Scoop: “Nobody in senior leadership at NCIRD saw the revised vaccine schedule," CDC scientist says. • Plus, an exclusive look at the slide deck an NCIRD scientist presented comparing the US pediatric vaccine schedule with those of peer nations. Spoiler: Denmark is the outlier.

RFK Jr. breaks major promise on childhood vaccines. Analysis with Demetre Daskalakis, Dorit Reiss, and Angie Rasmussen. • A recording from the Doctor's Lounge.

Preview: RFK Jr. breaks major promise on childhood vaccines. Live analysis with Demetre Daskalakis & Dorit Reiss, Jan 6 at 12:00 PM ET. • Join us TODAY, for a live Q&A on Substack Live at noon ET.

The year we led: Inside Medicine’s 2025 public health scoops and exclusives. • I didn’t plan to spend the year breaking news. Then 2025 happened.

ACA subsidies expire tonight—Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel pushes back on a Wall Street Journal piece cheering their end.

The sentence I’m recommending for new vaccine hesitancy. • Because of misinformation from Secretary Kennedy’s HHS, bedside conversations on vaccines are already changing. Here's one approach that may help.

This Week in Public Hell. With Daskalakis, Rasmussen, and Faust • We came, we informed, we vented (just a little bit).

Preview: This week in public hell. With Daskalakis, Rasmussen, and Faust. • Join us TODAY, for a live Q&A on Substack Live at 3 p.m. ET.

Two mass shootings, two countries, two futures. • In response to tragedy, Australia is already moving to act. In the US, the data show firearm mortality isn’t inevitable—but only where policy keeps up with reality.

Music & Medicine: The Longwood Chorus' Fall Concert is tonight. Join us online!

Scoop: FDA vaccine chief’s memo cited 10 pediatric Covid-19 vaccine deaths—but the agency’s own analysis found 0–7. • Dr. Vinay Prasad circulated a memo before FDA scientists finished their work. His conclusions overshot what the agency’s own analysts ultimately found.

Save America from the MAHA Movement • Scientists, clinicians, and public health professionals will not stand by while MAHA puts our children at risk of injury and death to enrich themselves and destroy democracy

Analysis of the latest ACIP meeting at the CDC: Vaccines—and rigorous science—are increasingly under attack. • A close look at how the CDC’s vaccine advisory committee under RFK Jr. again changed high-stakes recommendations without solid evidence.

What I really think is going on with President Trump’s recent tests. • Even if his doctors are hiding something, it's unlikely to be anything serious right now.

Happy Thanksgiving from the ER!

Rovina’s Choice, a New Yorker Documentary humanizing the destruction of USAID. With Dr. Atul Gawande and Dr. Jeremy Faust. • A recording from Jeremy Faust, MD's live video

NIH Pandemic Preparedness Takedown. With Dr. Angela Rasmussen and Dr. Jeremy Faust • A recording from Jeremy Faust, MD's live video

Preview: Is Bird Flu Back? With guest Dr. Angela Rasmussen. (Yes, we managed to book her again 🙌) • Join us today, Friday, November 21 at 11 a.m. ET on Instagram Live.

RFK Jr.’s CDC fills its autism webpage with anti-vaxxer talking points • A newly updated webpage on the CDC's site shocked insiders and outsiders alike.

Preview: NIH pandemic preparedness takedown, a Substack Live with Dr. Angela Rasmussen and Dr. Jeremy Faust. • Join us today, for a live Q&A on Substack Live, today at 6 p.m. ET.

A rebuttal to NIH leadership's screed against pandemic preparedness. • Dr. Angela Rasmussen joins Inside Medicine for a tag-team response to a poorly reasoned essay by NIH Director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya and his deputy, Dr. Matthew Memoli.

Public health news catch-up with Drs. Gounder and Faust. • Lots of topics in 48 minutes...

Join me today at the 2025 End Sepsis forum.

Exclusive: The Trump administration dismantled the CDC’s peer review system. Staffers scrambled to salvage it. • The CDC sends hundreds of millions of dollars to outside researchers each year. Would the Trump administration let that happen in 2025?

A few changes to earlier story on NIH employee furlough pay.

Scoop: HHS email implies some NIH employees won't be paid during furlough after all. • An HHS email sent on Wednesday conspicuously contrasted one sent when the federal government shutdown began.

Dispatch from Oslo. • Notes from "Science, Trust, and Democracy: Communicating Health Challenges in a Polarized Era," a symposium at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health. Plus, some personal travel notes.

An award that belongs to this community...

What is BioWatch and why is it offline? [Scoop.] • A bioterrorism surveillance program rolled out in 2003 was paused suddenly yesterday. Here's what that means.

BREAKING NEWS: CDC employees terminated in apparent Friday night massacre. • The Trump administration is using the shutdown to further weaken the our national public health infrastructure.

Inside Medicine Read-Through: Commentary on the New York Times article about a tragic ER case. • Two visits failed to detect a fatal illness — my perspective as an emergency physician.

There are now two CDC's. • Can the agency survive?

Fireside Chat: The Future of Medicine. • Plus, two other #USAnotRFK appearances.

Democrats Should Use the Impending Government Shutdown to Force RFK Jr.'s Resignation. • An impending government shutdown presents an opportunity. This is the best way to leverage that.

Join me at the "Future of Medicine Summit," hosted by The Boston Globe, this Wednesday, September 24. • We’re live in Boston. The program begins at 10 a.m. ET, and my session closes the day at 2:30 p.m. Attend in-person or online!

"I move to reconsider." Notes from Day 2 of the CDC's ACIP meeting. • Plus, legal expertise from Professor Dorit Reiss.

Preview: In conversation with Catherine Coleman Flowers and Peter Hotez. • Join me in Lenox, MA on Friday at 5 p.m. ET, or livestream anywhere.

BREAKING NEWS: Censorship returns to the CDC. At least 22 webpages are down. • The Trump administration's HHS is back to its old habits of targeting public health resources deemed too woke.

"I'm still confused," member says during vote on national vaccine policy. Notes from Day 1 of the CDC's ACIP meeting. • Out: comprehensive evaluation of data or feasibility studies. In: vibes!

Exclusive: The fate of the CDC hinges on this new, three-page table. • Congress seems to have grown a spine. Will it hold?

Tylenol has entered the chat: RFK Jr. wants to link it to autism, even though the best evidence says otherwise. • It's not pseudoscience. But it's not settled either, nor is it "safe" to assume otherwise.

Breaking: RFK Jr. seeks to rush 7 new members to CDC vaccine panel.

Minnesota has permissive gun laws. Yesterday showed us what that means for kids. •

Breaking News: Read three top CDC officials' resignation emails. • The end of an era.

Breaking News: Top CDC scientist resigns. Dr. Debra Houry had "a long history of working across seemingly partisan divides." • Two other respected center directors also resigned in the wake of the sacking of newly-confirmed CDC Director Dr. Susan Monarez earlier today.

Scoop: CDC has a new Chief Operating Officer. She appears to have minimal relevant experience.

RFK Jr. versus pediatric vaccines. Expert analysis on the liability issues. (Yes, we have to know that now too.) • Professor Dorit Reiss responds to the legal issues around Secretary Kennedy's latest volley against vaccines.

Preview: Under the hood on the anti-vaccine playbook. With guest Dr. Jessica Steier and Dr. Jeremy Faust. • Join us today, August 21, at 12:30 p.m. ET on Substack Live.

Secretary Kennedy's fever dreams are coming true. Will President Trump let him destroy his major first term achievement?

CDC staff told attack was targeted in briefing. At least 40 bullets hit multiple agency buildings.