SurveyMonkey poll finds — reflecting a political landscape that has become increasingly hostile toward transgender people and their health care.

also this story from @mmolteni.bsky.social about the long history of tylenol is just a stunner and y'all need to read it. it has everything — malaria, Napolean, Jesuits, hydroxychloroquine and the Biggest of Big Pharma www.statnews.com/2025/09/25/t...

Mothers regularly shoulder the "blame" for having a child with autism. So when autistic moms watched Trump insist — despite little scientific evidence — that Tylenol use during pregnancy causes autism, it felt like a return to a dark era. #disability #autism www.statnews.com/2025/09/25/a...

Trump is wrong, doctors say. People who are pregnant should not just "tough it out" when they have a fever Great story from @elizabethcooney.bsky.social @theresagaff.bsky.social and Annalisa Merelli re: the scientific consensus on autism, leucavorin, and Tylenol www.statnews.com/2025/09/24/t...