The CDC has stopped making telework accommodations, even as many employees don't feel safe at work in the wake of the shooting last month. Read my story with @maya-goldman.bsky.social www.axios.com/2025/09/17/c... Or just read this passage:

haven't posted on here much but in case anyone's out there still, here's some #news: CDC is issuing a sole-source contract to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute to study associations between vaccines and autism. Other large studies have already shown no association. www.axios.com/2025/09/12/c...

States are increasingly forging their own paths on public health, especially on vaccines. My colleague Katelyn and I keep asking NY's Health Department about their plans. (e.g., Will they ease access to the latest Covid shot?) We can't get a concrete answer, let alone an interview.

The cuts to Medicaid inside the Big Bill don't just damage that program -- they'll be a blow to the whole healthcare system, @maya-goldman.bsky.social reports "This is taking us catastrophically backward.." one source tells her. www.axios.com/2025/07/01/r...

Breaking: The Trevor Project received a stop-work order last night on its contract with the national 988 suicide prevention hotline. The Trump administration is eliminating the option for LGBTQ callers to the hotline to press 3 and connect with someone who specializes in LGBTQ mental health.

Judge orders NIH grants terminated on gender, DEI grounds be restored. www.axios.com/local/boston...

Seven of the sources cited in MAHA commission's report do not exist: “The paper cited is not a real paper that I or my colleagues were involved with," says one researcher. www.notus.org/health-scien...

Car mechanic Luke Seaborn was the de facto face of Georgia Pathways to Coverage, the governor’s health insurance program for impoverished residents. Then technical glitches and red tape caused him to lose his coverage — twice.

HHS is on track to have 20,000 fewer employees than it had 100 days ago, when President Trump's term began. Here's an attempt to capture what that means, and what else the last 100 days have brought for public health and health care: www.axios.com/2025/04/29/t...

A top official in the Department of Labor this week informed all staff members that they could face criminal charges if they speak to journalists, former employees or others about agency business. Speaking to reporters is not a crime!

NIH Director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya told the Council of Councils advisory group today that the Trump admin proposal to reorganize NIH's 27 centers into 8 "was the beginning of a negotiation," and that he has "no specific plans for reorganization at the moment." Trying to obtain video replay to post

The impact of HHS layoffs is starting to take shape. Jennifer Hoenig, who until today ran the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, said her whole team has been cut, leaving the survey's status unclear. "Without knowing who needs it, we can't help people," she said. www.axios.com/2025/04/01/h...

📣 If you work at HHS and/or have information about the details and impact of the agency reorganization announced today, I'd love to talk to you for an Axios article. I can be reached on Signal at mayagold.57. Happy to keep you anonymous. Thank you!

HHS took down the Biden administration's advisory on gun violence as a public health crisis: www.axios.com/2025/03/18/h...

Trump administration is said to be ready to drop Idaho emergency abortion case. www.axios.com/2025/03/04/t...

1) On Fox News, Marc Siegel says RFK Jr claims he never met Tom Corry, who was serving as HHS assistant secretary for public affairs and just resigned..

People with disabilities say President Trump's DEI purge is eroding health care, education and legal protections they've only won in recent decades. What's happening and why it matters: www.axios.com/2025/02/23/t...

Just in: HHS Inspector General Christi Grimm, who was fired along with 7 other IGs by Trump last month, said she found out she was fired while driving. She's been aggressively auditing Medicare Advantage. More than 2,000 investigations now in purgatory. www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...

If you have any insight into what's unfolding at HHS, now or any time in the future, you can reach me on Signal any time at mayagold.57 or 646-820-5874 www.axios.com/2025/02/14/f...

The Trump administration has cut funding for community-based navigators who help people sign up for the ACA from $98 million to $10 million. The first Trump administration also cut navigators, with funding restored by the Biden administration. www.cms.gov/newsroom/pre...

Some of the Trump administration’s dramatic funding and policy shifts are facing major pushback— not from Congress, but from the courts. @julierovner.bsky.social is joined by @shefali.bsky.social, @jessiehellmann.bsky.social, and @maya-goldman.bsky.social on "What the Health?": bit.ly/41d7eGQ

A federal judge ordered the Trump admin to restore all of the health information it purged over the last couple weeks by midnight last night. www.politico.com/news/2025/02... A lot is still missing, like all civil rights violations HHS has investigated and corrected. www.hhs.gov/civil-rights...

Axios Vitals is experiencing some technical difficulties hitting inboxes this morning, but you can read the full newsletter here: axios.com/newsletters/... And here's my story from this morning on why NYU Langone's Super Bowl ad raised eyebrows 👀: www.axios.com/2025/02/11/h...

