Friday night scoop with @rachelcohrs.bsky.social! Candidates for CDC director nominee include former KY governor Ernie Fletcher and Johns Hopkins cardiologist Joseph Marine. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

NEW on a Friday night: RFK JR has added 2 new members to his controversial vaccine panel on Friday night. The group is expected to meet mid-March and discuss Covid vaccine injuries and long Covid. For @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

15 states have sued Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over his upending of the childhood vaccine schedule. @jessicanix.bsky.social > www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

A group of 15 states sued RFK Jr. over changes to the childhood vaccine schedule and his vaccine committee. It follows a similar lawsuit filed by top medical groups. Latest: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Vaccine fears in the US are now keeping some parents from giving their newborns a key vitamin. @jessicanix.bsky.social has the story > www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Vitamin K shots given at birth have gotten swept up in the anti-vaccine movement as more parents reject anything injected into children. Gift link for @bloomberg.com : www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Measles infections are slowing in South Carolina as the state sees an uptick in vaccinations. But elsewhere across the US, clusters are popping up. Gift link for @bloomberg.com : www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Today's Businessweek Daily focuses on the measles crisis in South Carolina, which today reported cases are up to 876 people. From @jessicanix.bsky.social:

Exclusive with @annaedney.bsky.social ! Four democratic senators sent a letter to RFK Jr. demanding answers for his changes to vaccine court and outlining ways he and his allies have the potential to benefit. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

SCOOP icymi: HHS paused, then reversed roughly $5 billion in grants for state and local health departments. States have yet to receive notice of the reversals. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Scoop with @jessicanix.bsky.social Health officials found spores that can cause infant botulism at a supplier for formula-maker ByHeart as part of their investigation into an outbreak that sickened dozens of babies, according to a document viewed by Bloomberg. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

The US has officially walked away from the WHO - or has it? There's still an outstanding debt standing in the way. Gift link for @bloomberg.com: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Cancer survivors are a growing community. A new report finds 70% of people diagnosed between 2015-2021 lived for 5 years or more after a diagnosis, including for some fatal cancers. Gift link for @bloomberg.com : www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

In your inbox this morning: Measles infections hit a 34 year high in 2025, the CDC's final tally at 2,144 infections. Read more on how US public health policy and vaccine sentiment has changed since the US eliminated the disease for @bloomberg.com . www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

Scoop for @bloomberg.com : Tamiflu is in short supply as patients and pharmacists across the US are struggling to find the medication during the flu surge. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr's hand-picked vaccine panel is about to vote to stop giving the hepatitis B vaccine to all newborns. @jessicanix.bsky.social digs into one piece of evidence presented and how an expert witness saw things in the chart many others wouldn't > www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

Flu shots could be next on RFK Jr.'s list to analyze after Trump's memo directing HHS to reexamine the childhood vaccine schedule with other countries. My analysis of the memo in your inbox this morning for @bloomberg.com - www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

RFK Jr's vaccine panel is poised to delay the hepatitis B shot for newborns today in an all day meeting at the CDC in Atlanta. Preview of the day in a gift link here. I'll be updating periodically, votes are expected around 2:30 pm. @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

ACIP chair Martin Kullforff has now joined HHS as a senior advisor. The move removes him as chair just days ahead of the vaccine panel's planned meeting. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Louisiana surgeon general Ralph Abramson is joining the CDC as principal deputy director. New for @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Take a scroll through social media and you're bombarded with telehealth ads for GLP-1s. Some emphasizing the shots as a cosmetic elixir: Lose weight fast and for cheap. The marketing blitz is driving the 'thin is in' moment - with Madison Muller for @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

The CDC updated a page on its website to suggest vaccines may cause autism, rejecting longstanding medical consensus on the topic and advancing a campaign from HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. gift link for @bloomberg.com with @rachelcohrs.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

SCOOP: HHS and CDC have new proposals and reviewing some current plans, including a push for hepatitis B screening in pregnant women. From me for @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Republican support for mainstay childhood vaccines are waning, according to Pew Research. Only 78% of Republicans in an October survey said the benefits of the MMR shot outweigh the risks - that's down from 91% in 2016. @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

In your inbox today - an overview of my weekend in Austin, Texas, at the anti-vaccine conference where the movement basked in its new-found power in Washington. Gift link! www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

