Terrific piece by @fenitn.bsky.social about the rewriting of #Covid history. I would add this: A brand new virus meant health officials were making policy based on the info they had, not what we know now. Policy changes were evidence of learnings, not failures. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...

SCOOP: A key federal vaccine panel has abandoned an attack on covid-19 mRNA vaccines — a shift that comes as some GOP warn that any more changes to vaccine policy could damage midterm prospects. Me + @rachelroubein.bsky.com www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...

NEW: A new poll shows who Americans trust over the CDC. Survey reveals substantial gap between the major professional health associations and CDC, FDA and NIH. My story. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...

“We have a more complicated mixture of #covid and #flu this year peaking at about the same time. That adds an increased burden on the health care setting.” WastewaterSCAN co-principal investigator Dr. Marlene Wolfe discusses recent #wastewater trends with @fenitn.bsky.social. @washingtonpost.com

We barely had a winter wave of COVID this year but the flu has been absolutely brutal www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...

I've been saying for years that someone needs to find the story behind those insane Top Dog Law radio commercials. Elahe Izadi delivered. This was my favorite ad where it goes completely off the rails wapo.st/46y0NjV

Trying my hand at more unhinged science writing. This was labeled internally as "WHALEDADDIES" wapo.st/3OFLiAf

The CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, now stacked with covid vaccine critics picked by RFK Jr., is scheduled to discuss "covid-19 vaccine injuries" at its March meeting public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-03877.pdf

Mercury is a potent neurotoxin that contaminates people when air pollution settles on rivers and streams and gets into the fish we eat. Current Health Secretary RFK jr once had mercury poisoning from eating too much tuna, but has been silent these rollbacks www.eenews.net/articles/rfk...

From @lenasun.bsky.social article: "Three top voice medical experts and Dysphonia International said there is no scientific basis for the claim that the flu vaccine is behind Kennedy’s condition; there is evidence to suggest a potential association between dystonias and certain drug use."

🚨 Inside RFK Jr.’s long-running crusade against the flu vaccine w/ @lenasun.bsky.social @caitlingilbert.bsky.social -links vaccine to his voice condition without evidence  -moved to kill a flu vaccine campaign his 2nd day on job -changed vaccine schedule www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...

🚨 WaPo scoop: You've heard of Trump's "board of peace." Now HHS wants to build its own World Health Organization that will cost exponentially more than the U.S.'s contribution to the WHO. -- with the incredible @lenasun.bsky.social

The latest big scoop from @lenasun.bsky.social w/ @jacobbogage.bsky.social assisting After pulling out of the WHO, Trump officials are proposing the U.S. spend about three times as much to duplicate it wapo.st/4tKRwyM

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. inaccurately claimed that patients with schizophrenia were cured through ketogenic diets. Experts say the diet does show promise, but the research is preliminary and RFK. Jr. is overstating nutritional science.

NEW: The AMA and a leading public health research group focused on vaccines are teaming up to create a parallel system to review vaccine safety and effectiveness. 
The CDC’s vaccine review process has “effectively collapsed” under RFKJr. My story. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...

Paige’s last story for us, now atop the homepage, shows what we lost. She could have done a quick hit on Oz telling Americans to delay retirement, but instead delivered a comprehensive piece rich in policy analysis, data, voices of real people and a rare non-TV interview with Oz wapo.st/4rHUCC6

Reader data offers a roadmap for success. And we’ve gone down a path of gutting coverage areas they value.

“Katie Mettler, a former chair of the Washington Post guild, said: “I’m glad Will Lewis has been fired. I wish it had happened before he fired all my friends.”” www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/t...

No one writes more incisively, accessibly and credibly than Geoffrey about the ways tech companies are serving — or, far more often these days, disserving — everyday consumers than Geoffrey. He’s worth following wherever he goes.

@petridishes.bsky.social is a national treasure, exhibit #394729374 www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

Still working to hold power to account here @washingtonpost.com on the health team amid our crushing losses yesterday. Email/signal/DM with tips as the work continues.

We had devastating cuts to @washingtonpost. Our health team of 14 lost 9 reporters yesterday despite it being listed as part of the Post’s new focus. But I still have my job. Along w/a core team, we are still dedicated to covering public health, holding the powerful to account.

Nothing was more Washington Post than Marty Weil starting his night shift by walking around the newsroom saying hello to every single person at their desks

I had the privilege of editing one of the sharpest health policy reporters anywhere. Paige owned coverage of Medicaid cuts and the expiration of enhanced ACA subsidies and brought precision and nuance often missing in coverage. She's relentless about fairness. Hire her!

Our second most read story right now comes from @markjohnpost.bsky.social, a Pulitzer-winning science reporter on our team, who announced he was laid off. Just the latest example of how he found the most fascinating areas of science to unpack beautifully www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...

The Washington Post gutted the health team which I helped to lead despite our stories being among the most widely read, impactful and adept at reaching new audiences.