📭 Our newsletters are stuck in some traffic this morning, but for now you can read them on our site, across national, local and Pro: www.axios.com/newsletters

🧐 Do you peer review submissions for medical journals? I want to hear if/how you're changing your approach to papers that use federal health data following the last two weeks. Send me a message at [email protected] if you have thoughts! #medsky

Trump's EO on gender-affirming care doesn't require hospitals to take any immediate action, lawyers say. Still, hospitals are caught between the threat of a federal funding cutoff and possible lawsuits and backlash from patients' families: www.axios.com/2025/02/04/t...

figure this is as good a time as any to say: I write investigations and deep dives focused on businesses in the digital health sector. please send tips to [email protected] or send me a direct message and I'll give you my Signal number. both platforms are encrypted for privacy purposes.

The between-the-lines here: Events like last night feel so extraordinary because they are.

RFK Jr. earned millions from law work, book deals, disclosures show. www.axios.com/2025/01/22/r...

👋Hi! As the new admin kicks off, thought I'd reintroduce myself. I'm a health reporter for @axios.com. Always looking to talk: - Health policy, esp #Medicare, #Medicaid, #ACA, #MAHA - The business of health - How people experience the health system Email: [email protected]. DM for my Signal!

As Congress debates cuts to Medicaid funding, states are likely to make their own budgetary adjustments this year: www.axios.com/newsletters/...

Here's a good list of mental health resources for people impacted by LA fires, via @laist.com laist.com/news/health/...

Breaking: AAMC reporting steep (double-digit) drop in Black and Hispanic medical school enrollees following Supreme Court decision banning affirmative action. Story developing, please reply here with reactions. www.statnews.com/2025/01/09/m...

Shoutout to the Los Angeles Times reporters who are doing essential journalism under very difficult circumstances. They’ve dropped their paywall, but their ongoing coverage is a good reminder of why local newsrooms need support — and what we lose when those outlets are hollowed out.

GLP-1s are highly effective for weight loss if they're taken in perpetuity to keep the weight off. But many people aren't staying on the drugs long-term. Concern about discontinuation is intensifying as insurers clamp down on coverage of GLP-1s for weight loss: www.axios.com/2025/01/02/w...

Breaking news: The Senate has passed a defense policy bill that House Speaker Mike Johnson amended the legislation with language forbidding the use of federal funds to cover specialized medical care for the transgender children of U.S. military personnel.

Axios Vitals is always worth reading (ok, I'm biased) but today's edition feels like a particularly good example of the distinctive ways we connect the dots across health care. Check it out!: www.axios.com/newsletters/...

This, from @dylanlscott.bsky.social , is the best distillation I've seen of what I have taken to calling the "spider-men meme" problem in health care www.vox.com/future-perfe...

After the now-reversed Blue Cross Blue Shield anesthesia time limit, Rep. Ritchie Torres introduces a bill to prohibit “arbitrary time caps” on anesthesia. “We cannot trust insurers to do right by doctors and patients out of the kindness of their hearts,” he says in a statement.

I’m sorry, almost *1 in 10 U.S. journalists work at the NYTimes?* Not because of its size, but because so many other newspapers have died? That is…wild. www.niemanlab.org/2024/12/the-...

The CBO says not extending the enhanced ACA subsidies will lead to 3.8 million more people being uninsured. They also say premiums (before subsidies) will eventually be 7.9% higher without extension, because healthier people will drop coverage www.cbo.gov/system/files...

Those who knew Brian Thompson, CEO of UnitedHealthcare, struggled to process the news that he had been shot and killed in New York City.

United CEO’s killing unleashes social media rage against insurers. www.axios.com/2024/12/05/u...

Ramaswamy says DOGE doesn't plan to cut Medicare. Still, "there are hundreds of billions of dollars flowing out the door... ending up in the hands of people who, even under the statute, should not be receiving those payments," he said. h/t @erindoherty.bsky.social www.axios.com/2024/12/04/v...

Tomorrow, the Supreme Court hears oral arguments on whether Tennessee's ban on gender-affirming care for kids is constitutional. The arguments follow an election that emboldened the GOP to pursue more restrictions on trans rights: www.axios.com/2024/12/03/g...

The anti-big-business wing of the GOP is coinciding with growing concern among fiscal hawks about Medicare Advantage's cost. Their views could clash with Republicans who traditionally support privatized health insurance, complicating the Trump admin's vision for MA: www.axios.com/2024/11/27/m...

ICYMI: Florida's Surgeon General is recommending municipalities stop adding fluoride to their water -- despite ample evidence that it's safe and even beneficial at the level recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention www.axios.com/2024/11/25/f...

Black, Latina, Native American and Pacific Islander women experience disproportionate rates of preterm births, infant mortality and maternal deaths www.axios.com/2024/11/21/m...