A date has been set for the next ACIP - Dec. 4 and 5 the vaccine committee is scheduled to discuss vaccine safety, hepatitis B (again) and the childhood and adolescent schedule. More for @bloomberg.com here: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Canada has been informed that the country has lost its measles elimination status, a worrying sign as the disease continues to spread. More on what this means for the US too in a gift link for @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Pharma and biotech earnings blitz today! BMY beat on its 3Q earnings today, highly anticipated data for the schizophrenia drug Cobenfy is still expected by the end of the year. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Measles cases are still spreading in the US with 41 states reporting infections. Latest on the Utah/Arizona outbreak and the declining vaccination rate for @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

A more severe strain of mpox was reported last week in 3 unrelated CA residents with no known international travel, suggesting community spread. In your inbox on the latest for @bloomberg.com here: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

President Trump has cut a deal with Germany's Merck to slash the prices of IVF. Plus, details on employer insurance coverage and fertility treatments offered through TrumpRX. All during a chaotic presser at the White House. From me and @rachelcohrs.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

In your inbox this morning: What public health functions are stopping during the government shutdown from the CDC, FDA and CMS: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

Kenvue's shares fell today after HHS dug up an old tweet from Tylenol. More from me and @reddbrown5.bsky.social on the continued reaction to the Trump administration linking autism to acetaminophen use in pregnant women - www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

HHS is trolling Tylenol maker Kenvue with an eight-year-old tweet that appears to be from its own account warning against use during pregnancy. @reddbrown5.bsky.social and @jessicanix.bsky.social have the details > www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Measles cases in the US continue to rise -- now there are outbreaks in Utah and Arizona. @jessicanix.bsky.social has the details > www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

The CDC’s influential vaccine panel voted to split the MMRV shot today for kids under 4, there was confusion over how the votes for the federally funded vaccine program works and the hep B vote is delayed. Catch up for @bloomberg.com here: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

SCOOP: The CDC intends to fund a study on the links between vaccines and autism, a disproven theory. More here for @bloomberg.com : www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

How RFK Jr. is pushing the CDC to the brink . "These kinds of self-inflicted wounds are the worst kind, because it didn’t have to be this way," former acting director Rich Besser said. With Madison Muller for @bloomberg.com : www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Tylenol maker Kenvue dropped today on a report that RFK Jr.'s upcoming MAHA report plans to link autism to a mother's Tylenol use. HHS said “Until we release the final report, any claims about its contents are nothing more than speculation.” www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Well THAT was some hearing. Read @jessicanix.bsky.social and @steventdennis.bsky.social on the sharp exchanges between RFK. Jr. and senators on both sides of the aisle. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Strong op-ed from the now fired CDC director hours before RFK Jr’s Senate hearing: “The Senate confirmed me to ensure that unbiased evidence serves our nation’s health, and for doing that, I lost my job. America’s children could lose far more.” www.wsj.com/opinion/robe...

Joined Apple News Today to talk about vaccine policy, Florida ending vaccine mandates for schools, a new coalition to the west and a preview of RFK Jr’s highly anticipated congressional hearing today - podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...

NYC Health has officially closed the legionnaires' outbreak in Harlem following 114 infections and seven deaths. The city also proposed new regulations for testing including requirements to test every 30 days rather than every 90. For @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

And now it's official - Jim O'Neill is acting director of the CDC per and email sent to CDC staff tonight and viewed by Bloomberg News. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

And Jim O'Neill - Current HHS Deputy Secretary - is in as the acting director of the CDC. The move comes a day after the director Susan Monarez was fired by the Trump admin. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Wild development this afternoon. HHS moved to oust the CDC director after a confrontation over vaccines, merely weeks into her tenure. Three senior leaders resigned today. With Madison Muller and Josh Eidelson - www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

In your inbox today! One lesser known side effect of taking a GLP-1 drug could be loosing the joy you feel from every day life. Read more in a gift link for today's Prognosis: @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

SCOOP with Nyah Phengsitthy and @rachelcohrs.bsky.social : HHS started to cut off collective bargaining rights for staff on Monday, latest escalation in the Trump admin’s effort to strip federal workers of union rights. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

The @acog.org released its immunization guidelines this morning and backed Covid shots during pregnancy, another split between practicing doctors and RFK Jr. Read more for @bloomberg.com: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

New details continue to emerge about the shooting at CDC's main campus in Atlanta on Aug. 8. The gunman likely tried to enter campus days before, according to an internal email shared with staff. @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...