Developing story: HHS ousted Susan Monarez as CDC director today after days of pressure over vaccine policy. At least three top CDC officials resigned in the last few hours. w/ @adamcancryn.bsky.social @reportergoodman.bsky.social www.cnn.com/2025/08/27/h...

New: Ahead of the first meeting of CDC's newly appointed vaccine advisers, lawmakers are sharing fresh concerns about the panel’s membership and last-minute actions that could see Covid-19 and influenza vaccines thrown into question. W/ @megtirrell.bsky.social www.cnn.com/2025/06/24/h...

The MAHA commission's first report has landed, laying the groundwork for a potential government overhaul of food guidelines, medical research and environmental policies: www.cnn.com/2025/05/22/p...

Agency shake-ups and new appointees have begun to splinter the alliance between traditional Trump world allies and Kennedy’s MAHA acolytes.

Ben of Ben & Jerry’s *arrested* after confronting RFK Jr. & Congress: "They need to let food into Gaza. They need to let food to starving kids! Congress is paying to bomb poor kids in Gaza, and paying for it by kicking poor kids off Medicaid in the US!"

The HHS budget hearings so far today: - Robert F. Kennedy defends funding cuts & layoffs - Says Americans shouldn't take advice from him on vaccines - Says about DEI cuts that Trump is committed to a "colorblind" administration www.cnn.com/2025/05/14/h...

NJ's @repbonnie.bsky.social asks RFK Jr. about 100s of cancelled NIH grants that include words like Black, race, bias, disparity & minority. Two grants to study maternal mortality - with known racial disparities - were cut. One was toMorehouse School of Medicine: www.cnn.com/2025/05/08/p...

President Trump unveiled his plan to dramatically overhaul the way the U.S. pays for drugs. Pharma investors didn't seem to care.

Sixty+ House Republicans represent districts with higher-than-average Medicaid enrollment. Several have warned against program cuts in the new budget. The states and districts that depend on Medicaid the most, in charts: www.cnn.com/2025/05/07/p...

FDA commissioner Marty Makay taps Vinay Prasad, an oncologist and critic of the agency's Covid-19 vaccine policies, to lead the division overseeing vaccines www.cnn.com/2025/05/06/h...

White House touts Covid-19 ‘lab leak’ theory on new website that reroutes from a Covid.gov, a website that used to list info about vaccines, tests and treatments. www.cnn.com/2025/04/18/p...

RFK Jr says HHS is launching a “massive testing and research effort” that will determine “what has caused the autism epidemic” by September. Researchers and advocates are skeptical, to say the least (+ first @cnn.com byline from @owermohle.bsky.social!) www.cnn.com/2025/04/10/h...

Hearing from all corners of HHS this morning about a total bloodletting — firings of scientists, analysts and many more as delayed RIFs take effect. Many folks didn’t see early AM email and showed up, only to be turned away when badges didn’t work. Was sent this photo of long lines at one HHS site.

Seismic scoop from @lenasun.bsky.social: A long-time anti-vaxer who was disciplined for practising medicine without a license has been selected by #HHS to conduct the study RFK Jr. wants looking yet again at whether vaccines cause autism. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

@owermohle.bsky.social and @helenbranswell.bsky.social with a developing story on @statnews.com www.statnews.com/2025/03/24/s...

NEW: After nearly a month it appears the CDC is back at it, deleting data from their site. Today they removed 8 items involving Quitline data. Of course, I've got it backed up on our site. www.statnews.com/2025/02/14/t...

Wild details from @owermohle.bsky.social, @lizzylawrence.bsky.social and John Wilkerson on Dave Weldon's CDC nomination getting pulled this AM: www.statnews.com/2025/03/13/t...

Dave Weldon, President Trump's pick to head the CDC, harbors vaccine criticism that runs long and deep, @owermohle.bsky.social of @statnews.com reports. He once went to bat for discredited scientist Andrew Wakefield. www.statnews.com/2025/03/12/c...

CDC nominee Dave Weldon is going to face a lot of questions tomorrow about his views on vaccines and autism. I went down to Florida to check out his congressional archives myself: www.statnews.com/2025/03/12/c...

NIH nominee Jay Bhattacharya, asked about Trump's proposal to cut indirect research $$, said "there’s a lot of distrust about where the money goes...I think transparency regarding indirect costs is absolutely worthwhile.” www.statnews.com/2025/03/05/j...

So proud of @bobjherman.bsky.social, @tarabannow.bsky.social, @caseyross.bsky.social, @lizzylawrence.bsky.social for their Polk-winning reporting on UnitedHealth. Not only are they inspiring journalists, but also lovely human beings. Go read their pieces!

BREAKING: Federal judge extends the restraining order on NIH capping indirect costs to 15% www.statnews.com/2025/02/21/t...

