Children and teenagers are twice as likely to develop long Covid after a second coronavirus infection as after an initial infection, a large new study has found.

Study in JAMA Pediatrics estimates that vaccinating pregnant women against COVID-19 prevented 7,000 hospitalizations in infants and 3,000 in pregnant women from January 2024 to May 2025.  #Medsky www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/cov...

#LongCOVID community, please share: I am working on an audio story and am hoping to speak with people who have tinnitus or hearing loss following a COVID infection. Please message me if you are open/ interested in speaking with me. Thank you!

A drug that provides near-perfect protection against HIV with shots just twice a year will be made available at $40 per patient annually in low- and middle-income countries, offering new hope for ending the HIV epidemic. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/h...

Confused by patchwork COVID vaccine guidelines across states? @sciam.bsky.social has a map with the latest info from the National Alliance of State Pharmacy Associations. We'll keep tracking updates. 📊 @unamandita.bsky.social ✏️ @jaimieseaton.bsky.social. www.scientificamerican.com/article/covi...

A Senate hearing offered no sign that health secretary RFK Jr. intends to slow down his effort to upend U.S. health agencies. Here are some takeaways. www.statnews.com/2025/09/04/h...

The talented @tarahaelle.bsky.social has a public facebook post setting out the timeline and explaining the events in relation to the CDC firings and resignations. www.facebook.com/tara.haelle/...

As a health/science journo, I deeply appreciate this coverage by @theguardian.com & @scienceweekly.bsky.social. I just emailed them. This coverage is critically important! If you have some spoons, please email them! Thank you @bhanlon15.bsky.social for spreading the word.

I'm so glad to see @latimes.com run my story on how the CDC was hampered from doing its most essential role -- emergency response -- as measles exploded in Texas. Public health budget cuts and political meddling has real repercussions on lives. www.latimes.com/science/stor...

A new long-term study suggests that the more heat waves people are exposed to, the more their body’s aging process accelerates

For some scientists fighting partisan attacks, the goal is to defend their work from political interference. But in retaliating, @katherinejwu.com reports, they also run the risk of advancing the narrative that they want to fight.

For the people who still think #Covid isn't a big deal, here's more research on negative long-term vascular effects from even a mild case. But #vaccinated people have *less* damage — all the more reason the Covid #vaccine should be available to anyone who wants it. sciencedaily.com/releases/202...

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “If the United States abandons mRNA, it will not simply be forfeiting a public health advantage. It will be ceding a strategic asset,” writes Rick Bright, the former director of BARDA, a U.S. pandemic response agency.

The CDC shooting was public health’s Jan. 6 In RFK Jr.’s America, it will never be safe to practice public health or medicine, writes Colin J. Carlson and Sean Kennedy. www.statnews.com/2025/08/15/c...

The @washingtonpost tracked where Trump's forces are patrolling in Washington. Spoiler alert: They're not where the crime is.

#CDC has been advised of another 3 children who died from #flu in the 2024-25 season, bringing the confirmed pediatric death toll to 270. This number could rise further; pediatric deaths are often reported months later. Most weren't vaccinated. This is beyond tragic. www.cdc.gov/fluview/surv...

NEW: The bipartisan Senate Appropriations Committee has rejected Trump’s proposed $18 billion, 40% cut to the National Institutes of Health budget and endorsed a $400 million increase. DO NOT GIVE UP! Our advocacy is working. Keep speaking up and calling your elected officials.

Forty percent of Americans plan to get a Covid shot this fall -- of that, two-thirds are worried they won't be able to and/or that insurance won't cover it. Vaccine uptake is already low. Recent policy changes will only discourage vaccination more, and it will cost lives. www.kff.org/health-infor...

New federal data shows that vaccination rates among American children entering kindergarten fell during the 2024-25 school year, extending a worrying trend that began during the Covid-19 pandemic. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/h...

"A Proposed Budget Cut That Would Cripple American Science." --Amid Fear of Retaliation, N.S.F. Workers Sign Letter of Dissent. Story by @alexaroblesgil.bsky.social Gift link: nyti.ms/3IFzGKJ

America’s new health officials want to copy the vaccine policy of European countries such as Denmark. But there’s a problem with that plan, Katherine J. Wu reports:

The State Department quietly drafted a plan to transform an HIV program into an effort to guard the U.S. from outbreaks and sell American products.

Once a surfer's paradise, a string of deadly attacks made Réunion Island synonymous with one word only: sharks. But a team of scientists turned this tiny island into a hub of lifesaving research. For @science.org, I wrote about this fascinating place. www.science.org/content/arti...

STAT: 'A rare drug trial for long Covid failed, yielding lessons on study design' 'BC 007, a German infusion that had lifted hope of patients, is heading for new study' By Betsy Ladyzhets — The Sick Times www.statnews.com/2025/07/22/l...

Breaking News: The EPA is said to have drafted a plan that would end its ability to regulate greenhouse gas emissions.

