The NYT Well desk is reporting on how people are using chatbots for health advice, and implications of that. If you're willing to share, please use this form! @teddyrosenbluth.bsky.social, I or another Well reporter may reach out, but we won't publish anything you submit without your permission.

There is a global surge of frauds using A.I. deepfakes to impersonate doctors online to sell unproven treatments or spread health misinformation. Most recent article with @alicecallahan.bsky.social and @stevenleemyers.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/t...

The A.I. companies they contract to review pre-authorizations will have a strong incentive to deny care. Medicare plans to pay them a share of the savings generated from rejections. My story with @reedabelson.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/h...

Profoundly depressing news from @teddyrosenbluth.bsky.social

As the Trump administration promotes skepticism of vaccines, measles cases have shot up higher this year than in any other year since the contagious virus was declared eliminated in the US in 2000. @teddyrosenbluth.bsky.social @13pt.com www.nytimes.com/2025/07/09/w...

Thimerosal sent RFK Jr down the path of vaccine hesitancy two decades ago. It was his “passion.” Here’s the story of how it landed on the ACIP agenda — and what it says about the way Kennedy is using his power. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/u...

It's official! I'm staying at the Times to write about health misinformation. www.nytco.com/press/teddy-...

RFK plans to look for measles treatments. "Public health experts were baffled by Mr. Kennedy’s decision to hunt for new treatments, rather than endorse shots that have decades of safety and efficacy data." Story by @teddyrosenbluth.bsky.social gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/h...

Breaking News: A federal prosecutor interrogated the The New England Journal of Medicine — which is considered the world’s most prestigious medical journal — in what its editor described as a “vaguely threatening” letter.

N.E.J.M is the latest journal to go public about their "vaguely threatening" letter from a federal prosecutor. The Lancet's editorial board called the letters “an obvious ruse to strike fear into journals..." My latest for @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/h...

A relevant quote about medical journals from RFK Jr.: “I’m going to find a way to sue you unless you come up with a plan right now to show how you’re going to start publishing real science and stop retracting the real science..."

Trump's acting DC prosecutor interrogates medical journals about their publishing policies and whether they accept dissent, implying that he may deem it a crime to prosecute if he doesn't like their answers. @teddyrosenbluth.bsky.social @rebeccarobbins.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/04/18/h...

After a series of "dramatic failures," an A.I. therapist has had promising results treating users (patients?) with depression, anxiety or an eating disorder, @teddyrosenbluth.bsky.social reports.

Public health officials in Tx said they received stop work orders for three grants that helped fund their response to the raging measles outbreak Story by @apoorvanyt.bsky.social @sangerkatz.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/03/26/h...

As the Texas measles outbreak continues, doctors there are treating some children given so much vitamin A that they have signs of liver damage. Story by @teddyrosenbluth.bsky.social Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/25/h...

My look at RFK Jr's highly orchestrated rollout. He makes claims (cell phones cause cancer) that are wrong. Public health leaders are horrified by him. But so long as he's not talking about vaccines, he's winning cautious support. Washington is bending to his agenda. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/25/u...

NEW: RFK Jr told Childrens Health Defense, the nonprofit he founded, to take down a phony web page that mimicked the CDC’s vaccine safety site. w/ @apoorvanyt.bsky.social @teddyrosenbluth.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/03/22/health/cdc-kennedy-vaccine-disinformation.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the nation’s health secretary, on Saturday instructed leaders of the nonprofit he founded to take down a web page that mimicked the design of the CDC site but laid out a case that vaccines cause autism www.nytimes.com/2025/03/22/h...

RFK Jr. has suggested allowing the H5N1 virus to spread on poultry farms, so as to identify birds that may be immune. Such an experiment would be disastrous, scientists say. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/h...

If you didn't make it to the bottom of the story: there is a doctor in West Texas -- who RFK Jr. shouted out on Fox News -- that set up a pop-up clinic at the epicenter of the outbreak to hand out unproven treatments for measles, like cod liver oil. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/15/h...

The new exemption would take effect for K-12 public schools in the 2026-2027 school year and for colleges and universities in the same academic year. #ncpol www.newsobserver.com/news/politic...

There are 33 cases of #Measles in New Mexico, including one case in Eddy County, the first outside of Lea County. Thank you @teddyrosenbluth.bsky.social for discussing the Texas outbreak on today’s Daily for @nytimes.com. Measles is a vaccine preventable virus, thanks to the #MMRVaccine.

RFK Jr. gave a 35 minute interview with Fox News in which he made some fairly shocking comments. Here are some highlights 🧵 www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/h...

Measles is spreading in Texas and RFK Jr. is on record saying that doctors are seeing “very, very good results,” with treatment that includes cod liver oil. A medical expert said it is “by no means” an evidence-based treatment. Via @teddyrosenbluth.bsky.social

NEW: N.I.H. medical research grants are ⚠️ $1 billion dollars ⚠️ behind this point hit last year -- and hundreds of millions behind prior years amid Trump administration chaos. w/ @teddyrosenbluth.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/02/14/h...

A worsening #measles outbreak has taken root in Texas, sickening two dozen and hospitalizing nine to date, all of whom are unvaccinated, by @teddyrosenbluth.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/s... via @nytimes.com

It’s official: RFK Jr. is the new secretary of the Dept of Health and Human Services. Mitch McConnell was the lone GOP dissenter

NEW: The plan to cut $4 billion in NIH funding has been temporarily paused nationwide. Plaintiffs argued that plan would have forced universities lay off staff and close laboratories. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/11/h...

Follow along with fact checks during RFK's confirmation hearing here:

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Trump’s nominee for health secretary, doesn’t hold fringe views just on vaccines. We fact-checked five recent statements. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/28/h...

BREAKING: The Trump administration has instructed organizations in other countries to stop disbursing HIV medications purchased with U.S. aid, even if the drugs have already been obtained and are sitting in local clinics. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/h...

Yes, Some Vaccines Contain Aluminum. That’s a Good Thing. R.F.K. Jr. and others have blamed the ingredient for allergies and other illnesses. Scientists say it actually bolsters the immune response, by @teddyrosenbluth.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/01/24/h... via @nytimes.com #vaccination

The Trump administration, moving quickly to clamp down on health and science agencies, has canceled a string of scientific meetings and instructed federal health officials to refrain from all public communications. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/22/h...

Today, the C.D.C. was supposed to release a report at 1 pm focused on the nation’s escalating bird flu crisis. In keeping with the Trump administration's instructions to refrain from all public communications, that report has not yet been posted.

Fascinating story. Importantly, this type of anonymous data can sometimes become re-identified.

The lawyer helping Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pick federal health officials for the incoming Trump administration has petitioned the government to revoke its approval of the polio vaccine, which for decades has protected millions of people from a virus that can cause paralysis or death.

More than 75 Nobel Prize winners have signed a letter urging senators not to confirm RFK Jr. The letter marks the first time in recent memory that Nobel laureates have banded together against a Cabinet choice. But Kennedy is a threat they could not ignore, one said. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/h...

77 Nobel Prize winners urge senators not to confirm RFK Jr.: www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/h...

When we talk about rising temperatures, we typically focus on the threat that heat poses to older adults. But a new study found another age group we should be concerned about: people younger than 35 accounted for three-fourths of heat-related fatalities. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/06/h...

While the most dramatic proposals to overhaul the N.I.H. are likely to face legal + Congressional barriers, the new administration could still have significant influence over the direction of the agency's research. My story with @emilyanthes.bsky.social: www.nytimes.com/2024/12/01/h...