#Breaking - Federal judge extends restraining order on Trump administration’s cap on NIH indirect costs

U.S. Rep. Rich McCormick was peppered with boos and catcalls throughout a town hall meeting in Roswell late Thursday, as hundreds of critics jeered the Republican for backing President Donald Trump’s agenda during his first month in office. #gapol ajc.com/politics/mcc...

My latest: DOGE canceled a CDC contract for FDNY research work, part of a study of the links between firefighters' cancers and their response to the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center.

“Freezing US research is like benching Jalen Hurts” Protestors outside HHS

Protestors gathering before the HHS building as the afternoon snow begins. Protesting again this weekend’s broad layoffs at health and science agencies

Looking to talk with federal employees with disabilities who were terminated this weekend, especially folks hired through Schedule A or disabled veterans. Please boost! #disability #journorequest

If you're a federal health worker and/or been impacted by the recent layoffs across HHS, STAT wants to here from you. We have a form, linked below. You can also reach me on signal: sarah_owermohle.07 www.statnews.com/2025/02/14/f...

"I didn’t want to spend the next six months of my career on activities that are fundamentally about dismantling an organization, as opposed to working on the stated agenda.” Candid @matthewherper.bsky.social intvu with FDA's top food official, who just resigned www.statnews.com/2025/02/18/f...

BREAKING w/ @owermohle.bsky.social @matthewherper.bsky.social @helenbranswell.bsky.social The Trump admin is set to fire thousands of federal health workers, including employees at NIH and CDC. 5,200 across HHS, according to sources briefed on meetings www.statnews.com/2025/02/14/f...

BREAKING: HHS to fire thousands of public workers on probationary employment this afternoon. Top officials at CDC, NIH, briefed this morning.

Halt on Trump administration’s cuts to NIH research payments expanded nationwide www.statnews.com/2025/02/11/j... via @jonathanwosen.bsky.social @statnews.com

Now this, from @owermohle.bsky.social and @rachelcohrs.bsky.social at @statnews.com www.statnews.com/2025/02/11/r...

Senators chairing the Finance and HELP committees sound the alarm on NIH funding cuts, saying they've heard from state universities about their potential impact. A judge late Monday temporarily paused the cuts. www.statnews.com/2025/02/10/k...

NEW: 22 States sue to block Trump administration cuts to NIH research payments, from @jonathanwosen.bsky.social @angusrohan.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2025/02/10/n...

"Are you supportive of these onesies??" Sen. Sanders pressed RFK Jr. on onesies sold by the Children's Health Defense, which he chaired until recently. The onesies are inscribed with “Unvaxxed, Unafraid” and “No vax. No problem.” www.statnews.com/2025/01/29/r...

RFK Jr. and the case of the onesies: Concerns about vaccine views flare at confirmation hearing. Via @owermohle.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2025/01/29/r...

After STAT broke the news of new emails from RFK Jr about vaccines, I got an assignment: Excerpt, at length. And fact check. The result is here. www.statnews.com/2025/01/28/r...

So proud of @statnews.com team and the work done in the early days of the Trump administration to get readers answers to questions that very much affect their lives. statnews.com/2025/01/28/f... (1/2)

Some very illuminating exchanges in here

Trump signs executive order to defund youth gender-affirming care. www.axios.com/2025/01/28/t...

@statnews.com, we have the receipts, I mean emails. www.statnews.com/2025/01/28/k... Story by @owermohle.bsky.social and @rickberke.bsky.social (our executive editor!!)

On the eve of RRK Jr.’s confirmation hearings, his niece, a physician, shared a trove of private emails showing RFK Jr. making false claims about Covid-19 vaccines, linking vaccines to autism and raising doubts about the flu shots. W/ @rickberke.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2025/01/28/k...

Significant @statnews.com reporting here on RFK Jr. and vaccine strategy by @rachelcohrs.bsky.social @owermohle.bsky.social. Confirmation hearings start tomorrow. www.statnews.com/2025/01/28/r...

Trying to clear up some of the chaos: #NIH's acting director attempts to clarify for anxious staff what they can and cannot do during the new administration's "communications pause," @owermohle.bsky.social reports. www.statnews.com/2025/01/27/n...

New NIH acting director attempts to clarify for anxious staff what they can and cannot do during communication blackout—Ongoing clinical trials can continue, projects started before 1/20 can continue with procurement. Exclusive from @owermohle.bsky.social : www.statnews.com/2025/01/27/n...

Exclusive from @owermohle.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2025/01/27/n...

RFK Jr. invested in gene-editing biotech, is owed millions for book advances, disclosures show. Via @owermohle.bsky.social @isabellacueto.bsky.social @rachelcohrs.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2025/01/22/t...

Paul Mango, a Trump adviser and integral leader of Operation Warp Speed, the effort to invent Covid-19 vaccines and treatments, has died at 65. Via @owermohle.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2025/01/16/p...