I expected the cuts would be bad but I'm honestly stunned and sickened seeing how many great journalists the Washington Post just lost. People who nailed huge investigations, documented war zones, exposed horrific crimes, dropped all at once for failures they did not cause.

The American Society of Plastic Surgeons is the first major medical association in the U.S. to narrow its guidance on pediatric gender care amid a crackdown by the Trump administration.

NEW: American Society of Plastic Surgeons has become the first major US medical org to recommend against all youth gender transition surgeries. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...

How D.C. taxpayers financed a city contractor's lavish parties, go-karting trips to New Jersey and an alcohol-filled pool party. Even with diminished resources, The Post's local desk delivers hard-hitting accountability coverage you won't find elsewhere. wapo.st/4qWcoRO

A retiree wrote this email to a DHS attorney. Within five hours, DHS demanded Google turn over records for his account. A Kafkaesque form of domestic surveillance, intimidating Americans for lawful speech. New from us at the Post: www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio... @johnwoodrowcox.bsky.social

An estimated 16,000 Floridians are set to lose access to free HIV treatment medication or the insurance plans to pay for them. @davidovalle.bsky.social and Drea Cornejo did a great job telling the stories of people whose lives hang in the balance through text and video. Free link: wapo.st/49VO2BK

The caliber and rigor of our international desk is breathtaking. @raelombuor.bsky.social & Katharine Houreld "uncovered an extensive clandestine pipeline stretching from Nairobi to the forests of eastern Ukraine" of Africans conscripted by Russia to fight in Ukraine wapo.st/4qnDnoA

Ours sports section takes us into delightful worlds with some of the best writing anywhere. Case in point: @jessedougherty.bsky.social’s dispatch from the competitive Excel championship www.washingtonpost.com/sports/inter...

South Carolina is now experiencing the nation’s worst measles outbreak since the virus was declared eliminated a quarter century ago. @lenasun.bsky.social and photographer Juan Diego Reyes show what’s happening on the ground wapo.st/4rttZRg

For nearly a century, the @washingtonpost’s foreign correspondents have been on the ground for the world’s most pressing stories. Now, our desk is facing potential steep cuts. Washington needs us. The world needs us. If you read us and need us, please watch this video and share.

At least eight of the 21 people RFK Jr. picked for a key autism panel have been involved with anti-vaccine organizations or questioned vaccine safety, Ariana Eunjung Cha reports www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...

Weiss tapped the three people RFK Jr. recently named on Katie Miller’s podcast as the best people for lifestyle advice — Mark Hyman, Andrew Huberman and Peter Attia — as CBS contributors

NEW: US formally exits WHO. U.S. officials say nation will remain a global leader in health, but through “existing and new engagements directly with other countries, the private sector, nongovernmental organizations, and faith-based entities.” My story. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...

The chair of a federal vaccine advisory panel charted a new course for the committee in a podcast released Thursday, suggesting the public might want to reconsider the use of polio vaccines. www.statnews.com/2026/01/22/v...

The Washington Post demanded the feds return devices the government seized from reporter Hannah Natanson's home last week. The extraordinary search “flouts the First Amendment and ignores federal statutory safeguards for journalists.” www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

And now they’ve back tracked and plan to restore the nearly $2 billion in grants www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...

The Trump administration has slashed federal grants that support mental health and addiction care. “We are witnessing the complete dismantling of the recovery infrastructure we have built over time,” the leader of a group that lost funding said. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...

The Washington Post Guild is alarmed and appalled by federal law enforcement’s search and seizure of reporter Hannah Natanson’s property and personal devices. Hannah is a valued member of our union whose work covering the federal workforce has been essential (1/3)

Three nutritionists weight in on eating red meat and whole fat dairy products now promoted under revised dietary guidelines www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/202...

EXCLUSIVE: We vetted RFK Jr.'s latest picks for a federal vaccine advisory panel. One explicitly called herself an anti-vaxxer, the other compared vaccine makers to cigarette manufacturers. “My grandchildren will not get any shots if I can help it" @lenasun.bsky.social reports wapo.st/4pFHsEe

Great look here at when you should keep a sick kid home from school since it can be infeasible to do so with every sniffle. From @karinaelwood.bsky.social, @jennaportnoywp.bsky.social & Shikha Subramaniam www.washingtonpost.com/health/inter...

The blue state rebellion against RFK Jr.'s overhaul of vaccine recommendations continues. @jennaportnoywp.bsky.social reports Maryland Gov. Wes Moore is pushing legislation to allow the state to makes its own recommendations www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

What's in the new dietary guidelines crafted by RFK Jr. and the Trump administration, @rachelroubein.bsky.social explains ✅ whole milk ❌ flour tortillas ✅ kimchi ❌ artificial sweetener ✅ butter www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...

SCOOP: CDC vaccine experts were blindsided by RFKJr top deputy’s decision to unilaterally overhaul child schedule. Also, previously undisclosed CDC presentation refutes Trump admin narrative that US is outlier on vaccine policy. My story @Washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...