The U.S. organ transplant system performs thousands of lifesaving operations each year. But amid a push to increase transplants, a growing number of potential donors have endured premature or bungled attempts to retrieve their organs. Our story today: www.nytimes.com/2025/07/20/u...

As an avid Black Sabbath fan, I am deeply saddened by Ozzy Osbourne's death. I was fascinated to read this story by @laurenjyoung.bsky.social w/ @sciam.bsky.social about his rare form of Parkinson's. www.scientificamerican.com/article/ozzy...

In doctors’ offices across the country, the Trump administration’s position on vaccines is influencing conversations—"in some cases toward hesitancy, and in others toward haste as people fear that shots will soon be harder to get,” Katherine J. Wu reports:

I’m moving soon and looking for a new PCP. Deciphering all the initials can be confusing! Thanks @teddyrosenbluth.bsky.social for breaking down the difference between a DO and an MD: So Your Doctor Is a DO. Does That Matter? www.nytimes.com/2025/07/13/w...

Profoundly depressing news from @teddyrosenbluth.bsky.social

#CDC reports the confirmed #measles count in the country so far this year has hit 1,288, the highest single year total since 1992 — and the highest since measles was declared eliminated in the US in 2000. www.statnews.com/2025/07/09/m...

BREAKING: Six leading medical organizations filed a lawsuit on Monday against Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health secretary, and the health dept, charging that recent decisions limiting access to vaccines were unscientific and harmful to the public. (Gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/h...

NEW: The FDA's new top vaccine official overrode the decision of staff on the approval of two new Covid vaccines. Staff signed off on approval for all 12+. Dr. Vinay Prasad changed it to 65+ and under 65 w/medical condition, citing "known and unknown" risks. GIFT: www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/h...

My latest piece dives into how RFK Jr.’s decision to fire all 17 members of the CDC’s vaccine advisory panel could upend the U.S. vaccine infrastructure. Thank you @mazygolucky.bsky.social for your help! #Vaccines #HealthJournalism #ScienceJournalism #ACIP medium.com/@eesmithy/sc...

From @sciam.bsky.social by @tarahaelle.bsky.social: ACIP meets this week to vote on vaccine recommendations. Thimerosal (a mercury-based preservative still used in some vaccines) is on the agenda. Stay tuned for my upcoming piece about ACIP. www.scientificamerican.com/article/what...

Kennedy's #CDC #ACIP dismissals will continue to have serious ramifications for US #vaccine policy. Here are my tips at @healthjournalism.org for journalists on what to know and be looking for in the coming weeks & months. healthjournalism.org/blog/2025/06... healthjournalism.org/blog/2025/06...

Just minutes into the first meeting of scientific advisers appointed by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., it was clear that the skeptical panelists intended to upend longstanding vaccine recommendations in the US, particularly those pertaining to children. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/h...

Phasing out NIH’s HIV clinical guidelines is flat-out immoral and unethical. These guidelines drive early diagnosis, ART initiation, and viral suppression—82% linked to care within 30 days, 69% virally suppressed by 6 months. Removing them puts millions of lives at risk. wapo.st/3FQovhf

Trump announces that US bombers have hit three nuclear sites in Iran, including Fordo, and have left Iranian airspace, inserting the United States directly into Israel's offensive campaign against the Islamic state. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06...

Personal news: I am honored to share that I'll be joining @nyu.edu Science, Health & Environmental Reporting Program (SHERP) this fall. Thanks @tarahaelle.bsky.social whose edits blossomed into a mentorship. I began reporting on science/health in the throes of illness. Now, I’m moving forward.

www.theatlantic.com/health/archi... Thank you @katherinejwu.com with @theatlantic.com

BREAKING: The FDA has approved a twice-yearly injection that provided a near-perfect shield against H.I.V. infection in clinical trials. But the Trump administration has gutted the programs that might have paid for it in low-income countries (Gift article) www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/h...

#Breaking: The FDA approved a powerful new drug that provides nearly complete protection against HIV infection with just a single administration every six months. www.statnews.com/2025/06/18/f...

#Breaking: Supreme Court ruling on gender-affirming care delivers major setback for transgender rights www.statnews.com/2025/06/18/s...

Started my morning by reading @tarahaelle.bsky.social piece for @healthjournalism.org which included tips regarding how to boost your coverage of Kennedy’s vaccine panel dismissals. #HealthJournalism community, please share! healthjournalism.org/blog/2025/06...

RFK Jr has named eight new members of the ACIP. Two in particular -- Martin Kulldorff and Robert Malone -- are likely to draw an uproar from pro-vaccine groups. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/u...

BREAKING: The health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., on Monday retired all 17 members of an advisory committee on immunization to the CDC, arguing that the move would restore the public’s trust in vaccines. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/h...

The Trump administration has delivered its latest blow to vaccines, canceling a nearly $600-million contract to develop a shot against bird flu. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/h...

The FDA on Friday quietly approved the Novavax Covid vaccine, but only for older adults and for others over age 12 who have at least one medical condition that puts them at high risk from Covid. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/17/s...